Telemann, Haendel: Dixit Dominus (2009)

This disc could be just the ticket for those exasperated by increasingly common one-voice-per-part approaches in Baroque choral music. The French Baroque choir Arsys Bourgogne under Vietnamese-Luxemburgish conductor Pierre Cao has some 28 members, backed up by 22 instrumentalists from the historical-performance ensemble Harmonie Universelle, and the group's sound is full and rich. Yet to Telemann, who reported hearing his psalm setting Deus judicium tuum performed in Paris by an ensemble of 100, it might well have seemed ... Read More

This disc could be just the ticket for those exasperated by increasingly common one-voice-per-part approaches in Baroque choral music. The French Baroque choir Arsys Bourgogne under Vietnamese-Luxemburgish conductor Pierre Cao has some 28 members, backed up by 22 instrumentalists from the historical-performance ensemble Harmonie Universelle, and the group's sound is full and rich. Yet to Telemann, who reported hearing his psalm setting Deus judicium tuum performed in Paris by an ensemble of 100, it might well have seemed small. The psalm, which is not a commonly performed work, is combined here with one of the all-time favorites of the Baroque choral literature, Handel's youthful and energetic Dixit Dominus, which happens to be another psalm setting. The results are very satisfying indeed, for the choir successfully applies its considerable talents in different directions. The Telemann psalm dates to the mid-1730s and was performed at the Concerts spirituals in Paris, where the composer had gone in... Read Less

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