Wigmore Hall

Complete CD Track Listing

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
01 Anzoleta avanti la regata [3.22]
02 Anzoleta co' passa la regata [2.21]
03 Anzoleta dopo la regata [3.59]

MICHAEL HEAD
04 The Gondolier [5.10]
05 St Mark's Square [2.36]
06 Rainstorm [4.20]

GABRIEL FAURÉ
07 Mandoline [1.51]
08 En sourdine [3.30]
09 Green [1.43]
10 À Clymène [3.12]
11 C'est l'extase [3.09]

REYNALDO HAHN
12 Sopra l'acque indormenzada [3.16]
13 La barcheta [3.52]
14 L'avertimento [1.32]
15 La biondina in gondoleta [3.46]
16 Che pecà [2.13]
17 La primavera (arr. J. Drake) [2.12]

Encores
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
18 Cara speme (from Giulio Cesare) [5.38]

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
19 Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola) [7.31]

Total time: 66.40

Further Information

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

“DiDonato radiates not just the serene and sinister side of Venice but its romantic melancholy, as depicted in six songs by Reynaldo Hahn. Rossini’s La regatta veneziana showcases the American’s florid brilliance, Fauré’s Cing Mélodies her seductive sense of line” Financial Times

The purity and lightness of her tone are enchanting” Sunday Telegraph

Such force, such lustre! Joyce DiDonato’s mezzo-soprano is very impressive … over the 66 minutes there’s enough quiet silky legato and subtle phrasing to delight lovers of the intimate. The jewel is the Venezia set by Reynaldo Hahn. And Julius Drake at the piano spins his own magic” The Times