Credits:

Joyce DiDonato

Description:

Joyce DiDonato is overwhelmingly popular and talented. This album, recorded live at Wigmore Hall in 2017, is a showcase for her expressive range. The centerpiece is Heggie's new song cycle written for DiDonato, "Camille Claudel - On Fire," which, like Heggie, a storyteller who has incorporated various social issues into her own work, has shocking content based on the memoir of the talented sculptor Camille Claudel, The accompaniment is provided by a string quartet. The Brentano Quartet also plays an important role in this album, performing all of the songs by Richard Strauss and Debussy in "string quartet" versions, which are exquisitely blended with DiDonato's voice. The quiet beauty of "Morto adagio sempre cantate doloroso for string quartet" by Lecoux, a composer who died young, will leave a strong impression. The encores of the recital were Strauss's "Tomorrow" and Gruber's "A Clean Night". The encores were Strauss's "Tomorrow" and Gruber's "Sei Shi Kono Yoru," a gentle reminder that the night of the recital was during the Christmas season. It was a stylish choice to end a wonderful evening. Warner Music Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Du meines Herzens Kronelein, Op. 21/2
2.All mein' Gedanken, Op. 21/1
3.Die Nacht, Op. 10/3
4.Ach Lieb, ich mub nun scheiden, Op. 21/3
5.Traum durch die Dammerung, Op. 29/1
6.Molto adagio
7.Trois chansons de Bilitis: I. La Flute de Pan
8.Trois chansons de Bilitis: II. La Chevelure
9.Trois chansons de Bilitis: III. Le Tombeau des Naiades
10.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: Prelude: Awakening
11.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: I. Rodin
12.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: II. La Valse
13.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: III. Shakuntala
14.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: IV. La Petite Chatelaine
15.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: V. The Gossips
16.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: VI. L'Age mur
17.Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: VII. Epilogue: Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claudel, Montdevergues
18.Morgen!, Op. 27/4
19.(Peace, peace)... Silent Night