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Handel's Dixit Dominus in Building a Library with Mark Lowther & Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor picks the best new classical releases, joined by guests mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately & Mark Lowther, who recommends his favorite recording of Handel's Dixit Dominus.

Andrew McGregor with the week's best new classical releases.

2.10pm
Andrew is joined by guest reviewer mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, who picks four new releases that have caught her ear.

3pm
Building a Library: Mark Lowther surveys some of the many recordings of Handel's Dixit Dominus HWV.232, and makes a personal top recommendation.
Completed in Rome in April 1707, during Handel's 3-year stay there in his early twenties, Dixit Dominus is scored for five solo voices, a five-part chorus, and a string orchestra, also in five parts. It reflects the vitality, vivid colours, landscape, art, music and architecture which captivated Handel during his time in Italy.

Top choice:
Elin Manahan Thomas & Grace Davidson (sopranos)
Ruth Massey (alto)
Jeremy Budd & Mark Dobell (tenors)
Eamonn Dougan & Rob Macdonald (basses)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16076

3.50pm
Record of the Week: Andrew picks a new release that has most impressed him this week.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Mar 2026 14:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Tradimento (Diporte di Euterpe Op.7)

    Singer: Laura Catrani. Orchestra: Accademia dell鈥橝nnunciata. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Barbara Strozzi. Virtuosissima Sirena.
    • 10.

  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria Op.9b

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Director: Owen Rees.
    • Signum.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Signum.

  • Tekla Griebel-Wandall

    The Flying Dutchman (5 Songs from Oscar Madsen's "The Flying Dutchman")

    Singer: Asmus Hanke. Performer: Laurits Dragsted.
    • DaCapo.

  • Tekla Griebel-Wandall

    Arions Sang (5 Songs from Oscar Madsen's "The Flying Dutchman")

    Singer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen. Performer: Laurits Dragsted.
    • DaCapo.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Lise Davidsen.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Decca.

  • Ursula Mamlok

    Nachtgef眉hl (4 German Songs)

    Singer: Pia Viola Buchert. Performer: Tatjana Dravenau.
    • Genuin.

  • Felix Wolfes

    Eisnacht

    Singer: Pia Viola Buchert. Performer: Tatjana Dravenau.
    • Genuin.

  • Viktor Ullmann

    Berjoskele (3 Jiddische Lieder Op.53)

    Singer: Pia Viola Buchert. Performer: Tatjana Dravenau.
    • Genuin.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Lead, kindly light

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming (4 Sketches Op.15)

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Alpha.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    February (Dah Jahr)

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Alpha.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    May (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Alpha.

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  • Sat 7 Mar 2026 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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