Joyce DiDonato: In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (2017) [Blu-ray]

One of opera’s most outspoken and impassioned personalities, Joyce DiDonato reminds us with her new albumIn War and Peace that music “soothes turmoil, threatens power and the status quo, and gloriously exalts the spirit”. Her selection of arias demonstrates how powerfully Baroque opera explores the extremes of human nature – from the tumult of Handel’s Scenes of Horror, Scenes of Woeto Purcell’s descent into despair, Dido’s Lament. Joyce’s longtime partners, the spirited Italian Baroque ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro, join her on this unique journey through sublime, challenging music; through chaos transformed by the eternal search for serenity.

With 20 concerts in 12 countries between November 2016 and June 2017, Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro will bring alive the message of In War and Peace: Harmony through Music. In November they will be in Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Austria, Finland and Canada; in December in the USA; in May in France and Germany, and in June in Spain, Ireland and the Czech Republic.

Треклист:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 1
1. Some dire event hangs oer our heads… Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storge) 05:13

Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) - Andromaca, Act 1
2. Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! (Andromaca) 07:15

George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 1
3. Vani sono i lamenti… Svegliatevi nel core (Sesto) 04:47

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3
4. They tell us that you mighty powers above (Orazia) 04:05

George Frideric Handel - Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 2
5. Pensieri, voi mi tormentate (Agrippina) 06:44

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3
6. Thy hand, Belinda… When I am laid in earth (Dido) 05:03

George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2
7. Lascia chio pianga (Almirena) 05:32

Henry Purcell - Bonduca, or the British Heroine, Z. 574, Act 5
8. Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom (Bonvica) 03:17

George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1
9. Augelletti che cantate (Almirena) 05:36

Niccolo Jommelli (1714-1774) - Attilio Regolo, Act 2
10. Sprezza il furor del vento (Regolo) 07:13

Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Prologue
11. Why should men quarrel? (Girl) 01:30

Niccolo Jommelli - Attilio Regolo, Act 1
12. Par che di giubilo (Attilia) 06:09

George Frideric Handel - Susanna, HWV 66, Act 2
13. Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat…. Crystal streams in murmurs flowing (Susanna) 08:21

Claudio Monteverdi (1567- 1643) - Il ritorno dUlisse in patria, Act 5
14. Illustratevi, o cieli (Penelope) 02:20

George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 3
15. Da tempeste il legno infranto (Cleopatra) 06:02