In review--Baroque Composers Compete
Classical Handel/Vivaldi Dixit Dominus La Nuova Musica David Bates and Lucy Crowe Harmonia Mundi One of the most popular Christian music settings, Dixit Dominus (music composition for Psalms 109, or 110 in the Protestant Bible), offers baroque era vocalists a workout. On La Nuova Musica’s recording, Dixit Dominus , conducted by David Bates, the musicians (instrumentalists and vocalists) perform Vivaldi’s third setting of the Psalms 109/110 in D major and Handel’s sober setting in G minor (going against the convention) and sandwiched between those two gems, soprano Lucy Crowe performs the 4 movements of Vivaldi’s In Furore iustissimae irae (my favorite performance on the recording). A relatively young early music choir/orchestra, La Nuova Musica has received critical acclaim and its star rose quickly into the firmament of international early music ensembles. Certainly, this polished recording offers crystalline vocals, passionate strings and regal t