Former Gramophone Artist of the Year and Gramophone Hall of Fame honoree, the mezzo Joyce DiDonato has just released a 'digital-only' album on iTunes.

Recorded in the town of her birth, Kansas City, with the Kansas City Symphony and Michael Stern, 'Homecoming' includes Rossini's cantata Giovanna d'Arco, and a song-cycle The Deepest Desire. Four Meditations on Love by Jake Heggie. As an encore, DiDonato sings 'Over the rainbow' from The Wizard of Oz, a number she sang to great acclaim at the Gramophone Awards when she was named Artist of the Year.

The album also includes Verdi's Forza del destino Overture and Richard Strauss's Rosenkavalier Suite. The album sells for £7.99 in the iTunes UK store or $9.99 in the iTunes US store.