More By Artist: Joyce DiDonato
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Masterpieces [3 CD set] Alexandre Tharaud, Joyce DiDonato, Natalie Dessay, Martha Argerich, Philippe Jaroussky, George Li, Edgar Moreau, John Nelson, David Fray, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] A wealth of classical masterpieces … All-time favourites and tempting discoveries that span musical eras from the baroque right up to the present day … Moods that range from tranquil and reflective to fast and furious … |
MOZART / HAYDN
Jeunehomme Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, with Joyce DiDonato [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "Alexandre Tharaud is an atmospheric, characterful pianist whose individuality seems to communicate best on CD … Vivid imagination meets deliciously poised pianism." Nicholas Kenyon, The Observer, Sunday 24 November 2013 Tharaud returns with a an... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Stabat Mater Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ EMI Records / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "The pairing of Anna Netrebko and Joyce DiDonato is a match made in heaven...This is one of the great choral recordings." Gramophone 2011 Award WINNER - Editor's Choice |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol. 10 (Includes the first recording of the newly discovered Nisi Dominus, RV803) Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn (sopranos) Joyce Didonato, Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo sopranos) Robin Blaze (countertenor) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "The King series comes to a triumphant end with a major find and a glowing Gloria" - Editor's Choice Penguin Stereo Guide (April 2004) |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol. 9 (Laudate Pueri RV602; Salve Regina RV618; Vos aurae per montes RV634; etc) Carolyn Sampson, Susan Gritton, Joanne Lunn (sopranos) Joyce Didonato (mezzo soprano) Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) The Choir of the King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Aug/2003 ] The penultimate disc of this highly-acclaimed series of Vivaldi's complete sacred music. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Amor E Gelosia: Handel Duets Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2014 ] "All are most beautifully sung by Patrizia Ciofi and Joyce DiDonato, who has just the right firmness and focus for a castrato role; both phrase beautifully, articulate and express the words clearly and tellingly" (Gramophone Editor's Choice) |
JACK HEGGIE
Heggie: Great Scott (complete opera recorded in 2015) Dallas Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Perez, Frederica von Stade, Anthony Roth Costanzo / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] WQXR, the USA's leading classical music radio station, welcomed as a "deeply moving and musically brilliant work" that "should enter the standard repertory just as Heggie's two previous masterpieces - Dead Man Walking and Moby-Dick - already have". |
MONTEVERDI / HANDEL / GLUCK / KEISER / ORLANDINI
Drama Queens: Royal Arias from the 17th and 18th Centuries Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Vocal |
W. A. MOZART
The Last Concerto 1791: Clarinet Concerto KV622 / La clemenza di Tito, K621 - highlights / etc Eric Hoeprich (clavier) Joyce DiDonato (soprano) / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Franz Bruggen [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "We're hardly lacking for pretty-toned mezzo-sopranos these days, but Joyce DiDonato has more than just a lovely voice - she's got what showbiz folks call 'pizzazz'." Gramophone, August, 2006 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Gioachino Rossini Edition (50 CD set) Gabriel Bacquier, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda, Maria Callas, Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce DiDonato, Rockwell Blake, Beverly Sills, Thomas Hampson, etc [ Warner Classics / 50 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2018 ] The Rossini Edition is the most comprehensive edition devoted to Rossini ever produced. |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera recorded in 2009) Gran Teatre del Liceu / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Bruno De Simone / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Decca Music Group DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Tenor superstar, Juan Diego Flórez, adds the role of Prince Ramiro in Rossini's sparkling comedy 'La Cenerentola', to his rapidly growing catalogue of performances on Decca DVD. Taking the title role in one of Rossini's most popular operas is one... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Complete opera recorded in 2003) Gregory Kunde, Joyce DiDonato, Patrizia Ciofi, Laurent Naouri / Orchestre Nationale de France. John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2018 ] 'A splendid achievement. Here indeed is the 'verve and vitality' Berlioz always believed he had found.' - Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera) Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Luca Pisaroni, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Rolando Villazón / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2012 ] This is the first of a new Deutsche Grammophon cycle of Mozart's seven main operas in collaboration with Festspielhaus Baden-Baden..and kind support of Rolex and an enthusiastic advocate - Rolando Villazón - in love with Mozart! |
JAKE HEGGIE
Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie Isabel Bayrakdarian / Zheng Gao / Susan Graham / Joyce diDonato / Frederica von Stade / Paul Groves / Keith Phares / etc. [ Avie Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] "...the composer's own fluent piano-playing, an expert string group and a good if sometimes over-glossy recording provide support for some world-class singers...who are clearly revelling in the opportunities that Heggie has offered them here." BBC... |
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Joanne Lunn & Joyce Didonato
Vivaldi: Sacred Music 9 [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / COLE PORTER / ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN / etc
The Best Of The John Wilson Orchestra The John Wilson Orchestra, with Kim Criswell, Louise Dearman, Joyce DiDonato, Anne-Jane Casey & others [ Warner classics / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/2018 ] The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra - a double-album celebrating a decade of BBC Proms performances with a selection of hit songs and music from Hollywood's greatest movie musicals. Featuring Seth MacFarlane, Curtis Stigers, Joyce DiDonato plus a... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songplay Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) with Craig Terry (keyboard), Chuck Israels (dble-bass), Jimmy Madison (drums), Lautaro Greco (bandoneon), Charlie Porter (trum) [ Erato Classics / Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "The real twist here is that DiDonato retains the 'formality' of her operatic sound and delivery while attempting to apply a jazzer's instincts." Gramophone |
JACK HEGGIE
Heggie: Great Scott (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn / Orchestra and Chorus of The Dallas Opera, Patrick Summers [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2018 ] "[Heggie's] gift for creative partnerships is supreme...The conceit gets DiDonato singing watery pastiche Bellini, scaling coloratura flights, surviving a mad scene and crooning in velvet; all pleasing to hear" Times |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Cendrillon [Cinderella] (the complete opera, recorded in 2011) Royal Opera House / Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Eglise Gutierrez, Ewa Podles / Bertrand de Billy (conductor) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/May/2012 ] "Bertrand de Billy leads a highly sympathetic reading of the score...revelling in the pomposity of the court dances while conjuring magic in the duets." (International Record Review) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef Orliński / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "With DiDonato nonpareil in the title-role and a uniformly strong cast, this now becomes a first choice for Handel's Venetian masterpiece." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Opera |
