Raised for success
Donald Macleod and Laurie Stras explore Barbara Strozzi鈥檚 early success as a singer and the role of her father in promoting his daughter.
Donald Macleod and Laurie Stras explore Barbara Strozzi鈥檚 early success as a singer and the role of her father in promoting his daughter.
The singer, and composer Barbara Strozzi neither held any position at church or court, nor had a consistent patron, and yet she published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular music in print than any other composer of the era. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Laurie Stras to explore the life of this extraordinary musician, and the world of 17th-century Venice in which she lived and worked. This was a world in which, despite the acknowledged successes of female artists in literature and music, being a successful composer seems to have aroused suspicion, and brought accusations of impropriety.
In Monday鈥檚 episode, Donald and Laurie explore Barbara Strozzi鈥檚 early success as a singer and the role of her father in promoting his daughter, through his contacts in Venice鈥檚 literary Accademias.
Mi fa rider la speranze, Op 7, No 10
Em枚ke Bar谩th, soprano
Il Pomo d'Oro
Francesco Corti, harpsichord & director
Che si puo fare, Op 8, No 6
Capella Mediterranea
Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon, conductor
Sonetto Proemio dell'Opera, Op 1, No1
Dolce Rima
Godere in giovent霉, Op 1, No 12
Chloe Lankshear, soprano
Anna Dowsley, mezzo-soprano
David Greco, baritone
Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo
Erin Helyard, chamber organ
L'Usignuolo, Op 1, No 5
Capella Mediterranea
Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon, conductor
Il contrasto di cinque sensi, Op 1, No 14
Fieri Consort
Parla alli suoi pensieri, Op 6, No 5
Roberta Invernizzi, soprano
Bizzarrie Armoniche
L鈥橝mante segreto, Op 2, No 16
Peggy B茅langer, soprano
Michel Angers, theorbo
Consort Baroque Laurenita
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Barbara Strozzi
Mi fa rider la speranze, Op 7, No 10
Singer: Em艖ke Bar谩th. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Director: Francesco Corti.- Erato : 9029563221.
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Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare, Op 8, No 6
Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.- Ambronay : AMY020.
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Barbara Strozzi
Sonetto Proemio dell'Opera, Op 1, No 1
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Barbara Strozzi
Godere in gioventu, Op 1, No 12
Performer: Simon Martyn-Ellis. Performer: Erin Helyard. Singer: Chloe Lankshear. Singer: Anna Dowsley. Singer: David Greco.- PINCHGUT OPERA : PG012.
- Pinchgut Opera.
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Barbara Strozzi
L' Usignuolo, Op 1, No 5
Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.- Ambronay : AMY020.
- Ambronay.
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Barbara Strozzi
Il contrasto di cinque sensi, Op 1, No 14
Performer: Fieri Consort. -
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Barbara Strozzi
Parla alli suoi pensieri, Op 6, No 5
Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.- Na茂ve: OP30500.
- 狈补茂惫别.
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Barbara Strozzi
L'Amante segreto, Op 2, No 16
Performer: Michel Angers. Singer: Peggy B茅langer. Ensemble: Consort Laurentia.- STR33948.
- Stradivarius.
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