In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017)
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HANDEL / LEO / PURCELL / GESUALDO / STRAUSS
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
[ Erato DVD / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 May 2018
Suitable for General Audiences
Recorded live in June 2017 at the magnificent Liceu Theatre in Barcelona, this Blu-ray is the companion to Joyce DiDonato's award-winning album In War and Peace: Harmony through Music. Seeking answers to the existential question "In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?", it makes a compelling piece of music theatre as DiDonato journeys through arias by Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Leo and Jommelli with Il Pomo d'Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev.
On stage, In War and Peace: Harmony through Musicmakes a compelling piece of music theatre. In Barcelona, as on the European and North American tours she made in late 2016, DiDonato was joined by the baroque orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro and its principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. May and June 2018 bring further performances in Portugal, France, Germany, Turkey and Hungary.
"DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate - it is an incredibly giving performance. Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev showcases his singer with artfully taut tempi and sprung rhythms." Opera Now
Tracks:
Handel: Scenes of horror (from Jephtha)
Leo: Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! (from Andromaca)
Cavalieri: Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo: Sinfonia
Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Purcell: Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido & Aeneas)
Handel: Pensieri, voi mi tormentate! (from Agrippina)
Gesualdo: Tristis est anima mea
Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)
Handel: Susanna: Crystal streams in murmurs flowing
Handel: Augeletti che cantate (from Rinaldo)
Handel: Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare)
Strauss, R: Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4
Pärt: Da pacem Domine
Jommelli: Par che di Giubilo (from Attilio Regolo)
Purcell: They tell us that your mighty powers, Z630
