The Contest of Apollo and Pan

An anthology of instrumental music by Castello and his contemporaries

Chandos Records CHAN 0756  

Tassilo Erhardt · Ben Sansom renaissance violins

Sally Holman dulcian

Steven Devine harpsichord, spinet, and chamber organ

Pitch: a’=440Hz

Temperament: 1/4-comma meantone

'When all three instruments combine [...] the sound hits you right in the vitals [...] Sally Holman’s dulcian is a reliable and forthright pleasure.’
Gramophone

‘Helped by an excellent recording, clean and alive, this is a first-rate introduction to Apollo and Pan on disc’
BBC Music Magazine

‘Their slightly astringent quality and wealth of colour serve this music extremely well. Apollo & Pan are more concerned with texture and musical rhetoric than mere display […] Chandos have given this young ensemble an exemplary recorded sound and the scholarly Erhardt contributes a helpful booklet essay.
International Record Review

‘What a wonderful sound two early violins, dulcian, and keyboards make! [...] the ensemble is impeccable even in the most complex music.’
Early Music Review

CD contents:

Dario Castello (1590-1644)
Sonata No. 10 from Book II (1629) for two violins, dulcian, and continuo 

Tarquinio Merula (1594/95-1665)
Chiacona from Op. 3 (1637) for two violins, dulcian, and continuo 

Dario Castello
Sonata No. 4 from Book II (1629) for two violins and continuo 

Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Sonata sopra 'Fuggi dolente core' from Op. 22 (1655) for two violins, dulcian, and continuo 

Giovanni Antonio Bertoli (1598-?1645)
Sonata No. 7 from 'Compositioini Musicali' (1645) for dulcian and continuo 

Giovanni Battista Buonamente (?-1642)
Sinfonia, Brando, Gagliarda, Corrente for two violins, dulcian, and continuo from Book IV (1626)

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Toccata No. 1 from Book II (1627/37)
Capriccio Ruggiero from 'Il primo libro capricci' (1626) for harpsichord solo 

Salamone Rossi (1570-c. 1630)
Sonata sopra un aria francese from Book IV (1622) for two violins and continuo 

Dario Castello
Sonata No. 7 from Book II (1629) for violin, dulcian, and continuo

Cipriano de Rore (1515/16[1565])
Ancor che col partire arr. for organ solo
Divisions (violin) by Giovanni Battista Spadi da Faenza

Dario Castello
Sonata No. 8 from Book II (1629) for violin, dulcian, and continuo

Biagio Marini
Balletto No. 1 from Op. 22 (1655) for two violins, dulcian, and continuo 

Dario Castello
Sonata No. 9 from Book II (1629) for two violins, dulcian, and continuo 

Francesco Turini (c. 1589-1656)
Sonata 'E tanto tempo hormai' from Madrigali… Book I (1621) for two violins, dulcian, and continuo

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