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Strozzi:"Listen, Lovers!"
BR Klassik

Strozzi:"Listen, Lovers!"

Baroque Melancholic Romantic Intimate Dramatic
$19.99

Details

Composer
Barbara Strozzi
Artist
Joerg Handstein, Udo Wachtveitl, Wiebke Puls, Thomas Albus, Christoph Jablonka, Folkert Duecker, Jer
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jan 19, 2024
Catalog #
BRK900938
UPC
4035719009385

About

A young female singer in 17th-century Venice: she is a virtuoso and extremely charming, and the gentlemen of her select audience are at her feet. They call her the "Singing Venus". But Barbara Strozzi wants more: she regularly publishes her compositions – more than any woman before her. The new BR-KLASSIK audio biography tells her story.

Until the 20th century, female composers had a hard time in a male-dominated art. And in historiography for even longer: it was not until 1978 that a female American musicologist published the first specialist article on Barbara Strozzi. Today, it is generally accepted that she is one of the most important voices in the history of vocal chamber music. She is featured on a growing number of CDs, concert programmes and websites. However, although research has begun, a lively account of her life and work, accessible to a wider audience, has been lacking.

This audio biography brings together all the key documents and research that represent her – and also vividly introduces us to the unique cultural space in which the composer lived. The exuberance of Carnival, the development of the fledgling art of opera, and Venice - the"città galante"- are all linked to the phenomenon of"Barbara Strozzi" and her art. Listeners unfamiliar with this music are invited to rediscover lost treasures – and to get to know one of the great women of music history. Wiebke Puls, an actress at the Münchner Kammerspiele and a singer herself, lends her voice to Barbara Strozzi.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Eine außergewöhnliche Familie 05:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Eine außergewöhnliche Familie
    Duration
    05:52
  2. 2 Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): La Serenissima 05:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): La Serenissima
    Duration
    05:05
  3. 3 Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Donna Barbara 05:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Donna Barbara
    Duration
    05:55
  4. 4 Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Liebende Literaten 03:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Liebende Literaten
    Duration
    03:05
  5. 5 Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Sieg des Gesangs 03:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Chapter 1: La Virtuosissima (1619-1637): Sieg des Gesangs
    Duration
    03:41
  6. 6 Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Köstliche Lustbarkeiten 06:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Köstliche Lustbarkeiten
    Duration
    06:20
  7. 7 Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Spott und Verleumdung 04:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Spott und Verleumdung
    Duration
    04:24
  8. 8 Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Venezianische Kurtisanen 05:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Venezianische Kurtisanen
    Duration
    05:17
  9. 9 Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Opus 1 05:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Opus 1
    Duration
    05:20
  10. 10 Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Herausforderung zum Wettstreit 04:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    Chapter 2: Im Paradies der Venus (1637-1644): Herausforderung zum Wettstreit
    Duration
    04:13
  11. 11 Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Krieg 04:24
    Track
    11
    Title
    Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Krieg
    Duration
    04:24
  12. 12 Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Kantaten für den Kaiser 04:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Kantaten für den Kaiser
    Duration
    04:34
  13. 13 Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Geldsorgen 04:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Geldsorgen
    Duration
    04:39
  14. 14 Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Singende Kurtisane? 04:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Singende Kurtisane?
    Duration
    04:31
  15. 15 Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Das letzte Werk 07:17
    Track
    15
    Title
    Chapter 3: Erlauchteste Hoheit! (1645-1677): Das letzte Werk
    Duration
    07:17
  16. 16 Sacri musicali affetti, Op. 5: No. 7. O Maria 05:31
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sacri musicali affetti, Op. 5: No. 7. O Maria
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Barbara Strozzi
    Performer
    Emma Kirkby, Jakob Lindberg