Dario Castello: Sonata Seconda

Dario Castello: Sonata Seconda (from “Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno“, Libro II, Venice, 1629) Jan Van Hoecke, Recorder Ágnes Ratkó, Harpsichord Performance during the final round of the 7th International Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Competition in Melk (Austria). The instruments: Early baroque soprano recorder 440 Hz (plumwood) by Stephan Blezinger The recorders of the early baroque period are really transitional instruments from the Renaissance to the late baroque period, and various very