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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Operas Box Set: Don Giovanni / Die Zauberflöte / Le Nozze di Figaro [complete operas recorded 2003-2008] Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside, Kyle Ketelsen, Miah Persson, Joyce DiDonato, Dorothea Röschmann, Erwin Schrott, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "…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 on Don Giovanni) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Operas Box Set: Don Giovanni / Die Zauberflöte / Le nozze di Figaro [complete operas recorded 2003-2008] BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside, Kyle Ketelsen, Miah Persson, Joyce DiDonato, Dorothea Röschmann, Erwin Schrott, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 5 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Nov/2014 ] Containing three of Mozart's best-known and loved operas, this 5-disc box set features outstanding Royal Opera House productions and a raft of world-class artists, available at mid-price for the very first time. |
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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) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Pietro Spagnoli, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "The Royal Opera's cheerful and colourful new production of Rossini's most popular work is a copper- bottomed hit." The Daily Telegraph |
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DONIZETTI / BELLINI
Bel Canto Operas: Lucrezia Borgia / I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Complete operas recorded 2011/12) San Francisco Opera / Renée Fleming, Michael Fabiano, Elizabeth DeShong, Joyce DiDonato, Nicole Cabell / Riccardo Frizza (conductor) [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Fleming seems fired by the theatricality of a reviled female character who commands every dramatic situation she encounters...DeShong is a powerful vocal and dramatic presence as Orsini" (Gramophone) |
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MARK ADAMO
Little Women (complete opera recorded in 2000) Stephanie Novacek / Joyce DiDonato / Chad Shelton / Stacey Tappan / Houston Grand Opera Orchestra / Patrick Summers [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "It's expertly staged and acted, and interesting to see the young Joyce DiDonato in repertoire far removed from her familiar one." (BBC Music) |
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Jake HEGGY / Gene SCHEER
Here / After - Songs of Lost Voices Steven Costello, Joyce DiDonato, Nathan Gunn, Talise Trevigne, Carol Wincenc (flute), The Alexander String Quartet [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] "Though Heggie's thematic ideas might seem a bit commonplace on first hearing, listeners are advised to stay alert to each song's last note. Invariably, one is ambushed by the music's cumulative effect...Performances by longtime Heggie collaborators |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
50 Best Handel Various Artists incls Arleen Auger, Max Emaanuel Cencic, Alan Curtis, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Emmanuelle Haim, Richard Hickox, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] This 3 CD set offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved works by one of the greatest Baroque composer, Georg Friedrich Handel. This collection features performances by prestigious artists of some of his best loved works including... |
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HANDEL / RAMEAU / VIVALDI / CAMPRA / PURCELL / etc
The Enchanted Island (complete opera recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Placido Domingo / William Christie (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "The singing from Danielle de Niese, David Daniels and Joyce DiDonato is stellar...William Christie conducts magisterially." (The Observer) |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi (complet opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Olga Kulchynska, Benjamin Bernheim, Roberto Lorenzi / Fabio Luisi (cond) [ Accentus Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] The story of Romeo and Juliet, who pay for their passion with their lives, has been interpreted in the widest variety of literary and musical genres ever since the Renaissance. Vincenzo Bellini's much too rarely staged Romeo and Juliet opera, I... |
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BERGMAN / DEBUSSY / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / STRAUSS / MOZART /etc
Eileen Joyce: The Complete Studio Recordings Eileen Joyce (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/2017 ] 'In every way the most transcendentally gifted young piano student I have heard in the last 25 years' was Percy Grainger's pronouncement of the young EILEEN JOYCE (1908-1991) when he first heard her play in 1926. From the goldfields in Western... |
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SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Sir Arthur Bliss: the Decca Originals Eileen Joyce (piano) Alfredo Campoli (violin) Griller Quartet (string quartet), Colin Hampton (cello), Philip Burton (viola) / Sir Arthur Bliss, Muir [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "This is a convenient, well-transferred compilation of some of the finest performances of music by a still-underrated composer. Bliss's version of the Colour Symphony is better paced than many of its successors." BBC Music |
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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 |
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Joyce
The Essential Joyce 1970-1996 [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 10/Jun/2002 ] |
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Joyce
Gafieira Moderna [ Far Out / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] |
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Joyce
Rio [ Far Out / CD - released 11/Nov/2011 ] |
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Joyce
Tardes Cariocas [ Far Out / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] |
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Joyce and Banda Maluca
Just A Little Bit Crazy [ Far Out / CD - released 11/Nov/2003 ] |
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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) |
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Joyce feat. Joao Donato
Aquarius [ Far Out / CD - released 11/Nov/2010 ] |