Mareike Morr chose to focus on a singing career over piano performance due to having many more concerts as a singer, despite having a graduate degree in piano performance.
Performer Biography
Mareike Morr, the mezzo-soprano on this album, initially studied both piano and voice, earning degrees in piano teaching, voice teaching, and opera singing.
Performer Biography
Mareike Morr is a permanent member of the Hanover State Opera ensemble, which she values for the opportunity to learn and perform many different roles.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album focuses on Baroque lamentations, a genre that emerged around 1600 in Italy, where operatic heroes expressed their feelings through melodies rather than spoken language.
Performer Biography
The Hannoversche Hofkapelle, the ensemble on this recording, was founded in 1981 by cembalist and organist Lajos Rovatkay and students, making it one of the longest-standing ensembles specializing in period performance practice.
Compositional Technique
Henry Purcell's 'Dido's Lament' from Dido and Aeneas is notable for its four lines of text sung over a ground of descending bass notes, creating one of music history's most moving death scenes.
Composition History
Claudio Monteverdi's 'Lamento d'Arianna' from his opera Arianna (1608) was so popular that it is said no harpsichord in Mantua was without its music, and it became the foundation of a new genre.
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