"Joyce DiDonato’s latest recital disc looks at war and peace in Baroque opera ... In the company of Il Pomo d’Oro, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, DiDonato kicks up a storm in the war arias and soothes the spirit with lambent tone when she turns to peace. The American mezzo is at the peak of her career. This disc is worth hearing for her radiant singing in Handel’s Susanna alone."

Financial Times