Eden: Joyce DiDonato

The 16 tracks, some instrumental, open with Charles Ives’s The Unanswered Question and rove freely, from a premiere recording of Rachel Portman’s prayer-like The First Morning of the World to the baroque composers we associate with DiDonato, to Mahler and, yes, Wagner. Made with such dedication, Eden provokes thought and asks us to engage. - The Guardian (Warner Classics)