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Handel: Dixit Dominus - Bach: Magnificat / Meunier, Vox Luminis

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Composer
HANDEL BACH
Artist
Vox Luminis, Meunier
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Nov 17, 2017
Catalog #
ALPHA370
UPC
3760014193705

About

After several recordings on Ricercar and a first disc on Alpha, Actus Tragicus, containing early Bach cantatas, 'of staggering profundity, purity and beauty' (ffff Telerama), Lionel Meunier and his ensemble Vox Luminis devote this new project to two showpieces by Handel and Bach. Of these two composers born in 1685, the first travelled to Italy in 1707 and made a powerful impression in Rome with the creation of his Dixit Dominus, while the second produced one of his finest compositional tours de force in the Magnificat of 1723/32-35. Two works from the core repertoire of the Belgian ensemble, here fielding combined vocal and instrumental forces, which is perfectly versed in the style and expression of Baroque rhetoric. Vox Luminis is a Belgian early music ensemble created in 2004 by it's artistic director Lionel Meunier. Today, the ensemble performs over 60 concerts a year, appearing on stages in Belgium, across Europe and around the world. The size and composition of the group depends on the repertoire being performed but the core of soloists, mostly from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, is joined by a continuo and additional (orchestral) instrument performers. It's repertoire is essentially Italian, English and German and spans from the 16th to the 18th century. Since it's inception, the ensemble is defined by it's unity and seduces as much through the personality of each timbre as it does through the colour and the uniformity of the voices. It is more than a fixed repertoire, the ensemble members wholeheartedly communicate their passion for early music and love for the audience.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Magnificat anima mea 03:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Magnificat anima mea
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  2. 2 Et exultavit 02:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    Et exultavit
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  3. 3 Quia respexit 02:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    Quia respexit
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  4. 4 Omnes generationes 02:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    Omnes generationes
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  5. 5 Quia fecit mihi magna 02:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Quia fecit mihi magna
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  6. 6 Et misericordia 03:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Et misericordia
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  7. 7 Fecit potentiam 02:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fecit potentiam
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  8. 8 Deposuit potentes 01:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Deposuit potentes
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  9. 9 Esurientes 03:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    Esurientes
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  10. 10 Suscepit Israel 01:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    Suscepit Israel
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  11. 11 Sicut locutus est 02:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sicut locutus est
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  12. 12 Gloria Patri 02:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Gloria Patri
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  13. 13 Dixit Dominus Domino meo 05:52
    Track
    13
    Title
    Dixit Dominus Domino meo
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  14. 14 Virgam virtutis tuae 03:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    Virgam virtutis tuae
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  15. 15 Tecum principium 02:52
    Track
    15
    Title
    Tecum principium
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  16. 16 Juravit Dominus 02:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    Juravit Dominus
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  17. 17 Tu es sacerdos 01:37
    Track
    17
    Title
    Tu es sacerdos
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  18. 18 Dominus a dextris tuis 02:59
    Track
    18
    Title
    Dominus a dextris tuis
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  19. 19 Judicabit in nationibus 02:33
    Track
    19
    Title
    Judicabit in nationibus
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  20. 20 Conquassabit capita 01:07
    Track
    20
    Title
    Conquassabit capita
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  21. 21 De torrente in via bibet 03:24
    Track
    21
    Title
    De torrente in via bibet
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier
  22. 22 Gloria Patri et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto 06:08
    Track
    22
    Title
    Gloria Patri et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis
    Conductor
    Lionel Meunier