Joyce DiDonato, Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro - In War & Peace (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 376 Mb | Total time: 79:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0190295928469 | Recorded: 2016
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 376 Mb | Total time: 79:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0190295928469 | Recorded: 2016
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato has gained a strong following with novel, even fearless programs, flawlessly executed. The stimulus for In War & Peace was extramusical: DiDonato temporarily shelved a different project in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. The concept is ambitious: the booklet includes quotes about finding peace from figures as varied as Patrick Stewart, Riccardo Muti, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and an inmate at New York's Sing Sing prison. Does it directly connect with DiDonato's program of Baroque arias? Listeners will have to decide for themselves, but the good news is that the program stands on its own.