A Journey Through Venice: Songs by Fauré, Hahn and Head, Arias by Rossini and Handel
Joyce DiDonato, Julius Drake
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- Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano
- Julius Drake piano
Joyce DiDonato consistently earns ecstatic reviews wherever she sings. Among the world’s most charismatic performers, honours bestowed upon Joyce DiDonato include the Met’s Beverly Sills Award, the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the Year, the Richard Tucker Award - given to a single American singer annually, second place in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia, and prizes from the George London Foundation, the ARIA Award Foundation and the Sullivan Foundation.
A favourite with Wigmore Hall audiences, Joyce DiDonato opened the 2008/9 season with a programme which included a selection of songs by Fauré, Head and Hahn, and arias by Rossini and Handel.
Track Listing
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
La regata veneziana
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01. No. 1 Anzoleta avanti la regata
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02. No. 2 Anzoletta co passa la regata
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03. No. 3 Anzoleta dopo la regata
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Buy tracks 1 - 3 as a group
Michael Head (1900-1976)
Three songs of Venice
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04. The gondolier
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05. St Mark's Square
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06. Rain storm
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Buy tracks 4 - 6 as a group
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Cinq mélodies 'de Venise' Op. 58
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07. Mandoline
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08. En sourdine
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09. Green
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10. A Clymène
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11. C'est l'extase
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Buy tracks 7 - 11 as a group
Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
Venezia
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12. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada
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13. La Barcheta
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14. L'avertimento
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15. La Biondina in gondoleta
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16. Che pecà!
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17. La primavera (arr. Giovanni Draghi)
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV17
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18. Cara speme, questo core
Gioachino Rossini
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19. Giovanna d'Arco
