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Christophers, Sixteen - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Steffani (2009)

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Christophers, Sixteen - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Steffani (2009)

Christophers, Sixteen - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Steffani (2009)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 277 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Coro | Catalog Number: 16076

The Sixteen adds to its stunning Handel collection with a brand new recording of Dixit Dominus set alongside a little know treasure - Agostino Steffani’s Stabat Mater. Full of virtuosity, vibrant colour and dynamic energy, Handel’s Dixit Dominus captures absolutely the Italian style of the period. Handel’s control of forces is masterly and the range of texture and style is breathtaking. Written during the composer’s time in Italy in the early eighteenth century it is amongst his first autographed works and also one of his finest. By comparison Agostino Steffani’s little known Stabat Mater was one of his last compositions. Written for the Academy of Vocal Music in London, this work is the most powerful expression of Steffani’s religious fervour and, outside opera, his largest, most varied and most heartfelt composition.

Composer: Agostino Steffani, George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen

Reviews: In the notes to this recording, Harry Christophers says that he likes to perform relatively unknown works with well-known ones. Steffani’s Stabat Mater has been relatively neglected by the recording companies, with only one previous recording, to my knowledge. Handel’s Dixit Dominus , perhaps the most accomplished of his Latin church music written in Italy, has been much recorded, with 16 recordings listed at ArkivMusic (not counting duplicates).


The Stabat Mater was Steffani’s last composition, written between April 1727 and January 1728, several months before his death. It is written in a mixture of older and modern styles and employs six voices, six string instruments, and organ (to which Christophers adds the sine qua non of current Baroque recordings, the theorbo). The soloists are all members of the vocal component of The Sixteen (which numbers 18 singers). All are accomplished singers with attractive voices. The bass, Rob Macdonald, is required to descend to the depths of his range and does so with apparent ease. The orchestral component of The Sixteen (numbering 21) is well known from its many recordings, and its playing here is equally up to its usual high standards. Christophers sets reasonable tempos. The only recorded competition comes from Gustav Leonhardt on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. Christophers is faster than Leonhardt in all movements, for a total time of 27:36 versus 30:55 for Leonhardt, but does not sound rushed. Christophers’ soloists need yield nothing to those of Leonhardt, some of whom, such as John Elwes, Mark Padmore, and Harry van der Kamp, are much better known. Those seeking a recording of this work should be happy with either recording. The Leonhardt is paired with Biber’s Requiem à 15 . Choice will probably be determined by the accompanying work.


Handel’s much-recorded Dixit Dominus also receives a very good recording. Once again, soloists and orchestra distinguish themselves and are at least the equal of those on the recordings with which I am acquainted. There are times when I feel that Christophers rushes things a bit. Several sections, such as the opening “Dixit Dominus” and “Iudicabit in nationibus,” could benefit from a slightly slower tempo. However, this tendency to faster tempos is also a feature of the other recordings in my collection. I compared Christophers with John Eliot Gardiner’s two recordings (on Erato, paired with the Coronation Anthem “Zadok the Priest”) and on Philips (paired with the Handel Gloria and the most well-known Vivaldi Gloria ) and with Parrott on Virgin as part of the so-called Carmelite Vespers. With the exception of one or two of Gardiner’s Philips soloists, all three recordings give an excellent account; once again, choice will probably come down to the recording’s discmates.


Anyone looking for a recording of these two works will be well served by this disc.

Tracklisting:

Agostino Steffani (1654-1728)

STABAT MATER DOLOROSA
1. Stabat Mater dolorosa
2. Cuius animam gementem
3. Quis est homo qui non fleret
4. Pro peccatis suae gentis
5. Vidit suum dulcem Natum
6. Eia Mater, fons amoris
7. Fac me vere tecum flere
8. Virgo virginum praeclara
9. Fac ut portem Christi mortem
10. Fac me plagis vulnerari
11. Inflammatus et accensus
12. Quando corpus morietur

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

DIXIT DOMINUS
13. Dixit Dominus
14. Virgam virtutis tuae
15. Tecum principium in die virtutis
16. Iuravit Dominus
17. Tu es sacerdos in aeternum
18. Dominus a dextris tuis
19. Iudicabit in nationibus
20. De torrente in via bibet
21. Gloria Patri et Filio

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