Joyce DiDonato - In War & Peace - Harmony through Music (2016)

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Artist: Joyce DiDonato

Title: In War & Peace - Harmony through Music

Year Of Release: 2016

Label: Erato - Warner Classics

Genre: Classical, Baroque Era, Opera

Quality: flac lossless

Total Time: 01:19:09

Total Size: 348 mb

Tracklist

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01. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 1: "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads... Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" (Storg?¨)

02. Andromaca, Act 1: "Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!" (Andromaca)

03. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 1: "Vani sono i lamenti... Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto)

04. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "They tell us that you mighty powers above" (Orazia)

05. Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 2: "Pensieri, voi mi tormentate" (Agrippina)

06. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (Dido)

07. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)

08. Bonduca, or the British Heroine, Z. 574: "Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom" (Bonvica)

09. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: "Augelletti che cantate" (Almirena)

10. Attilio Regolo, Act 2: "Sprezza il furor del vento" (Regolo)

11. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Prologue: "Why should men quarrel?" (Girl)

12. Attilio Regolo, Act 1: "Par che di giubilo" (Attilia)

13. Susanna, HWV 66, Act 2: "Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat.... Crystal streams in murmurs flowing" (Susanna)

14. Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Act 5: "Illustratevi, o cieli" (Penelope)

15. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 3: "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Cleopatra)

For her new collection of arias, assertive mezzo Joyce DiDonato took up songs of solace and despair, envisioning their network as a healing bridge of harmony. Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo rests perfectly on the singer's palate, its captivating melodies flowing forth like velvet.

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato began her career with a string of critically acclaimed debuts, including at La Scala and Covent Garden, as well as triumphs on concert and recital stages. She rose from virtual anonymity in 1999 to international stardom by 2002, becoming one of the most sought-after coloratura mezzo-sopranos of the early twenty-first century. As a coloratura mezzo, some of her greatest successes have come in Baroque repertoire, particularly the operas of Handel, such as Alcina, Ariodante, Dejanira (Hercules), Elmira (Floridante), and Sesto (Giulio Cesare), and in Italian bel canto operas. Her performances are notable for the gleaming purity of her voice, her formidable technique, and her dramatically incisive characterizations. She is capable of projecting great power, as in Handel's Alcina, but is also excels in roles of lightness and humor, such as the heroines in Rossini's comedies. She has also sung many Mozart roles, including Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), and while she has steered clear of Verdi and Puccini, her repertory includes Berlioz, Bellini, and contemporary composers like Michael Daugherty (Grace Kelly in Jackie O) and Jake Heggie (Sister Helen in Dead Man Walking). Her recital repertory takes in a range of works, from Handel duets to Spanish songs to Faur??'s M??lodies to Bernstein's and other American songs. DiDonato's recordings are available on Virgin Classics, EMI, Hyperion, Naxos, Avie, Archiv, and TDK. DiDonato was born February 13, 1969, in Prairie Village, KS. She studied at Wichita State University, with the intention of teaching voice. By her 1992 graduation she had become interested in a career in opera and enrolled at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, with further training through programs at the opera companies in San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Houston. DiDonato had a string of successes in competitions, including a victory at the 1998 George London Competition, after which she gave her major debut at the Houston Grand Opera (1999) as Katerina Maslova in Tod Machover's Resurrection. Then came her spectacular 2000 debut at La Scala as Angelina in Rossini's La cenerentola, her stunning Rosina (Rossini's The Barber of Seville) at the Op??ra Bastille in 2001, and her equally sensational Glyndebourne debut in 2003 as the Fox in Jan??cek's The Cunning Little Vixen. DiDonato's first major Handel recordings soon appeared to wide acclaim: the 2005 EMI Radamisto, 2007 Archiv Produktion Floridante, and 2009 Archiv Produktion Alcina. DiDonato debuted at the Met in 2005, singing Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and she continued to woo international audiences with her 2006 debut at Madrid's Teatro Real as the Composer in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. DiDonato's 2009 Virgin Classics recording, Furore, with conductor Christophe Rousset, has consistently drawn rave reviews while climbing high on the sales charts.

 

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