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The unbridled spontaneity of Handel's music… is nowhere more evident than in Dixit Dominus… this is music unsurpassed in his maturity. The 21 voices of the Berlin choir sing with clarity, verve... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Release Date: 5th Oct 2009
Catalogue No: HMC902041
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 56 minutes

Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV74

Work length25:17

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I. Solo "Eternal source of light divine"

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II. Solo e Coro "The day that gave great Anna birth"

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III. Solo "Let all the winged race with joy"

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IV. Soli e Coro "Let flocks and herds their fear forget"

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V. Duetto e Coro "Let rolling streams their gladness show"

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VI. Duetto "Kind health descends on downy wings"

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VII. Duetto e Coro "The day that gave great Anna birth"

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VIII. Solo e Coro "Let envy then conceal her head"

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IX. Solo e Coro "United nations shall combine"

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Handel: Dixit Dominus

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Coro "Dixit Dominus"

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Aria "Virgam virtutis tuae"

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Aria "Tecum principium in die virtutis"

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Coro "Juravit Dominus"

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Coro "Tu es sacerdos in aeternum

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Soli e Coro "Dominus a dextris tuis"

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Soli e Coro "De torrente in via bibet"

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Coro "Gloria Patri, et Filio"

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Composed to celebrate the birthday of Queen Anne of England, this Ode was subtitled 'Ode for the Peace' in reference to the Treaty of Utrecht which the monarch was about to sign, marking the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. Six years earlier, the 22-year-old composer exploited in his sacred music what he had just learnt from Italian opera: the result was the powerful, intensely passionate Dixit Dominus. For almost fifteen years,Andreas Scholl has consistently collected the top international awards for his many solo and ensemble recordings (Diapason d'Or in 1996 and Gramophone Award for Vivaldi's Stabat Mater [see our special box sets!]; another Gramophone Award and Diapason d'Or for Caldara's Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, under the direction of Rene Jacobs, and Singer of the Year Award at the Classical Brits in 2006. He now appears in the world's foremost concert halls and festivals. He has worked with the finest orchestras, and with such conductors as Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs,William Christie, Chiara Banchini, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Christophe Rousset, and Paul McCreesh. In 1998, his operatic debut at Glyndebourne in Handel's Rodelinda (Bertarido) won unprecedented praise from the British press. He made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in this role in 2006.

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December 2009

The unbridled spontaneity of Handel's music… is nowhere more evident than in Dixit Dominus… this is music unsurpassed in his maturity. The 21 voices of the Berlin choir sing with clarity, verve and, in the Gloria, dazzling fast runs - and there's no holding back as the tempo increases... Of the soloists, Andreas Scholl is outstanding...

November 2009

Handel composed Dixit Dominus in Rome in April 1707 shortly after he had turned 22. Creed commands astonishing power and precision, immaculate choral attack and blend (the concluding "Gloria" is fantastically colourful yet disciplined), and lively playing from his Berliners. There is compelling momentum in the dramatic opening and extrovert movements, and gentle beauty from the strings in "De torrente"...

Handel - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

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