Short bio Dario Castello
Birthday:
1590 in Venice, Italy
Died:
1658 in Venice, Italy
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Baroque
Full biography Dario Castello
Dario Castello was an Italian composer and violinist who lived during the early Baroque period and worked and published in Venice. Little is known about his life and background, and his biography is largely lost to history. He is believed to have been born around 1590 and to have died sometime after 1658.
As a composer, Castello was known for his innovative and ground-breaking sonatas, which had a profound effect on generations of Italian composers. His works were published in two collections: Libro primo (First book) and Libro secondo (Second book). Castello's music was notable for its expressive harmonies, virtuosic violin writing, and use of unusual instrumental sonorities, such as the dulcian (a type of early bassoon) and the cornett (a type of wooden wind instrument).
Despite his relative obscurity today, Castello's music was well-known and highly regarded during his lifetime, and he was a contemporary of other famous Italian composers, such as Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Gabrieli.
In conclusion, Dario Castello was an important figure in the development of early Baroque music, known for his expressive and innovative instrumental sonatas and his virtuosic violin writing. While much of the details of his life and career remain shrouded in mystery, his contributions to the musical world continue to be appreciated and studied by scholars and performers alike.
Compositions featuring Dario Castello
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo No. 6 (Sonata Concertate II/6) | 5:09 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 2 | Sonata for 4 instruments & continuo No. 13 (Sonata Concertate II/13) | 7:30 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 3 | Sonata for 3 instruments & continuo No. 12 (Sonata Concertate II/12) | 7:33 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 4 | Sonata for 3 instruments & continuo No. 11 (Sonata Concertate II/11) | 5:25 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 5 | Sonata for 3 instruments & continuo No. 10 (Sonata Concertate II/10) | 5:27 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 6 | Sonata for 4 instruments & continuo No. 14 (Sonata Concertate II/14) | 6:21 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 7 | Sonata for 2 insturments & continuo No. 9 in C major (Sonata Concertate I/9) | 5:10 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 8 | Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo No. 8 in D minor (Sonata Concertate II/8) | 4:57 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 9 | Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo No. 7 (Sonata Concertate II/7) | 6:21 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 10 | Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo No. 5 (Sonata Concertate II/5) | 5:38 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 11 | Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo No. 4 (Sonata Concertate II/4) | 6:21 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 12 | Sonata for 4 instruments & continuo No. 15 (Sonata Concertate II/15) | 5:05 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 13 | Sonata for 4 instruments & continuo No. 16 (Sonata Concertate II/16) | 5:55 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 14 | Sonata for solo instrument & continuo No. 1 in C minor (Sonata Concertate II/1) | 4:59 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 15 | Sonata for solo instrument & continuo No. 2 (Sonata Concertate II/2) | 5:28 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 16 | Sonata in ecco, for 4 instruments & continuo No. 17 (Sonata Concertate II/17) | 7:15 min | Chamber Music | 1629 |
| 17 | Exultate Deo, motet for voice & continuo | 3:20 min | Vocal Music | 1625 |
| 18 | Sonata prima, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 1 in C major (Sonata Concertate I/1) | 4:53 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 19 | Sonata undecima, for 3 instruments & continuo No. 11 in D major (Sonata Concertate I/11) | 6:21 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 20 | Sonata terzo, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 3 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/2) | 5:11 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 21 | Sonata settima, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 7 in G major (Sonata Concertate I/7) | 5:57 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 22 | Sonata sesta, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 6 in G major (Sonata Concertate I/6) | 4:59 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 23 | Sonata seconda, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 2 in F major (Sonata Concertate I/2) | 5:12 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 24 | Sonata quinta, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 5 in C major (Sonata Concertate I/5) | 5:18 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 25 | Sonata quarta, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 4 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/4) | 5:45 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 26 | Sonata ottava, for 2 instruments & continuo No. 8 in G major (Sonata Concertate I/8) | 5:10 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 27 | Sonata nona, for 3 instruments & continuo No. 9 in D major (Sonata Concertate I/9) | 6:44 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 28 | Sonata decima, for 3 instruments & continuo No. 10 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/10) | 5:42 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 29 | Sonata duodicesima, for 3 instruments & continuo No. 12 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/12) | 7:26 min | Chamber Music | 1621 |
| 30 | Sonata for 2 violins, dulcian & continuo No. 9 (Sonata Concertante II/9) | 7:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Sonata seconda for soprano instrument (Sonate concertate in stil modern, Book 2) | 4:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 32 | Ciaccona | 2:53 min | Concerto | - |
| 33 | Exultate jubilate, motet | 3:23 min | Choral | - |
| 34 | Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo No. 3 in C major (Sonata Concertate II/3) | 5:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Dario Castello
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Castello, Frescobaldi, Kapsberger - Mvsica Perdvta, David Brutti, Renato Criscuolo, Nicola Lamon – 17th Century Music For Canto & Basso(CD, ) | 2023 | Brilliant Classics |
| 2 |  |
Gabrieli - Marini - Fontana - Castello - Cavalli - Uccellini - Buonamente, Clematis – Quattro Violini A Venezia(CD, ) | 2019 | Ricercar |
| 3 |  |
Castello | Schütz | J. Chr. Bach | Geist, Hans Wijers, Wunderkammer – Glauben, Lieben, Hoffen(CD, ) | 2018 | Coviello Classics |
| 4 |  |
Dario Castello - Ensemble Alraune – Sonate Concertante In Stil Moderno - Libro Primo(CD, ) | 2016 | NovAntiqua Records |
| 5 |  |
Dario Castello, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Pietro Paolo Raimondo, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Tobias Hume, Michele Mascitti, Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, Ensemble Chiaroscuro – Baroque Enchantment(CD, ) | 2016 | Concerto Classics |
| 6 |  |
Dario Castello – Richard Egarr, The Academy Of Ancient Music – Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno, Libro Primo(CD, Album) | 2016 | AAM Records |
| 7 |  |
Dario Castello - Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (2) – Sonate Concertate 1629(CD, Album) | 2016 | cpo |
| 8 |  |
Dario Castello, Noël Akchoté – Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno (Primo Libro, 10-12, Arranged For Guitar)(10×File, FLAC, MP3, Album) | 2015 | Noël Akchoté Downloads |
| 9 |  |
Dario Castello / Giovanni Battista Fontana - John Holloway, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Jane Gower – Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno(CD, Album) | 2012 | ECM Records |
| 10 |  |
Correa De Arauxo · Bassano · Buonamento · Castello · Macque · Merula · Peñalosa · Schein · Scheidt · Vierdanck · Weckmann · Ximénez – His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts – Grand Tour - Music From 16th & 17th-Century Italy, Spain And Germany(CD, Reissue | 2010 | Helios |
| 11 |  |
Bonporti • Castello • Corelli • Frescobaldi • Geminiani • Lanzetti • Molinaro • Pasquini • Platti • Porpora • Scarlatti • Stradella • Torelli • Vivaldi – Il Barocco Italiano(2×CD, Compilation, Reissue) | 2009 | NUOVA ERA |
| 12 |  |
Biagio Marini - Dario Castello – La Fenice, Jean Tubéry – Biagio Marini - Dario Castello(2×CD, Compilation, Reissue) | 2008 | Ricercar |
| 13 |  |
Harmony Of Voices, Fredrik Malmberg, Castello, Monteverdi, Carissimi – Soavi Accenti(SACD, Album) | 2007 | Proprius |
| 14 |  |
Dario Castello - Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci – Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno - Libro Secondo (Venezia, 1629)(CD, ) | 2006 | Tactus |
| 15 |  |
Monteverdi, Castello, Buonamente, Ferro, Neri, Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry – Concerto Imperiale(CD, ) | 2005 | Ricercar |
| 16 |  |
Castello, Merula, Marini, Purcell, Pachelbel, Corelli - New Trinity Baroque, Predrag Gosta – Trio Sonatas & Chaconnas(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2003 | Edition Lilac |
| 17 |  |
Castello, Grandi, Legrenzi, Marini, Monteverdi, Rigatti, Rosenmüller, Rovetta - Robin Blaze, The Parley Of Instruments – Salve Regina(CD, ) | 2001 | Hyperion |
| 18 |  |
Dario Castello, La Fenice – In Stil Moderno(CD, Album) | 1998 | Ricercar |
| 19 |  |
Castello, Falconieri, Kapsberger - Musicalische Compagney – Fiori Concertati(CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | 1998 | TELDEC |
| 20 |  |
Dario Castello, Giovanni Picchi, His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts – The Floating City (Sonatas, Canzonas And Dances By Two Of Monteverdi's Contemporaries) | 1998 | Hyperion |
| 21 |  |
Accademia Bizantina, J.H. Kapsberger, G.M. Trabaci, G. Frescobaldi, A. Falconiero, T. Merula, B. Marini, D. Castello, G. M. Bounamente, G. Picchi, B. Storace – Il Gioco Barocco Del Seicento Italiano | 1997 | Thymallus |
| 22 |  |
Rigatti, Monteverdi, Castello, Neri, Picchi / Vancouver Cantata Singers, James Frankhauser – Messe Venitienne De 1640 / A 1640 Venetian Mass(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1997 | Analekta |
| 23 |  |
Fontana, Barsanti, Telemann, van Eyck, Castello, Frescobaldi / Clas Pehrsson – Performs Recorder Music(CD, Compilation) | 1994 | BIS |
| 24 |  |
Castello, Corelli, Boccherini, Scarlatti, Tartini, Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Monteverdi – Splendeurs De La Musique Italienne(CD, Album, Compilation) | 1994 | Opus 111 |
| 25 |  |
Concerto Palatino – Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno (Virtuoso Instrumental Music By Castello And Scarini) | 1994 | Accent |
| 26 |  |
Castello, Fontana, Marini, Uccellini, Trio Arcangelo Corelli – Il Violino in San Marco(CD, Album) | 1993 | Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm |
| 27 |  |
Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Castello, Capponi, Duo Gervasio – Baroque Mandolin And Guitar(CD, Album) | 1993 | cpo |
| 28 |  |
Dario Castello, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Fabrizio Cipriani, Ettore Belli, Maurizio Naddeo, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Pascal Monteilhet – Sontate Concertate | 1992 | Opus 111 |
| 29 |  |
Dario Castello, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Battista Riccio, Giovanni Martino Cesare, Antonio Bertali, Giovanni Picchi – Seventeenth-Century Italian Trombone Sonatas(CD, Album) | 1988 | Musical Heritage Society |
| 30 |  |
Dario Castello, Michelangelo Rossi, Georg Böhm / Georg Friedrich Händel, Jacques Martin Hotteterre, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Christian Bach – Musica Poetica(LP, Stereo) | 1985 | Not On Label |
| 31 |  |
Dario Castello, Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio Barocco Italiano – Castello-Bonporti-Bach-Biber(LP, Stereo) | 1983 | Ars Nova (2) |
| 32 |  |
Castello · Fontana · Merulo, Piccinini · Frescobaldi - Fiori Musicali – Italienische Solomusik Um 1630 (Toccate - Canzone - Sonate) | 1982 | Recreation (2) |
| 33 |  |
Castello / Frescobaldi / van Eyck / Telemann / Staeps / Hovland - Clas Pehrsson, Thomas Schuback, Maria Wieslander, Kari Ottesen, Tommie Andersson – Recorder & Keyboard(LP, Album) | 1982 | BIS |
| 34 |  |
Castello / Cima / Marini / Turini / Pachelbel / Rosenmüller / Vierdanck - Thomas Pietsch, Gesine Hildebrandt, Christiane Jung, Martin Nitz – Frühbarocke Violinmusik(LP, Stereo) | 1981 | Musica Viva |
| 35 |  |
Dario Castello, Musica Fiata – Sonate Concertate, Secondo Libro, Venezia 1629(LP) | 1981 | Harmonie Der Welt |
| 36 |  |
Castello, Handel, Matteis, Corelli, Blow, Leclair, Capella Corelli – For Ye Lovers and Masters of Musique(LP) | 1981 | Larrikin Records |
| 37 |  |
Uccellini / Castello / Riccio / Mussi / Cecchini - Ensemble «Messa di Voce», Lajos Rovatkay – Musica Italiana Concertata (Sonaten, Canzonen Und Sinfonien Des Italienischen Frühbarock)(LP) | 1977 | FSM Aulos |
| 38 |  |
Bertali ∙ Farina ∙ Rossi ∙ Cima ∙ Castello ∙ Cavalli - Alarius-Ensemble Brüssel – Italienische Violinsonaten ∙ Italian Violin Sonatas(LP) | 1969 | Telefunken |
| 39 |  |
Gabrieli, Riccio, Picchi, Castello, Legrenzi, Caldara, Vivaldi – Barocco Strumentale Veneziano(LP, Stereo) | - | Italia (2) |
| 40 |  |
Cappella Nuova, Antonio Vivaldi, Dario Castello, Giovanni Bononcini, Henry Purcell, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Playing Baroque Music(LP, Album) | - | Proprius |
| 41 |  |
Castello, Bassano, Picchi, Van Eyck, Vivaldi, Telemann, Schaffrath, Marianne Lüthi, Walter Stiftner, Rudolf Scheidegger – Musik Für Blöckflöte, Fagott Und Cembalo(LP) | - | Jecklin |
| 42 |  |
Dario Castello, Arcangelo Corelli, Luigi Boccherini, Domenico Scarlatti, Giuseppe Tartini, Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Claudio Monteverdi – Il Risveglio Della Musica Italiana(CD, Compilation, Promo) | - | Opus 111 |
Videos featuring Dario Castello
Quattro violoni a Venezia by Clematis
Release date → September 2019
Stream//Download//Buy → https://lnk.to/QuattroVioloni_ClematisID
Although the first violin virtuosos came mainly from Cremona, Brescia or Mantua, it was Venice that swiftly emerged as the principal centre for the develop
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