Magneoton
Warner Classics/Erato
2019
BARÁTH EMŐKE
I.
Baráth Emőke 2018-ban exkluzív lemezszerződést írt alá a Warner Classics lemezkiadóval. E szerződés keretében
2019. januárban a kiadónál megjelent Erato label alatt a művésznő önálló lemezfelvétele:
VOGLIO CANTAR
Barbara Strozzi, valamint
Biagio Marini, Pietro Francesco Cavalli,
Antonio Cesti és Tarquinio Merula áriák
BARÁTH EMŐKE – szoprán
Il Pomo d’Oro zenekar
vezényel:
Francesco Corti
Erato CD 0190295632212
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II.
Barbara
Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Marini, Merula
Voglio
Cantar
Emőke Baráth
Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti
Release Date:
18 January 2019
Digipack: 0190295632212 - SD: 0190295632205
MfIt: 0190295632199 - HD: 0190295632182
Voglio cantar – ‘I
want to sing’ – is the title of Emőke Baráth’s first solo album for Erato. The young Hungarian
soprano became an exclusive artist for the label in Spring
2018, having already made an impression with her appearances on three Erato
recordings: Handel’s Partenope,
conducted by Riccardo Minasi – Gramophone judged her
“exquisite and persuasive” – and Gluck’s Orfeo
ed Euridice and the
‘concept album’ La Storia di Orfeo, both with countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and conductor Diego Fasolis.
Emőke Baráth’s repertoire extends over several
centuries, covering Mozart, Mahler and Messiaen, but
she has built a special reputation in Baroque music. Italian composers of the
17th century provide the programme for Voglio cantar. Its
particular focus is on one of the first female composers to publish music under
her own name and to make a considerable reputation: Barbara Strozzi,
whose 400th anniversary falls in 2019 – she was born in Venice in
1619 and died in Padua in 1677.
The album
presents a number of her vocal works, set in the context of both vocal and instrumental
music by male composers of her time: Francesco Cavalli,
who was her teacher; Antonio Cesti; Biagio Marini and
Tarquinio Merula. Baráth is accompanied by Il Pomo d’Oro,
conducted by Francesco Corti, making his Erato debut,
who joined her in devising the programme. The album
was recorded in the exquisite city of Lonigo, about
90 kilometres from Venice.
“Barbara Strozzi was a very prolific composer
of both religious and secular works,” explains Emőke Baráth, but many of her works have been lost over the
centuries.” Her music is harmonically adventurous and deeply expressive, and Baráth – who relishes the often high-lying vocal line –
sings it with compelling rhythmic and rhetorical freedom while respecting the
conventions of the 17th century. “Strozzi
is improvisational, intuitive, even rhapsodic,” she says.
“Her style is less strict than Cavalli’s, though she
learned her craft from him. She was clearly a passionate woman with a strong
dramatic sense, and she had a particularly close and sensitive contact with the texts she
chose.” Some of the poems are by her father, Giulio Strozzi; a renowned poet and librettist, he was an
influential figure in Venice’s intellectual and artistic life and encouraged
Barbara’s talent. She gained renown as a singer, was an eloquent player of the
lute and penned some of her own lyrics.
As it happens, Giulio adopted Barbara, who was born as his illegitimate
daughter. Her mother was Isabella Garzoni, a faithful servant in
Giulio’s household. Barbara went on to bring up her own children as an
independent single woman. There is some talk of her being a courtesan, but it
seems there is no firm evidence for this.
“She must have been quite a revolutionary personality,” comments Emőke Baráth. “She was a lucky person is many ways – to be so talented and to be born in a period of innovation, in the
right place at the right time, and to have the support of her father. I think
of her as the musical equivalent of the painter Artemisia Gentileschi [born in
Naples in 1593]. 30 or 50 years earlier it would have been difficult for a
woman to become a composer at all.”
Tracklist - Voglio
Cantar
1. Barbara
Strozzi Arie a voce sola opus 8 nb 6 : Che si puň fare
2.
Barbara Strozzi Diporti di Euterpe opus 7
: Mi fa rider la Speranza
3.
Barbara Strozzi Diporti di Euterpe opus 7 : Lamento (Lagrime mie)
4.
Biagio Marini Affetti Musicali opus 1 nb 1 : Sinfonia Grave La Zorzi
5.
(Pietro Marc') Antonio Cesti Cantata
Speranza Ingannatrice
6.
Tarquinio Merula Canzoni
i overo Sonate concertate per chiesa e camera libro 3, opus 12
: Ballo detto Eccardo
7.
Barbara Strozzi
Cantate, ariette e duetti, opus 2 : Il Lamento
[Sul Rodano severo]
8.
Pietro Francesco Cavalli Opera
Statira, principessa di Persia : Sinfonia
9.
Pietro Francesco Cavalli Opera Statira, principessa di Persia : Act I, scene 2 : Alba, ch’imperli i fiori… Amor, che mascherasti (Ermosilla / Usimano)
10. Pietro
Francesco Cavalli Musiche Sacre, 1656 : Canzon a 3
11. Pietro
Francesco Cavalli Opera Statira, principessa di
Persia : Act II, scene 3: Cresce
il foco, avvampa il core (Floralba)
12. Pietro
Francesco Cavalli Opera Statira, principessa di
Persia : Act 2, scene 9 : Vanne
intrepido (Statira)
13. Barbara
Strozzi Ariette a voce sola opus 6 : Amante loquace [Chi brama in amore]
14. Biagio
Marini Libro III, opus 22 nb 21 per
ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, da chiesa, e da
camera : Sonata sopra Fuggi
dolente Core
15. Barbara Strozzi Arie a voce sola opus 8 : L’Astratto [Voglio sě, vo’
cantar] I (beg. At : voglio si vo cantar)
16.
Barbara Strozzi
Arie a voce sola opus 8 : L’Astratto [Voglio sě, vo’
cantar] II (beg. At : Misero, i guai m’han da me stesso astratto)
Emőke Baráth, soprano
Il Pomo d'Oro
Francesco Corti, conductor
Concerts with album repertoire: 5 Jan:
Budapest, Franz Liszt Academy - 19 Jan: Metz, Arsenal - 1 Feb : Paris, Salle
Gaveau - 2 Feb : Lyon, Chapelle de la Trinité - 19 Apr : Versailles, Chapelle
Royale
III.
Baráth Emőke
közreműködésével korábban megjelent Warner-kiadványok:
Gluck: Orfeusz
Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Baráth Emőke
Erato CD
megjelent: 2018
La storia di Orfeo – Monteverdi, Rossi, Sartorio
Philippe Jaroussky, Baráth Emőke
Erato CD
megjelent: 2017
Händel: Partenope
Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, Baráth Emőke
Erato 3 CD megjelent: 2015
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Baráth Emőke 2019. január 5-én Tiszta barokk címmel áriaestet ad a
Zeneakadémián. A koncert műsora szinte teljesen azonos az új CD albuméval,
így az esemény egyben lemezbemutatónak is tekinthető. Közreműködik az
Il Pomo d’Oro zenekar, vezényel: Francesco Corti.
Baráth Emőke 2019. január 25-én és 26-án a BMC-ben lép fel. Az Óbudai
Danubia Zenekar közreműködésével Händel-áriákat énekel a zenekar Händel
koncertsorozata keretében. A műsoron részletek és áriák hallhatók az
Almira, Agrippina, Rinaldo, Alcina, Saul, Messiás, Solomon, Theodora, Jephta
című művekből, vezényel: Hámori Máté
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