{"product_id":"2361097","title":"Berit Norbakken Solmund Nysta - Donna Barbara - Songs Of Barbara Strozzi [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album documents some of our meetings with Barbara Strozzi. In her time, and long after her death, Barbara Strozzi was a legendary performer, something that in her case has been highlighted far more than among her male colleagues. Why? In light of her extensive production and publishing activities, it seems almost absurd that she should not be considered a composer on par with any-one else, and one wonders if this too has to do with gender, if being a singer is so much less controversial for a woman than being a com-poser, that it has almost functioned as a 'mitigating circumstance'?\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an artist, you have more direct connection to the music compared to experiencing it through someone else's rendition. The fact that Barbara Strozzi wrote so much of her music with her own performances in mind, means that her pieces be-come places or spaces where one can immerse oneself in another (her?) way of making music. In these spaces, Barbara's authority as a performer, and originator, of the music becomes avail-able to us as co-creators today.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe freedom and flexibility that come from accompanying oneself \\x96 as Barbara did \\x96 has been a model for our work in the duo format. This involves a coherence that gives us the freedom for spontaneous turns and variations along the way in the music, so that each performance becomes different. The continuous practice \\x96singing and playing the music again and again, with openness to both planned and spontaneous variations, becomes more crucial to the audible result than one specific interpretation of each piece as a composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Norwegian duo's subtle poeticism and harmonic finesse suggest that less can be more.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003eGramophone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Berit Norbakken (soprano) and Solmund Nystabakk (lutes) aim to capture the style of Strozzi's own performances in which she would have accompanied herself. To this end, the Norwegian duo has nurtured a particularly close rapport between voice and lute, and the ensemble between the two is impeccable.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003eBBC Music Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (4 stars)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Strozzi: L'Eraclito Amoroso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL'Amante Bugiardo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL'Amante Consolato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIl Romeo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Fanciuletta Semplice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePer un Bacio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTra Le Speranze E'l Timor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL'Amante Segreto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLilla Crudele Ad Onta D'Amore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBegl'occhi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChiamata A Nuovi Amori\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNon Volete Ch'io Mi Dolga?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLagrime mie, Lamento\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmor Dormiglione\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420712423809,"sku":"2361097","price":17.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/7090020183053.jpg?v=1750620711","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2361097","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}