- Audio CD (Aug 10 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Hybrid SACD
- Label: RCA
- ASIN: B00020Q386
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #163,048 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Dixit Dominus | |||
| 2. Virgam Virtutis Tuae | |||
| 3. Tecum Principium | |||
| 4. Juravit Dominus | |||
| 5. Tu Es Sacerdos In Aeternum | |||
| 6. Dominus A Dextris Tuis | |||
| 7. De Torrente In Via Bibet | |||
| 8. Gloria Patri, Et Filio | |||
| 9. Kyrie Eleison | |||
| 10. Christe Eleison | |||
| 11. Kyrie Eleison | |||
| 12. Gloria In Excelsis Deo | |||
| 13. Domine Deus | |||
| 14. Domine Fili | |||
| 15. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi | |||
| 16. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus | |||
| 17. Cum Sancto Spiritu | |||
| 18. Credo In Unum Deum | |||
| 19. Crucifixus | |||
| 20. Et Resurrexit | |||
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great Sound, Not So Great Performance
Feb 8 2008
It is good to hear Handel's youthful psalm setting in SACD and there certainly isn't much competition for the Caldara. The choral work is OK, a little squally in the sopranos and shaky in intonation. The period orchestra is colorful and plays pretty well. What sinks this recording, for me, is the effortful singing of Handel's solo lines in the Dixit setting. Intonation is shaky and the hooty, insecure sound of the countertenor in "Virgam virtutis" almost made me take the disc out of player. The tenor soloist won't win any prizes either. The light voiced bass is the best of the lot.
The choral work improves in the Caldara, but the complaints about soloists apply here as well. I suspect most prospective purchasers will be buying this disc primarily for the Handel and the competition (Parrott's complete Carmelite Vespers, from which the work is extracted, on EMI to cite one) is simply too strong to recommend this effort, great sound notwithstanding.
The choral work improves in the Caldara, but the complaints about soloists apply here as well. I suspect most prospective purchasers will be buying this disc primarily for the Handel and the competition (Parrott's complete Carmelite Vespers, from which the work is extracted, on EMI to cite one) is simply too strong to recommend this effort, great sound notwithstanding.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fun, blemished recording
April 30 2008
I mainly write to confirm what an earlier reviewer suggested: yes, the Handel is a *treacherously* difficult work to sing, perhaps even more for the choir than for the soloists.
This entire recording, btw, is (currently!) up on YouTube. Do a search on "handel dixit dominus"; it's in four parts, the one with the baldacchino graphic.
I personally think this is a "fun" recording of the work, owing to the tempi and the continuo instrumentation. There are a few vocal problems here and there.
This entire recording, btw, is (currently!) up on YouTube. Do a search on "handel dixit dominus"; it's in four parts, the one with the baldacchino graphic.
I personally think this is a "fun" recording of the work, owing to the tempi and the continuo instrumentation. There are a few vocal problems here and there.
Another Disappointment
Mar 5 2008
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Handel's "Dixit Dominus" must be a harder peice to perform successfully than it looks to be in score. There are more than ten performances available on CD right now, by reputable ensembles all. Of the five I'm familiar with, each has some serious shortcoming. The most enjoyable overall is that of the Monteverdi Choir with John Eliot Gardiner, with the Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir (incorporating Dixit into a "reconstructed" Carmelite Vespers) as an uncertain second.
The problem with this CD by the Balthazar Neumann Ensemble is the tuning of the soloists, which ranges from uncertain to atrocious. This is all the more surprising in that I've heard all of these soloists, and expecially Constanze Backes, sing spectacularly on other occasions. What on earth went wrong? Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock sets blistering tempi throughout, but the orchestra has no trouble so why should the singers falter? Hengelbrock's interpretation of this motet is fiercely energetic, fiery even, and it would be a delight to hear if only most of the singing were in tune. Alas, helas, ohime, eheu, oy Weh!
The Caldara Missa Dolorosa is an extremely interesting piece, original enough to give Caldara's reputation a huge boost in our times, and it's better performed by far than the Dixit Dominus. It's hard, nevertheless, to recommend only half of a CD.
The problem with this CD by the Balthazar Neumann Ensemble is the tuning of the soloists, which ranges from uncertain to atrocious. This is all the more surprising in that I've heard all of these soloists, and expecially Constanze Backes, sing spectacularly on other occasions. What on earth went wrong? Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock sets blistering tempi throughout, but the orchestra has no trouble so why should the singers falter? Hengelbrock's interpretation of this motet is fiercely energetic, fiery even, and it would be a delight to hear if only most of the singing were in tune. Alas, helas, ohime, eheu, oy Weh!
The Caldara Missa Dolorosa is an extremely interesting piece, original enough to give Caldara's reputation a huge boost in our times, and it's better performed by far than the Dixit Dominus. It's hard, nevertheless, to recommend only half of a CD.
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