Emöke Baráth - Voglio cantar
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BARBARA STROZZI / FRANCESCO CAVALLI / ANTONIO CESTI / BIAGIO MARINI / TARQUINIO MERULA
Emöke Baráth - Voglio cantar
Emöke Baráth (soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti
[ Erato Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 18 January 2019
Voglio cantar - 'I want to sing' - is Emőke Baráth's first solo album for Erato. The young Hungarian soprano has built a special reputation in Baroque music and the prime focus here is on Barbara Strozzi, who made her name as a composer in 17th century Venice. "She must have been quite a revolutionary personality," says Emőke Baráth. "Her music is improvisational, intuitive, even rhapsodic … She was clearly a passionate woman with a strong dramatic sense." Baráth is joined by Il Pomo d'Oro, conducted by Francesco Corti.
MARBECKS STAFF PICK - 2019
"With extrovert support from Il Pomo d'Oro and harpsichordist-director Francesco Corti, each song becomes a vocal and dramatic showcase, emphasising abrupt switches between extreme psychologist states…If Baráth's richly operatic delivery feels sometimes counterintuitive in Strozzi's more intimate laments, it's nonetheless a reminder that Cavalli and Cesti in particular found fame in that spectacular new stage genre." BBC Music
"The affecting falling intervals of her dark laments strike to the heart like a knife, and when there is playfulness it can still work to a serious and wholly appropriate end…Baráth's voice is strong, bright and clear, innately attractive with crisply enunciated words…The expert contributions from Il Pomo d'Oro, including short instrumental interludes by Marini and Merula, are typically tight and pingy" Gramophone
"Not only is the voice intrinsically lovely, but Baráth brings a range of colour and nuance that show a grasp of both textual (so important in this repertoire) and musical syntax…by any standards this is exceptionally compelling singing and the singer is given outstandingly stylish support by members of Il Pomo d'Oro." Opera
Winner - Newcomer (singer) Opus Klassik Awards
2019
Tracks:
Strozzi: Arie, Op. 8 No. 6: "Che si può fare"
Strozzi: Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7 No. 10: "Mi fa rider la speranza"
Strozzi: Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7 No. 4: Lamento (Lagrime mie)
Marini, B: Affetti musicali, Op. 1 No. 1: Sinfonia grave La Zorzi
Cesti: Speranza Ingannatrice
Merula: Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Book 3, Op. 12: XIX. Ballo detto Eccardo
Strozzi: Cantate, Ariette e Duetti, Op. 2 No. 17: Il Lamento (Sul Rodano severo)
Cavalli: Statira, principessa di Persia: Sinfonia
Cavalli: Statira, principessa di Persia, Act 1: "Alba, ch'imperli i fiori ... Amor, che mascherasti" (Ermosilla)
Cavalli: Musiche Sacre: No. 23, Canzon a 3
Cavalli: Statira, principessa di Persia, Act 2
Strozzi: Ariette a voce sola, Op. 6: XVI. Amante loquace (Chi brama in amore)
Marini, B: Sonata sopra "Fuggi dolente core", Op. 22 No. 21
Strozzi: Arie, Op. 8 No. 4
