Castaldi: Ferita d’amore - muzyka na teorbę

Mascardi, Evangelina;
Pustilnik, Monica;
Beasley, Marco

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Castaldi sought refuge in his music, pouring out his soul in exceptionally personal and intense virtuosic theorbo solos, theorbo and tiorbino duos, and songs that transcend the often affected conceits of early seventeenth-century music. In addition to Monteverdi, Castaldi was acquainted with Frescobaldi, Kapsperger, Piccinini, Vecchi, and many other musicians of note. Despite his status as one of his eras finest theorbo virtuosos, for Castaldi, musical performance was a private activity to be enjoyed with his close circle of friends, one of whom he referred to as Pavarotto, Gentil. With Pavorotto he played theorbo and tiorbino, sang Monteverdis songs, and smoked and drank in the evenings. This Pavarotto may well have been the ancestor of the twentieth centurys most celebrated tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, who was born in Modena and died at home there in 2007.

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Arcana

21-10-2011

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