Virtuosissima Sirena
Laura Catrani, Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni
- Label
- Arcana
- EAN / barcode
- 3760195735893
- Release date
- 30 January 2026
- Format
- Digital
- Type
- Album
Barbara Strozzi, a Venetian singer and composer who lived between 1619 and 1677, is a rare jewel in the musical landscape of Italian Seicento. As the adopted daughter (and possibly biological daughter) of Giulio Strozzi, a man of letters from the famous Florentine family, she rejected the alternative prospect of marriage or a life in a convent to devote herself entirely to her one true passion: music. Moreover, she was determined to assert herself not only as a performing artist, but also as a composer, thereby transcending the strict rules of her time. Over the course of twenty years, she published more than 120 cantatas and other works for solo voice, a number unmatched by any of her contemporaries. In her major works, she combines the absolute originality of her formal structures with an extraordinarily intense and exuberant poetics of "affects". In this respect, her vocal music can only be compared to that of the greatest Italian composer of the century, Claudio Monteverdi.
Tracklist
- 01 Il primo libro de madrigali a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voci, op. 1: No. 9, Godere, e tacere 03:00
- 02 Cantate, ariette, e duetti, op. 2: No. 16, L’amante segreto 09:17
- 03 Cantate, ariette, e duetti, op. 2: No. 9, La vendetta 02:33
- 04 18 Sonatas, op. 2: No. 18, La Savorgniana 04:38
- 05 Diporte di Euterpe, op. 7: No. 5, Lagrime mie - Lamento 10:48
- 06 Diporte di Euterpe, op. 7: No. 13, A pena il sol 06:17
- 07 Cantate, ariette, e duetti, op. 2: No. 4, Costume de’ grandi 03:48
- 08 Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo: Sonata Duodecima 08:35
- 09 Arie, op. 8: No. 6, Che si può fare 10:48
- 10 Diporte di Euterpe, op. 7: No. 9, Tradimento! 02:45
Source: MusicBrainz
