{"product_id":"219694","title":"Choir Of Queens College Oxford - A. Scarlatti \/ Handel: Dixit Dominus [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Brook Street Band join forces with the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, and their director Owen Rees, for the first ever pairing on disc of the two settings of the Dixit Dominus by Alessandro Scarlatti and George Frideric Handel.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing five critically-acclaimed and immensely popular recordings for AVIE, The Brook Street Band embark on their most ambitious project to date: a recording with the estimable student Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, that pairs for the first time ever the two settings of the Dixit Dominus written by Alessandro Scarlatti and George Frideric Handel. Both works date from early 18th century Rome, Handel's within a year of his arriving in the musical capital, and possibly influenced by Scarlatti's work, though the date of the elder Italian's composition is not precisely known. Indeed it has been suggested that the 22-year-old Lutheran was attempting to outdo Scarlatti with his masterly grasp of large-scale sacred music for the Roman rite. In between these two grand Vespers, The Brook Street Band serve up a palette cleanser of an instrumental concerto in G minor by Scarlatti.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn this recording the massed forces are joined by five of Britain's brightest young singers: soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, mezzo-sopranos Esther Brazil and Sally Bruce-Payne, tenor Guy Cutting, and bass-baritone Matthew Brook.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees (director), The Brook Street Band, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Esther Brazil, Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical acclaim for The Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford: \u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The choir produced an exquisitely pure sound...[Owen Rees] an impressive conductor.' - Early Music Review\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical acclaim for The Brook Street Band: \u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Performances of remarkable freshness and vitality...Superb.' - Gramophone, Editor's Choice (for J. S. Bach Trio Sonatas)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus, I. Dixit Dominus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Virgam virtutis tuae\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Tecum principium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. Juravit Dominus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Dominus a dextris tuis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. Judicabit in nationibus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVII. De torrente\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII. Gloria Patri\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcerto No. 4 in G minor, I. Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Grave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV232, I. Dixit Dominus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Virgam virtutis tuae\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Tecum principium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. Juravit Dominus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Tu es sacerdos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. Dominus a dextris tuis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVII. De torrente\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII. Gloria Patri\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55182910849409,"sku":"219694","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51N9ij4nHSL._SL1500.jpg?v=1768250635","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/219694","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}