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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Colbran, the Muse Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Edoardo Muller [ Erato / Virgin Classical / CD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] "DiDonato is proving herself one of the most delightful artists of our time. She sings with a rare purity of tone, ease on the high Bs, an impressive degree of technical skill and lively powers of characterisation." Gramophone Awards 2010 WINNER -... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Radamisto (complete opera recorded in 2005) Joyce DiDonato, Patrisia Ciofi, Maitre Beaumont, Carlo Lepore / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Virgin classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2009 ] "Joyce DiDonato alluring in the title role of Handel's Radamisto" BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Furore: opera arias Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset [ Virgin Records / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] "DiDonato tackles this catalogue of emotional meltdowns with customary gusto. Sampled track-by-track, it's a thrilling operatic show case…" BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** |
PURCELL
O Solitude Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] "Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl's voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell...Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Vocal WINNER |
HANDEL
Alcina (complete) Joyce DiDonato / Karina Gauvin / Laura Cherici / Maite Beaumont / Sonia Prina / Kobie van Rensburg / Vito Priante / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2009 ] "This Alcina is polished and passionate, the standard of da capo ornamentation unsurpassed. The acoustical environment of this recording is near-perfect." Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice (May 2009) |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) (Complete opera) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Josa Manuel Zapata (tenor) Paolo Bordogna (baritone) / Prague Chamber Choir / SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslauten / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 18/Dec/2005 ] "A wonderfully spirited live recording of what is probably Rossini's masterpiece. With an ensemble of mostly young singers, where American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role could hardly be bettered." (MusicWeb) |
BERSTEIN / COPLAND / HEGGIE
The Deepest Desire Joyce DiDonato (sop) Francis Shelley (flute) David Zobel (piano) [ Eloquentia / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "the original settings for piano and flute blend and contrast magically with the timbre of DiDonato, who here confirms her ability to draw listeners into the heart of the most unfamiliar works." Opera |
HANDEL
Hercules (complete opera recorded in 2004) Paris Opera / William Shimell / Joyce Didonato / Toby Spence / Ingela Bohlin / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] G :- |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Kyle Ketelsen / Miah Persson / Ramon Vargas / Joyce DiDonato / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] G - "…as flames rage over the opening cast credits, Sir Charles Mackerras conducts an incandescent Overture which kindles the brilliance, clarity and indefatigable energy of his music direction throughout." (BBC Music) |
