Handel - "Dixit Dominus" in G Minor HWV232 - Mov. 7&8/8

[malbertmacl]

How the basses transition between the e-a vowels - so good!

[FellowMastermind]

comparing this to mozart's dixit dominus, this is so much more lyrical... i love it!

[Wally773MTG]

@FellowMastermind THAT is why I adore Handel, he is one of the most vocal composers of history. His sense of line and the clever ways he avoids cadences (toying around to extend phrases in miraculously unexpected ways) is simply marvelous. Bach's melodies are so much more mechanical than Handel's, and Mozart is more playful than passionate much of the time. Handel can be very playful too, but coming from a completely different perspective. Handel is the happy medium between the two, I would say!

[Wally773MTG]

@FellowMastermind Obviously these are generalizations, unfortunately I have yet to hear Mozart's Dixit so I can not speak to it (or for that matter know whether playful Mozart or ominous Mozart was predominant lol). I will put it on the list!

[EnricusIX]

What a great performance!

[roomie4rent]

This is my favorite arrangement of Handel's. He really is unmatched when it comes to sacred music

[guymal77]

This is such a beautiful rendition...Thank you Handel....

[grodemier]

Yes I did!!! It's the Dixit Dominus!!! Rome, Italy, 1707!!!!! Thanks, my friend!!!!