Handel's Dixit Dominus in Building a Library with Mark Lowther & Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor picks the best new classical releases, joined by guests mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately & Mark Lowther, who recommends his favorite recording of Handel's Dixit Dominus.
Andrew McGregor with the week's best new classical releases.
2.10pm
Andrew is joined by guest reviewer mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, who picks four new releases that have caught her ear.
3pm
Building a Library: Mark Lowther surveys some of the many recordings of Handel's Dixit Dominus HWV.232, and makes a personal top recommendation.
Completed in Rome in April 1707, during Handel's 3-year stay there in his early twenties, Dixit Dominus is scored for five solo voices, a five-part chorus, and a string orchestra, also in five parts. It reflects the vitality, vivid colours, landscape, art, music and architecture which captivated Handel during his time in Italy.
3.50pm
Record of the Week: Andrew picks a new release that has most impressed him this week.
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