Bellerofonte Castaldi: Tasteggio Soave - Jakob Wagner

Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580-1649): Tasteggio Soave Theorbo, Jakob Wagner Audio & Video, Martin Zimny Theorbo by Giuseppe Tumiati (2021) This is one of my favorite pieces from this repertoire, Tasteggio soave by Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580-1649). Named after the mythological rider of Pegasos and the slayer of the Chimera, Bellerofonte Castaldi lived a dazzling life as an adventurer, poet and musician in the early Seicento. In his Capricci (1622) he also claims to be the inventor of the tiorbino, a smaller, shorter-scaled theorbo for which this Tasteggio was composed.