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Les Kapsber’girls are the real deal. Vox Feminae brings forward a number of first-rate pieces of early music by women that were wrongly overlooked because of their gender. It also features works by the group’s namesake, composer and lutenist Giovanni Girolamo “Hieronymus” Kapsperger. I’m a sucker for a pun…

Weston Williams

Formed in 2015 by lutenist Albane Imbs, the early music ensemble Les Kapsber’girls has a permanent core of four women musicians: two singers, a viola da gamba player, and Imbs as artistic director on plucked instruments, with guest artists based on the nature of each project. The French ensemble’s name is a nod towards one of the most celebrated Italian composers of the early 17th century, Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580-1651), to whom they paid honor in their award-winning debut album. Their third album of madrigals and works for solo lute is devoted to Baroque women composers Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704), Lucia Quinciani (1566-1611), Francesca Caccini (1587-1641), Antonia Bembo (c.1643-1715), and Francesca Campana (c.1615-c.1665).

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