BaL 26.11.16 - Barbara Strozzi recordings

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

0930
Building a Library: Dr Hannah French surveys recordings of the exquisite music of seventeenth-century Venetian Barbara Strozzi. She was one of the most important composers of Italian cantatas in that era and published over a hundred vocal works during her lifetime. Illegitimate daughter of librettist and poet Giulio Strozzi, she studied with Cavalli and was a virtuoso singer, a shrewd businesswoman, and an outstanding composer.

A selection of recordings:

Merce di voi
Noiosa lontananza: Dimmi dove se
Le tre Grazie a Venere
Gl’occhi superbi
Amor dormiglione
Begli occhi
Anima del mio core
Sete pur fastidioso
I baci
Sino alla morte
Mordeva un bianco lino
Godere e tacere
Canto di bella bocca
Libertà: Non ci lusinghi più
John Toll (harpsichord), Musica Secreta

Lagrime mie
Se volete cosi me ne contento
Toccata XII
Corrente V
Che v'hò fato, Op. 7
Ciaccona
Chiudi l'audaci labra, Op. 6
Canzon Prima
L'Eraclito amoroso 'Udite amanti'
Lilla mia, non ti doler, Op. 6
Kapsberger
Canario
Che si può fare
Fons Musicae

Ariette a voce sola, Op. 6
Tadashi Miroku (counter tenor) & Silvia Rambaldi (harpsichord)

Arie a voce sola, Op. 8
Emanuela Galli (soprano), La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni

Amor dormiglione
Begli occhi
Chiamata a nuovi amori
Costume de' grandi
Gite, o giorni dolenti
Giusta negativa
Il Romeo
L'amante bugliardo
L'amante consolato
L’amante segreto
L'Eraclito amoroso 'Udite amanti'
La fanciulletta semplice
La sol fa, mi, re, do
La travagliata
La vendetta
Lilla Crudele ad onta d'amore
Tra le speranze e'l timore
Consort Baroque Laurentia (download)

Arie a voce sola, Op. 8: No. 3 'Serenata con violini'
Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7: No. 4 'Lamento'
Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7: No. 3 'Fin che tu spiri, spera'
Il Lamento "Su'l Rodano severo"
Godere e tacere
L'Eraclito amoroso, Op. 2 No. 14
Mentita, Op. 3 No. 8
Lamento : Appresso a i molli argenti, Op. 7
Cristiana Presutti (soprano), Ensemble Poïésis (download)

L'amante bugliardo
Amor dormiglione
Sete pur fastidioso
L'Eraclito amoroso 'Udite amanti'
La Villanella Basel

Le tre Grazie a Venere
Amor dormiglione
Amor Non Si Fugge
L'Eraclito amoroso 'Udite amanti'
L’amante segreto

Recommended recording Capella Mediterranea, Leonarda Garcia Alarcon

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7404C6BAF6F62E96

[doversoul1]

Here’s another list:

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/advsearch.php?composer=+Barbara+Strozzi&work=&performer=&medium=all&label=&cat=

There was a Dowland BaL in the similar format (i.e. not of one work but of recordings of one composer’s works). Despite the irregularity of the format, it was very much appreciated.

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7226-BaL-12-01-13-The-music-of-John-Dowland

I hope this Strozzi BaL will match the predecessor.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I'm guessing not many of us know thew work of this composer. It should certainly be worth a listen.

[ardcarp]

Yes, I hope so. It will be hard to bring traditional BAL criteria to bear on such a wide spectrum of pieces. I guess it will be more a case of deciding which performing group best captures the spirit of Strozzi's music on disc. I'm looking forward to it anyway...and hope Ms French manages to fit in quite a lot of examples.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm guessing not many of us know thew work of this composer. It should certainly be worth a listen.

- I suspect that it will be an expensive one, too!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Promising so far. . .

[doversoul1]

What a feast! I honestly can’t be bothered about the selection. Hearing all these songs is more than good enough for me. A great introduction to this amazing composer. Very well done Hannah French for this difficult Bal.

[Falcon]

A new composer to me, but a familiar sound-world with reminders of Monteverdi particularly, both sacred and operatic. Some wonderful counterpoint and the music never seems to settle for long before slipping into another key. I like the wealth of ideas and drama created by Strozzi. Plenty of examples and splendid performances. A good BAL!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

What a feast! I honestly can’t be bothered about the selection. Hearing all these songs is more than good enough for me. A great introduction to this amazing composer. Very well done Hannah French for this difficult Bal.

A new composer to me, but a familiar sound-world with reminders of Monteverdi particularly, both sacred and operatic. Some wonderful counterpoint and the music never seems to settle for long before slipping into another key. I like the wealth of ideas and drama created by Strozzi. Plenty of examples and splendid performances. A good BAL!

- my earlier suspicion proved to be true. Ah, well ... it's only money!

[MickyD]

What a feast! I honestly can’t be bothered about the selection. Hearing all these songs is more than good enough for me. A great introduction to this amazing composer. Very well done Hannah French for this difficult Bal.

Yes, I was bowled over by the Cappella Mediterranea version. Seeing that CD copies are limited, I have sinned and paid about twenty quid for it, but I really want it in my collection just for one track alone. A lovely BAL and a real discovery for me.

[ardcarp]

A great introduction to this amazing composer. Very well done Hannah French for this difficult Bal.

Yes indeed. It could have been a daunting task, but HF wisely chose to play a lot and to 'educate' her audience about this (shamefully?) little-known composer as well indicating her preferred option/s. I don't know if I was shocked or amused at Strozzi's being referred to at the start as 'a singer-songwriter'. After all, she was. But I couldn't help thinking of Beyonce or Taylor Swift! My problem.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Seeing that CD copies [of the Cappella Mediterranea version] are limited, I have sinned and paid about twenty quid for it...

Me too!

That's one Christmas presented sorted: I'd persuaded Mrs LMP to listen to the programme and she liked Strozzi a lot!

I won't ever listen to it of course

[ardcarp]

Cappella Mediterranea seem a most interesting and slightly unusual group. What EM purists think of them I don't know, but there seems almost a cross-over to folk music at times. And a sense of theatre is obviously a big thing for them.

Some clips (other than Strozzi)......

https://cappellamediterranea.com/en

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-XW8hIWkps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4L6-7QDH2Y

[MickyD]

I'm ashamed to say I had never heard of the group before the Strozzi programme yesterday. To my ears they seem to share quite a bit in common with Christine Pluhar's group, L'Arpeggiata - and that has to be good!