In War & Peace: Harmony through music | Joyce DiDonato

1. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 1: "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads... Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" (Storge)5:132. Andromaca, Act 1: "Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!" (Andromaca)7:153. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 1: "Vani sono i lamenti... Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto)4:474. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "They tell us that you mighty powers above" (Orazia)4:055. Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 2: "Pensieri, voi mi tormentate" (Agrippina)6:446. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (Dido)5:037. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)5:328. Bonduca, or the British Heroine, Z. 574: "Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom" (Bonvica)3:179. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: "Augelletti che cantate" (Almirena)5:3610. Attilio Regolo, Act 2: "Sprezza il furor del vento" (Regolo)7:1311. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Prologue: "Why should men quarrel?" (Girl)1:3012. Attilio Regolo, Act 1: "Par che di giubilo" (Attilia)6:0913. Susanna, HWV 66, Act 2: "Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat.... Crystal streams in murmurs flowing" (Susanna)8:2114. Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Act 5: "Illustratevi, o cieli" (Penelope)2:2015. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 3: "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Cleopatra)6:01