AGOSTINO STEFFANI (1654-1728): Stabat Mater dolorosa, GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, (1685-1759): Dixit Dominus, HWV 232.
Catalogue Number: 11L019
Label: Coro
Reference: COR 16076
Format: CD
Price: $15.98
Description: Steffani's work is from his last year of life and, in its use of medium to low vocal registers and rich, sonorous instrumental textures, evokes the pain and grief of its subject in a manner which looks back to the masters of the early 16th century. The Sixteen; Harry Christophers.