CLASSIC AL A UDI O ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC SPECIAL STREET DATE: 09.30.2016 DARIO CASTELLO SONATE CONCERTATE IN STIL MODERNO, LIBRO PRIMO AAM005 | 5060340150068 1 CD | SRP: US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: Dario Castello ARTIST: Academy of Ancient Music • Richard Egarr (conductor) TRACK LIST: Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno, Libro Primo 01. Sonata prima 02. Sonata seconda 03. Sonata terza 04. Sonata quarta 05. Sonata quinta 06. Sonata sesta 07. Sonata settima 08. Sonata ottava 09. Sonata nona 10. Sonata decima 11. Sonata undecima 12. Sonata duodecima • Working at the same time as Claudio Monteverdi, Dario Castello wrote innovative and ground-breaking sonatas that had a profound effect on generations of Italian composers. Very little is known about him today, but in the 17th century he was actually more widely published than Shakespeare. • AAM Music Director Richard Egarr is a lifelong advocate of Castello, and on this recording directs the composer’s first book of sonatas from the harpsichord and organ. • Taking the form of a small chamber group, the AAM finds itself at its most adventurous and expressive, performing twelve fiercely virtuosic sonatas for violin, cornetto and dulcian that are full of imagination and color. DISTRIBUTED BY RELEASE DATE: 09/30/16 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE 16