Barbara Strozzi: A Portrait in Five Acts – Duets for Two Sopranos

Blažíková, Hana, Hathor Consort, Lischka, Romina, Mields, Dorothee

CPO 555510

The Venetian Barbara Strozzi did not have to emancipate herself in order to be recognized as an artist and composer. And this, despite the fact that she – the illegitimate daughter of a maid and her lord – should, according to common estimation, have been happy to have amounted to "anything" at all. However, her father, himself a writer and full of wit in the true sense of the word, adopted her and ensured that she receive a proper education. The rest was all down to this exceptionally talented young girl herself. The worthy student of the famous Francesco Cavalli could even afford to publish her works under her own name. She was a fixture in the cultural life of her city, which obviously took great pleasure in the extraordinarily emotional worlds of this intimate music. Listen and enjoy!

Works:

•Barbara Strozzi: L'amante modesto op. 1 Nr. 13
•Barbara Strozzi: Merce di voi op. 1 Nr. 1
•Barbara Strozzi: Lagrime mie op. 7 Nr. 4;
•Barbara Strozzi: Al battitor di bronzo op. 1 Nr. 18
•Barbara Strozzi: Begli occhi op. 3 Nr. 9
•Barbara Strozzi: L'Eraclito amoroso op. 2 Nr. 14
•Barbara Strozzi: Godere e Tacere op. 1 Nr. 9
•Barbara Strozzi: L'Amante segreto op. 2 Nr. 16
•Barbara Strozzi: Il Romeo op. 2 Nr. 13
•Barbara Strozzi: Moralita amorosa op. 3 Nr. 2
•Barbara Strozzi: Sospira, resira op. 6 Nr. 17
•Barbara Strozzi: Tradimento op. 7 Nr. 9
•Barbara Strozzi: Silentio nocivo op. 1 Nr. 6
•Barbara Strozzi: Ardo in tacito foco op. 3 Nr. 1
•Barbara Strozzi: Dal pianto op 1 Nr. 21;
•Barbara Strozzi: Liberta op. 1 Nr. 10
•Barbara Strozzi: Godere in gioventu op. 1 Nr. 12
•Barbara Strozzi: La vendetta op. 2 Nr. 9
•Barbara Strozzi: I Baci op. 2 Nr. 23
•Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde: Susanne un jour

CD x 1

CPO

30.01.2026

761203551026