Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus

On this CD:

1. Dixit Dominus for soloists, hymn for chorus & orchestra in G Minor, HWV 232
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by William Byrd Ensemble

2. Nisi Dominus, psalm, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G, HWV 238
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by William Byrd Ensemble

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
These exciting works from young Handel's stay in Italy are the equal of anything he wrote, full of appealing solos and ingenious choral counterpoint. Graham O'Reilly performs them with small forces: 10 singers and 13 instruments. This has its advantages (clearly audible lower voices, quick tempos) and disadvantages (sometimes underpowered choral singing). The soprano soloists have done fine work in music composed for boys or young women, but the solos in these works (written for high-priced castrati) need a bit more vocal power than they can provide. The men are excellent. This is probably the best performance of these works available--but if EMI/Virgin reissues Andrew Parrott's Carmelite Vespers reconstruction, pounce on it. --Matthew Westphal

Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus, Music, George Frideric Handel, Ensemble William Byrd, Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Classical, Hymn, Psalm Setting
Handel - Carmelite Vespers 1707 / Feldman · Kirkby · Van Evera · M. Cable · M. Nichols · Cornwell · Thomas · Parrott
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • The Divine, the Delectable and the Disastrous
  • Fine voices, fine orchestra, lousy interpretation, bad recording
  • A vision of the future emerging from the past
  • Wonderful music - poor performance
  • Interesting
 Handel - Carmelite Vespers 1707 / Feldman · Kirkby · Van Evera · M. Cable · M. Nichols · Cornwell · Thomas · Parrott
George Frideric Handel , Taverner Choir & Players , Andrew Parrott , Mary Nichols , Jill Feldman , Emma Kirkby , Emily Van Evera , Joseph Cornwell , Margaret Cable , and David Thomas
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ASIN: B00000J2Q5
Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

  1. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Deus in adjutorium meum intende
  2. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon I: Pulchra es et decora - Psalm I: Dixit Dominus
  3. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Dixit Dominus Domino meo
  4. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Virgam virtutis tuae
  5. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Tecum principium
  6. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Juravit Dominus
  7. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Tu es sacerdos
  8. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Dominus a dextris tuis
  9. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: De torrente
  10. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Gloria Patri
  11. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon I: Pulchra es et decora
  12. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon II: Sicut myrrha electa - Psalm II: Laudate pueri
  13. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Laudate, pueri, Dominum
  14. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Sit nomen Domini benedictum
  15. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: A solis ortu
  16. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus
  17. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster
  18. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Suscitans a terra inopem
  19. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo
  20. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Gloria Patri
  21. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon II: Sicut myrrha electa
  22. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon III: In odorem
  23. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Psalm III: Laetatus sum
  24. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Te decus virgineum

Tracks:

  1. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon IV: Benedicta filia tua Domino - Psalm IV: Nisi Dominus
  2. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum
  3. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere
  4. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum
  5. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Sicut sagittae in manu potentis
  6. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Beatus vir
  7. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Gloria Patri
  8. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon IV: Benedicta filia tua Domino
  9. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon V: Speciosa facta es
  10. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Psalm V: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum - subst. - Haec est Regina Virginum
  11. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Haec est Regina Virginum
  12. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Chapter: Ego quasi vitis
  13. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Responsory: Christi Virgo dilectissima
  14. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Hymn: Ave maris stella
  15. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Ora pro nobis
  16. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Magnificat Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater
  17. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Magnificat: Magnificat anima mea Dominum
  18. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Saeviat tellus inter rigores
  19. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Carmelitarum ut confirmet ordinem
  20. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: O nox dulcis
  21. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Stellae fidae
  22. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Sub tantae Virginis tutela
  23. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Alleluia
  24. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Dominus vobiscum
  25. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Benedicamus Domino - Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin: Salve Regina
  26. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae
  27. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Ad te clamamus
  28. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Eia ergo, Advocata nostra
  29. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: O clemens
  30. Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Ora pro nobis

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His own Lutheranism notwithstanding, Handel wrote some remarkable music for the Catholic liturgy while in Rome as a young man. In our era they've been performed in the concert hall--large-scale, multi-movement pieces such as the robust Dixit Dominus and the gracious Nisi Dominus in particular coming across as miniature oratorios. But they were, in fact, church music--as Andrew Parrott reminds us with this speculative reconstruction of a lavish 1707 Vespers service for which the young Handel provided music. The performance by Parrott and his Taverner groups is exhilarating. The Dixit Dominus in particular packs a real wallop. The contralto, tenor, and bass soloists do excellent work with their limited music, but Handel was obviously writing for star soprano castrati, and the real stars here are Parrott's three (female) soprano soloists. Jill Feldman wasn't in her best voice for this recording: her louder moments can sound a bit strained, but her softer singing is truly lovely and she rips through some forbidding coloratura. Emma Kirkby is, of course, a delight in Laudate pueri, and Emily van Evera sings superbly--her timing in the solemn opening and closing bars of the Salve Regina will have you on the edge of your seat. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The Divine, the Delectable and the Disastrous.......2007-04-03

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Carmelite Vespers 1707. Second Vespers of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (as it might have been heard in Rome in July 1707 and containing seven motets by Handel embedded in appropriate Gregorian chant). Performed by Jill Feldman, Emma Kirkby, Emily Van Evera, soprano; Margaret Cable, Mary Nichols, alto; Joseph Cornwell, tenor; David Thomas, bass; The Taverner Choir; The Taverner Players; directed by Andrew Parrott. Recorded in June 1987 at St. Augustine's, Kilburn/London, England. First published 1989 by EMI; re-released in 1999 as Virgin Veritas 7243 5 61579 2 7. Total time: 2 hrs and a few seconds.

This is one of those speculative "reconstructions" of a historical occasion, this particular one being more speculative than most, as nobody really knows what part Handel played in the Roman Carmelite Vesper for 1707, nor whether his music was actually played there or not, nor if so, by whom, nor whether other composers were involved. Andrew Parrott and his team have decided for practical reasons to include all seven of Handel's extant Latin motets and to embed them in Gregorian chant appropriate for the occasion. I assume that it was also practical rather than theoretical considerations which led Parrott to use female singers rather than boy sopranos or countertenors for the soprano and alto parts - this is thoroughly unhistorical, but understandable as these parts would originally have been performed by "castrati" (who have, thank God, in the meantime died out).

The juxtapositioning of Handel's opulent music - even as a 22-year-old, his interest was mainly in opera - and the dull sobriety of counter-reformation chant can, I suppose, be seen as highlighting the modernity and brilliance of Handel's music, although personally I think I could have appreciated this without the labour of listening to Latin Marian antiphones. Parrott seems to want to emphasize the brilliance of Handel's music with fast tempi, but these tend to put the music under a certain pressure that I felt it could have done quite well without - Handel's music is so wonderful that a more deliberate dwelling on it would have been more than acceptable.

Of the soloists, it is the divine Emma Kirkby who, once again, shines like a star in the artistic universe: both her "Laudate, pueri" and "Haec est regina virginum" are absolute highlights of the set, my only query being as to the rather anglicized pronunciation of Italian ecclesiastical Latin. Others have criticized Jill Feldman ("Saeviat tellus") and felt her voice to be strained, but personally I felt her to be quite delectable, my only stricture being that the smallness of her voice would normally have required a completely different concept from the recording engineer (more on this in a moment). The other soloists fulfilled my expectations, and Emily Van Evera ("Salve Regina") exceeded them. The exception to this was bass David Thomas, who I'm afraid inspired me to use the word "disastrous" in the title of this review - I don't think I have ever heard him sound so hoarse and so unsensitive as he does here. Choir and orchestra are both very good, although I felt that the "Dixit Dominus" for all its drive did not come over as well as on the old Warner-Erato recording by John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir.

Having used the word "disastrous" I need to add two other points that made me feel that this CD set was very ambiguous. One is the engineering. The sound is realistic, for a big church, but distant, there being apparently no supporting microphones to pick out soloists. It may be a problem with my hardware, but I found listening in front of loudspeakers to be a trial, very unsatisfying, and I had almost given up when I changed to headphones and suddenly the whole acoustic seemed to come into focus (although even then there were softer passages when I felt that I would have loved to hear the soloists more loudly and clearly). I'm sure this sound was a deliberate decision by Andrew Parrott, but I really do feel that the kind of sound one can hear on many a studio recording would have been a better choice.

The other "disastrous" factor on this re-issue is the so-called "documentation". Not only are there no texts, but also no indications of who is singing when, no names of orchestra members, no indication of the instruments used and an accompanying essay of less than one page that I found to be thoroughly useless - it would have been simpler and more rewarding if Virgin had simply (with permission, of course) reprinted Stanley Sadie's review of the original issue from "Gramophone Magazine".

1 out of 5 stars Fine voices, fine orchestra, lousy interpretation, bad recording.......2006-08-07

As with many recordings of this period of music, there is a shrillness to the sound that is at best off-putting. I got tired of it barely two sections in. I understand about period instruments and period performance technique and have sung many Handel works accordingly. Historical accuracy is important, yet in this recording many fine voices, including those of the chorus, seem wasted, sacrificed on the altar of a false sense of hisorical accuracy gone to the brink of charicature. The sound is dry and brittle, not at all full of the life that Handel breathed into all his work. Listen to several other recordings if you can, then preview some of the portions of this recording before you buy.

5 out of 5 stars A vision of the future emerging from the past.......2004-05-07

This young man, only 22 in 1707, has composed here some of the most advanced Vespers of his time if not of all times. He covers an enormous musical range from Gregorian Antiphons to Bach's fugue style and a treatment of instruments and melodies that announces Mozart and all 18th century developments. He is a composer that is able to bring together the heritage of several centuries and the promises of his own time and even his future. He joins heritage and vision in music. What's more he gives to these Vespers a sound and charm that is in the tradition of the Renaissance : the vision of the Virgin is pure, happy, extremely brilliant, beautiful, and absolutely redeeming. No austere element comes into this picture to spoil it. It is Raphael's Virgin, the one we can only see in Dresden in Germany that is projected into our brains, ears, skulls and hearts. Handel is here at his best and yet he is only starting his career and many other bests will come. What's more Andrew Parrott conducts this music with flexibility, brilliance and more than gusto, real enthusiasm. Some wonder how Handel, a German Protestant, could compose such vespers to the Catholic Virgin and for a Catholic religious order. They just don't understand Handel. He is all-inclusive, he is able to absorb, dominate and transcend any style and objective. He knows that music is its own aim and target and not the religious intention. He knows, just like Monteverdi or Bach, that the best way to enhance any religious faith or belief is to provide it with the beauty of the most advanced and varied music one can invent and perform. These Vespers have to be considered as some of the best along with Monteverdi's and Vivaldi's. And they contain no sad lamentation, just the pleasure of knowing that redemption is at the tip of Mary's fingers, provided we can touch her heart. And this music must move her in the deepest layers of her love and care for human sinners, human beings, humanity. In other words this music is a milestone on the road to the Erklärung and the Enlightenment of the 18th century that will produce our modern world. It thus can become an inspiration for the new phase in which we have to navigate towards an ever more humane world. It reverbates with peace and human communion.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

3 out of 5 stars Wonderful music - poor performance.......2002-04-03

This has the potential to be a very fine recording - excellent soloists, amazing music - in fact Dixit, Saeviat Tellus, Laudate are some of Handel's finest music writing. Unfortunately the music is ridiculously rushed, with the feeling that Parrot was in a hurry to catch a bus or something and the result is very disappointing. There is little worse than inappropriate tempi (except for terrible playing or soloists), added to that, the playing is not particularly stylistic or musically intelligent, possibly due to the fast pace. In fact, the whole set seems to lack inherent expression and musicality, despite the calibre of the soloists. The finest Dixit I have heard was coupled with Laudate Pueri Dominum (also the finest I've heard) in a single disk with Isobel Buchanan, Anne Mackay, Michael Chance, William Kendall, Henry Hurford with the choir of King's College and Stephen Cleobury - A Decca disk. I'd go for that one!

4 out of 5 stars Interesting.......2000-06-08

An interesting attempt at recreating the whole Vespers as it may have been (either Handel did not write a whole Vespers or it has not all come down to us). I liked the attempt: it really could have been that way.

I also liked the soloists and the choir and the orchestra. I did feel some of the tempos were a bit faster than was flattering to the soloists and the choir: it seemed they were SO fast that the notes could not even be sung well. And I generally like fast tempos especially by clear voices, as these are. I just felt the tempos were too fast at times. I, like the other reviewer, wanted printed texts included: how much can it cost to add two pages to the album liner?

Otherwise it's a fine recording that sheds an interesting light on some of Handel's early works.

Though these works are early pieces by Handel (from his brief sojourn in Italy) they show his genius as clearly as many of his more celebrated later works.

If you're a Handel devotee, like me, you might want to add this to your collection.
Handel: Dixit Dominus/Nisi Dominus/Salve Regina
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful Recording, Unfortunately Out of Print
  • The Best Version of Dixit Dominus
 Handel: Dixit Dominus/Nisi Dominus/Salve Regina

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B0000057D9
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Dixit Dominus: Dixit Dominus Domino meo - Westminster Abbey Orch/Preston
  2. Dixit Dominus: Virgam virtutis - Diana Montague
  3. Dixit Dominus: Tecum principium - Arleen Auger
  4. Dixit Dominus: Juravit Dominus: Grave - Diana Montague
  5. Dixit Dominus: Tu es sacerdos - Nixon/Birchall
  6. Dixit Dominus: Dominus a dextris tuis: Allegro - Westminster Abbey Orch/Preston
  7. Dixit Dominus: Judicabit in nationibus - Westminster Abbey Orch/Preston
  8. Dixit Dominus: De torrente in via bibet: Adagio - Auger/Dawson
  9. Dixit Dominus: Gloria Patri - Westminster Abbey Orch/Preston
  10. Nisi Dominus: Nisi Dominus - Westminster Abbey Orch/Preston
  11. Nisi Dominus: Vanum est - John Mark Ainsley
  12. Nisi Dominus: Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum - Diana Montague
  13. Nisi Dominus: Sicut sagittae in manu potentis: Allegro - Simon Birchall
  14. Nisi Dominus: Beatus vir - John Mark Ainsley
  15. Nisi Dominus: Gloria Patri - Westminster Abbey Orch/Preston
  16. Salve Regina: Salve Regina: Largo - Auger/East/Preston
  17. Salve Regina: Ad te clamamus: Adagio - Auger/East/Preston
  18. Salve Regina: Eia ergo, avvocata nostra: Largo - Auger/East/Preston
  19. Salve Regina: O clemens, o pia: Adagissimo - Auger/East/Preston

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Recording, Unfortunately Out of Print.......2006-02-26

The composition is a tour de force, written by Handel at the age of 22 to showcase his skill in choral music -- which this recording certainly does. Outstanding historically informed performance led by Simon Preston. Of particular note: an inspired rendering of the soprano duet "De Torrente" by Diana Montague and the legendary Arleen Auger.

5 out of 5 stars The Best Version of Dixit Dominus.......2004-05-06

This is bright and lively; the voices are pure and delightful. The Gloria is especially full and moving.
Handel: Dixit Dominus, Salve Regina, Nisi Dominus / Scholars Baroque Ensemble
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    		Handel: Dixit Dominus, Salve Regina, Nisi Dominus / Scholars Baroque Ensemble

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    ASIN: B000038I86
    Release Date: 2000-01-25

    Tracks:

    1. Dixit Dominus Domino Meo
    2. Virgam Virtutis
    3. Tecum Principium
    4. Iuravit Dominus
    5. Tu Es Sacerdos
    6. Dominus A Dextris Tuis
    7. Iudicabit In Nationibus
    8. De Torrente In Via Bibet
    9. Gloria Patri
    10. Salve Regina
    11. Eia Ergo
    12. O Clemens
    13. Nisi Dominus
    14. Vanum Est Vobis
    15. Cum Dederit
    16. Sicut Sagittae
    17. Beatus Vir
    18. Gloria Patri

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    Handel's setting of the Dixit Dominus is a comparatively early work, written in 1707 when he was in Rome voraciously absorbing the rich Italianate music of baroque masters such as Corelli and Scarlatti. It remains a popular piece, perhaps because although it's a sacred work it still exudes all the larger-than-life exuberance of the composer's maturity. The other two psalm settings here--Nisi Dominus and Salve Regina--date from the same year, making this disc a thoughtful snapshot of the young composer before London and the opera house claimed his affections entirely. The Scholars Baroque Ensemble have previously recorded Messiah for Naxos, and, like that performance, this one will win many fans but alienate others. Using period instruments and performing without a conductor, the Ensemble believes in paring down works to the minimum number of instruments, which usually means one voice and one instrument per part, all rigorously performed with the minimum of vibrato. Such an approach gives far greater clarity to the instrumental and vocal textures--each part is exposed to the closest scrutiny--but for listeners weaned on the "inauthentic" Handel of Beecham, Sargent, or even Marriner, the sound will seem uncomfortably Spartan. Given the long and varied history of performing Handel, both traditions have their own validity. Showman that he was, one suspects that Handel would have opted for the biggest group available to him for maximum effect, but the impeccable precision of The Scholars Baroque Ensemble offers an insight into how this splendid music may have sounded in 1707. --Mark Walker
    Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus; Silete Venti
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      		Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus; Silete Venti

      Manufacturer: Chandos
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      Release Date: 1992-07-29

      Tracks:

      1. Nisi Dominus: Nisi Dominus aedificaverit...
      2. Nisi Dominus: Vanum est vobis ante lucem sugere..
      3. Nisi Dominus: Cum dederit dilectis...
      4. Nisi Dominus: Sicut sagittae, in manu potentis...
      5. Nisi Dominus: Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium...
      6. Nisi Dominus: Gloria Patri et Filio...
      7. Silete venti: Symphonia Silete venti...
      8. Silete venti: Dulcis amor...
      9. Silete venti: O furtunata anima...
      10. Silete venti: Date serta...
      11. Silete venti: Alleluja
      12. Dixit Dominus: Dixit Dominus Domino meo...
      13. Dixit Dominus: Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion...
      14. Dixit Dominus: Tecum principium in die virtutis...
      15. Dixit Dominus: Juravit Dominus, et non poenitebit eum...
      16. Dixit Dominus: Secundum ordinem Melchisedech...
      17. Dixit Dominus: Dominus a dextris...
      18. Dixit Dominus: Judicabit in nationibus...
      19. Dixit Dominus: De torrente in via bibet...
      20. Dixit Dominus: Gloria Patri et Filio...
      Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus
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        		Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus

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        ASIN: B000009PZ0
        Release Date: 1998-07-14

        Tracks:

        1. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Chor: Dixit Dominus Domino Meo
        2. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Solo: Virgam Virtutis Tuae - Vincent Darras
        3. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Solo: Tecum Principium In Die... - Catherine Greuillet
        4. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Chor: Juravit Dominus
        5. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Chor: Tu Es Sacerdos In Aeternum
        6. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Duetti E Chor: Dominus A Dextris Tuis
        7. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Chor: Judicabit In Nationibus
        8. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Duo: De Torrente In Via - Catherine Greuillet/Sophie Decaudaveine
        9. Psaume 109-Dixit Dominus. Chor: Gloria Patri Et Filio
        10. Psaume 126-Nisl Dominus. Chor: Nisi Dominus
        11. Psaume 126-Nisl Dominus. Solo: Vanum Est Vobis - Adrian Brand
        12. Psaume 126-Nisl Dominus. Solo: Cum Dederit Dilectis Suis - Brigitte Vinson
        13. Psaume 126-Nisl Dominus. Solo: Sicut Sagittae In Manu Potentis - Alain Buet
        14. Psaume 126-Nisl Dominus. Solo: Beatus Vir Qui Implevit - Adrian Brand
        15. Psaume 126-Nisl Dominus: Coro Doppio: Gloria Patri Et Filio

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        These exciting works from young Handel's stay in Italy are the equal of anything he wrote, full of appealing solos and ingenious choral counterpoint. Graham O'Reilly performs them with small forces: 10 singers and 13 instruments. This has its advantages (clearly audible lower voices, quick tempos) and disadvantages (sometimes underpowered choral singing). The soprano soloists have done fine work in music composed for boys or young women, but the solos in these works (written for high-priced castrati) need a bit more vocal power than they can provide. The men are excellent. This is probably the best performance of these works available--but if EMI/Virgin reissues Andrew Parrott's Carmelite Vespers reconstruction, pounce on it. --Matthew Westphal
        Baroque Angels (Box Set)
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          		Baroque Angels (Box Set)

          Manufacturer: L'empreinte Digitale
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          All Works by HandelAll Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B00000I4K2
          Release Date: 1999-02-09
          Handel: Carmelite Vespers, 1707
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            		Handel: Carmelite Vespers, 1707

            Manufacturer: Capitol
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            All Works by HandelAll Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B00000DNL9
            Release Date: 1990-10-25

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