In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music

Album by Joyce DiDonato

In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music is a studio album by American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, released in 2019. The album draws on operatic and classical song repertoire from baroque to contemporary periods with orchestral and chamber arrangements, the programme centres on themes of conflict and reconciliation and it follows several recital and operatic recordings in her career.

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    Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I: “Some dire event hangs o’er our heads… Scenes of horror, scenes of woe” (Storgè)
    5:13
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    Andromaca: Act I. “Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!” (Andromaca)
    7:15
  3. 3.
    Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Act I. “Vani sono i lamenti… Svegliatevi nel core” (Sesto)
    4:47
  4. 4.
    The Indian Queen, Z. 630I: Act III. “They tell us that you mighty powers above” (Orazia)
    4:05
  5. 5.
    Agrippina, HWV 6: Act II. “Pensieri, voi mi tormentate” (Agrippina)
    6:44
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    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda… When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
    5:03
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    Rinaldo, HWV 7: Act I. “Lascia ch’io pianga” (Almirena)
    5:32
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    Bonduca, or the British Heroine, Z. 574: “Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom” (Bonvica)
    3:17
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    Rinaldo, HWV 7: Act I. “Augelletti che cantate” (Almirena)
    5:36
  10. 10.
    Attilio Regolo: Act II. “Sprezza il furor del vento” (Regolo)
    7:13
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    The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. “Why should men quarrel?” (Girl)
    1:30
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    Attilio Regolo: Act I. “Par che di giubilo” (Attilia)
    6:09
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    Susanna, HWV 66: Act II. “Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat… Crystal streams in murmurs flowing” (Susanna)
    8:21
  14. 14.
    Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria: Act V. “Illustratevi, o cieli” (Penelope)
    2:20
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    Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Act III. “Da tempeste il legno infranto” (Cleopatra)
    6:02

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