Joyce DiDonato - Songs by Fauré, Hahn and Head · Arias by Rossini and Handel

Joyce DiDonato - Songs by Fauré, Hahn and Head · Arias by Rossini and Handel

Joyce DiDonato - Songs by Fauré, Hahn and Head · Arias by Rossini and Handel
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Composer: George Frideric Handel
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Composer: Gabriel Faure
Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
Composer: Michael Head
Performer: Joyce Didonato
Performer: Julius Drake
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Music Label: Wigmore Hall Live
Soundtracks:
  1. Anzoleta Avanti La Regata
  2. Anzoleta Co' Passa La Regata
  3. Anzoleta Dopo La Regata
  4. The Gondolier
  5. St. Mark's Square
  6. Rainstorm
  7. Mandoline
  8. En Sourdine
  9. Green
  10. A Clymene
  11. C'est L'extase
  12. Sopra L'acque Indormrnzada
  13. La Barcheta
  14. L'avertimento
  15. La Biondina In Gondoleta
  16. Che Peca
  17. La Primavera
  18. Cara Speme
  19. Non Plu Mesta

Music reviews of Joyce DiDonato - Songs by Fauré, Hahn and Head · Arias by Rossini and Handel

Music Review: DiDonato Wows 'Em at Wigmore
Rating: 5 Stars

What an incredible CD! This is your opportunity to hear a recital (recorded live) by the hottest mezzo-soprano working today. American Joyce DiDonato leaves no doubt as to why she is in demand all over the world.

Before discussing Joyce's glorious singing, there are two other outstanding features to note. First and foremost, there is the incredible playing of collaborative pianist Julius Drake. I remember the first time I heard the term "collaborative pianist" as opposed to "accompanist". Listen to this CD and you'll know why this term is not some sort of PC variant. Joyce is an oustanding ensemble musician, and Julius Drake is her equal. Second, the engineering of the recording and the acoustics of this hall are wonderful. Thanks to the excellent acoustics and engineering, you could pretty well transcribe what she is singing.

Ms. DiDonato plays to all of her strengths in this recital. Through her incredible technique, faithfulness to the score, and dead-on dramatic instinct, she can convey whatever emotion she chooses. Ms. DiDonato programmed this recital brilliantly, with the central theme being songs about Venice. The songs have plenty of contrast, being as they are from disparate time periods. At the same time, her recital is very homogeneous and has a very nice flow.

One mark of a great singer is the ability to sing in various styles and various languages. She starts with three bel canto songs (Rossini), follows that set with three mid-twentieth century British art songs (Head), follows that set with five French Romantic songs (Faure), then six early 20th century Venezuelan songs (Hahn). To summarize, that's 17 songs in 4 different languages, in 4 different time periods and styles. I loved all of the songs, and surprisingly liked the Head cycle the best.

Then, after almost an hour of singing, Joyce reminds you why she is so in demand in opera today by singing two mezzo warhorses "Cara Speme" from Handel's Guilio Cesare (oh, now add Baroque to her styles) and finishes it off with the notoriously difficult showpiece aria "Non piu mesta" from La Cenerentola. These arias invite comparison, but trust me, no one can (or could) sing them better than Joyce.

If Amazon had six stars available, that's what I would give this CD. Please buy it, you will be so glad that you did. Opera fans of this generation are blessed to have Joyce DiDonato as the latest addition to a group of outstanding American mezzo-sopranos.
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This recital, taped live in London, consists of songs about Venice by Rossini dating from the 1850s, by the British composer Michael Head which were debuted in England in 1977, by Fauré from the early 1890s, and by the Venezuelan Reynaldo Hahn when he was in Venice in 1901. The Rossini selections are light pieces that charm, the Head cycle is easy-going and simple, the Fauré songs contain ruminations on love, and those by Hahn, in Venetian dialect, are very tactile, depicting nights under starry skies, flirtations, and happy times. Encores are one of Sesto's arias from Handel's Giulio Cesare and Cenerentola's final rondo: the first a lesson in sustained legato singing, the second a dazzling showpiece. Joyce di Donato is one of America's great natural resources: She has a voice brimming with nuance, totally unaffected and technically assured and an interpretive gift that finds just the right color and mood for each song. She never exaggerates; she just communicates. A lovely recital, and an unusual one to boot. --Robert Levine

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