For her new collection of arias, assertive mezzo Joyce DiDonato took up songs of solace and despair, envisioning their network as a healing bridge of harmony. Handel’s “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo rests perfectly on the singer's palate, its captivating melodies flowing forth like velvet.
- Sabine Devieilhe, Pygmalion & Raphaël Pichon
- Philippe Jaroussky & Freiburger Barockorchester
- Joyce DiDonato, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon & Riccardo Minasi
- Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Antonio Pappano
- Ann Hallenberg
- Diana Damrau
- Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco, Joyce DiDonato, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Topi Lehtipuu, Karina Gauvin & Sabina Puértolas