Handel: Dixit Dominus / Concerto Grosso in G Minor

Featuring

Anders Öhrwall
Hillevi Martinpelto
Anne Sofie von Otter
Nils-Erik Sparf
Tullo Galli
Kari Ottesen

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Bachkören
George Frideric Handel

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Performer Biography

Anders Ohrwall, the conductor, has been the artistic leader of the Adolf Fredriks Bach Choir since its founding in 1964.

Compositional Technique

The young Handel's Dixit Dominus features advanced vocal acrobatics and drastic effects, diverging from the 'balanced' style found in his later works like the Twelve Concertos or Messiah.

Performer Biography

Hillevi Martinpelto, a soprano soloist, made her operatic debut in Sir Michael Tippett's 'The Midsummer Marriage' in 1982.

Performer Biography

Anne Sofie von Otter, an alto soloist on this recording, has been invited to prestigious venues like La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, and Chicago by Georg Solti.

Composer Biography

Handel, the composer, was only 22 years old when he wrote the psalm Dixit Dominus in Rome in April 1707.

Composition History

Handel composed Dixit Dominus for the great annual feast of the Carmelite order in Rome on July 16, 1707, at the request of his patron, Cardinal Colonna.