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Vivaldi’s sacred music occupies a place of honour in his vast output, dovetailing passages of great tenderness and sombre beauty, rich in cantabile expressiveness, with highly operatic movements of colourful and exciting virtuosity.
Volume 3 of the complete sacred music features the final and expanded version of Vivaldi’s G minor setting of the Magnificat, his setting of the Vespers Psalm 126, Nisi Dominus, with its strongly characterized instrumental accompaniment, and the dramatic yet poignant Roman motet, In furore iustissimae irae (In the fury of most righteous anger Thou showest thy divine power).
Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat in G minor, RV 611
Magnificat anima mea Dominum
Et exsultavit spiritus meus
Quia respexit
Quia fecit
Et misericordia
Fecit potentiam
Esurientes implevit bonis
Suscepit Israel
Sicut locutus est
Gloria Patri
Antonio Vivaldi: Salve Regina in F major, RV 617
Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus
Eia ergo
Et Jesum benedictum
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 129, "Concerto madrigalesco"
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 129, "Concerto madrigalesco"
Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV 608
Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum
Vanum est vobis
Surgite postquam sederitis
Cum dederit dilectis suis
Sicut sagittae
Beatus vir
Gloria Patri
Sicut erat in principio
Amen
Antonio Vivaldi: Kyrie, RV 587
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison
Antonio Vivaldi: In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626
Aria: In furore iustissimae irae
Recitative: Miserationum Pater piissime
Aria: Tunc meus fletus evadet laetus
Alleluia
January 2009
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“The star attraction here is Vivaldi's beautiful setting of the Vespers psalm Niski Dominus (RV 608). This… is sung with warm-toned sensibility by Lynne McMurtry.”
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