Weeping Philosophers: Arias by Carissimi, Durante, Strozzi, Purcell, etc.
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Label: Pan Classics
Cat No: PC10456
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 22nd March 2024
Contents
Works
I filosofiHeraclite, Democrite, Diogene
Seneca svenato ossia la crudelta di Nerone
Sonata 'Heraclite and Democrite'
The Dragon of Wantley
The Female Virtuosos
L'Eraclito amoroso
Heraclite et Democrite
Der geduldige Socrates
Artists
Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)Soraya Mafi (soprano)
Tercia Realidad
Conductor
Jorge JimenezWorks
I filosofiHeraclite, Democrite, Diogene
Seneca svenato ossia la crudelta di Nerone
Sonata 'Heraclite and Democrite'
The Dragon of Wantley
The Female Virtuosos
L'Eraclito amoroso
Heraclite et Democrite
Der geduldige Socrates
Artists
Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)Soraya Mafi (soprano)
Tercia Realidad
Conductor
Jorge JimenezAbout
The noble but mocked Seneca in Monteverdi's Poppea, the hen-pecked, polygamous Socrates in Telemann's Der geduldige Sokrates, the tipple-loving Diogenes and Aristotle in the ballad songs of Leveridge and Lampe, and the lovestruck Heraclitus and Democritus in the more serious duets. There are also the trios and laments of Carissimi, Purcell, Strozzi, Couperin and Jean-Baptise Stuck.
Heraclitus and Democritus, two pre-Socratic 5th-century thinkers, were particularly fruitful subjects for depiction due to their association with two polar effects: Heraclitus came to be known as the 'weeping philosopher' and was often contrasted in artistic depictions with Democritus, the 'laughing philosopher'.
Far from being detached oracles rhetorically dispensing wisdom, these philosopher-singers are feeling as well as thinking subjects, subject to suffering and (self-) derision in equal measure.
In this project countertenor Lawrence Zazzo collaborates with soprano Soraya Mafi and Jorge Jiménez plus Spanish ensemble Tercia Realidad to explore as a piece of creative practice the depiction of philosophers and their philosophies in Italian, German, French, and English vocal music in the early modern period.
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