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After several recordings on Ricercar and a first disc on Alpha, Actus Tragicus, containing early Bach cantatas, ‘of staggering profundity, purity and beauty’ (ffff Télérama), 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 work 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.
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"The singers of Vox Luminis are clear, warm and unfussy in these beautifully shaped performances of works by two Baroque masters."****
Rebecca Franks - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) - March 2018
"... Dixit Dominus is brimful of vibrant imagery and committed theatre... simply exquisite; tangy, ineffable and beautifully controlled..."
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood - Gramophone magazine - February 2018
*** Good Album **** Exceptional Sound
Philippe Venturini - Classica magazine (France) - December 2017-January 2018
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