About the piece:
Appears in “Sonate concertate in stil moderno per sonar nel Organo overo Clavicembalo con diversi Instrumenti. A 1., 2., 3. & 4. Voci. Libro secondo, Venice, 1629”
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Written by Susan McClary in her book: Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music
Music:
Facsimilie: click here (p. 4)
Modern Edition: Click here.
Recordings:
Baroque violinist Aaron Brown, leader of the early music ensemble Guido’s Ear, performs Sonata Prima by Dario Castello. With Loretta O’Sullivan, Cello, and Charles Weaver, Theorbo:
Natalie Carducci, violin with Paul Psarras, baroque guitar & Adam Cockerham, archlute:
Giovanni Antonini – recorder with Ottavio Dantone – cembalo:
Recording on a serpent – what a fabulous sound:
Lilla Varhelyi, Violine with Astrid Erdmann-Holder, Viola da Gamba and Peter Peil, Arciliuto:
La Venexiana- Efix Puleo, violino, Michele Palomba, tiorba, Chiara Granata, arpa
Claudio Cavina, cembalo e direzione:
Tami Morse and husband Marc Levine – Flying Forms – perform Castello’s Sonata Prima:
António Carrilho – recorder & Rafael Bonavita – archlute:
Andrew Manze, violin – Romanesca ensemble:
Ensemble La Cigale – Vincent Lauzer – recorder, Madeleine Owen – théorbe, Sara Lackie – baroque harp, Elin Soderstrom – viole:
http://youtu.be/_E_zvZcjX1g
Marco Scorticati, recorder and Davide Pozzi, harpsichord:
Accademia del Ricercare:
A most curious rendition – for euphonium and orchestra: Pablo Dopazo (euphonium) and Juanjo Díaz (bodhrán): Sonata Prima by Dario Castello. Live recording. Pontevedra 12/5/13: