They are contemporaries, but very different: the Italian early Baroque composer Dario Castello and Girolamo Frescobaldi. We will listen to some sonatas in stile moderno from Castello, and some arias and canzoni from Frescobaldi.
In addition, some suite parts for recorder with accompaniment, written by James (or Jacques) Paisible, a Frenchman who had moved to Engeland. He had published intermezzi in 1720, written for various theatre productions.
Dario Castello (1602-1631)
From ‘In stil moderno, Sonate concertante’:
1 Sonata no. 2 (boek 1, 1621)
2 Sonatas no. 2, no. 10 and no. 12 (book 2, 1629)
La Fenice conducted by Jean Tubéry, cornetto
(CD In Stil Moderno – L’heritage de Monteverdi vol.4, Dario Castello, Ricercar 206422, 1998)
James Paisible (ca.1656-1721)
From ‘Sets of aires’ 1-6 (1720):
3 Airs in D minor: Entree, Rigaudon, Jigg, Menuet
4 Airs in F major: Prelude, Courante, Bourree
Musica Barocca: Johanna Valencia, Maria Martine (recorder); Daniel Valencia (gamba); Mauricio Buraglia (theorbo); Juan Estévez (harpsichord and organ)
(CD Six sets of aires – James Paisible, Naxos 85550455, 1999)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
5 “Se l’aura spira”
6 “Begli occhi io non provo”
7 Canzona detta Laltera
8 Canzona la Nicolina
9 “Gioite, o selve, o venti”
10 Aria di passacaglia: “Così mi disprezzate”
In addition:
11 Canzona Cromatica di ligatura al contrario
Mariana Flores (soprano). Ensemble Clematis conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón
(CD Il regno d’amore – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Ricercar RIC 300, 2010; RIC 149, 2020)
Courtesy to Muziekweb.
In photo: Mariana Flores (source: Outhere Music)
