Alessandro Stradella: Music, mayhem and murder
Alessandro Stradella's star burned brightly but briefly, his music glorious, his lifestyle dissolute, murdered, aged 38. Hannah French & Andrew Kirkman explore his life & work.
Alessandro Stradella's star burned brightly but briefly. His music was glorious; his lifestyle was dissolute: embezzlement, sexual imprudence and political intrigue - Stradella fell foul of his misdemeanours in 1682 when he was murdered by a hitman at the age of just 38.
Hannah French is joined in the studio by the University of Birmingham's Professor Andrew Kirkman, who conducted a recent performance of Stradella's opera "La forza dell'amor paterno" with Barber Opera. Together they'll explore Stradella's colourful life and wonderful music, including extracts from the Birmingham performance, alongside recordings of Stradella's other operas, oratorios and orchestral works.
Programme also includes your weekly bulletin of Early Music News, with Mark Seow.
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Alessandro Stradella
San Giovanni Battista: Sinfonia
Performer: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Un Viaggio A Roma.
- Naive.
- 10.
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Alessandro Stradella
Time, grant me a fugitive instant (La Forza dell'amor paterno, Act II)
Singer: Galina Averina. Ensemble: Musical and Amicable Society. Director: Andrew Kirkman. -
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Alessandro Stradella
Sinfonia No. 6 for 2 Violins and Continuo in F Major
Ensemble: Ensemble Arte Musica. Director: Francesco Cera.- Stradella: String Sinfonias, Nos. 1鈥�9.
- Brilliant Classics.
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Alessandro Stradella
Disperata rimembranza, lascia omai
Singer: Rosita Frisani. Ensemble: Alessandro Stradella Consort. Conductor: Est茅van Velardi.- Stradella: Cantatas & Serenatas Vol. 1.
- Dynamic.
- 31.
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Alessandro Stradella
See Jove on that hillock (La Forza del amor paterno, Act II)
Singer: Lara Marie M眉ller. Ensemble: Musical and Amicable Society. Director: Andrew Kirkman. -
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Alessandro Stradella
O love, how they wail and cry (La Forza del amor paterno, Act I)
Singer: Andy Shen Liu. Ensemble: Musical and Amicable Society. Director: Andrew Kirkman. -
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Alessandro Stradella
Hopeless, abandoned, alone (La Forza del amor paterno , Act I)
Singer: Francis Gush. Ensemble: Musical and Amicable Society. Director: Andrew Kirkman. -
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Alessandro Stradella
Sinfonia No. 1 for 2 Violins and Continuo in C Major: I. Grave - Allegro
Performer: Ensemble Arte Musica. Performer: Francesco Cera.- Stradella: String Sinfonias, Nos. 1鈥�9.
- Brilliant Classics.
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Alessandro Stradella
Moro per amore: III. Furie terribili (Eurinda)
Singer: Chantal Santon Jeffery. Ensemble: Galilei Consort. Director: Benjamin Ch茅nier.- Stradella: Lagrima E Sospiri.
- Alpha.
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Alessandro Stradella
Cos矛 Va (La Susanna)
Singer: Barbara Zanichelli. Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora. Director: Enrico Gatti.- La Susanna.
- Glossa.
- 12.
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Alessandro Stradella
Deh, che pi霉 tardi (San Giovanni Battista)
Singer: Alicia Amo. Ensemble: Le Banquet C茅leste. Director: Damien Guillon.- Stradella: San Giovanni Battista.
- Alpha.
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Alessandro Stradella
S霉, coronatemi (San Giovanni Battista)
Singer: Alicia Amo. Ensemble: Le Banquet C茅leste. Director: Damien Guillon.- Stradella: San Giovanni Battista.
- Alpha.
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Alessandro Stradella
Sonata a 8 viole con una tromba in D Major
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Un Viaggio A Roma.
- Naive.
- 6.
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