Eden
From prison reform, the plight of refugees, the need for music education for all, to the industry-defining In War and Peace, opera superstar Joyce DiDonato has long been an artist who has dedicated herself to creating and initiating projects that challenge and galvanise the public, transcending the physical confines of the concert hall.
TRACKLIST – EDEN
Charles Ives 1874-1954
1. The Unanswered Question
Rachel Portman b.1960
2. The First Morning of the World*
Gustav Mahler 1860-1911
Rückert-Lieder
3. II. “Ich atmet' einen linden Duft!”
Biagio Marini 1594-1663
Scherzi e canzone Op.5
4. III. “Con le stelle in ciel che mai”
Josef Mysliveček 1737–1781
Oratorio Adamo ed Eva (Part II)
5. Aria: “Toglierò le sponde al mare” (Angelo di giustizia)
Aaron Copland 1900-1990
8 Poems of Emily Dickinson for voice and chamber orchestra
6. I. Nature, the gentlest mother
Giovanni Valentini c.1582–1649
7. Sonata enharmonica
Francesco Cavalli 1602–1676
Opera La Calisto (Act I, Scene 14)
8. Aria: “Piante ombrose" (Calisto)
Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714–1787
Opera Orfeo ed Euridice Wq. 30
9. Danza degli spettri e delle furie. Allegro non troppo
Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714–1787
Scena ed aria Misera, dove son! From Ezio Wq. 15 (Fulvia)
10. Scena: “Misera, dove son!… ”
11. Aria: “Ah! non son io che parlo…”
George Frideric Handel 1685–1759
Dramatic oratorio Theodora HWV 68 (Part I)
12. Aria: “As with Rosy steps the morn” (Irene)
Gustav Mahler
Rückert-Lieder
13. IV. “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”
Richard Wagner 1813–1883
5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme WWV 91 (Wesendonck Lieder)
14. IV. “Schmerzen”
BONUS TRACK
George Frideric Handel
Opera Serse HWV 40 (Act I, Scene 1)
15. Recitativo: “Frondi tenere e belle”
16. Aria: “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
*World-premiere recording
Artists:
Joyce DiDonato, soprano (1-6,8,10-16)
Il Pomo d’Oro
Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor