To The Unknown Goddess - A Portrait Of Barbara Strozzi / Bott, Chateauneuf, et al
On this CD:
1. Ardo in tacito foco
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
2. Tradimento
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
3. Pensaci ben mio core
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
4. Gite, o giorni dolenti
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
5. Lagrime Mie
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
6. La fanciulletta semplice
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
7. Amor dormiglione
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
8. L'amante segreto
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
9. Giusta negativa
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
10. La sol fi mi re do
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
11. Appresso ai molli argenti
Composed by Barbara Strozzi
Performed by Catherine Bott, Paula Chateauneuf, Paula Chateauneuf, Frances Kelly, Timothy Roberts
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Several female composers achieved some slight renown in 17th-century Italy, but none was more widely known or praised than the extraordinary Barbara Strozzi. This famously virtuoso singer wrote herself truly imaginative, compelling music--the wide-ranging, fluttering runs of the wedding song "Gite, o giorni dolenti," the passionate anguish and the unsettling chromatic turns in the melody of "Lagrime mie," the coquettish humor of "La sol fa mi re do," and on and on. For this "portrait of Barbara Strozzi," Catherine Bott gives a spectacular performance, encompassing the wide range (both vocal and emotional) and technical challenges of this music with ease and dramatic flair. (The accompaniment--harp, lute, and harpsichord--is particularly attractive as well.) The cantatrice virtuosissima (as Strozzi's contemporaries called her) has met her match. --Matthew Westphal
To The Unknown Goddess - A Portrait Of Barbara Strozzi / Bott, Chateauneuf, et al, Music, Strozzi, Bott, Chateauneuf, Roberts, Kelly, Classical, Jazz Music
To The Unknown Goddess - A Portrait Of Barbara Strozzi / Bott, Chateauneuf, et al
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