"Joyce DiDonato’s presence in both works is a major factor in the desirability of the new set. The cantata has been recorded in the past by both sopranos and mezzos, {…}

Gramophone and The New Yorker ‘Eden’  Joyce DiDonato mez Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev  Erato  An album to focus us on our relationship to nature, delivered with passion by Joyce DiDonato and her colleagues – a powerful {…}

Gramophone ‘Eden’  Joyce DiDonato mez Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev  Erato  An album to focus us on our relationship to nature, delivered with passion by Joyce DiDonato and her colleagues – a powerful example of how music {…}

"DiDonato's voice is truly one of nature's great wonders: luminous, silken, flexible, full of colors and expressive shadings, always supported by the breath so even the finest threads of tone {…}

"DiDonato brings a huge arsenal of vocal and emotional resources to bear that persuades about the novelty of her framing device while compelling one to listen and hear anew. It’s an {…}

BBC Music Magazine Handel: Agrippina Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Jakub Józef Orliński, Andrea Mastroni, Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Il P’omo d’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev Erato 9029533658 229:41 mins (3 {…}