Barbara Strozzi
World Premiere recording of the complete edition of the Sacri Musicali Affetti by Barbara Strozzi, a figure of great importance among the various women musicians of the seventeenth century. Her works went on printed editions for her to be recognized and appreciated as a composer, and not just as an instrumentalist or singer. She was on the Venetian intellectual scene thanks to her connection with the poet and playwright Giulio Strozzi (of whom Barbara is most likely an illegitimate daughter), a fundamental figure in the institution of the Venetian musical theater, and soon appreciated by musicians and writers of cultural circles from Venice. The Aurata Fonte ensemble, specialising in the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, accompanies the sopranos Anna Simboli and Miho Kamiya with period instruments in the performance of this collection of sacred motets for solo voice where the composer”s mastery and refinement is revealed by alternating theatrical and dramatic effects in the name of a marked vocal virtuosity. To be noted at one point the explicit mentioning of the great Claudio Monteverdi, placing by right her work in his musical wake.
Tracklist
Disco n.1
Barbara Strozzi
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1655
1 - Mater Anna (9:30)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1656
2 - In medio maris (6:24)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1657
3 - Gaude Virgo (4:58)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1658
4 - Salve, sancta caro (7:20)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1659
5 - Hodie oritur (7:27)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1660
6 - Erumpebat (6:00)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1661
7 - O Maria (6:25)
Disco n.2
Barbara Strozzi
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1662
1 - Parasti in dulcedine (6:33)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1663
2 - Erat Petrus (7:18)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1664
3 - Surgite, surgite (5:05)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1665
4 - Salve Regina (9:44)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1666
5 - Nascente Maria (8:09)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1667
6 - Oleum effusum+I6I7:I14I8:I14I9:I14I10:I14I11:I14I38I14I12:I14I13:I3:I14 (9:10)
Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. Quinta, Venezia, 1668
7 - Iubilemus (6:20)
- Composer: Barbara Strozzi
- Performers: Aurata Fonte (ensemble); Miho Kamiya (soprano); Anna Simboli (soprano); Andrea Arrivabene (alto); Perikli Pite (viola da gamba); Valeria Montanari (harpsichord); Giuseppe Monari (organ)
- Musicological Text: Nicola Badolato
- Historical Period: Early Baroque
- Code: TC611990
- Edition: July 2021
- Barcode: 8007194200515
- Set: 1
- Total tracks: 14
- Total duration: 101:22