HRColonna: Missa Concertata – Handel: Dixit Dominus

Leonardo García Alarcón presents and contrasts two monumental works: a Messa Concertata by the choirmaster of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna and the famous Dixit Dominus composed by George Frideric Handel in Rome in 1707. A fascinating comparison between a first recording of a forgotten masterpiece and a new interpretation of one of the most brilliant works by the young Handel, dazzled as he was by his discovery of the Italian Baroque.Handel composed only occasionally for the church: the Dixit Dominus is a psalm written during his stay in Rome, based on Venetian models with borrowings from Gregorian chant. What’s striking is the richness of the soundtrack to the lyrics: emotion pierces the spirit. The tiny human being in the face of immensity …George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759): Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: 1 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus Domino meo05:04 2 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: II. Virgam virtutis tuae03:07 3 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: III. Tecum principium in die virtutis03:02 4 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: IV. Juravit dominus02:10 5 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: V. Virgam virtutis tuae01:48 6 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VI. Dominus a dexteris tuis03:05 7 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. Judicabit in nationibus02:22 8 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VIII. Conquasabit capita01:03 9 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: IX. De torrente in via04:21 10 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: X. Gloria Patri et Filio05:49Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637 – 1695): Messa a 5 Concertata: 11 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: I. Sinfonia avanti la Messa02:32 12 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: II. Kyrie eleison06:32 13 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: III. Christe eleison02:02 14 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: IV. Kyrie eleison01:48 15 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: V. Gloria in excelsis Deo01:28 16 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: VI. Et in terra pax01:02 17 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: VII. Laudamus te02:40 18 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: VIII. Gratias agimus tibi01:22 19 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: IX. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis02:54 20 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: X. Domine Fili unigenite01:27 21 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: XI. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei02:38 22 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: XII. Qui tollis02:21 23 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: XIII. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris00:55 24 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: XIV. Miserere nobis01:19 25 Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: XV. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus05:3013222990066/104.28.159.215