The Complete Sacred Music (Catalog)

VIVALDIThe Complete Sacred Music

CHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORT

ROBERT KING

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BEFORE THE 1920s, the suggestion that Vivaldi hadcomposed a significant corpus of sacred vocal

music would have seemed absurd. Almost no churchmusic by him was known to have survived and, since hehad never been maestro di cappella at any church, itwas difficult to conceive of circumstances in which hewould have been asked to provide such music in bulk.True he was a priest, and for that reason would havebeen familiar with the sacred repertoire and, onesupposes, sympathetic to its aesthetic, but that in itselfproves nothing. After all, several clerics amongcomposers, Tartini being the most pertinent example,eschewed vocal music altogether. The situation changedonly when Vivaldi’s own huge working collection ofmanuscripts came to light and was acquired for theNational Library in Turin. It then became evident thathis production of church music was substantial – overfifty works have survived, and the existence of manymore is recorded – and that this music was varied,ambitious in form and expression, and on an artisticlevel at least equal to that of his concertos.

Raised as a violinist, Vivaldi probably wrote little orno church music until the second decade of theeighteenth century. But his travels with his father as a‘jobbing’ player often placed him in situations wherecommissions for sacred works might have occurred.Such was the probable origin of the earliest sacred workby him on which a date can be set, the Stabat mater,RV621 (‘RV’ numbers refer to the standard moderncatalogue of Vivaldi’s works by Peter Ryom). Vivaldi hadvisited Brescia in 1711 to play in the patronal festival ofthe Philippine church, Santa Maria della Pace; amongthe compositions acquired by this church in the

following year and listed in its account book we find theStabat mater for alto and strings, commissioned for theFeast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin, whichin 1712 fell on 18 March.

In 1713 an event of the greatest importance forVivaldi’s career occurred. Francesco Gasparini, who waschoirmaster at the Pietà, the Venetian charitableinstitution for foundlings where Vivaldi worked as aviolin master and orchestral director, went on a leavefrom which he never returned. Until as late as 1719 thePietà failed to replace him, which meant that Vivaldi(together with a colleague, the singing teacher PietroScarpari) found himself invited to take over the maintask of the maestro di coro: to supply the singers of theinstitution with a steady stream of new compositionswhich would attract a well-heeled congregation to thechapel services and so encourage donations andbequests. For reasons of decorum, mixed church choirswere not acceptable in Catholic Europe at this time, andsince the Pietà’s male wards left the institution duringadolescence to take up apprenticeships, it had nooption but to train and use exclusively female residentsas musicians. Remarkably, the choir was laid out exactlyas a normal male choir, with tenors and basses inaddition to the expected sopranos and altos. The tenorparts, which have rather high compasses, were certainlysung as written; the bass parts were probably also sungmuch of the time at notated pitch by a handful ofwomen with exceptionally deep voices. In case ofdifficulty, the bass parts could be transposed up anoctave without damage to the harmony, since they werenearly always doubled by instruments. Solo parts,however, were overwhelmingly for high voices: soprano

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or alto. More than the choir, the orchestra or even thecomposers of the music, these soloists were the ‘starattraction’ of music-making at the Pietà – their namesrecorded for posterity in the letters and memoirs ofvisitors to its chapel. The triumphant solismo of thecontemporary opera houses could hardly fail tospill over into the sacred domain.

Little of Vivaldi’s church musiccomposed during this period (1713to 1719) circulated in Italy outsidethe Pietà’s walls, but some worksreached the Habsburg domainsin central Europe. A visitorfrom Bohemia, BalthasarKnapp, acquired a numberbefore his return to Prague in1717, and his collectionappears to have been thenucleus of a modest Vivaldicult which flourished in suchcentres as Prague, Osek (innorth Bohemia), Brno (inMoravia) and even Breslau (inSilesia). Vivaldi’s sacred works werealso known in the capital of Saxony,Dresden, where the Bohemian composerJan Dismas Zelenka took a few pieces into hisextensive collection of church music.

The surviving works from this ‘first’ period accountfor just under half of the total. A similar number datefrom a ‘middle’ period stretching from the mid-1720sto the early 1730s. These include nearly all thecompositions laid out for two ensembles (in due cori,

as Vivaldi describes this form of setting). Whereas theearlier works are restrained in expression and generallyquite simple in texture, this second group ischaracterized by flamboyance and contrapuntalostentation. Many of these works appear to have a

connection with the Feast of St LawrenceMartyr on 10 August; Vivaldi may have

written them for the convent church ofSan Lorenzo in Venice (which every

year celebrated its patronal festivalwith great pomp, commissioningmusic for Mass and Vespersfrom external composers), orperhaps for the church of SanLorenzo in Damaso, whoseprotector was his Romanpatron, Cardinal PietroOttoboni. What is certain isthat these works werecomposed for male voices –

the energetic writing for the bassvoices in such works as the Dixit

Dominus, RV594, would beunthinkable for a female singer.Near the end of his career, in 1739,

Vivaldi once again supplied sacred vocalcompositions to the Pietà during an interregnum

between choirmasters – this time for payment, since hewas no longer its employee. Five of these works areextant in complete form today. They exemplify veryclearly Vivaldi’s turn, in his last years, to the fashionablegalant style cultivated by younger Neapolitancomposers, among them Vinci, Leo and Porpora.

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A clear majority of the surviving works are for solovoice or voices. These include all the motets,introduzioni (an introduzione is a special kind ofmotet designed to precede the setting of a Psalm or asection of the Mass), hymns and votive antiphons,besides a few of the Psalms themselves. The remainingworks are either – in the language of the time – pieno(for choir only) or concertato (for choir with one ormore soloists). The supporting orchestra is most oftenmade up merely of strings and continuo, but several ofthe compositions include wind instruments orobbligato parts. The vitality and idiomatic quality of theinstrumental writing in these works is unrivalled inItalian sacred vocal music of the period.

A clear distinction must be made between the workson liturgical texts – texts which are unalterable andhave their appointed place in the church calendar –and those on freely invented poetic texts (motets andintroduzioni). The former mostly employ forms eitherpeculiar to church music (for example, the so-called‘church aria’ resembling the outer section of a da capoaria) or freely derived from instrumental music, whilethe latter follow secular models in their adoption ofrecitative and the da capo aria. A very few movementsin the ‘liturgical’ works observe the stile antico based(at some remove, and not without modification) on thepolyphonic language of sixteenth-century vocal music.

Vivaldi seems to have had great difficulty in reproducingthis style, since the specimens contained in his worksinclude several instances of plagiarism.

The greatness of Vivaldi’s sacred vocal music residesnot in its historical influence, for it seems not to havecirculated very widely in his day and (unlike hisconcertos) not to have initiated any practice copied byother composers, but rather in its consummate artistryand high level of inspiration. If Vivaldi does not quitehave the musical gifts of a Bach, a Handel or even aPergolesi, he has a manner of expression which isentirely individual and unmistakable, even in his leastsubstantial works. In his best movements one discernsan almost shocking radicalism: a willingness to stripmusic down to its core and reconstitute it from thesesimplest elements. There is also a powerful instinct forthematic integration at work; time and again, analysisreveals how the same simple ideas inform eachmovement of a composite work and impart unity to it.The often unexpectedly subtle word-painting testifies tothe thoughtfulness which Vivaldi brought to thesecompositions. They can accurately be described as thebridge between his imagination as a musician and hisconviction as a priest: the point on which all facets ofhis complex personality converged.

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AVANT LES ANNÉES 1920, suggérer que Vivaldi avaitcomposé un important corpus de musique vocale

sacrée eût semblé absurde. On pensait alors que toutesses œuvres liturgiques avaient disparu et l’on imaginaitmal comment ce compositeur, qui n’avait jamais étémaestro di cappella d’aucune église, eût pu se voirdemander pareilles pièces en grand nombre. Certes, ilétait prêtre et, à ce titre, connaissait le répertoire sacré,à l’esthétique duquel il était, suppose-t-on, sensible –ce qui, en soi, ne prouve rien. Après tout, plusieursecclésiastiques-compositeurs (Tartini en est l’exemplele plus pertinent) ont complètement éludé la musiquevocale. Les choses ne changèrent qu’avec l’apparitionde l’immense collection de manuscrits vivaldiens et sonacquisition pour le compte de la Bibliothèque nationalede Turin. Dès lors, il devint évident que Vivaldi avaitbeacoup composé pour l’Église – plus de cinquanteœuvres nous ont été conservées et l’on parle de bienplus encore – et que cette musique variée, ambitieusedans sa forme comme dans son expression, était, auplan artistique, au moins l’équivalent de ses concertos.

Violoniste de formation, Vivaldi écrivit probablementpeu – voire pas – d’œuvres liturgiques avant les années1710. Mais ses voyages avec son père, commeinterprète « à la tâche », le mirent souvent en positionde se voir commander des compsitions sacrées. Tellefut probablement l’origine de la toute première piècesacrée que l’on ait de lui et que l’on puisse dater : leStabat mater, RV621 (les numéros de « RV » renvoientau catalogue moderne des œuvres de Vivaldi établi parPeter Ryom). En 1711, Vivaldi s’était rendu à Bresciapour jouer à la fête patronale de l’église des phillipines,Santa Maria della Pace ; l’année suivante, cette église

acquit – les compositions répertoriées dans ses livresde compte en témoignent – le Stabat mater pour altoet cordes commandé pour la fête de Notre-Dame dessept douleurs (18 mars 1712).

En 1713, un événement de la plus haute importancesurvint dans la carrière de Vivaldi. Francesco Gasparini,maître de chœur à la Pietà – l’institution de charitévénitienne pour enfants trouvés où Vivaldi était maîtrede violon et directeur de l’orchestre – partit en congémais ne revint jamais. Comme la Pietà ne le remplaçapas avant 1719, Vivaldi fut invité (avec un collègue, leprofesseur de chant Pietro Scarpari) à reprendre latâche principale du maestro di coro : fournir auxchanteurs de l’institution un flot régulier decompositions nouvelles à même d’attirer les fidèlesaisés aux services de la chapelle et, partant,d’encourager les dons et les legs. Pour des raisons dedécorum, un chœur d’église mixte était alorsinacceptable dans l’Europe catholique, et comme lepupilles masculins quittaient la Pietà à l’adolescencepour devenir apprentis, un seul choix s’imposait :former et employer comme musiciens lespensionnaires féminines. Chose remarquable, cechœur était agencé exactement comme un chœurmasculin normal, où les ténors et les basses venaients’ajouter aux sopranos et aux altos. Les parties de ténor,aux ambitus plutôt aigus, étaient certainementchantées come stà, tout comme les parties de basse,probablement exécutées, le plus souvent à la hauteurnotée, par une poignée de femmes aux voixexceptionnellement graves. En cas de difficultés, cesparties de basse pouvaient être transposées à l’octavesupérieure sans dommage pour l’harmonie, car elles

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étaient presque toujours doublées par des instruments.Les parties solo, cependant, s’adressaient avant tout auxvoix aiguës, soprano ou alto. Plus que le chœur,l’orchestre ou même les compositeurs, ces solistesétaient l’ « attraction vedette » des séances de musiquede la Pietà – leurs noms furent consignés, pour lapostérité, dans les lettres et les mémoires des visiteursde la chapelle. Le solismo alors triomphant dans lesopéras ne pouvait guère manquer d’empiéter sur ledomaine sacré.

Peu d’œuvres liturgiques composées par Vivaldidurant cette période (1713–1719) quittèrent les mursde la Pietà pour circuler en Italie, mais quelques-unesparvinrent tout de même aux domaines des Habsbourg,en Europe centrale. Un visiteur venu de Bohême,Balthasar Knapp, en acheta un certain nombre avant derentrer à Prague, en 1717, et sa collection semble avoirété au cœur de l’efflorescence d’un modeste cultevivaldien dans des cités comme Prague, Osek (Bohêmedu Nord), Brno (Moravie), et même Breslau (Silésie).Les œuvres sacrées de Vivaldi étaient égalementconnues à Dresde, capitale saxonne où le compositeurbohémien Jan Dismas Zelenka en introduisit quelques-unes dans sa vaste collection de musique liturgique.

Les œuvres survivantes de cette « première »période représentent moins de la moitié du total,puisqu’un nombre équivalent de pièces date d’unepériode « médiane », allant du milieu des années 1720au début des années 1730. Parmi ces pages figurentpresque toutes les compositions conçues pour deuxensembles (in due cori, pour reprendre les mots deVivaldi). Autant les œuvres du premier groupe affichentune expression contenue et une texture généralementfort simple, autant celles du second groupe se

caractérisent par une extravagance et une ostentationcontrapuntique. Nombre d’entre elles semblent liées àla fête du saint martyr Laurent, le 10 août ; peut-êtreVivaldi les a-t-il écrites pour l’église conventuelle de SanLorenzo à Venise (qui célébrait chaque année sa fêtepatronale en grande pompe et commandait à descompositeurs extérieurs de la musique pour la messe etles vêpres) ou pour l’église de San Lorenzo à Damaso,dont le protecteur était son mécène romain, le cardinalPietro Ottoboni. Une chose est sûre : ces pièces furentcomposées pour des voix masculines – l’écritureénergique adressée aux voix de basse dans des œuvrescomme le Dixit Dominus, RV594 serait impensablepour une chanteuse.

Vers la fin de sa carrière, en 1739, Vivaldi fournit denouveau des compositions vocales sacrées à la Pietà, letemps d’un intérim entre deux maîtres de chœur –mais il fut payé, cette fois, n’étant plus employé. À cejour, cinq de ces œuvres nous ont été conservées sousune forme complète, qui illustrent très clairement letournant que Vivaldi opéra, dans ses dernières années,vers le style galant alors en voygue, cultivé par descompositeurs napolitains plus jeunes, tels Vinci, Leo etPorpora.

Une nette majorité des œuvres survivantes sontpour une ou plusieurs voix solo. Ce qui inclut tous lesmotets, les introduzioni (une introduzione est ungenre de motet particulier conçu pour précéder unepsaume ou une section de la messe), les hymnes et lesantiennes votives, ainsi que quelques psaumes. Lesautres pièces sont – pour reprendre la terminologie del’époque – soit pieno (pour chœur seul), soitconcertato (pour chœur avec un ou plusieurs solistes).Quant à l’orchestre de soutien, il n’est le plus souvent

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constitué que des cordes et du continuo, même siplusieurs de ces compositions comprennent desinstruments à vent ou des parties obbligato. La vitalitéet l’idiomatisme de l’écriture instrumentale de cesœuvres sont sans équivalents dans la musique vocalesacrée italienne de l’époque.

Il faut clairement distinguer deux types d’œuvres :celles qui sont sur des textes liturgiques – textesimmuables, avec une place fixe dans le calendrier del’Église – et celles qui sont sur des textes poétiqueslibrement inventés (motets et introduzioni). Lespremières recourent avant tout à des formes propres àla musique liturgique (ainsi l’ « aria d’église », quiressemble à la section extrême d’une aria da capo) oulibrement dérivées de la musique instrumentale, tandisque les secondes suivent des modèles profanes,adoptant le récitatif et l’aria da capo. Quelques raresmouvements de pièces liturgiques observent le stileantico, fondé (plus ou moins, et non sansmodification) sur le langage polyphonique de lamusique vocale du XVIe siècle. Vivaldi semble avoiréprouvé de grandes difficultés à reproduire ce style, carles spécimens qu’en offrent ses œuvres présententplusieurs exemples de plagiat.

La grandeur de la musique vocale sacrée de Vivalditient non à son influence historique – elle ne sembleavoir ni beaucoup circulé à l’époque, ni initié unepratique copiée par d’autres musiciens (et cecontrairement aux concertos du même compositeur) –mais à son art consommé et à son haut degréd’inspiration. Si Vivaldi n’a pas tout à fait les donsmusicaux d’un Bach, d’un Haendel, voire d’unPergolèse, il a une manière de s’exprimer toutepersonnelle et reconnaissable, même dans ses œuvresles moins substantielles. On discerne dans sesmeilleurs mouvements un radicalisme presquechoquant, une volonté d’éplucher la musique jusqu’autrognon pour la reconstituer à partir des éléments lesplus simples. Un puissant instinct de l’intégrationthématique s’y fait également sentir ; l’analyse ne laissepas de révéler comment les mêmes idées simplesimprègnent chaque mouvement d’une œuvrecomposite et lui insufflent une unité. Le figuralisme,d’une subtilité souvent inattendue, témoigne de laréflexion que Vivaldi apporta à ces compositions,véritable pont entre son imagination de musien et saconviction de prêtre, point de convergence de toutes lesfacettes de sa personnalité complexe.

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VOR DEN 20ER JAHREN DES 20. Jahrhunderts wäredie Behauptung, dass Vivaldi einen bedeutenden

Korpus von geistlicher Vokalmusik komponiert habe,als absurd abgetan worden. Es war praktisch keineKirchenmusik von ihm bekannt und weil er nie alsMaestro di cappella an einer Kirche tätig gewesen war,war es nur schwer vorstellbar, warum er solche Werkein größeren Mengen hätte komponieren sollen. Zwarwar er ein Priester, und daher höchstwahrscheinlichmit dem geistlichen Repertoire vertraut und derÄsthetik vermutlich auch zugetan, doch beweist dasallein noch nichts. Schließlich gab es ja mehrereKleriker unter den Komponisten, Tartini allen voran, dieVokalmusik völlig vermieden. Die Situation änderte sicherst, als eine riesige Sammlung von Manuskripten undSkizzen Vivaldis zum Vorschein kam und für dieNationalbibliothek Turin erworben wurde. Daraufhinwurde es offensichtlich, dass sein kirchen-musikalisches Schaffen enorm war – über 50 Werkesind uns überliefert und viele mehr sind dokumentiert – und dass diese Musik abwechs-lungsreich und anspruchsvoll in Form und Ausdruckwar und sich auf einem künstlerischen Niveau befand,das seinen instrumentalen Concerti mindestensgleichkommt.

Vivaldi war als Geiger erzogen worden undkomponierte bis zur zweiten Dekade des 18.Jahrhunderts wahrscheinlich keine oder nur wenigegeistliche Werke. Auf den Reisen mit seinem Vater als„Gelegenheitsgeiger“ wird er sicherlich öfters Aufträgefür geistliche Werke erhalten haben. Wahrscheinlichwar es ein solcher Hintergrund, der zu der Kompositionseines Stabat mater, RV 621, führte, das früheste

sakrale Werk, das datiert werden kann (die „RV“ Ziffernbeziehen sich auf den modernen Standardkatalog derWerke Vivaldis, der von Peter Ryom angelegt wurde).Vivaldi hatte im Jahre 1711 Brescia besucht, um aufdem Fest des Schutzpatrons der Philippinischen Kirche,Santa Maria della Pace, zu spielen; unter denKompositionen, die diese Kirche in dem folgenden Jahrerworben hatte und die in deren Haushaltsbüchernverzeichnet sind, befindet sich das Stabat mater für Altund Streicher, das für das Fest der Sieben SchmerzenMariä (das 1712 auf den 18. März fiel) in Auftraggegeben worden war.

1713 ereignete sich etwas, was für Vivaldis Laufbahnvon größter Wichtigkeit sein sollte. Francesco Gasparini,der Kantor der Pietà, jene wohltätige venezianischeEinrichtung für Findelkinder, an der Vivaldi alsGeigenlehrer und Orchesterleiter wirkte, begab sich ineinen Urlaub, aus dem er nie zurückkehren sollte.1719 hatte die Pietà immer noch keinen Nachfolgerangestellt, was bedeutete, dass Vivaldi (zusammen miteinem Kollegen, dem Gesangslehrer Pietro Scarpari)gebeten wurde, die Hauptaufgabe des Maestro di corozu übernehmen: die Sänger der Pietà regelmäßig mitneuen Kompositionen zu versorgen, die eine betuchteGemeinde zu den Gottesdiensten der Kirche anziehensollten, die wiederum die Institution mit Spenden undVermächtnissen unterstützen würde. Aus Gründen derSchicklichkeit waren gemischte Kirchenchöre zu derZeit in den katholischen Teilen Europas nichtakzeptabel und da die Knaben die Pietà in der Pubertätverließen um sich in eine Lehre zu begeben, musstendie Mädchen zu Musikerinnen ausgebildet und alssolche präsentiert werden. Erstaunlicherweise war der

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Chor jedoch genau wie ein normaler Knaben- undMännerchor angelegt, also nicht nur mit Sopran- undAltstimmen, sondern auch mit Tenor- undBassstimmen. Die Tenorstimmen, die recht großeTonumfänge haben, wurden sicherlich so gesungen,wie sie notiert sind; die Bassstimmen wurdenwahrscheinlich auch größtenteils in der notierten Lagevon einer Handvoll Frauen mit besonders tiefenStimmen gesungen. Wenn dies zu viele Schwierigkeitenbereitete, konnte die Bassstimme auch eine Oktavehochtransponiert werden, ohne dass dabei dasharmonische Gefüge zu sehr litt, da sie fast immer vonInstrumenten verdoppelt wurden. Solopartien warenjedoch in den allermeisten Fällen für die oberenStimmen, also entweder für Sopran oder Alt. Mehr nochals der Chor, das Orchester und sogar die Komponistenwaren diese Solisten die „Hauptattraktion“ desMusizierens an der Pietà – ihre Namen sind in denBriefen und Memoiren der Besucher der Kapelle für dieNachwelt festgehalten. Der triumphierende Solismo derzeitgenössischen Opernhäuser konnte kaum von denkirchlichen Institutionen ferngehalten werden.

Vivaldis Kirchenmusik aus jener Zeit (1713–1719)war außerhalb der Pietà in Italien kaum bekannt, dochgelangten einige Werke nach Mitteleuropa in das Reichder Habsburger. Ein böhmischer Besucher, BalthasarKnapp, erwarb eine Reihe von Werken bevor er 1717nach Prag zurückkehrte; seine Sammlung scheint derKernpunkt eines bescheidenen Vivaldi-Kults in Zentrenwie Prag, Osek (in Nordböhmen), Brno (in Mähren)und sogar Breslau (in Schlesien) gewesen zu sein.Zudem waren Vivaldis geistliche Werke auch insächsischen Hauptstadt Dresden bekannt, wo der

böhmische Komponist Jan Dismas Zelenka einigeStücke in seine riesige Sammlung von Kirchenmusikaufnahm.

Die überlieferten Werke dieser „ersten“ Schaffens-periode bilden nicht ganz die Hälfte der Gesamtzahl.Ähnlich viele Werke stammen aus der „mittleren“Schaffensperiode, die von der Mitte der 1720er bis zuden frühen 1730er Jahren reichte. Darunter befindensich fast alle Kompositionen für zwei Ensembles (indue cori, wie Vivaldi diese Form bezeichnet). Währenddie früheren Werke im Ausdruck zurückhaltend undinsgesamt recht schlicht gehalten sind, zeichnet sichdie zweite Werkgruppe durch Extravaganz undkontrapunktische Prahlerei aus. Viele dieser Werkescheinen eine Verbindung mit dem Fest des HeiligenLorenz (10. August) zu haben; Vivaldi könnte sie für dieKlosterkirche San Lorenzo in Venedig geschriebenhaben (die jedes Jahr den Festtag ihres Schutzpatronsmit großem Pomp feierte und Musik für die Messe unddie Vesper bei externen Komponisten in Auftrag gab),oder möglicherweise für die Kirche von San Lorenzo inDamaso, deren Protektor sein römischer Gönner, derKardinal Pietro Ottoboni, war. Bei diesen Werken kannman davon ausgehen, dass sie für Männerstimmenkomponiert sind – die energischen Figuren im Bass inWerken wie dem Dixit Dominus RV 594 wären fürFrauenstimmen völlig undenkbar.

Gegen Ende seiner Laufbahn, im Jahre 1739,komponierte Vivaldi wiederum geistliche Vokalwerkefür die Pietà, als diese abermals eine Zeit langkantorenlos war – dieses Mal jedoch gegen Bezahlung,da er nicht mehr in ihrem Dienste stand. Fünf dieserWerke existieren heute in vollständiger Form. Sie

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veranschaulichen Vivaldis späte Zuwendung zu demmodernen galanten Stil, wie er von den jüngerenneapolitanischen Komponisten wie Vinci, Leo undPorpora kultiviert wurde, sehr deutlich.

Der größte Teil der überlieferten Kompositionensind Werke für eine oder mehrere Solostimmen. Dazugehören sämtliche Motetten, Introduzioni (eineIntroduzione ist eine besondere Art Motette, die vor einer Psalmvertonung oder einem Messeteilerklingt), Hymnussätze und Votiv-Antiphone sowieeinige Psalmvertonungen. Die restlichen Werke sindentweder – in dem Vokabular der Zeit – pieno (fürChor allein) oder concertato (für Chor mit einem odermehreren Solisten). Das begleitende Orchester bestehtoft nur aus Streichern und Continuo, doch habenmehrere Kompositionen auch Blasinstrumente oderobligate Stimmen. Die Vitalität und die Idiomatik derInstrumentalstimmen in diesen Werken ist in dergeistlichen italienischen Musik der Zeit unerreicht.

Zwischen den Werken mit liturgischen Texten –Texte, die unveränderlich sind und im Kirchenkalenderihren festen Platz haben – und Werken mit freierfundenen poetischen Texten (Motetten undIntroduzioni) muss ein klarer Unterschied gemachtwerden. In den Ersteren werden entweder derKirchenmusik eigene Formen (so etwa die sogenannte„Kirchenarie“, die dem Außenteil einer Da-capo Arieähnelt) oder Formen, die von Instrumentalmusikabgeleitet sind, verwendet, während die Letzterenweltlichen Beispielen folgen, indem sie Rezitative undDa-capo Arien aufnehmen. In einigen wenigen Sätzender „liturgischen“ Werke kann der Stile antico, der sichauf die Vokalpolyphonie des 16. Jahrhunderts bezieht,nachgewiesen werden. Vivaldi scheint es schwergefallen

zu sein, diesen Stil zu reproduzieren, da er des öfterenmit Entlehnungen aus Werken anderer Komponistenerscheint.

Die Größe der geistlichen Vokalmusik Vivaldisbesteht nicht in ihrem historischen Einfluss, da sie zuseinen Lebzeiten (anders als seine instrumentalenConcerti) kaum verbreitet war und andereKomponisten sich an ihr nicht weiter orientierten,sondern viel mehr in ihrer vollkommenenKunstfertigkeit und besonderen Inspiration. Auch wennVivaldi nicht ganz von dem Format eines Bachs,Händels oder gar Pergolesis ist, so verfügt er doch über eine völlig individuelle und unverkennbaremusikalische Sprache, die selbst in seinen geringerenWerken deutlich erkennbar ist. In seinen besten Sätzennimmt man einen fast schockierenden Radikalismuswahr: eine Bereitschaft, die Musik auf ihren Kern zureduzieren und sie dann aus den einfachstenElementen wieder zusammenzusetzen. Es wirdebenfalls ein starker Instinkt für thematischeIntegration deutlich; wieder und wieder beweist dieAnalyse, wie die gleichen einfachen Ideen in jedem Satzeines größeren Werks auftauchen und ihm soZusammengehörigkeit verleihen. Die oft unerwartetsubtile Wortmalerei demonstriert die Aufmerksamkeit,mit der Vivaldi seine Werke komponierte. Sie könnenzurecht als Brücke zwischen seinem Einfallsreichtumals Komponist und seiner Überzeugung als Priesterbeschrieben werden: der Punkt, bei dem alle Facettenseiner komplexen Persönlichkeit zusammentreffen.

MICHAEL TALBOT © 2005Übersetzung VIOLA SCHEFFEL

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Magnificat RV610a Disc 1 Track 1

Magnificat anima mea Dominum. My soul doth magnify the Lord.Et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo, salutari meo. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my saviour.Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae: ecce enim For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden:ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. for behold, from henceforth all generations shall callQuia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me:et sanctum nomen eius. and holy is his name.Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies And his mercy is on them that fear himtimentibus eum. throughout all generations.Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo: He hath showed strength with his arm: he hathdispersit superbos mente cordis sui. scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.Deposuit potentes de sede, He hath put down the mighty from their seat,et exaltavit humiles. and hath exalted the humble.Esurientes implevit bonis: He hath filled the hungry with good things:et divites dimisit inanes. and the rich he hath sent empty away.Suscepit Israel, puerum suum, He remembering his mercyrecordatus misericordiae suae. hath holpen his servant Israel.Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, As he promised to our forefathers,Abraham, et semini eius in saecula. Abraham and his seed for ever.Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen.

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Lauda, Jerusalem RV609 Disc 1 Track bl

Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem.Lauda Deum tuum, Sion. Praise thy God, O Sion.Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum, For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates,benedixit filiis tuis in te. and hath blessed thy children within thee.Qui posuit fines tuos pacem, et adipe He makes peace in your borders: and fills theefrumenti satiat te. with the flour of wheat.Qui emittit eloquium suum terrae, He sends forth his commandment upon earth,velociter currit sermo eius. and his word runs swiftly.Qui dat nivem sicut lanam, He gives snow like wool,nebulam sicut cinerem spargit. he scatters frost like ashes.Mittit crystallum suam sicut bucellas: He casts forth his ice like morsels:ante faciem frigoris eius quis sustinebit? who is able to abide his frost?Emittet verbum suum, et liquefaciet ea; He sends out his word, and melts them:flabit spiritus eius, et fluent aquae. his breath blows, and the waters flow.Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob, He shows his word unto Jacob,iustitias et iudicia sua Israel. his statutes and laws to Israel.Non fecit taliter omni nationi: He has not dealt so with any nation:et iudicia sua non manifestavit eis. neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws.

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Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen.

PSALM 147: 12–20

Kyrie RV587 Disc 1 Track bm

Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy. Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.

Credo RV591 Disc 1 Track bp

Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, I believe in one God, the Father almighty,factorem caeli et terrae, maker of heaven and earth,visibilium omnium, et invisibilium. of all things visible and invisible.Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, And in one Lord Jesus Christ,Filium Dei unigenitum, the only-begotten Son of God,et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula, born of the Father before all ages,Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, God of God, light of light,Deum verum de Deo vero, true God of true God,genitum, non factum, consubstantialem Patri, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father,per quem omnia facta sunt. by whom all things were made.Qui propter nos homines, et propter nostram Who for us men, and for our salvation, salutem descendit de caelis. came down from heaven.Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto And was incarnate by the Holy Spiritex Maria virgine, et homo factus est. through the virgin Mary, and was made man. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis: He was crucified also for us:sub Pontio Pilato passus, et sepultus est. under Pontius Pilate he suffered death and was buried.Et resurrexit tertia die, secundum And the third day he rose again accordingscripturas. Et ascendit in caelum: to the scriptures. And ascended into heaven:sedet ad dexteram Patris. he sitteth at the right hand of the Father.Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos And he shall come again with glory to judge the livinget mortuos: cuius regni non erit finis. and the dead: of whose kingdom there shall be no end.Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum, And in the Holy Spirit, Lord andet vivificantem: qui ex Patre Filioque procedit, giver of life: who proceedeth from the Father and the Son,qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur who with the Father and the Son is adoredet conglorificatur: qui locutus est per prophetas. and glorified; who spoke through the prophets.Et unam sanctam catholicam And in one, holy, catholic et apostolicam ecclesiam. Confiteor unum and apostolic church. I confess onebaptisma in remissionem peccatorum. baptism for the remission of sins.Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, And I await the resurrection of the dead,et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen. and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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Dixit Dominus RV594 Disc 1 Track bt

Dixit Dominus Domino meo: ‘Sede a dextris meis, The Lord said unto my Lord: ‘Sit thou at my right hand,Donec ponam inimicos tuos, scabellum pedum tuorum. until I make thine enemies thy footstool.Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion: The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Sion:dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae Thine shall be the dominion in the day of thy powerin splendoribus sanctorum: ex utero amid the brightness of the saints: from the womb,ante luciferum genui te. before the daystar have I begotten thee.Iuravit Dominus, et non poenitebit eum: The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent:Tu es sacerdos in aeternum secundum Thou art a priest for ever after theordinem Melchisedech. order of Melchisedech.Dominus a dextris tuis confregit in die At thy right hand the Lord shall strike through kings irae suae reges. in the day of his wrath.Iudicabit in nationibus, He shall judge among the heathen,implebit ruinas: he shall fill the places with dead bodies:conquassabit capita in terra multorum. he shall wound the heads of many people on earth.De torrente in via bibet: He shall drink of the brook in the way:propterea exaltabit caput.’ therefore shall he lift up his head.’Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen.

PSALM 109 (110)

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In furore iustissimae irae RV626 Disc 2 Track 1

In furore iustissimae irae In wrath and most just angerTu divinitus facis potentem. you divinely exercise power.Quando potes me reum punire When you punish me in my guiltipsum crimen te gerit clementem. the crime itself bears you in your mercy.

Miserationum Pater piissime, Most loyal Father of merciesparce mihi dolenti spare me, a sorrowful,peccatori languenti, weak sinner,o Jesu dulcissime. most sweet Jesus.

Tunc meus fletus Then shall my weepingevadet laetus turn to joydum pro te meum as my heart is softenedlanguescit cor. towards you.

Fac me plorare, Make me cry,mi Jesu care, my dear Jesus,et fletus laetus and joyful weepingfovebit cor. will warm my heart.Alleluia. Alleluia.

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Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629 Disc 2 Track 5

Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, Away with woes, shadows, terrors,sors amara, iniqua sors. bitter fate, unfair fate.Bella, plagae, irae, furores, Wars, plagues, anger, rages,tela et arma, aeterna mors. weapons and armour, eternal death.

Recedite, nubes et fulgura, Clouds and lightning be gone,et sereno coronata fulgore and crowned with the tranquil brightnesscaeli, sidera, coruscate, of heaven, let the stars twinkle,omnes animae super let every soul fromterram et super astra the earth to the starsviventes, iubilate. rejoice and be alive.

Descende, o caeli vox, Come down, voice of heaven,ex alto asperge nos, and wash us from on high,tolle maerorem. take away misery.Resplende, o vera lux, Shine out, true light,es tu secura dux, you are a fearless leader,sparge fulgorem. spread your light.Alleluia. Alleluia.

Clarae stellae, scintillate RV625 Disc 2 Track 9

Clarae stellae, scintillate Bright stars, shineet splendorem novum date and grant new splendourhuius diei tanto fulgori. to the great brightness of this day.Mundus vivat in laetitias The world lives in happinesset mox habeat suas delicias and soon will have its delightstantae pompae suo decori. from such pomp in its beauty.

Caeli repleti iam novo splendore The heavens, already filled with new splendour,plaudunt in tanta die, applaud on such a day,et simul terra arridit tota and at the same time the whole earth beamsin tam solemni pompa. with the pomp of such a festival.Dum festum celebratur While the feast of thealmae Visitationis nurturing Visit is celebratedgaudeat etiam cor meum my heart also rejoices,Mariam laudando et collaudando Deum. praising Mary and also praising God.

Nunc iubilare, Now rejoice,semper laetare continually be glad,gaudio immenso with boundless joy,anima mea. my soul.

Et sit tibi iubilando, May there be rejoicing in you,et sit tibi memorando and may you be mindful ofmundi et cordis alma spes. the nourishing hope of the world and your heart.

Si non es laetitia plena If you are not filled with happinesstantae pompae aura serena at the calm atmosphere of such pomp,sit dulcedo tuae maestitiae, may there be joy in your wretchednesset in te solum sint mille deliciae. and may there be a thousand delights for you alone.Alleluia. Alleluia.

Canta in prato, ride in monte RV623 Disc 2 Track bo

Canta in prato, ride in monte Sing in the meadow, smile on the mountain,Philomela laeta in fonte, Philomela, happy by the spring,vox respondeat exsultando. may your voice resound with joy.Et vox illa sit amoena And may that voice be pleasing,vox laetitiae, nec tua poena the voice of joy, and your punishmentgaudia turbet deplorando. not disturb rejoicing with weeping.

Saeva fulgescit nobis The chosen day shines on us,digna communi gaudio optata dies. worthy of common joy.Pater beate, gaude Blessed father, rejoicecaelesti gloria tua, at your heavenly glory,gaude sereno obsequio. rejoice at meek obedience.Vos mortales, plaudite et exsultate, You mortals, applaud and rejoice,et si plaudunt in caelo amoeni chori, and when the pleasing choirs applaud in heavengaudeat et omnis vivens every living thing also rejoices,et semper plaudendo sacro honori. continually applauding his holy honour.

Avenae rusticae You country pipes,sinceri fervida teach us to rejoiceamoris iubila with the genuine passiondocete nos. of love.Vos gaudia discite, You learn to be joyful,tympana et organa, drums and organs,Si agrestis fistula when the rural fluteinvitat vos. bids you.Alleluia. Alleluia.

Filiae maestae Jerusalem RV638 Disc 2 Track bs

Filiae maestae Jerusalem, Mournful daughters of Jerusalem,en Rex universorum, behold the King of all,Rex vester vulneratus your King woundedet spinis coronatus; and crowned with thorns;ut maculas detergat peccatorum to clear the stains of sinfactus est Rex dolorum. he was made the King of sorrows.Ecce moritur vita Behold he loses his lifein durissima cruce; On the harsh cross;ecce videte et non eam behold, see, and grieve notsed nos potius lugete; for the cross, but rather for us;

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at nequis reprobare vestros fletus, let no one blame your tears,immo lugeant vobiscum no, let all irrational beingsomnia insensata, plorent, grieve with youplorent cuncta creata. and all creation mourn.

Sileant zephyri, Let the winds be hushed,rigeant prata, let the fields freeze,unda amata, the flowers and leaves will notfrondes, flores non satientur. be drenched with the water they love.

Mortuo flumine, With the river dead,proprio lumine even the moon and the sunluna et sol etiam priventur. will be deprived of their own light.

Sed tenebris diffusis But with shadows spreadobscuratus est sol, the sun is darkened,scinditur quoque velum, and the veil is torn,ipsa saxa franguntur the very rocks are broken,et cor nostrum non frangit vis doloris? and does not the force of grief break our hearts?At dum satis non possumus dolere But while we cannot grieve enough,tu nostri, bone Jesu, miserere. you, good Jesus, have mercy on us.

Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 Disc 2 Track cl

Nulla in mundo pax sincera There is no unblemished peace in the worldsine felle, pura et vera, without poison, but pure and truedulcis Jesu, est in te. it is found in you, sweet Jesus.

Inter poenas et tormenta Amongst punishments and torments,vivit anima contenta the soul lives contentedcasti amoris sola spe. by the single hope of pure love.

Blando colore oculos mundus decepit The world deceives our eyes with its charming colours,at occulto vulnere corda conficit; but it destroys hearts with a hidden wound.fugiamus ridentem, vitemus sequentem, Let us flee the mocker, evade the pursuer,has delicias ostentando arte secura by showing his delights with cunning skillvellet ludendo superare. he aims to triumph by leading us astray.

Spirat anguis A snake breathesinter flores amongst the flowerset colores and while he uncoilsexplicando poison coverstegit fel. the colours.

Sed occulto But, touched by the hiddentactus ore fangs,homo demens man, madlyin amore in love,saepe lambit often licks

quasi mel. as if at honey.Alleluia. Alleluia.

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Dixit Dominus RV595 Disc 3 Track 1

See disc 1 track bt for text.

Domine ad adiuvandum RV593 Disc 3 Track bn

Domine ad adiuvandum me festina. O Lord, make haste to help me.Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen.

PSALM 69 (70): 2

Credidi propter quod RV605 Disc 3 Track bq

Credidi propter quod locutus sum: I believed, therefore have I spoken:ego autem humiliatus sum nimis. I was greatly afflicted.Ego dixi in excessu meo: omnis homo mendax. I said in my haste: All men are liars.Quid retribuam Domino, What shall I render unto the Lord,pro omnibus quae retribuit mihi? for all his benefits towards me?Calicem salutaris accipiam: I will take the cup of salvation:et nomen Domini invocabo. and call upon the name of the Lord.Vota mea Domino reddam I will pay my vows unto the Lordcoram omni populo eius: now in the presence of all his people:pretiosa in conspectu Domini precious in the sight of the Lordmors sanctorum eius. is the death of his saints.

O Domine quia ego servus tuus sum: O Lord, truly I am thy servant:et filius ancillae tuae. and the son of thine handmaiden.Dirupisti vincula mea: Thou hast loosed my bonds:tibi sacrificabo hostiam laudis, I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,et nomen Domini invocabo. and will call upon the name of the Lord.Vota mea Domino reddam I will pay my vows unto the Lordin conspectu omnis populi eius: now in the presence of all his people:in atriis domus Domini, in the courts of the Lord’s house,in medio tui Jerusalem. in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen.

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Beatus vir RV598 Disc 3 Track br & bs

Beatus vir qui timet Dominum Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord,in mandatis eius volet nimis. that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Potens in terra erit semen eius, His seed shall be mighty upon earth,generatio rectorum benedicetur. the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Beatus vir … Blessed is the man …

Gloria et divitiae in domo eius, Wealth and riches shall be in his house,et iustitia eius manet in saeculum saeculi. and his righteousness endureth for ever.


Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis: Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness:misericors et miserator et iustus. he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Iucundus homo qui miseretur et commodat; A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth;disponet sermones suos in iudicio: he will guide his affairs with discretion:quia in aeternum non commovebitur. surely he shall not be moved for ever.


In memoria aeterna erit iustus; The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance;ab auditione mala non timebit. he shall not be afraid of evil tidings.


Paratum cor eius, sperare in Domino, His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord,confirmatum est cor eius; non commovebitur his heart is established; he shall not be afraiddonec despiciat inimicos suos. until he see his desire upon his enemies.Dispersit, dedit pauperibus: He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor:iustitia eius manet in saeculum saeculi, his righteousness endureth for ever,cornu eius exaltabitur in gloria. his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Peccator videbit et irascetur, The wicked shall see it and be grieved,dentibus suis fremet et tabescet: he shall gnash with his teeth and melt away:desiderium peccatorum peribit. the desire of the wicked shall perish.



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Juditha Triumphans RV644 – Pars PriorCORO Disc 4 Track 3Arma, caedes, vindictae, furores, The sword, carnage, vengeance, rage,Angustiae, timores, fear and want,Precedite nos. precede us.Rotate, In the hurly-burlyPugnate, of the fightO bellicae sortes, may the fortunes of warMille plagas, dealMille mortes a thousand wounds,Adducite vos. a thousand deaths.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 4 Track 4Felix en fausta dies Behold, a happy and auspicious day,O Magnanimi Eroes en fortunati: great-hearted heroes, beloved of fortune;Prospera vobis sors, sydera, caelum: fate, the stars, the heavens favour you;En post saecula tandem after many a year, at last has comeVenit optata lux, lux suspirata, that longed-for, wished-for dayQua magni in vestro Duce, on which you shall be great in your leaderQua Dux Magnus in vobis: cunctis aequa and your leader great in you; all equallyErit tandem Victoria, shall share in victory,Et vestro invicto Regi honor et gloria. and your unconquered king will earn honour and glory.

ARIA Holofernes Disc 4 Track 5Nil arma, nil bella, Of no use are arms, or war,Nil flamma furoris or the fury of battle,Si cor bellatoris if the soldier’s heartEst cadens in se. fails him.Si pugnat sperando, But if he fights in hope,Iam virtus pugnando his courage in battleVigescit in spe. thrives on that hope.

RECITATIVO Vagaus Disc 4 Track 6Mi Dux, Domine mi … My master, my lord …

Holofernes Et quid ne petis? What would you?

Vagaus Felicitatis tuae Nuncius accedo. I bring news of good fortune for you.

Holofernes Quidne fausti tu refers? What good news do you bring?

Vagaus Nil nisi Gloriae tuae grande incrementum, Something that will add greatly to your glory,Et vere oculis tuis dulce portentum. and be a truly sweet omen before your eyes.

Holofernes Dic … Speak …

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ARIA Vagaus Disc 4 Track 7Matrona inimica A noble lady of the enemyTe quaerit ad arma, demands an audience,Dux magna Holofernes. great leader, Holofernes;Et cito deh, credas, and soon, believe me,Tibi erit amica she will be a friendSi lumina cernes. once you have seen her face.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 4 Track 8Huc accedat Matrona, Let the lady enter, even if she beEt sit armorum Marti hebrea Bellona. a Hebrew Bellona, companion of Mars.In Bethulia vilescunt In Bethulia our enemies are sore afflicted,Hostes miseri egeni: undique luctus miserable, wretched; on all sides lamentation,Saevus undique clamor. Hic anhelat, on all sides dreadful wailing. This one gaspsHic gemit, ille plorat, dolent omnes; that one groans, another howls, all are suffering;Nil nisi timor, nil nisi maerentium nothing but fear, nothing but cowardice,Ignavia, desperatio, afflictio, inopia, despair, affliction, famine,Et lacrimarum copia. all drowning in tears.

Vagaus Veni, Foemina illustris, Come, noble lady,Pulcra Bellatrix huc, lumine et pede fair warrior whose gaze and bearingVidentes feri, et generosa accede. dazzle the beholder’s eye. Nobly advance.

ARIA Juditha Disc 4 Track 9Quo cum Patriae me ducit amore Wherever love of country lead me,Libertatis dulcissima spes, and the sweet hope of freedom,Summo ductus a caeli fulgore thither, guided by the light of heaven,Tuto pergat per classica pes. may my steps go safely amid the armies.

RECITATIVO Abra Disc 4 Track blNe timeas, non, Fear not, rejoice,Laetare, casta vidua dilecta, O chaste and heaven-beloved widow,Certa virtutis tuae munera exspecta. await the sure rewards of your virtue.

ARIA Abra Disc 4 Track bmVultus tui vago splendori Before your radiant countenanceCedit ira, ridet amor. wrath gives way, love smiles.Ac tui numinis honori And the happy shouts of allLaetus plaudit omnium clamor. acclaim your noble spirit.

RECITATIVO Abra Disc 4 Track bnVide, humilis prostrata See humbled at your feetIn vultus tui nitore, by the splendour of your countenanceQuam estatica sit gens tanta armata. this people in arms, however warlike.

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Juditha Nil morae. Ad Holofernes No more delay! To HolofernesMe ducite benigni lead me, noble warriors,Duces bellici honoris, glorious in the field,Pacis en nuncia venio, et non furoris. behold, I come as a messenger of peace, not of war.

CORO Vagaus / Chorus Disc 4 Track boO quam vaga, venusta, o quam decora, O how bright, how beautiful, how comely are youO spes nostrae victoriae unica et vera. our true and only hope of victory.

Tentoria vultu tuo ducis honora Honour the tent of the leader by your presence,Et cuncta ab Holoferne attende et spera. and put your trust in Holofernes, and hope.

RECITATIVO Vagaus Disc 4 Track bpQuem vides prope, aspectu He whom you see there,Terribili et suavi, terrible of aspect and comely,Quem quaeris, ipse hic est: amore et fide, is he whom you seek: in love and confidenceIn ipso pulchra Sion spera et confide. put your trust in him, fair Jewess, and hope.

ARIA Vagaus Disc 4 Track bqQuamvis ferro et ense gravis However terrible in sword and armour,Dulcis tamen et suavis he will be a gentle and loving leaderPro te Dux erit, o bella. to you, beautiful one.Tibi tua tu sors et fatum, Your fate and fortune are in your own hands,Nec per te fremit iratum, and he will not rage angrily against you,Tua pupilla fit tua stella. for your eyes are your protective talisman.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 4 Track brQuid cerno! Oculi mei What do I behold? My dazzled eyes,Stupidi, quid videtis! what do you see?Solis, an caeli splendor! Ah summae prolis The glory of the sun and heavens. O noble lady,Vincunt lumina sua lumina solis. the glory of her eyes outshines the sun.Sistite, viatrici Stay, for our guestPraeparate Trophea, spargite flores, prepare garlands, strew flowers,Et obvient Divae, suae teneri Amores. let sweet amoretti go to meet their goddess.

Juditha Summe Rex, strenue miles, All-powerful ruler, mighty warrior,Nabuc Regis cor, cuius in manu inmost heart of Nebuchadnezzar,Stat suprema potestas, nutui cuius in whose hand is supreme power,Fortuna et sors obedit, whose will fortune and fate obey,Et cuncta iura sua gloria concedit. whose might is the basis of all law.

Holofernes O quam pulchrior in pulchro O, how much lovelier is virtue,Virtus est ore sonans! Quidnam petis, by lovely lips expressed. What do you seek,Suavissima supplex? charming supplicant?

Juditha Non mihi, Patriae meae Not for myself, but for my countrySpem salutis exoro, I beg for hope of deliverance,Et sic Bethuliae a te pacem imploro. and so I beseech of you peace for Bethulia.

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ARIA Juditha Disc 4 Track bsQuanto magis generosa, How much nobler a quality is mercy,Plus victori gloriosa how much more glory does it bring to the conqueror,Venia victo magis cara. how much more blessing to the vanquished.O quam pulchra tua potentia How wonderful would be your mightIllustrata tua clementia! if it were tempered with mercy.Parce, Dux, ac tolle amara. Spare us, leader, free us from our misery.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 4 Track btMagna, o foemina, petis, Lady, you ask for much;Quae maxima, si dentur! were it more, it should still be granted!Maiora sed a me tibi debentur. But I am still deeper in your debt.O timpana, silete, Be silent, drums,Recedite, o phalanges, soldiers, withdraw,Cedite amori meo, cedite invictae yield to my love, to this unconquered one,Faces, tela, sagittae, torches, spears, and arrows,Et vos bellica in campo impia tormenta and all the terrible engines of war on the field,Esto te in gaudio meo nova contenta. withdraw, be content to share my newfound joy!Hic sede, amica mea. Sit here, fair friend.

Juditha Non tantus honor So great an honourTuae famulae donetur. should not be paid to your servant.

Holofernes Tu me honoras. It is you who honour me.

Juditha Te colo. I pay you respect.

Holofernes Sedeas hic. Sit here.

Juditha Non debeo, non. No, I may not.

Holofernes Sic iubeo et volo. So, then, I order you, this is my will.

ARIA Holofernes Disc 4 Track buSede, o cara, Sit, O dear one,Dilecta speciosa, charming vision,Mea vivida rosa, my living rose,Mea fulgida fax. my shining light.Tu Marti triumphanti, You, to triumphant Mars,Tu bellico amanti to me, your warrior suitor,Pulcherrima Pax. most lovely bringer of peace.

RECITATIVO Juditha Disc 4 Track clTu Iudex es, tu Dominus, tu potens You are the judge, you are the master, you have In exercitu tanto, et tuae dextrae victrici command of this mighty army, may your victorious Semper aspectu sint astra felici. exploits be ever favoured by the stars.

Holofernes Felix per te, magisque felix ero, Happy am I that you are here, more happySi dum sepulta manet shall I be if, while Apollo’s lamp

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Lux Apollinis unda, me te dignum lies buried in the sea, you willIn convivio tu reddas, honour me by sharing dinner,Ut melius pacis nostrae amatae et carae the better to celebrate this dear,Solemnia tecum possim celebrare. this loving peace between us.

Juditha Inter convivia et dapes At feast or banquetTorpescent labia mea my lips will freeze,In jeiunio assueta: being accustomed to fasting;Tristis, nec unquam laeta ever sad, never takingIn eduliis astricta, pleasure in feasting,Nescia est delitiae tantae anima afflicta. my afflicted soul knows not such delights.

ARIA Juditha Disc 4 Track cmAgitata infido flatu Tossed by the inconstant windDiu volatu in its longVagabundo pilgrimage,Maesta hirundo the unhappy swallowIt plorando laments as it flies,Boni ignara. knowing no good.Sed impulsu aurae serenae But at the touch of a gentle breezeTantae cito oblita poenae it quickly forgets past misery;In dilecta in its softDulcia tecta welcome nest,Gaudii ridet haud avara. it is happy, seeking no other joy.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 4 Track cnIn tentorio supernae In my tentSint in ordine coenae. let choicest foods be set.Quidquid natat in Ponto, Whatever swims in Pontus,Quidquid in Caelo et terra nutrit whatever feed in the heaven or on the earth,Ne sit legere grave. nothing is too rare.Hinc nostrae Reginae, To this our queen,Cui, Vagae, tu deservies, whom you, Vagaus, will serve,Sit cretensis Lyei donum suave. let there be brought the gift of joyful Bacchus.

ARIA CON CORO Vagaus Disc 4 Track coO servi, volate, O servants, fly,Et Domino meo and for my lordVos mensas parate prepare the feast,Si proxima nox. for night draws on.Invicto Holoferni To the invincible HolofernesCantemus alterni, let us sing in turn,Honoris, amoris to honour and to loveSit consona nox. let our voices sound together.

Chorus Honoris, amoris To honour and to loveSit consona nox. let our voices sound together.

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RECITATIVO Vagaus Disc 4 Track cpTu quoque hebraica ancilla To you too, her handmaid,In nostro gaudio tanto will our great joyEris in corde tua laeta et tranquilla. bring happiness and peace.

Abra Quam audacter discurrit How extravagantly talks this servant,Non minus servus suo Domino nequam. no less so than his lord.Properemus, Juditha: ubique semper Let us make haste, Judith; alwaysTecum sperans in Caelis and everywhere, sharing your trust in heaven,Ero Dominae meae socia fidelis. I shall remain a faithful attendant to my mistress.

ARIA Juditha Disc 4 Track cqVeni, veni, me sequere fida Come, follow me, my trueAbra amata, sponso orbata. and beloved Abra, widowed as I am,Turtur gemo ac spiro in te. to you like the turtle dove I make my lament.Dirae sortis tu socia confida In this terrible hour you are my trusted friend,Debellata and when the dreadful deedSorte ingrata, is done,Sociam laetae habebis me. you shall have me your companion in happiness.

RECITATIVO Abra Disc 4 Track crVenio, Juditha, venio: animo fave, I come, Judith, I come. Take heart; to the powerAmori crede tuo nil erit grave. of your love, believe me, nothing will be difficult.

ARIA Abra Disc 4 Track csFulgeat sol frontis decorae, Let the glory of your fair face shine out,Et afflictae abeat Aurorae and the sad dewRosa vaga tua pupilla. be banished from your flashing eye.Ama, langue, finge ardere Love him, swoon, feign ardour,Nostrae sorti si favere if our cause may be advancedPotest una tua favilla. by your fire.

RECITATIVO Abra Disc 4 Track ctIn Urbe interim pia Meanwhile, from our pious cityIncertas audi voces aura levis I hear a confusion of voices, the breeze tellsFert murmur voti, et gloriae, credo, tuae. of your vow and, I believe, of your glory.Gemunt et orant una With one voice the Hebrew maidens are praying,Virgines Juda, incertae sortis suae. uncertain of their fate.

CORO Disc 4 Track cuMundi Rector de Caelo micanti O ruler of the world, in the starry heavens,Audi preces, et suscipe vota hear the prayers and accept the offeringsQuae de corde pro te dimicanti which by a heart that fights in your nameSunt pietatis in sinu devota. are piously offered.

In Juditha tuae legi dicata In Judith, who has dedicated herself to you,Flammas dulcis tui amoris accende kindle the sweet flame of your love, and,

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Feritatis sic hostis domata the barbarity of the enemy thus overcome,In Bethuliae spem pacis intende. give Bethulia hope of peace.

Redi, redi iam Victrix pugnando Return, return victorious, your weaponsIn cilicio in prece revive in penance and prayer; live againDe Holoferne sic hodie triumphando O pious Judith who today will defeat Holofernes,Pia Juditha per saecula vive. may your name live down the ages.

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Juditha Triumphans RV644 – Pars alteraRECITATIVO Ozias Disc 5 Track 1Summi Regis in mente In my mind I hold the deepestMihi sunt alta arcana: hostis Tiranni, secrets of the greatest of Kings: the end ofBellatoris iniqui our tyrannical enemy, that evil warrior,Prope, Caelo favente, is near, by the grace of heaven;Fata extrema praevideo. Deus Abraam this I foresee. God of Abraham,Exercitum Deus es, potens in bello, you are the Lord of Hosts, mighty in war;Tuo nomini inimicam by your name and the mightVirtute dexterae tuae dissipa gentem. of your arm scatter our enemies.Te supplices precamur: Tibi gloria We, your supplicants, pray: to your greater glorySit diligentium te nova victoria. be the victory of your loving people.

ARIA Ozias Disc 5 Track 2O Sydera, o stellae O stars and heavenly bodies,Cum luna cadenti O waning moon,Esto te facellae be death firesIn hostem ferales. to the enemy.Cum nocte felici This blessed nightRuant impii inimici, will the godless enemy be destroyed,Et sole surgenti and with the rising of the sunSint luces mortales. their lives will end.

RECITATIVO Ozias Disc 5 Track 3Iam saevientis in hostem Now the prayers of our virtuous Judith,Castae nostrae Judithae who is even now smiting our enemy,Gratae sunt Caelo preces, triumphando have been heard in heaven,Ad nos cito redibit, and triumphant she will soon return.Et Duce ablato ria gens peribit. Robbed of their leader, the accursed race will perish.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 5 Track 4Nox in umbra dum surgit, Night’s shadows now are advancing,Radiante in mare sol lumine cadit; the blazing sun sinks into the sea,Sed tu pulchra Juditha but you, fair Judith,Luminose mi sol in caeco orrore my shining sun, in this dread darknessResurgis coram me vivido ardore. rise before me in glory.

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ARIA Holofernes Disc 5 Track 5Nox obscura tenebrosa The dark and gloomy nightPer te ridet luminosa by you is made to shineMiro fulgida splendore. in wondrous blazing splendour,Neque lucis novae Aurora and no day will ever dawn,Tam superba, tam decora however bright, however fair,Victa tuo surget splendore. but will be outshone by your brightness.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 5 Track 6Belligerae meae sorti, Forgive me, my dear one,Quaeso, o cara condona: this rough soldier’s mealHaec numine conviva is not worthyNon sunt fercula digna. of such a divine guest.

Juditha Magnitudinis tuae bene sunt signa. But it is a sign of your greatness of heart.

Holofernes Magnum meum cor tu reddis, My heart indeed will swell,Si amantem vultus tui iure me credis. if you will but believe I love your fair face.

Juditha Nil nisi sui Factoris No likeness but the Creator’sIn orbe a creatura by earthly creatureEst conservanda Imago. should be venerated.

Holofernes Ad tantum cogis me I am driven to these lengthsvultu tuo vago. by the splendour of your countenance.

Juditha Quidquid splendet in ore Whatever splendour is in the faceEst pulvis, umbra, nihil. is but dust, shadows, nothing.

ARIA Juditha Disc 5 Track 7Transit aetas, Life passes,Volant anni, the years fly past;Nostri damni of our misfortunesCausa sumus: we are ourselves the cause.Vivit anima immortalis The soul lives on, immortal,Si vitalis while this life’sAmor, ignis, cuncta fumus. love and passion are as smoke.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 5 Track 8Haec in crastinum serva: Ah, nimis vere Leave such talk till morning:Esse ignem sentio amorem, ah, the more I feel the pangs of love,Si nimis sentio in me viscera ardere. the more my heart burns within me.

Juditha Tanti caloris aestum Temper the heat of passion,Tempera strenue Dux, flammas evita … brave prince, beware its flame …

Holofernes Uror … I burn …

Juditha Longe ibo … I shall leave …

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Holofernes No, cara Juditha. No, dear Judith.

ARIA Holofernes Disc 5 Track 9Noli, o cara, te adorantis Do not spurn, dear one,Voto Ducis non favere, the pleas of the leader who adores you,Et suspiria animae amantis at and least learn not to shrinkSaltem disce non horrere. from the wild beating of a loving heart.

RECITATIVO Juditha Disc 5 Track blTibi dona salutis The gift of salvationPrecor e Caelo Dux. I beg of heaven for you, O king.

Holofernes Prosit: bibendo So be it! I drinkA te salutem spero, to being saved through you,Et si tu amabis me, tua salus ero. and, if you will love me, I shall be your salvation.

CORO Disc 5 Track bmPlena nectare non mero Filled not with finest wine, but with nectar,Aurea pocula almi amores are the golden goblets; tender amoretti,Myrto et rosis coronate. crown them with myrtle and roses,Et in mutuo gaudio vero and in mutual joyHorum numinum ardores may the love of these divine beingsDulci flamma prosperate. rise in a pure flame.

RECITATIVO Holofernes Disc 5 Track bnTormenta mentis tuae fugiant a corde, May all torment be banished from your heart!Et calicem sumendo Raising the goblet, I say:Vivat gloria Judithae, et belli face Long life to Judith; and when the torch of warExtincta, amor per te vivat in pace. is doused, may love, through you, live on in peace.

ARIA Juditha Disc 5 Track boVivat in pace, et pax regnet sincera, May it live in peace, and may true peace reign,Et in Bethulia fax surgat amoris. let the torch of love be lit in Bethulia.In pace semper stat laetitia vera, In peace true happiness is ever found;Nec amplius bella sint causa doloris. let wars no more bring sorrow.In pace anima mea tu cuncta spera, In peace, my soul, place all your hope,Si pax solatium est nostri moeroris. if peace be the cure for our ills.In pace, bone Deus, cuncta tu facis, In peace, good God, you accomplish all,Et cara tibi sunt munera pacis. and dear to you are the fruits of peace.

RECITATIVO Juditha Disc 5 Track bpSic in pace inter hostes So in peace, among enemiesSit mea patria inoffensa. may my country remain inviolate.Sed quid video! Holofernes But what do I see? Holofernes,Accensus mero suo dormit in mensa! overcome by wine, is asleep at the table!Consurgam. Vestro Duci I shall rise. To your leader,Huc accurrite, o servi: huc, Abra, veni, servants, here! Abra, come,

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Hic in tentorio stantes, let us stay here in the tentDum dormit inimicus while our enemy sleeps,Precemur vere Deum nos vigilantes. keep watch, and pray to God.

ARIA Vagaus Disc 5 Track bqUmbrae carae, aurae adoratae Dear shades, lie lightly on him,Deh gratae spirate; delightful zephyrs, on him gently breathe.Si Dominus dormit When the master sleeps,Stet tacita gens. let all be silent.A cura tam gravi From burdensome caresIn somno suavi in gentle sleepSit placida mens. let his soul be freed.

RECITATIVO Vagaus Disc 5 Track brQuae fortunata es tu, vaga Matrona, How fortunate are you, noble lady,Quae de tam strenuo Duce triumphasti, who over such a bold warrior have triumphed;Et hostium domatorem tu domasti. the conqueror of his enemies you have conquered.

Juditha Faxit de caelo Rex, reges qui regit, The King of Heaven has done this, who rules over all kings;Et cordis mei devota and may God in his mercy hearken to theExaudiat pietas Dei suspiria et vota. humble prayers and vows I offer from my heart.

Vagaus Bene in thalamo quiescat, May he sleep soundly in his bed;Mensas tollo, et hic, pulcra Juditha, I shall remove the tables, and here, fair Judith,Potes cum Duce tuo sola laetari, may you enjoy alone the company of our leader,Et poenas cordis tui tu consolari. and ease the anguish of your heart.Sed huc ancilla venit, But here comes your maidservant;Iam festinans discedo, I’ll now haste away,Et sic amori tuo locum concedo. and leave you to your loving.

Juditha Bene venisti, o fida, You come at the right moment, faithful one,En tempus nostrae gloriae behold, the hour of glory is upon us,Et suspirata tandem hora victoriae. the longed-for hour of victory.

Abra Cuncta fauste succedant, May all go well,Et tibi, o mea Juditha, and to yourself, my Judith,Eris, et patriae tuae, and to your fatherland you will beSalus et vita. salvation and life.

Juditha Nil ultra: claude fores, Enough! Close the entrance,Impedi viatores, admit no one,Et caelesti fervore cor accende, inflame your heart with heavenly fervour,Et mox victricem me tacita attende. and here in silence await my triumph.

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Mater expectat, awaited by his motherUt ego fervida than I eagerlyExpecto te. await you.Sed poena barbarae, But the anguish of a cruelEt brevis morae though brief delayAnimam nimium torments greatlyVexat amantem the loving soulTimore et spe. with fear and hope.

RECITATIVO Abra Disc 5 Track btIam pergo, postes claudo, And now, I go, I close the tent, and,Et te nostra Eroina expecto et laudo. praising you, our heroine, I await your return.

ACCOMPAGNATO Juditha Disc 5 Track buSumme Astrorum Creator, Great Creator of the heavens,Qui de nihilo jam cuncta eduxisti, who made all out of nothing,Et tibi ut servi essemus and, that we might be your servants,Ad imaginem tuam tu nos fecisti, made us in your image,Clemens in Caelo Pater, merciful Father in heaven,Potens in Mundo Deus, mighty God of our world,Qui Jaheli victrici, who to the victorious JaelQui Deborae pugnanti vim dedisti, and warlike Deborah gave strength,Adiuva nos in prece, et culpas tolle, hear our prayer and take away our guilt,Et de forti tua dextra and with your mighty right armImbelli dextrae meae robur extolle. lend strength to my unwarlike right arm.

ARIA Juditha Disc 5 Track clIn somno profundo If in deep sleepSi jacet immersus one lies sunken,Non amplius sit vigil he needs not be watchfulQui dormit in te. who sleeps in your care;Quiescat exanguis, but let this sleeper here be drained of blood,Et sanguis and let his gushing bloodSic exeat bring greatnessSuperbus in me. to me.

ACCOMPAGNATO Juditha Disc 5 Track cmImpii, indigni Tiranni The godless dishonourable tyrant’s swordConopeo hic apensum hangs by his bed’s canopy;Denudo ferrum, ictus tendo, infelicem I draw it, and strikeAb Holofernis busto from the destroyer Holofernes,Deus in nomine tuo scindo cervicem. in your name, God, his evil head.Salvete, o pia tentoria. Farewell then, sheltering tent,In vobis semper clara may this victory won here be foreverEt caelo et mundo sit alta victoria. renowned in heaven and on earth.

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Juditha Disc 5 Track cnAbra, Abra, accipe munus, Abra, Abra, take the prize,In saculum repone, et fida ancilla put it in your bag and, faithful handmaid,Me sequere, festina, follow me, hasten,Et clemens extra castra and may the merciful hand of GodTuto perducat nos dextra divina. lead us safely from the camp.

Abra Quid mihi? O mira res! Diro Draconi What? O miracle! The fearful monster’sTu caput obtruncasti, head you have cut off,Et simul una in uno omnes domasti. with one blow you have conquered all.Eamus cito, eamus, Let us go, quickly,Et mille, mille Deo gratias agamus. giving a thousand thousand thanks to God.

ARIA Abra Disc 5 Track coSi fulgida per te Although through you shonepropitia caeli fax the blessed light from heaven,Si dulci anima spe although through you in our soulsRefulsit alma pax. shone the light of hope and peace.Solum beato Only to the Holy One,Duci increato the uncreated God,Debetur nostra pax, do we owe our peaceEt nostra gloria. and glory.Dat ille cordi ardorem, He lends fire to the heart,Ille dextrae vigorem, strength to the arm,Et manus donum suae and our victoryNostra victoria. is a gift from his hand.

RECITATIVO Vagaus Disc 5 Track cpIam non procul ab axe Now soon in the eastEst ascendens Aurora, undique rara will arise the dawn; over allCaelo sydera micant: in tentorio the heavens the stars are flickering; in the tentPallet incerta lux. a dim, uncertain light.Patet ingressus, neminem video. It lies open, I see no one.Sed heu, heu, quid cerno? But alas, alas, what do I see?Fusus undique sanguis! Blood spattered everywhere!Heu, quam horrendum visu! Ah me, what a dreadful sight!Truncus Domini mei jacet exsanguis. Here lies the headless murdered body of my lord.Milites, huc venite, Soldiers, come here,Surgite, o servi, excubiae non dormite. get up, servants, sentries, do not sleep.Omnes perditi sumus: We are all lost;Bethulia amissa et Holoferne extincto. Bethulia is lost, Holofernes slaughtered.Heu cuncti, cuncti miseri ploremus, Let us all lament our loss,Et ducis nostri funus vindicemus. and avenge the death of our leader.

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ARIA Vagaus Disc 5 Track cqArmatae face, et anguibus Armed with your torches and your snakes,A caeco regno squallido from your dark and dreadful kingdomFuroris sociae barbari, your dread companions,Furiae, venite ad nos. the Furies, come to us.Morte, flagello, stragibus, Teach our inflamed heartsVindictam tanti funeris with the lash, with death and slaughterIrata nostra pectora to avenge the deathDuces docete vos. of such a leader.

RECITATIVO Ozias Disc 5 Track crQuam insolita luce With how strange a lightEois surgit ab oris does dawn rise from the world below,Floribus cincta suis roscida Aurora! garlanded with dewy flowers.O quam ridet serena O how happy smiles this dayIucundo nobis dies lumine plena! On us, suffused with joyous light!En venit tandem venit See, she comes, at last she comes,(Eam a longe prospicio, ad eam curramus) (I see her from afar, let us hasten to her)Venit, Juditha, venit, Judith comes, she comes,Et Juditha triumphans. Filia electa Judith comes in triumph. O chosen one,Quanto gaudio te amplector: summe Deus with what joy I embrace you, see, O God,Exultat ecce in te spiritus meus. how greatly my soul rejoices in You.

ARIA Ozias Disc 5 Track csGaude felix Rejoice, happyBethulia laetare Bethulia, rejoice,Consolare be comforted,Urbs nimis afflicta. sore-afflicted city.Caelo amata You are beloved of heavenEs fortunata and of fortune,Inter hostes semper invicta. delivered from your conquering enemies.

ACCOMPAGNATO Ozias Disc 5 Track ctIta decreto aeterno So, by heavenly decree,Veneti Maris Urbem the city of the Venetian sea, I prophesy,Inviolatam discerno, will remain inviolate,Sic in Asia Holoferni impio tiranno as in Asia, against the godless tyrant HolofernesUrbs Virgo gratia Dei semper munita the virgin city ever defended, by theErit nova Juditha, grace of God, will be a new Judith;Et pro populo suo Pastor orabit, the shepherd will pray for his flock,Et fidelis Ozias and as a faithful OziasVeram Bethuliae suae fidem servabit. will maintain the true Faith of his Bethulia.Eia Virgines Sion, Arise, daughters of Sion,Festinate cum gloria hurry, celebrateInsperata victoria, this victory we had hoped for,

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Et pietatis in sinu and from pious hearts,Cum psalterio sonanti to the sound of your harps,Applaudite Judithae Triumphanti. sing Judith triumphant.

CORO Disc 5 Track cuSalve, invicta Juditha, formosa Hail, fair and invincible Judith,Patriae splendor spes nostrae salutis. the glory of our country and our hope of salvation,Summae norma tu vere virtutis the glorious model of true virtueEris semper in mundo gloriosa. for all time will you be to the world.

Debellato sic barbaro Trace The Thracian barbarian thus defeated,Triumphatrix sit Maris Regina. the queen of the sea shall triumph,Et placata sic ira divina and, divine wrath thus assuaged,Adria vivat et regnet in pace. may Adria live and reign in peace.

END OF DISC 5

In turbato mare irato RV627 Disc 6 Track 1

In turbato mare irato In an angry, rough seanaufragatur alma pax. nourishing peace has foundered.Cito splende, ah splende, o cara, Swiftly shine, ah shine, you dearin procella tam amara, and, in such a bitter storm,suspirata caeli fax. longed-for flame of heaven.

Splende serena, o lux amata, Shine, bright and beloved light,nam mersa in mille poenis for my soul languisheslanguet anima mea. submerged in a thousand pains.Stricta mille catenis Struck by a thousand chainsin pelago voraci it now breathes submergediam submersa spirat in the hungry ocean,sed contemplando te laeta respirat. but on contemplating you it again breathes happily.

Resplende, bella, Shine, beautiful,divina stella, holy star,et non timebo and I shall not fearmortis horrores. the horrors of death.Tam cara face There is such delightgaudendo in pace, in a dear flame of peacesi contemplando vos, when only I think of you,cari fulgores. dear beams of light.Alleluia. Alleluia.

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Non in pratis aut in hortis RV641 Disc 6 Track 5

Non in pratis aut in hortis, Neither in meadows nor in gardens,non in vineis Engadi nor among the vines of Engadinquaeram dilectum meum; shall I seek my beloved;inter rosas et lilia among the roses and liliesamplius iam non laetatur, there is no longer any rejoicing,sed in Calvario sponsus meus moratur. rather on Calvary my bridegroom awaits.

Ibi spinis confixus, There, bound with thorns,verberibus afflictus scourged with lasheset plagis vulneratus and wounded by blows,sanguinem suum pretiosum et vitam fudit he poured out his precious blood and lifeut hominem salvaret, quem debuerat odisse; to save mankind whom he ought to have despised;tanti est nos peccavisse? how great is the sin we have committed?

Pro me caput spinas habet, For me his head bears thorns,pro me sunt illi dolores et labores, for me are sorrows and tribulations upon him,pro me fluit unda cruoris. for me the torrent of gore flows.Ego vilis et contempta I am cheap and unworthytanto pretio Redemptoris. of the great price paid by the Redeemer.

Quaesone facias, Domine, tot irrita tormenta, I ask why you, Lord, accept so many useless torments,tot irritas passiones, sed super nos effunde so many useless pains, and yet pour over usmerita tui doloris, et dum delicta sua the benefits of your grief, and, provided that our heartcor nostrum detestamur nunc sincere, genuinely detests its own crimes,tu bonus nostri quoque miserere. you nobly have mercy on us as well.

Stabat mater RV621 Disc 6 Track 9

Stabat mater dolorosa, The mother was standing sorrowfullyIuxta crucem lacrimosa next to the cross, tearfulDum pendebat Filius. as her Son was hanging.Cuius animam gementem, Whose soul, groaning,Contristatam et dolentem, sad and sorrowful,Pertransivit gladius. the sword has pierced through.

O quam tristis et afflicta How miserable and afflictedFuit illa benedicta was that blessedMater unigeniti. mother of an only son.Quae moerebat et dolebat, She lamented and grieved,Pia Mater dum videbat the Holy Mother, when she sawNati poenas inclyti. the pains of her glorious Son.

Quis est homo, qui non fleret, Who is the man who would not weepMatrem Christi si videret were he to see the Mother of ChristIn tanto supplicio? in such distress?Quis non posset contristari, Who would not be made sad

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Christi Matrem contemplari at the thought of Christ’s MotherDolentem cum Filio? grieving with her Son?

Pro peccatis suae gentis For the sins of his peopleVidit Jesum in tormentis she saw Jesus subjected toEt flagellis subditum, torments and lashes,Vidit suum dulcem natum she saw her sweet SonMoriendo desolatum, dying, desertedDum emisit spiritum. as he gave up his spirit.

Eia Mater, fons amoris, Accordingly, Mother, fount of love,Me sentire vim doloris make me feel the force of your griefFac, ut tecum lugeam. so that I may mourn with you.Fac ut ardeat cor meum Make my heart burnIn amando Christum Deum with love for Christ the GodUt sibi complaceam. so that I may be reconciled with him.Amen. Amen.

O qui caeli terraeque serenitas RV631 Disc 6 Track bt

O qui caeli terraeque serenitas You are the tranquillity of heaven and of earth,et fons lucis et arbiter es. both the source of light and the judge.Unde regis aeterna tua sidera Whence come your eternal stars of the kingdom,mitis considera look kindly uponnostra vota, clamores et spes. our prayers, cries and hopes.

Fac ut sordescat tellus Make it that the earth seem uncleandum respicimus caelum; when we look to heaven;fac ut bona superna make it that we might constantlyconstanter diligamus cherish heavenly richeset sperantes aeterna and that, hoping for things eternal,quidquid caducam est odio habeamus. we might regard with hatred whatever is transitory.

Rosa quae moritur, The rose which dies away,unda quae labitur, the water which flows away,mundi delicias such transient thingsdocent fugaces. characterize the world’s delights.Vix fronte amabili Such deceitful ghostsmulcent cum labili scarcely charm with theirpede praetervolant pleasant appearancelarvae fallaces. before flying past, fleet of foot.Alleluia. Alleluia.

Deus tuorum militum RV612 Disc 6 Track cn

Deus tuorum militum God, your soldiers’Sors et corona, praemium, destiny, crown and reward,Laudes canentes Martyris, absolve those who sing in praise of the martyrs

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Absolve nexu criminis. from the grip of sin.Poenas cucurrit fortiter, Bravely he has run through troubles,Et sustulit viriliter: and endured them courageously:Fundensque pro te sanguinem, and, pouring out for you his blood,Aeterna dona possidet. he has won everlasting gifts.Laus et perennis gloria Praise and perpetual gloryPatri sit, atque Filio, be to the Father, and to the Son,Sancto simul Paraclito, and to the Holy Paraclete also,In sempiterna saecula. for eternal ages.

Confitebor tibi, Domine RV596 Disc 6 Track co

Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo: I will praise you, Lord, with my whole heart:in consilio iustorum et congregatione. in the council of the righteous and in the assembly.Magna opera Domini: Great are the works of the Lord:exquisita in omnes voluntates eius. they are studied by all who delight in them.Confessio et magnificentia opus eius: Merciful and wondrous is his work:et iustitia eius manet in saeculum saeculi. and his justice will remain for an age of ages.Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum, He has instilled remembrance of his wonders, misericors et miserator Dominus: the merciful and compassionate Lord:escam dedit timentibus se. he has given food to those who hate him.Memor erit in saeculum testamenti sui: He will be mindful for ages of his pledge:virtutem operum suorum annuntiabit populo suo. he will proclaim the virtue of his acts to his people.Ut det illis haereditatem gentium: That he might give them the inheritance of the peoples:opera manuum eius veritas et iudicium. the works of his hands are truth and justice.

Fidelia omnia mandata eius: All of his promises are ordained:confirmata in saeculum saeculi: confirmed for an age of ages:facta in veritate et aequitate. established in truth and equity.Redemptionem misit populo suo: He has sent redemption for his people:mandavit in aeternum testamentum suum. he has ordained for ever his pledge.

Sanctum et terribile nomen eius: Holy and fearsome is his name:initium sapientiae timor Domini. the beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord.

Intellectus bonus omnibus facientibus eum: Wise is the man who does all he asks:laudatio eius manet in saeculum saeculi. praise of him will remain for an age of ages.


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Beatus vir RV795 Disc 7 Track 1

See disc 3 track br for text.

Salve Regina RV617 Disc 7 Track br

Salve Regina, mater misericordiae: Hail Queen, mother of mercy:vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. life, sweetness, and our hope, hail.Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae. To you we call, exiled sons of Eve.Ad te suspiramus, To you we sigh,gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. groaning and weeping in this vale of tears.

Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, Look then, our Advocate,illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. turn those merciful eyes of yours to us.Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, And after this exile show to us Jesus,nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. blessed fruit of your womb.O clemens: o pia: o dulcis Virgo Maria. O merciful, O holy, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Laudate Dominum RV606 Disc 7 Track cl

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, Praise the Lord, all nations,laudate eum omnes populi. praise him, all peoples.Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia eius Because his mercy upon us is confirmedet veritas Domini manet in aeternum. and the trustworthiness of the Lord will endure for ever.


PSALM 116 (117)

In exitu Israel RV604 Disc 7 Track cm

In exitu Israel de Aegypto, When Israel went out of Egypt,domus Jacob de populo barbaro. the house of Jacob from a barbarous people.Facta est Judaea sanctificatio eius, Israel potestas eius. Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.Mare vidit, et fugit: Jordanis conversus est retrorsum. The sea saw it, and fled: the Jordan was turned back.Montes exsultaverunt ut arietes: The mountains skipped like rams:et colles sicut agni ovium. and the hills like the lambs of the flock.A facie Domini mota est terra, At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved,a facie Dei Jacob: at the presence of the God of Jacob:qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, who turned the rock into pools of water,et rupem in fontes aquarum. and the stony hill into fountains of waters.

Non nobis Domine, non nobis: sed nomini tuo da gloriam. Not to us Lord, not to us: but to your name give glory.Super misericordia tua et veritate tua: For your mercy, and for your truth’s sake:nequando dicant gentes: Ubi est Deus eorum? lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God?Deus autem noster in caelo: But our God is in heaven:omnia quaecumque voluit, fecit. he has done all things that he wished.

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Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold,opera manuum hominum. the works of the hands of men.Os habent, et non loquentur: They have mouths and speak not:oculos habent, et non videbunt. they have eyes and see not.Aures habent, et non audient: They have ears and hear not:nares habent, et non odorabunt. they have noses and smell not.Manus habent, et non palpabunt: They have hands and feel not:pedes habent, et non ambulabunt: they have feet and walk not:non clamabunt in gutture suo. neither shall they cry out through their throat.Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea: Let them that make them become like them:et omnes qui confidunt in eis. and all such as trust in them.

Domus Israel speravit in Domino: The house of Israel has hoped in the Lord:adiutor eorum et protector eorum est. he is their helper and their protector.Domus Aaron speravit in Domino: The house of Aaron has hoped in the Lord:adiutor eorum et protector eorum est. he is their helper and protector.Qui timent Dominum speraverunt in Domino: They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord:adiutor eorum et protector eorum est. he is their helper and their protector.Dominus memor fuit nostri: The Lord has been mindful of us:et benedixit nobis. and has blessed us.Benedixit domui Israel: He hath blessed the house of Israel:benedixit domui Aaron. he hath blessed the house of Aaron.Benedixit omnibus qui timent Dominum, He hath blessed all that fear the Lord,pusillis cum majoribus. both little and great.Adiiciat Dominus super vos: May the Lord add blessings upon you,super vos, et super filios vestros. upon you, and upon your children.Benedicti vos a Domino, Blessed be you of the Lord,qui fecit caelum et terram. who made heaven and earth.Caelum caeli Domino, The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s,terram autem dedit filiis hominum. but the earth he has given to the children of men.Non mortui laudabunt te Domine: The dead shall not praise thee Lord:neque omnes qui descendunt in infernum. nor any of them that go down to hell.Sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino, But we that live, we bless the Lord,ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum. from this time now and for ever.


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Nisi Dominus RV608 Disc 7 Track cn

Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, Unless the Lord builds a house,in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam. in vain do those who labour build it.Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, Unless the Lord guards a city,frustra vigilat qui custodit eam. futilely does he who watches guard it.

Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere: It is pointless for you to get up early:surgite postquam sederitis, you get up before you have gone to bed,qui manducatis panem doloris. you who eat the bread of misery.

Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum: For he has granted to those he loves rest:ecce haereditas Domini, filii: behold an inheritance from the Lord – sons:merces, fructus ventris. a reward, the fruit of the womb.

Sicut sagittae in manu potentis: Like arrows in the hand of powerful man:ita filii excussorum. such are sons born in your youth.

Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis: Blessed is the man who has filled his desire with these;non confundetur cum loquetur he will not be confounded when he speaksinimicis suis in porta. with his enemies at the gate.


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Laetatus sum RV607 Disc 8 Track 1

Laetatus sum in his, quae dicta sunt mihi: I was glad when they said unto me:In domum Domini ibimus. ‘We will go into the house of the Lord.’Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis Jerusalem. Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem,Jerusalem, quae aedificatur ut civitas: Jerusalem is built as a city:cuius participatio eius in idipsum. that is at unity in itself.Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: For thither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord:testimonium Israel ad confitendum nomini Domini. to testify to Israel, to give thanks to the Lord’s name.Quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicio, For there is the seat of judgement:sedes super domum David. even the seat of the house of David.Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Jerusalem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem:et abundantia diligentibus te. they shall prosper that love thee.Fiat pax in virtute tua: Peace be within thy walls:et abundantia in turribus tuis. and plenteousness within thy palaces.Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, For my brethren and companions’ sakes,loquebar pacem de te: I will wish thee prosperity.Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, Because of the house of the Lord our God

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quaesivi bona tibi. I will seek to do thee good.Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen.

PSALM 121 (122)

Laudate pueri RV601 Disc 8 Track 2

Laudate pueri, Dominum: Praise the Lord, ye servants:laudate nomen Domini. O praise the name of the Lord.

Sit nomen Domini benedictum, Blessed be the name of the Lord:ex hoc nunc, et usque in saeculum. from this time forth for evermore.

A solis ortu usque ad occasum, The Lord’s name is praised: from the risinglaudabile nomen Domini. up of the sun unto the going down of the same.

Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus The Lord is high above all heathenet super caelos gloria eius. and His glory above the heavens.Quis sicut Dominus, Deus noster, Who is like unto the Lord our God,qui in altis habitat, et humilia that has His dwelling so high: and yet humblesrespicit in caelo et in terra? himself to behold the things in heaven and earth?

Suscitans a terre inopem, He takes up the simple out of the dust:et de stercore erigens pauperem: and lifts the poor out of the mire:Ut collocet eum cum principibus, That He may set him with princes,cum principibus populi sui. even with the princes of His people.Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, He makes the barren woman to keep house,matrem filiorum laetantem. and to be a joyful mother of children.


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Vestro Principi divino RV633 Disc 8 Track bm

Vestro Principi divino Heavens, lift up your gilded gatesportas aureas caeli extollite. to your divine Leader.Resurgenti et uno et trino Stars, lift up your voices in praisevoces laudis astra extollite. to the risen three in one.

O felix culpa, o culpa fortunata Happy guilt, opportune guilt,quae talem meruit ac tantum habere Redemptorem. guilt which called for so great a Redeemer.Mundo est orta per te salus et quies, Salvation and peace for the world rose through youet refulsit per tec sic fausta dies. and through you has shone this auspicious day.

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si gaudes intra te now that you rejoice inwardlyde bene gesta re because of this happy timeotiosa non sit spes. when hopes are not in vain.

Sed currat cor et pes My heart and feet run for joyubi serena fax, now that the bright flame,ubi tranquilla lux, the calming light,ubi secura pax and the steadfast peaceregnare facit nos. rule over us.

Dolores, poenae Grief, hardshipssuaves et amoenae, seem pleasant and delightful,deliciae Filii Dei, the joys of the Son of God,laetitiae cordis mei, I worship these things, rather thannon amo, laudo vos. loving the joys of my own heart.Alleluia. Alleluia.

Jubilate, o amoeni chori RV639 Disc 8 Track bq

Jubilate, o amoeni chori, Joyful choirs, rejoicedivo amori and give a thousand thankslaetos plausus mille date. for divine love.

Et in vocibus canoris Heavens and earth,summi honoris rejoice with the sound of a songcaeli et terra resonate. and great honour.

In tam solemni pompa In a solemn ceremony,armonice cantamus let us sing harmoniouslyet Deo immortali honores mille damus. and give a thousand honours to immortal God.

Vos mecum, o cantores, Join with me, you singers,suaviter canentes and, singing sweetly,jubilamus dicentes: let us rejoice, saying:

Sonoro modulamine With changing notes,voce simul unanimi yet with a single voice,nunc proferamus jubilo. we now offer up our joy.

Concentu gravi et tenero With harmonies both high and lowrepetant etiam citharae, the lutes now strike up again,fistulae, lirae et organa. the pipes, the lyres and the organs.

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Gloria in excelsis deo RV588 Disc 8 Track bs

Gloria in excelsis Deo. Glory be to God on high.Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. And on earth peace, goodwill towards men.Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. We praise thee. We bless thee.Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. We worship thee. We glorify thee.Gratias agimus tibi. We give thanks to thee.Propter magnam gloriam tuam. For thy great glory.

Domine Deus, rex caelestis, O Lord God, heavenly king,Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father almighty.

Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.Domine Deus, agnus Dei, Filius Patris. O Lord God, lamb of God, Son of the Father.Qui tollis peccata mundi, Thou that takest away the sins of the world,miserere nobis; have mercy on us;qui tollis peccata mundi, thou that takest away the sins of the world,suscipe deprecationem nostram. receive our prayer;Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father,miserere nobis. have mercy on us.Quoniam tu solus sanctus; tu solus Dominus. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord.Tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe. Thou only art most high, Jesus Christ.Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris. With the Holy Ghost, in glory of God the Father.Amen. Amen.

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Sum in medio tempestatum RV632 Disc 9 Track 1

Sum in medio tempestatum I am in the midst of stormy weather,quasi navis agitata, like a ship which is tossed about,conturbata, inter horridas procellas. rocked amidst terrible storms.Hinc horrores, hinc terrores, Horrors from this side, terrors from that,fremunt venti, nescio portum the winds rant, I know of no harbournec amicas cerno stellas. and I cannot see the friendly stars.

Quid ergo faciam, infelix anima? What shall I do, unhappy soul that I am?Ubi sunt bona mea, ubi laetitiae? Where is my good fortune, my happiness?Ubi mundi deliciae? Where are the delights of the world?Fallaces honores, ite, procul volate; Deceptive honours, go, fly far away;vos sperno, vos non curo, I shun you, I care not for you,Jesum solum amabo, I shall love Jesus only,et mala cordis mei semper plorabo. and I shall weep constantly at the woes of my heart.

Semper maesta, sconsolata, Constantly gloomy, dejected,suspirando, lacrimando, sighing and weeping,sum contenta, sum beata. I now am content, I am blessed.

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Iam serenae rident stellae, Now the calming stars smile,iam non turbant me procellae: now storms do not rock me:vado ad portum fortunata. Alleluia. I shall hasten, fortunate, to the harbour. Alleluia.

Laudate pueri RV600 Disc 9 Track 5

See disc 8 track 2 for text.

Cur sagittas, cur tela RV637 Disc 9 Track bq

Cur sagittas, cur tela, cur faces Why, oh terrible hobgoblins,larvae horrendae, crudeles, minaces, cruel, threatening, burning with anger,ira accensae movetis in me? do you hurl arrows, weapons and fire at me?Me non terret infernus armatus, The soldier of hell does not frighten me;non furorem, non curo conatus, I care not for his angry attempts at me.vincam fortis munita mea spe. I am strong, and defended by hope shall I conquer.

Hostibus circumventa undique et armis, Surrounded on all sides by the arms of the enemy,amabili fuam pace. I was in amiable peace. Ad quid rebelles impetus vestri imbelles? But to what do you direct your weak efforts?Pugnat pro me; pro me scutum et ensem He fights for me; for me the right hand of Saint Laurencedextera Beati Laurentii takes up shield and spearsumit et fulget iam de caelo armata. and now shines armed from heaven.Ah, cordis robur mei, Ah, the strength of my heart,invincibilis dextera et beata, tu mihi assiste; you invincible and blessed right hand, assist me;mecum si tu pugnas, pugnabo if you fight with me, I will fight,Et in victoria tua laeta cantabo. and I shall joyously sing in your victory.

In te, beate Pater, In you, Holy Father,tutor et amor meus, my protection and love,et in virtute tua and in your courage,confido et spero. I trust and hope.Mihi si semper ades, If you are always by me,vulnera spreo et clades, I scorn wounds and disaster,nec hostis terret me nor does the enemy with his stern facevultu severo. frighten me.

Sanctorum meritis RV620 Disc 9 Track bt

Sanctorum meritis inclyta gaudia The great joys of the saints and their rewardPangamus, socii, gestaque fortia: let us record, friends, and their brave deeds,Gliscens fert animus promere cantibus for the heart swells to extol in songVictorum genus optimum. this noble race of victors.

Hi pro te furias atque minas truces These men, for you, trampled the rages and savage threatsCalcarunt hominum, saevaque verbera: of men, and their harsh whips:His cessit lacerans fortiter ungula, the talon, tearing strongly, fell upon them,Nec carpsit penetralia. yet did not reach their insides.

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Te summa o Deitas, unaque poscimus, O great and single Divinity, we pray youUt culpas abigas, noxia subtrahas: to drive away guilt, to take away dangers,Des pacem famulis, ut tibi gloriam give peace to your servants, so that they might singAnnorum in seriem canant. glory to you throughout the passage of the years.

Salve Regina RV616 Disc 9 Track bu


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Laudate pueri RV602 Disc bk Track 1

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Salve Regina RV618 Disc bk Track bl


Ascende laeta RV635 Disc bk Track br

Ascende laeta Gladly climbMontes et colles, the mountains and hillsTota formosa Bella Maria. all wonderful Beautiful Mary.

Ascende laeta Gladly climbMontes et colles, the mountains and hillsTota formosa Bella Regina. all wonderful Beautiful Queen.

Truncus recusat The tree trunk refusesGressus turbare, to disturb your steps.Te vulnerare The thorn does not dareNon audet spina. to wound you.

Quam pulchri, quam formosi How beautiful, how beautifulSunt tui gressus Maria; are your steps, Mary.Stella mundi et Aurora Star of the world and Dawn,Claro lumine tuo silvas irradias. you irradiate the woods with your clear light.In iucunda praesentia The tired shepherds rejoiceGaudent lassi pastores; in your pleasant presence;Iudae Montana iubilant, the Jewish women rejoice on the Mountains.Cernitur gaudium, risus, joy is discerned, and laughter.Cunctis sola Maria fit Paradisus. To all only Mary becomes Paradise.

Sternite, Angeli, Strew, Angels,Sternite, flores, strew flowers.Cari pastores, Dear shepherds,Laeti cantate. sing gladly.

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Fistula, tibia, Reed pipe, flute,Reginam vestram, praise your queenSimul laudate. at the same time.

Gaude mater Ecclesia RV613 Disc bk Track bu

Gaude mater Ecclesia, Rejoice, mother Church,Laetam agens memoriam, carrying the happy memoryQuae novae prolis gaudia of the new offspring whose joysMittis ad caeli curiam. you send to the court of heaven.

Praedictorum ordinis Leader of the order of the predetermined,Dux et Pater Dominicus Father Dominic,Mundi iam fulget terminis, now shines to the ends of the worldCivis effectus caelicus. the citizen now made heavenly.

Carnis liber ergastulo, The man freed from the workhouse of fleshCaeli potitur gloria: drinks the glory of heaven:Pro paupertatis cingulo in place of the girdle of povertyStola dotatur regia. a royal mantle is now provided.

Fragrans odor de tumulo The burning smell from the burial moundCum virtutum frequentia, with his numerous virtuesClamat pro Christi famulo shouts to the servant of ChristSummi Regis magnalia. about the great deeds of the High King.

Trino Deo et simplici To God the three and oneLaus, honor, virtus, Gloria, be praise, honour, virtue, glory,Qui nos prece Dominici who by the prayer of DominicDucat ad caeli gaudia. leads us to the joys of heaven.

Vos aurae per montes RV634 Disc bk Track cl

Vos aurae per montes, You breezes through the mountains,Placide spirate, calmly breathe,Per prata vos fontes you sweet springsDulces murmurate. murmur through the meadows.

Per silvas decori You sweet-sounding birdsAves canori in the lovely woods,Suavi iam voce, sing now gladlyLaetae cantate. and with a sweet voice.

Cuncta orbis creata placidaque escendant Let all the created and calm things of the world come outDum felix ac caelestis while the happy and heavenlyAntonii lingua adhuc spiritu orbata tongue of Antony hitherto deprived by the spiritMira semper mundi loquitur undique Miraculis. always speaks the wonders of the world and on all sides.

O, caelestis ducis Oh, blessed soulAnima beata, quae vox, quae lingua, of the heavenly leader, what a voice, what a tongue.

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Poterit tibi honores reddere Will it be possible to give back honours to youEt tibi debitas laudes dare? and to give you due praises?

Tellus, astra, montes, Earth, stars, mountains,Prata, flumina, fontes, meadows, rivers, springsVox nunc Antonii you now tellGesta narrate. the deeds of Antony.

Fugiunt horrores, The horrors flee,Cedunt dolores, the griefs yield.Ergo exultate. Therefore rejoice.Alleluia. Alleluia.

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Gloria RV589 Disc bl Track 1

See disc 8 track bs for text.

Nisi Dominus RV803 Disc bl Track bo

See disc 7 track cn for text.

Ostro picta RV642 Disc bl Track cm

Ostro picta, armata spina, Purple-painted, armed with thorns,Summo mane quae superba, as splendid as anything in the morning,Floruit pulchra, vaga rosa. so bloomed the beautiful, wild rose.

Iam declinans vespertina Now, wilting in the evening,Pallet, languet velut herba, it pales, drooping like grass,Nec odora nec formosa. lacking scent, lacking figure.

Sic transiit vana et brevis Gloria mundi, So passes the empty and brief Glory of the world,et quae originem suam traxit ex alto, and that which drew its root from the depth;non fluxa sed aeterna, not transient but eternalet quae sanctorum est Gloria divina is the divine Glory of the saintssemper crescit eundo. which continually grew out of it.Virgo in matrem electa A virgin chosen as motheromnipotentei Filii, to the omnipotent Son,typus humilitatis, a model of humilitydum hodie visitatur, as she is visited on this day,humilis, pura et pia mage exaltatur. humble, chaste and holy, she is greatly exalted.

Linguis favete, Tongues be still,Omnes silete, let all be silent,Voces prophanae, you voices of profanity,Et tantum resonet: and let this great thought resound:Pax in terra, Peace on earth,In caelo Gloria. in heaven Glory.

Iam fausti diei Now on this auspicious dayTam magnae rei the celebration of so great an eventCurrat festivitas; is observed;Laeta solemnitas, a joyous customAtque memoria, and commemorationCurrat memoria. is observed.

Gloria RV ANH. 23 (RUGGIERI) Disc bl Track cp

See disc 8 track bs for text.

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THE KING’S CONSORT © Keith Saunders

THE KING’S CONSORT has made more than ninetyrecords for Hyperion – vocal, instrumental,

orchestral and choral – including music by Handel,Bach, Boccherini, Kuhnau, Astorga, Telemann, Vivaldi,Schütz, Gabrieli, Pergolesi, Mozart, Albinoni, Dowland,Haydn and Couperin. It is especially renowned forperformances of Handel’s large-scale works (includingJoshua, Deborah, The Occasional Oratorio, JudasMaccabaeus, Alexander Balus, Joseph and hisBrethren, Acis and Galatea, Ottone, L’Allegro, ilPenseroso ed il Moderato, The Choice of Hercules, AnOde for St Cecila’s Day, ‘Music for CeremonialOccasions’, the four coronation anthems, the WaterMusic and the Music for the Royal Fireworks) and themusic of Henry Purcell.

The orchestra has recorded three highly acclaimedseries of Purcell’s music: the complete sacred music,the complete odes and welcome songs andthe complete secular solo songs. Other recordingprojects include a series of sacred music by Bach’scontemporaries, and an acclaimed new seriesembracing the sacred music of Monteverdi. Three of theorchestra’s greatest successes on compact disc and inthe concert hall have been the massive Venetianreconstruction Lo Sposalizio, Boccherini’s 1800 settingof the Stabat mater and the best-selling Coronation ofKing George II.

The performing editions used in this series ofrecordings were prepared by Robert King.

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Catalogue No. CDS44171/81 DISC 1

Job Title VIVALDI - THE COMPLETE SACRED MUSIC

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SUSAN GRITTON sopranoLISA MILNE sopranoCATHERINE DENLEY contraltoLYNTON ATKINSON tenorDAVID WILSON-JOHNSON bassCHORISTERS & CHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

LAUDA, JERUSALEM, KYRIE & DIXIT DOMINUSORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 David Woodcock, Lucy Howard,Stephen Jones violin 2 Miles Golding, Marie Knight,Peter Lissauer viola Jane Norman, Katherine McGillivraycello Katherine Sharman double bass Amanda Macnamaratheorbo David Miller organ James O’Donnelloboe Anthony Robson, Katharina Spreckelsentrumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Blackadder

ORCHESTRA 2 violin 1 Walter Reiter, Julia Bishop,Fiona Huggett violin 2 Simon Jones, Rebecca Miles,Theresa Caudle viola Jane Rogers, Peter Collyercello Dominic O’Dell double bass Cecilia Bruggemeyertheorbo William Carter organ Gary Cooper

MAGNIFICAT & CREDO violin 1 David Woodcock,Lucy Howard, Walter Reiter, Marie Knightviolin 2 Miles Golding, Simon Jones, Julia Bishop,Rebecca Miles viola Jane Norman, Jane Rogerscello Katherine Sharman, Helen Goughdouble bass Peter Buckoke theorbo David Millerorgan James O’Donnell oboe Anthony Robson,Katharina Spreckelsen

treble Connor Burrowes, Eamonn O’Dwyer,Francis Faux, Andrew Griffiths, Tom Jamieson,David Nickless, John Reid, Stephen Ryde-Weller,Donan Vye, Andrew Waite, Aaron Webber, Peter Woodalto Stephen Carter, David Gould, Peter Nardone,Richard Wyn-Roberts tenor Mark Milhofer, John Nixon,Paul Tindall, Matthew Vine bass Stephen Alder,Simon Birchall, Colin Campbell, Charles Pott

The Choristers of The King’s Consort are current and formerchoristers from seven of Britain’s leading choirs. We are mostgrateful to these establishments and their Directors of Music fortheir co-operation in enabling the formation of a unique choir.WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL: Francis Faux, Eamonn O’Dwyer,Andrew Waite, Aaron Webber ( James O’Donnell)ST GEORGE’S, WINDSOR: Donan Vye (Jonathan Rees-Williams)SALISBURY CATHEDRAL: Tom Jamieson, John Reid (Richard Seal)ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL: Connor Burrowes, David Nickless ( John Scott)WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL: Stephen Ryde-Weller (David Hill)GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL: Peter Wood (Andrew Millington)WINCHESTER QUIRISTERS: Andrew Griffiths (Christopher Tolley)

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 7–9 August 1994Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERKeyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers JOANNA GAMBLE, EDWARD PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCV© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66769)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

Magnificat RV610a [13'52]Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, Catherine Denley, Lynton Atkinson, choir, string orchestra, two oboes

1 Magnificat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'05]2 Et exsultavit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'09]3 Et misericordia eius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'10]4 Fecit potentiam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'29]5 Deposuit potentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]6 Esurientes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]7 Suscepit Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'48]8 Sicut locutus est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'44]9 Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'44]

bl Lauda, Jerusalem RV609 Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, double choir, double string orchestra [7'15]

Kyrie RV587 double choir, double string orchestra [8'45]bm Kyrie eleison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'55]bn Christe eleison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'41]bo Kyrie eleison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'09]

Credo RV591 choir and orchestra [9'12]bp Credo in unum Deum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'12]bq Et incarnatus est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]br Crucifixus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'30]bs Et resurrexit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'00]

Dixit Dominus RV594 Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, Catherine Denley, Lynton Atkinson [23'03]David Wilson-Johnson, double choir, double string orchestra, two oboes, two trumpets

bt Dixit Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'11]bu Donec ponam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'10]cl Virgam virtutis tuae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'10]cm Tecum principium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'41]cn Iuravit Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'05]co Dominus a dextris tuis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'49]cp Iudicabit in nationibus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'03]cq De torrente in via . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'52]cr Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'22]cs Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'40]

ANTONIO VIVALDICDS44171

Duration 62'44






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SUSAN GRITTON sopranoLISA MILNE sopranoCATHERINE DENLEY contraltoLYNTON ATKINSON tenorDAVID WILSON-JOHNSON bassCHORISTERS & CHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

LAUDA, JERUSALEM, KYRIE & DIXIT DOMINUSORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 David Woodcock, Lucy Howard,Stephen Jones violin 2 Miles Golding, Marie Knight,Peter Lissauer viola Jane Norman, Katherine McGillivraycello Katherine Sharman double bass Amanda Macnamaratheorbo David Miller organ James O’Donnelloboe Anthony Robson, Katharina Spreckelsentrumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Blackadder

ORCHESTRA 2 violin 1 Walter Reiter, Julia Bishop,Fiona Huggett violin 2 Simon Jones, Rebecca Miles,Theresa Caudle viola Jane Rogers, Peter Collyercello Dominic O’Dell double bass Cecilia Bruggemeyertheorbo William Carter organ Gary Cooper

MAGNIFICAT & CREDO violin 1 David Woodcock,Lucy Howard, Walter Reiter, Marie Knightviolin 2 Miles Golding, Simon Jones, Julia Bishop,Rebecca Miles viola Jane Norman, Jane Rogerscello Katherine Sharman, Helen Goughdouble bass Peter Buckoke theorbo David Millerorgan James O’Donnell oboe Anthony Robson,Katharina Spreckelsen

treble Connor Burrowes, Eamonn O’Dwyer,Francis Faux, Andrew Griffiths, Tom Jamieson,David Nickless, John Reid, Stephen Ryde-Weller,Donan Vye, Andrew Waite, Aaron Webber, Peter Woodalto Stephen Carter, David Gould, Peter Nardone,Richard Wyn-Roberts tenor Mark Milhofer, John Nixon,Paul Tindall, Matthew Vine bass Stephen Alder,Simon Birchall, Colin Campbell, Charles Pott

The Choristers of The King’s Consort are current and formerchoristers from seven of Britain’s leading choirs. We are mostgrateful to these establishments and their Directors of Music fortheir co-operation in enabling the formation of a unique choir.WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL: Francis Faux, Eamonn O’Dwyer,Andrew Waite, Aaron Webber ( James O’Donnell)ST GEORGE’S, WINDSOR: Donan Vye (Jonathan Rees-Williams)SALISBURY CATHEDRAL: Tom Jamieson, John Reid (Richard Seal)ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL: Connor Burrowes, David Nickless ( John Scott)WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL: Stephen Ryde-Weller (David Hill)GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL: Peter Wood (Andrew Millington)WINCHESTER QUIRISTERS: Andrew Griffiths (Christopher Tolley)

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 7–9 August 1994Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERKeyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers JOANNA GAMBLE, EDWARD PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCV© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66769)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

Magnificat RV610a [13'52]Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, Catherine Denley, Lynton Atkinson, choir, string orchestra, two oboes

1 Magnificat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'05]2 Et exsultavit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'09]3 Et misericordia eius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'10]4 Fecit potentiam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'29]5 Deposuit potentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]6 Esurientes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]7 Suscepit Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'48]8 Sicut locutus est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'44]9 Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'44]

bl Lauda, Jerusalem RV609 Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, double choir, double string orchestra [7'15]

Kyrie RV587 double choir, double string orchestra [8'45]bm Kyrie eleison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'55]bn Christe eleison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'41]bo Kyrie eleison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'09]

Credo RV591 choir and orchestra [9'12]bp Credo in unum Deum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'12]bq Et incarnatus est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]br Crucifixus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'30]bs Et resurrexit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'00]

Dixit Dominus RV594 Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, Catherine Denley, Lynton Atkinson [23'03]David Wilson-Johnson, double choir, double string orchestra, two oboes, two trumpets

bt Dixit Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'11]bu Donec ponam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'10]cl Virgam virtutis tuae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'10]cm Tecum principium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'41]cn Iuravit Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'05]co Dominus a dextris tuis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'49]cp Iudicabit in nationibus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'03]cq De torrente in via . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'52]cr Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'22]cs Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'40]

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In furore iustissimae irae RV626 Deborah York [12'51]1 Allegro In furore iustissimae irae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'43]2 Recitativo Miserationem Pater piissime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'35]3 Largo Tunc meus fletus evadet laetus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'54]4 Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'39]

Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629 Catherine Denley [15'21]5 Allegro Longe mala, umbrae, terrores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'28]6 Recitativo Recedite, nubes et fulgura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'30]7 Largo Descende, o caeli vox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'53]8 Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'30]

Clarae stellae, scintillate RV625 James Bowman [10'49]9 Allegro Clarae stellae, scintillate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'22]bl Recitativo Caeli repleti iam novo splendore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'42]bm Allegro Nunc iubilare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'21]bn Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]

Canta in prato, ride in monte RV623 Deborah York [8'21]bo Allegro Canta in prato, ride in monte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'57]bp Recitativo Saeva fulgescit nobis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'49]bq Allegro Avenae rusticae sinceri fervida amoris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'23]br Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'11]

Filiae maestae Jerusalem RV638 James Bowman [7'37]bs Accompagnato Filiae maestae Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'08]bt Largo Sileant zephyri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'36]bu Accompagnato Sed tenebris diffusis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'53]

Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 Deborah York [13'31]cl Larghetto Nulla in mundo pax sincera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'57]cm Recitativo Blando colore oculos mundus decepit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'04]cn Allegro Spirat anguis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'18]co Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'12]

ANTONIO VIVALDIDEBORAH YORK sopranoCATHERINE DENLEY contraltoJAMES BOWMAN countertenorTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 David Woodcock, Walter Reiter, Catherine Ford,Marie Knight violin 2 Miles Golding, Simon Jones,Kerstin Linder-Dewan, Rebecca Milesviola Jane Norman, Katherine McGillivray cello Jane Coe,Katherine Sharman double bass Peter Buckoketheorbo & archlute David Millerchamber organ Gary Cooper

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 12–14 February 1996Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERKeyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers JOANNA GAMBLE, NICK FLOWERP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVI© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66779)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

CDS44172Duration 69'15






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In furore iustissimae irae RV626 Deborah York [12'51]1 Allegro In furore iustissimae irae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'43]2 Recitativo Miserationem Pater piissime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'35]3 Largo Tunc meus fletus evadet laetus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'54]4 Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'39]

Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629 Catherine Denley [15'21]5 Allegro Longe mala, umbrae, terrores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'28]6 Recitativo Recedite, nubes et fulgura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'30]7 Largo Descende, o caeli vox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'53]8 Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'30]

Clarae stellae, scintillate RV625 James Bowman [10'49]9 Allegro Clarae stellae, scintillate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'22]bl Recitativo Caeli repleti iam novo splendore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'42]bm Allegro Nunc iubilare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'21]bn Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]

Canta in prato, ride in monte RV623 Deborah York [8'21]bo Allegro Canta in prato, ride in monte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'57]bp Recitativo Saeva fulgescit nobis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'49]bq Allegro Avenae rusticae sinceri fervida amoris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'23]br Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'11]

Filiae maestae Jerusalem RV638 James Bowman [7'37]bs Accompagnato Filiae maestae Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'08]bt Largo Sileant zephyri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'36]bu Accompagnato Sed tenebris diffusis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'53]

Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 Deborah York [13'31]cl Larghetto Nulla in mundo pax sincera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'57]cm Recitativo Blando colore oculos mundus decepit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'04]cn Allegro Spirat anguis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'18]co Allegro Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'12]

ANTONIO VIVALDIDEBORAH YORK sopranoCATHERINE DENLEY contraltoJAMES BOWMAN countertenorTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 David Woodcock, Walter Reiter, Catherine Ford,Marie Knight violin 2 Miles Golding, Simon Jones,Kerstin Linder-Dewan, Rebecca Milesviola Jane Norman, Katherine McGillivray cello Jane Coe,Katherine Sharman double bass Peter Buckoketheorbo & archlute David Millerchamber organ Gary Cooper

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 12–14 February 1996Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERKeyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers JOANNA GAMBLE, NICK FLOWERP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVI© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66779)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Dixit Dominus RV595 [23'05]Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Catherine Denley, five-part choir, orchestra

1 Dixit Dominus choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'04]2 Donec ponam inimicos tuos choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'41]3 Virgam virtutis tuae Catrin Wyn-Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'19]4 Tecum principium Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'05]5 Iuravit Dominus choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'22]6 Dominus a dextris tuis Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'41]7 Iudicabit in nationibus Catherine Denley, choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'49]8 De torrente in via bibet Catherine Denley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'36]9 Gloria Patri, et Filio ATB choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'42]bl Sicut erat in principio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'50]bm Et in saecula saeculorum choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'52]

Domine ad adiuvandum RV593 Susan Gritton, two four-part choirs, two orchestras [7'05]bn Domine ad adiuvandum choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'23]bo Gloria Patri, et Filio Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'46]bp Sicut erat in principio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'56]

bq Credidi propter quod RV605 five-part choir, orchestra [7'04]

br Beatus vir RV598 Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Catherine Denley, four-part choir, orchestra [7'11]

Beatus vir RV597 Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Catherine Denley [25'21]Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, Michael George, two four-part choirs, two orchestras

bs Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'20]bt Potens in terra Neal Davies, Michael George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'00]bu Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]cl Gloria et divitiae Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'32]cm Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'30]cn Exortum est in tenebris choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'10]co Iucundus homo Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'05]cp Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'29]cq In memoria aeterna ATB choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'38]cr Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'30]cs Paratum cor eius choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'54]ct Peccator videbit Charles Daniels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'46]cu Antifona Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]dl Gloria Patri, et Filio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'23]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoCATRIN WYN-DAVIES sopranoCATHERINE DENLEY contraltoCHARLES DANIELS tenorNEAL DAVIES bassMICHAEL GEORGE bassCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

soprano Lisa Beckley, Samantha Binnie, Sarah Fox,Helen Groves, Susan Hamilton, Carolyn Sampson,Rosalind Waters, Rachel Wheatley alto Stephen Carter,David Gould, Peter Nardone, Richard Wyn-Robertstenor Mark Milhofer, Tom Phillips, Paul Tindall,Matthew Vine bass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans,Robert Macdonald, Charles Pott

DIXIT DOMINUS RV595, BEATUS VIR RV598violin 1 David Woodcock, Lucy Howard, Walter Reiter,Iona Davies, Stephen Jones, Rebecca Milesviolin 2 Miles Golding, Simon Jones, William Thorp,Susan Carpenter-Jacobs, Kerstin Linder-Dewan,Theresa Caudle viola Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers,Nicola Akeroyd, David Brooker cello Jane Coe, Helen Goughdouble bass Peter Buckoke theorbo David Miller, WilliamCarter organ Gary Cooper oboe Katharina Spreckelsen,Alexandra Bellamy trumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins

DOMINE AD ADJUVANDUM RV593, BEATUS VIR RV597ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 David Woodcock, Lucy Howard,Stephen Jones violin 2 Miles Golding, Rebecca Miles,Susan Carpenter-Jacobs viola Katherine McGillivray,Nicola Akeroyd cello Jane Coe double bass Peter Buckoketheorbo David Miller organ Gary Cooper oboe KatharinaSpreckelsen, Alexandra Bellamy

ORCHESTRA 2 violin 1 Walter Reiter, Iona Davies,William Thorp violin 2 Simon Jones, Theresa Caudle,Kerstin Linder-Dewan viola Jane Rogers, David Brookercello Helen Gough double bass Amanda MacNamaratheorbo William Carter organ James Johnstone

CREDIDI PROPTER QUOD RV605 violin Walter Reiter,Simon Jones viola Jane Rogers, Katherine McGillivray,cello Jane Coe double bass Peter Buckoketheorbo David Miller, William Carter organ Gary Cooper

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London,on 5–7 January 1997Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers JOANNA GAMBLE, NICK FLOWERP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVII© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66789)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Dixit Dominus RV595 [23'05]Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Catherine Denley, five-part choir, orchestra

1 Dixit Dominus choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'04]2 Donec ponam inimicos tuos choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'41]3 Virgam virtutis tuae Catrin Wyn-Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'19]4 Tecum principium Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'05]5 Iuravit Dominus choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'22]6 Dominus a dextris tuis Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'41]7 Iudicabit in nationibus Catherine Denley, choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'49]8 De torrente in via bibet Catherine Denley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'36]9 Gloria Patri, et Filio ATB choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'42]bl Sicut erat in principio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'50]bm Et in saecula saeculorum choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'52]

Domine ad adiuvandum RV593 Susan Gritton, two four-part choirs, two orchestras [7'05]bn Domine ad adiuvandum choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'23]bo Gloria Patri, et Filio Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'46]bp Sicut erat in principio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'56]

bq Credidi propter quod RV605 five-part choir, orchestra [7'04]

br Beatus vir RV598 Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Catherine Denley, four-part choir, orchestra [7'11]

Beatus vir RV597 Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Catherine Denley [25'21]Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, Michael George, two four-part choirs, two orchestras

bs Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'20]bt Potens in terra Neal Davies, Michael George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'00]bu Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]cl Gloria et divitiae Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'32]cm Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'30]cn Exortum est in tenebris choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'10]co Iucundus homo Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'05]cp Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'29]cq In memoria aeterna ATB choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'38]cr Antifona Beatus vir choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'30]cs Paratum cor eius choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'54]ct Peccator videbit Charles Daniels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'46]cu Antifona Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]dl Gloria Patri, et Filio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'23]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoCATRIN WYN-DAVIES sopranoCATHERINE DENLEY contraltoCHARLES DANIELS tenorNEAL DAVIES bassMICHAEL GEORGE bassCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

soprano Lisa Beckley, Samantha Binnie, Sarah Fox,Helen Groves, Susan Hamilton, Carolyn Sampson,Rosalind Waters, Rachel Wheatley alto Stephen Carter,David Gould, Peter Nardone, Richard Wyn-Robertstenor Mark Milhofer, Tom Phillips, Paul Tindall,Matthew Vine bass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans,Robert Macdonald, Charles Pott

DIXIT DOMINUS RV595, BEATUS VIR RV598violin 1 David Woodcock, Lucy Howard, Walter Reiter,Iona Davies, Stephen Jones, Rebecca Milesviolin 2 Miles Golding, Simon Jones, William Thorp,Susan Carpenter-Jacobs, Kerstin Linder-Dewan,Theresa Caudle viola Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers,Nicola Akeroyd, David Brooker cello Jane Coe, Helen Goughdouble bass Peter Buckoke theorbo David Miller, WilliamCarter organ Gary Cooper oboe Katharina Spreckelsen,Alexandra Bellamy trumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins

DOMINE AD ADJUVANDUM RV593, BEATUS VIR RV597ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 David Woodcock, Lucy Howard,Stephen Jones violin 2 Miles Golding, Rebecca Miles,Susan Carpenter-Jacobs viola Katherine McGillivray,Nicola Akeroyd cello Jane Coe double bass Peter Buckoketheorbo David Miller organ Gary Cooper oboe KatharinaSpreckelsen, Alexandra Bellamy

ORCHESTRA 2 violin 1 Walter Reiter, Iona Davies,William Thorp violin 2 Simon Jones, Theresa Caudle,Kerstin Linder-Dewan viola Jane Rogers, David Brookercello Helen Gough double bass Amanda MacNamaratheorbo William Carter organ James Johnstone

CREDIDI PROPTER QUOD RV605 violin Walter Reiter,Simon Jones viola Jane Rogers, Katherine McGillivray,cello Jane Coe double bass Peter Buckoketheorbo David Miller, William Carter organ Gary Cooper

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London,on 5–7 January 1997Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers JOANNA GAMBLE, NICK FLOWERP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVII© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66789)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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JUDITHA TRIUMPHANS devicta Holofernes barbarie RV644Libretto by Giacomo Cassetti

Overture1 Allegro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'51]2 Largo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'54]

Pars prior3 Coro ASSYRIAN SOLDIERS Arma, caedes, vindictae, furores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'47]4 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Felix en fausta dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'42]5 Aria HOLOFERNES Nil arma, nil bella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]6 Recitativo VAGAUS Mi Dux, Domine mi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'27]7 Aria VAGAUS Matrona inimica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'00]8 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Huc accedat Matrona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'05]9 Aria JUDITHA Quo cum Patriae me ducit amore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'45]bl Recitativo ABRA Ne timeas non . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]bm Aria ABRA Vultus tui vago splendori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'13]bn Recitativo ABRA Vide, humilis prostrata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'34]bo Coro VAGAUS / ASSYRIAN SOLIDERS O quam vaga, venusta, o quam decora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'54]bp Recitativo VAGAUS Quem vides prope, aspectu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]bq Aria VAGAUS Quamvis ferro et ense gravis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'32]br Recitativo HOLOFERNES Quid cerno! Oculi mei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'27]bs Aria JUDITHA Quanto magis generosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [9'32]

Katherine McGillivray (viola d’amore), Simon Jones, Walter Reiter (violins ‘con piombi’)bt Recitativo HOLOFERNES Magna, o foemina, petis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]bu Aria HOLOFERNES Sede, o cara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'43]cl Recitativo JUDITHA Tu Iudex es, tu Dominus, tu potens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'11]cm Aria JUDITHA Agitata infido flatu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]cn Recitativo HOLOFERNES In tentorio supernae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'33]co Aria con Coro VAGAUS / SERVANTS O servi, volate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'08]cp Recitativo VAGAUS Tu quoque hebraica ancilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'40]cq Aria JUDITHA Veni, veni, me sequere fida Colin Lawson (chalumeau) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7'06]cr Recitativo ABRA Venio, Juditha, venio: animo fave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'13]cs Aria ABRA Fulgeat sol frontis decorae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'08]ct Recitativo ABRA In Urbe interim pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]cu Coro BETHULIANS Mundi Rector de Caelo micanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'12]

ANTONIO VIVALDIJuditha ANN MURRAY mezzo-sopranoVagaus MARIA CRISTINA KIEHR sopranoHolofernes SUSAN BICKLEY mezzo-sopranoAbra SARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-sopranoOzias JEAN RIGBY mezzo-sopranoCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones , William Thorp, Barbara Klebel,Abigail Brown, Rebecca Miles, Jane Normanviolin 2 Walter Reiter, Sarah Bealby-Wright, Stephen Jones,Fiona Huggett, Andrea Morris, Laura Cochraneviola Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrtviola d’amore Katherine McGillivray cello Jane Coe,Helen Gough, Katherine Sharmandouble bass Peter Buckoke, Elizabeth Bradley,Timothy Amherst theorbo, archlute, guitar David Miller,Lynda Sayce, Paula Chateauneuf, Tom Finucanemandolin Lynda Sayce viola all’inglese Jane Norman,Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrt,Richard Campbell violone Peter Buckokeharpsichord Richard Egarr, James Johnstoneharpsichord, chamber organ Gary Cooperrecorder Rebecca Miles, Katharina Spreckelsenchalumeau Colin Lawson oboe Katharina Spreckelsen,Alexandra Bellamy clarinet Colin Lawson, Michael Harristrumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Blackaddertimpani Charles Fullbrook

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sarah Fox,Susan Hamilton*, Joanne Lunn, Emma Preston-Dunlop,Carolyn Sampson alto Lynette Alcantara*, Joanna Gamble,David Gould, Peter Nardone tenor Andrew Carwood,James Gilchrist*, Nicholas Keay, Matthew Vinebass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans*, Thomas Guthrie,Michael McCarthy

* semichorus track cu

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 8–14 October 1997Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producer SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVIII© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA67281/2)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

The concert and rehearsals in preparation for this recording weresponsored by Xerox (UK) Ltd







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Overture1 Allegro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'51]2 Largo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'54]

Pars prior3 Coro ASSYRIAN SOLDIERS Arma, caedes, vindictae, furores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'47]4 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Felix en fausta dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'42]5 Aria HOLOFERNES Nil arma, nil bella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]6 Recitativo VAGAUS Mi Dux, Domine mi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'27]7 Aria VAGAUS Matrona inimica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'00]8 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Huc accedat Matrona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'05]9 Aria JUDITHA Quo cum Patriae me ducit amore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'45]bl Recitativo ABRA Ne timeas non . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]bm Aria ABRA Vultus tui vago splendori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'13]bn Recitativo ABRA Vide, humilis prostrata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'34]bo Coro VAGAUS / ASSYRIAN SOLIDERS O quam vaga, venusta, o quam decora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'54]bp Recitativo VAGAUS Quem vides prope, aspectu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]bq Aria VAGAUS Quamvis ferro et ense gravis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'32]br Recitativo HOLOFERNES Quid cerno! Oculi mei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'27]bs Aria JUDITHA Quanto magis generosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [9'32]

Katherine McGillivray (viola d’amore), Simon Jones, Walter Reiter (violins ‘con piombi’)bt Recitativo HOLOFERNES Magna, o foemina, petis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]bu Aria HOLOFERNES Sede, o cara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'43]cl Recitativo JUDITHA Tu Iudex es, tu Dominus, tu potens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'11]cm Aria JUDITHA Agitata infido flatu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]cn Recitativo HOLOFERNES In tentorio supernae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'33]co Aria con Coro VAGAUS / SERVANTS O servi, volate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'08]cp Recitativo VAGAUS Tu quoque hebraica ancilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'40]cq Aria JUDITHA Veni, veni, me sequere fida Colin Lawson (chalumeau) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7'06]cr Recitativo ABRA Venio, Juditha, venio: animo fave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'13]cs Aria ABRA Fulgeat sol frontis decorae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'08]ct Recitativo ABRA In Urbe interim pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]cu Coro BETHULIANS Mundi Rector de Caelo micanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'12]


violin 1 Simon Jones , William Thorp, Barbara Klebel,Abigail Brown, Rebecca Miles, Jane Normanviolin 2 Walter Reiter, Sarah Bealby-Wright, Stephen Jones,Fiona Huggett, Andrea Morris, Laura Cochraneviola Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrtviola d’amore Katherine McGillivray cello Jane Coe,Helen Gough, Katherine Sharmandouble bass Peter Buckoke, Elizabeth Bradley,Timothy Amherst theorbo, archlute, guitar David Miller,Lynda Sayce, Paula Chateauneuf, Tom Finucanemandolin Lynda Sayce viola all’inglese Jane Norman,Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrt,Richard Campbell violone Peter Buckokeharpsichord Richard Egarr, James Johnstoneharpsichord, chamber organ Gary Cooperrecorder Rebecca Miles, Katharina Spreckelsenchalumeau Colin Lawson oboe Katharina Spreckelsen,Alexandra Bellamy clarinet Colin Lawson, Michael Harristrumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Blackaddertimpani Charles Fullbrook

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sarah Fox,Susan Hamilton*, Joanne Lunn, Emma Preston-Dunlop,Carolyn Sampson alto Lynette Alcantara*, Joanna Gamble,David Gould, Peter Nardone tenor Andrew Carwood,James Gilchrist*, Nicholas Keay, Matthew Vinebass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans*, Thomas Guthrie,Michael McCarthy

* semichorus track cu









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JUDITHA TRIUMPHANS devicta Holofernes barbarie RV644 continuedLibretto by Giacomo Cassetti

Pars altera1 Recitativo OZIAS Summi Regis in mente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'57]2 Aria OZIAS O Sydera, o stellae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'58]3 Recitativo OZIAS Iam saevientis in hostem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'25]4 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Nox in umbra dum surgit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]5 Aria HOLOFERNES Nox obscura tenebrosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'18]6 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Belligerae meae sorti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'59]7 Aria JUDITHA Transit aetas Lynda Sayce (mandolin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'50]8 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Haec in crastinum serva: Ah, nimis vere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'33]9 Aria HOLOFERNES Noli, o cara, te adorantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'48]

Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe), Gary Cooper (chamber organ)bl Recitativo JUDITHA Tibi dona salutis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'23]bm Coro ASSYRIAN SOLDIERS Plena nectare non mero Colin Lawson, Michael Harris (clarinets) . . . . . [2'22]bn Recitativo HOLOFERNES Tormenta mentis tuae fugiant a corde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]bo Aria JUDITHA Vivat in pace, et pax regnet sincera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'50]bp Recitativo JUDITHA Sic in pace inter hostes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'40]bq Aria VAGAUS Umbrae carae, aurae adoratae Rebecca Miles, Katharina Spreckelsen (recorders) . . . [5'41]br Recitativo VAGAUS Quae fortunata es tu vaga Matrona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'50]bs Aria ABRA Non ita reducem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'49]bt Recitativo ABRA Iam pergo, postes claudo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'22]bu Accompagnato JUDITHA Summe Astrorum Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'28]cl Aria JUDITHA In somno profundo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'35]cm Accompagnato JUDITHA Impii, indigni Tiranni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'43]cn Recitativo JUDITHA Abra, Abra, accipe munus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'47]co Aria ABRA Si fulgida per te propitia caeli fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'02]cp Recitativo VAGAUS Iam non procul ab axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]cq Aria VAGAUS Armatae face, et anguibus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'23]cr Recitativo OZIAS Quam insolita luce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'07]cs Aria OZIAS Gaude felix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'35]ct Accompagnato OZIAS Ita decreto aeterno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'18]cu Coro JUDEANS Salve, invicta Juditha, formosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'07]


violin 1 Simon Jones, William Thorp, Barbara Klebel,Abigail Brown, Rebecca Miles, Jane Normanviolin 2 Walter Reiter, Sarah Bealby-Wright, Stephen Jones,Fiona Huggett, Andrea Morris, Laura Cochraneviola Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrtviola d’amore Katherine McGillivray cello Jane Coe,Helen Gough, Katherine Sharmandouble bass Peter Buckoke, Elizabeth Bradley,Timothy Amherst theorbo, archlute, guitar David Miller,Lynda Sayce, Paula Chateauneuf, Tom Finucanemandolin Lynda Sayce viola all’inglese Jane Norman,Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrt,Richard Campbell violone Peter Buckokeharpsichord Richard Egarr, James Johnstoneharpsichord, chamber organ Gary Cooperrecorder Rebecca Miles, Katharina Spreckelsenchalumeau Colin Lawson oboe Katharina Spreckelsen,Alexandra Bellamy clarinet Colin Lawson, Michael Harristrumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Blackaddertimpani Charles Fullbrook

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sarah Fox,Susan Hamilton, Joanne Lunn, Emma Preston-Dunlop,Carolyn Sampson alto Lynette Alcantara, Joanna Gamble,David Gould, Peter Nardone tenor Andrew Carwood,James Gilchrist, Nicholas Keay, Matthew Vinebass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans, Thomas Guthrie,Michael McCarthy









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Pars altera1 Recitativo OZIAS Summi Regis in mente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'57]2 Aria OZIAS O Sydera, o stellae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'58]3 Recitativo OZIAS Iam saevientis in hostem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'25]4 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Nox in umbra dum surgit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]5 Aria HOLOFERNES Nox obscura tenebrosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'18]6 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Belligerae meae sorti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'59]7 Aria JUDITHA Transit aetas Lynda Sayce (mandolin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'50]8 Recitativo HOLOFERNES Haec in crastinum serva: Ah, nimis vere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'33]9 Aria HOLOFERNES Noli, o cara, te adorantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'48]

Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe), Gary Cooper (chamber organ)bl Recitativo JUDITHA Tibi dona salutis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'23]bm Coro ASSYRIAN SOLDIERS Plena nectare non mero Colin Lawson, Michael Harris (clarinets) . . . . . [2'22]bn Recitativo HOLOFERNES Tormenta mentis tuae fugiant a corde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]bo Aria JUDITHA Vivat in pace, et pax regnet sincera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'50]bp Recitativo JUDITHA Sic in pace inter hostes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'40]bq Aria VAGAUS Umbrae carae, aurae adoratae Rebecca Miles, Katharina Spreckelsen (recorders) . . . [5'41]br Recitativo VAGAUS Quae fortunata es tu vaga Matrona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'50]bs Aria ABRA Non ita reducem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'49]bt Recitativo ABRA Iam pergo, postes claudo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'22]bu Accompagnato JUDITHA Summe Astrorum Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'28]cl Aria JUDITHA In somno profundo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'35]cm Accompagnato JUDITHA Impii, indigni Tiranni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'43]cn Recitativo JUDITHA Abra, Abra, accipe munus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'47]co Aria ABRA Si fulgida per te propitia caeli fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'02]cp Recitativo VAGAUS Iam non procul ab axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]cq Aria VAGAUS Armatae face, et anguibus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'23]cr Recitativo OZIAS Quam insolita luce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'07]cs Aria OZIAS Gaude felix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'35]ct Accompagnato OZIAS Ita decreto aeterno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'18]cu Coro JUDEANS Salve, invicta Juditha, formosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'07]


violin 1 Simon Jones, William Thorp, Barbara Klebel,Abigail Brown, Rebecca Miles, Jane Normanviolin 2 Walter Reiter, Sarah Bealby-Wright, Stephen Jones,Fiona Huggett, Andrea Morris, Laura Cochraneviola Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrtviola d’amore Katherine McGillivray cello Jane Coe,Helen Gough, Katherine Sharmandouble bass Peter Buckoke, Elizabeth Bradley,Timothy Amherst theorbo, archlute, guitar David Miller,Lynda Sayce, Paula Chateauneuf, Tom Finucanemandolin Lynda Sayce viola all’inglese Jane Norman,Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers, Rachel Byrt,Richard Campbell violone Peter Buckokeharpsichord Richard Egarr, James Johnstoneharpsichord, chamber organ Gary Cooperrecorder Rebecca Miles, Katharina Spreckelsenchalumeau Colin Lawson oboe Katharina Spreckelsen,Alexandra Bellamy clarinet Colin Lawson, Michael Harristrumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Blackaddertimpani Charles Fullbrook

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sarah Fox,Susan Hamilton, Joanne Lunn, Emma Preston-Dunlop,Carolyn Sampson alto Lynette Alcantara, Joanna Gamble,David Gould, Peter Nardone tenor Andrew Carwood,James Gilchrist, Nicholas Keay, Matthew Vinebass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans, Thomas Guthrie,Michael McCarthy









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In turbato mare RV627 Susan Gritton, strings [15'26]1 Aria In turbato mare irato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'32]2 Recitativo Splende serena, o lux amata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'43]3 Aria Resplende, bella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'49]4 Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'19]

Non in pratis aut in hortis RV641 Jean Rigby, strings [12'21]5 Recitativo Non in pratis aut in hortis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'54]6 Adagio Ibi spinis confixus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'41]7 Aria Pro me caput spinas habet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8'49]8 Recitativo Quaesone facias, Domine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]

Stabat mater RV621 Robin Blaze, strings [18'45]9 Largo Stabat mater dolorosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'47]bl Adagissimo Cuius animam gementem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]bm Andante O quam tristis et afflicta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'56]bn Largo Quis est homo, qui non fleret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'58]bo Adagissimo Quis non posset contristari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'50]bp Andante Pro peccatis suae gentis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'00]bq Largo Eia Mater, fons amoris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'47]br Lento Fac ut ardeat cor meum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'18]bs Allegro Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]

O qui caeli terraeque serenitas RV631 Susan Gritton, strings [13'20]bt Aria O qui caeli terraeque serenitas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'12]bu Recitativo Fac ut sordescat tellus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]cl Aria Rosa quae moritur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'51]cm Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'41]

cn Deus tuorum militum RV612 Jean Rigby, Charles Daniels, strings, oboes [4'27]

Confitebor tibi, Domine RV596 Jean Rigby, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, strings, oboes [13'22]co Allegro Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'42]cp Allegro Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]cq Andante Sanctum et terribile nomen eius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'42]cr Allegro Intellectus bonus omnibus facientibus eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'58]cs Allegro Gloria Patri, et Filio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'19]ct Allegro Et in saecula saeculorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'13]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoJEAN RIGBY contraltoROBIN BLAZE countertenorCHARLES DANIELS tenor NEAL DAVIES bassTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Sarah Bealby-Wright,Andrea Morris, Rebecca Milesviolin 2 Lucy Howard, Susan Carpenter-Jacobs,Jane Norman, Karen Treby viola Rachel Byrt,Dorothea Vogel cello Katherine Sharman, Nia Harries,double bass Peter Buckoke theorbo Fred Jacobs,Lynda Sayce chamber organ Gary Cooperoboe Alexandra Bellamy, Hilary Stock

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 8–10 October 1998Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCIX© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66799)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

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In turbato mare RV627 Susan Gritton, strings [15'26]1 Aria In turbato mare irato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'32]2 Recitativo Splende serena, o lux amata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'43]3 Aria Resplende, bella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'49]4 Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'19]

Non in pratis aut in hortis RV641 Jean Rigby, strings [12'21]5 Recitativo Non in pratis aut in hortis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'54]6 Adagio Ibi spinis confixus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'41]7 Aria Pro me caput spinas habet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8'49]8 Recitativo Quaesone facias, Domine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]

Stabat mater RV621 Robin Blaze, strings [18'45]9 Largo Stabat mater dolorosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'47]bl Adagissimo Cuius animam gementem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]bm Andante O quam tristis et afflicta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'56]bn Largo Quis est homo, qui non fleret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'58]bo Adagissimo Quis non posset contristari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'50]bp Andante Pro peccatis suae gentis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'00]bq Largo Eia Mater, fons amoris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'47]br Lento Fac ut ardeat cor meum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'18]bs Allegro Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]

O qui caeli terraeque serenitas RV631 Susan Gritton, strings [13'20]bt Aria O qui caeli terraeque serenitas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'12]bu Recitativo Fac ut sordescat tellus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'32]cl Aria Rosa quae moritur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'51]cm Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'41]

cn Deus tuorum militum RV612 Jean Rigby, Charles Daniels, strings, oboes [4'27]

Confitebor tibi, Domine RV596 Jean Rigby, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, strings, oboes [13'22]co Allegro Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'42]cp Allegro Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]cq Andante Sanctum et terribile nomen eius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'42]cr Allegro Intellectus bonus omnibus facientibus eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'58]cs Allegro Gloria Patri, et Filio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'19]ct Allegro Et in saecula saeculorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'13]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoJEAN RIGBY contraltoROBIN BLAZE countertenorCHARLES DANIELS tenor NEAL DAVIES bassTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Sarah Bealby-Wright,Andrea Morris, Rebecca Milesviolin 2 Lucy Howard, Susan Carpenter-Jacobs,Jane Norman, Karen Treby viola Rachel Byrt,Dorothea Vogel cello Katherine Sharman, Nia Harries,double bass Peter Buckoke theorbo Fred Jacobs,Lynda Sayce chamber organ Gary Cooperoboe Alexandra Bellamy, Hilary Stock

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 8–10 October 1998Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCIX© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66799)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

The concert in preparation for this recording was sponsored by Xerox(UK) Ltd







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Beatus vir RV795 Susan Gritton, Nathalie Stutzmann, Alexandra Gibson, Hilary Summers, choir [26'15]1 Allegro Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'13]2 Allegro Gloria et divitiae Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]3 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'15]4 Andante molto Exortum est in tenebris Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'36]5 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]6 Allegro Iucundus homo Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'06]7 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]8 Andante molto In memoria aeterna Nathalie Stutzmann, Alexandra Gibson, Hilary Summers . . [4'49]9 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]bl Andante Paratum cor eius Alexandra Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'28]bm Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'15]bn Andante Dispersit, dedit pauperibus Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'26]bo Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'18]bp Largo Peccator videbit Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'54]bq Allegro Gloria Patri, et Filio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'12]

Salve Regina RV617 Susan Gritton [10'06]br Andante Salve Regina Simon Jones (violin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'03]bs Allegro Ad te clamamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'17]bt Allegro Eia ergo Simon Jones (violin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'04]bu Andante Et Jesum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'40]

cl Laudate Dominum RV606 choir [1'52]

cm In exitu Israel RV604 choir [3'29]

Nisi Dominus RV608 Nathalie Stutzmann [20'40]cn Allegro Nisi Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'35]co Largo Vanum est vobis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'05]cp Presto – Adagio Surgite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'44]cq Andante Cum dederit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'24]cr Allegro Sicut sagittae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'36]cs Andante Beatus vir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]ct Larghetto Gloria Katherine McGillivray (viola d’amore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'06]cu Allegro Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'02]dl Allegro Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'51]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoHILARY SUMMERS contraltoALEXANDRA GIBSON contraltoCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Iona Davies, Rebekah Durston,Andrea Morris violin 2 William Thorp, Rodolfo Richter,Oliver Webber, Rebecca Miles viola Dorothea Vogel,Lisa Cochrane viola d’amore Katherine McGillivraycello Angela East, Jennifer Janse, Katherine Sharmandouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Taro Takeuchi chamber organ Lawrence Cummings

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sally Dunkley,Rebecca Outram, Olive Simpson, Rosalind Watersalto Morag Boyle, Natanya Hadda, Stephen Carter,Alexandra Gibson, Peter Nardone tenor Nicholas Keay,Angus Smith, Paul Tindall, Andrew Hewittbass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans, Charles Pott,Giles Underwood

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 9–14 July 2000Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERKeyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MM© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66809)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Beatus vir RV795 Susan Gritton, Nathalie Stutzmann, Alexandra Gibson, Hilary Summers, choir [26'15]1 Allegro Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'13]2 Allegro Gloria et divitiae Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]3 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'15]4 Andante molto Exortum est in tenebris Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'36]5 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]6 Allegro Iucundus homo Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'06]7 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]8 Andante molto In memoria aeterna Nathalie Stutzmann, Alexandra Gibson, Hilary Summers . . [4'49]9 Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'16]bl Andante Paratum cor eius Alexandra Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'28]bm Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'15]bn Andante Dispersit, dedit pauperibus Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'26]bo Beatus vir choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'18]bp Largo Peccator videbit Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'54]bq Allegro Gloria Patri, et Filio choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'12]

Salve Regina RV617 Susan Gritton [10'06]br Andante Salve Regina Simon Jones (violin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'03]bs Allegro Ad te clamamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'17]bt Allegro Eia ergo Simon Jones (violin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'04]bu Andante Et Jesum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'40]

cl Laudate Dominum RV606 choir [1'52]

cm In exitu Israel RV604 choir [3'29]

Nisi Dominus RV608 Nathalie Stutzmann [20'40]cn Allegro Nisi Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'35]co Largo Vanum est vobis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'05]cp Presto – Adagio Surgite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'44]cq Andante Cum dederit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'24]cr Allegro Sicut sagittae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'36]cs Andante Beatus vir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]ct Larghetto Gloria Katherine McGillivray (viola d’amore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'06]cu Allegro Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'02]dl Allegro Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'51]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoHILARY SUMMERS contraltoALEXANDRA GIBSON contraltoCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Iona Davies, Rebekah Durston,Andrea Morris violin 2 William Thorp, Rodolfo Richter,Oliver Webber, Rebecca Miles viola Dorothea Vogel,Lisa Cochrane viola d’amore Katherine McGillivraycello Angela East, Jennifer Janse, Katherine Sharmandouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Taro Takeuchi chamber organ Lawrence Cummings

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sally Dunkley,Rebecca Outram, Olive Simpson, Rosalind Watersalto Morag Boyle, Natanya Hadda, Stephen Carter,Alexandra Gibson, Peter Nardone tenor Nicholas Keay,Angus Smith, Paul Tindall, Andrew Hewittbass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans, Charles Pott,Giles Underwood

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 9–14 July 2000Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERKeyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MM© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66809)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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1 Laetatus sum RV607 choir, strings [3'29]

Laudate pueri RV601 Carolyn Sampson, strings [23'29]2 Laudate pueri Dominum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'03]3 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'31]4 A solis ortu usque ad occasum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'32]5 Excelsus super omnes gentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'48]6 Suscitans a terra inopem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'15]7 Ut collocet eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'49]8 Gloria Patri (I) Rachel Brown (flute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'29]9 Gloria Patri (II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'51]bl Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'11]

Vestro Principi divino RV633 Nathalie Stutzmann, strings [8'12]bm Vestro Principi divino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'59]bn O felix culpa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'38]bo Quid loqueris ad cor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'14]bp Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'21]

Jubilate, o amoeni chori RV639 [33'18]and Gloria in excelsis Deo RV588 choir, strings, two oboes, trumpet

bq Jubilate, o amoeni chori Nathalie Stutzmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'40]br In tam solemni pompa Nathalie Stutzmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'33]bs Sonoro modulamine: Gloria in excelsis Deo Nathalie Stutzmann, choir, semi-chorus . . . . . . . . [3'40]bt Et in terra pax hominibus choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'00]bu Laudamus te Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'37]cl Gratias agimus tibi choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'59]cm Domine Deus, Rex caelestis Charles Daniels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'46]cn Domine Fili unigenite choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]co Domine Deus, agnus Dei Carolyn Sampson, Alexandra Bellamy (oboe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]cp Qui tollis peccata mundi choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]cq Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Nathalie Stutzmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'00]cr Quoniam tu solus sanctus Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'33]cs Cum Sancto Spiritu choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'24]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON soprano CAROLYN SAMPSON sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoCHARLES DANIELS tenorCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Iona Davies, Rebekah Durston,Andrea Morris violin 2 William Thorp, Rodolfo Richter,Oliver Webber, Rebecca Miles viola Dorothea Vogel,Lisa Cochrane cello Angela East, Jennifer Janse,Katherine Sharman double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce, Taro Takeuchichamber organ Lawrence Cummings flute Rachel Brownoboe Alexandra Bellamy, Mark Radcliffetrumpet David Blackadder

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sally Dunkley,Rebecca Outram†, Olive Simpson, Rosalind Watersalto Morag Boyle, Natanya Hadda, Stephen Carter,Alexandra Gibson, Peter Nardone tenor Nicholas Keay,Angus Smith†, Paul Tindall, Andrew Hewittbass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans†, Charles Pott,Giles Underwood

† semi-chorus track bs

Recorded in St-Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 9–14 July 2000Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMI© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66819)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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1 Laetatus sum RV607 choir, strings [3'29]

Laudate pueri RV601 Carolyn Sampson, strings [23'29]2 Laudate pueri Dominum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'03]3 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'31]4 A solis ortu usque ad occasum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'32]5 Excelsus super omnes gentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'48]6 Suscitans a terra inopem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'15]7 Ut collocet eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'49]8 Gloria Patri (I) Rachel Brown (flute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'29]9 Gloria Patri (II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'51]bl Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'11]

Vestro Principi divino RV633 Nathalie Stutzmann, strings [8'12]bm Vestro Principi divino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'59]bn O felix culpa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'38]bo Quid loqueris ad cor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'14]bp Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'21]

Jubilate, o amoeni chori RV639 [33'18]and Gloria in excelsis Deo RV588 choir, strings, two oboes, trumpet

bq Jubilate, o amoeni chori Nathalie Stutzmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'40]br In tam solemni pompa Nathalie Stutzmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'33]bs Sonoro modulamine: Gloria in excelsis Deo Nathalie Stutzmann, choir, semi-chorus . . . . . . . . [3'40]bt Et in terra pax hominibus choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'00]bu Laudamus te Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'37]cl Gratias agimus tibi choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'59]cm Domine Deus, Rex caelestis Charles Daniels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'46]cn Domine Fili unigenite choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'12]co Domine Deus, agnus Dei Carolyn Sampson, Alexandra Bellamy (oboe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]cp Qui tollis peccata mundi choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]cq Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Nathalie Stutzmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'00]cr Quoniam tu solus sanctus Susan Gritton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'33]cs Cum Sancto Spiritu choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'24]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON soprano CAROLYN SAMPSON sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoCHARLES DANIELS tenorCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Iona Davies, Rebekah Durston,Andrea Morris violin 2 William Thorp, Rodolfo Richter,Oliver Webber, Rebecca Miles viola Dorothea Vogel,Lisa Cochrane cello Angela East, Jennifer Janse,Katherine Sharman double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce, Taro Takeuchichamber organ Lawrence Cummings flute Rachel Brownoboe Alexandra Bellamy, Mark Radcliffetrumpet David Blackadder

soprano Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sally Dunkley,Rebecca Outram†, Olive Simpson, Rosalind Watersalto Morag Boyle, Natanya Hadda, Stephen Carter,Alexandra Gibson, Peter Nardone tenor Nicholas Keay,Angus Smith†, Paul Tindall, Andrew Hewittbass Simon Birchall, Robert Evans†, Charles Pott,Giles Underwood

† semi-chorus track bs

Recorded in St-Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 9–14 July 2000Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician SIMON NEALExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMI© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66819)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Sum in medio tempestatum RV632 Tuva Semmingsen, strings [16'33]1 Sum in medio tempestatum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'35]2 Quid ergo faciam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]3 Semper maesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'54]4 Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'09]

Laudate pueri RV600 Susan Gritton, strings [23'10]5 Laudate pueri, Dominum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'58]6 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'28]7 A solis ortu usque ad occasum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'59]8 Excelsus super omnes gentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'48]9 Quis sicut Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'25]bl Suscitans a terra inopem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'38]bm Ut collocet eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]bn Gloria Patri Simon Jones (violin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'39]bo Laudate pueri: Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'35]bp Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'52]

Cur sagittas, cur tela RV637 Nathalie Stutzmann, strings [9'37]bq Cur sagittas, cur tela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]br Hostibus circumventa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'47]bs In te, beate Pater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'21]

bt Sanctorum meritis RV620 Susan Gritton, strings [2'18]

Salve Regina RV616 Nathalie Stutzmann, double string orchestra, two flutes [16'36]bu Salve Regina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'47]cl Ad te clamamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'23]cm Ad te suspiramus Christine Garratt (flute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'49]cn Eia ergo advocata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'25]co Et Jesum benedictum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'06]cp O clemens, o pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'06]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoTUVA SEMMINGSEN mezzo-sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris,Iona Davies, Rebekah Durston, Jean Patersonviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebecca Livermore,Matthew Truscott, Jonathan Sparey viola Dorothea Vogel,Alan George, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Jennifer Morsches double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce, Eligio Quinteirochamber organ Gary Cooper

SALVE REGINA RV616 ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Rebecca Livermore, Andrea Morrisviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebekah Durston, Rodolfo Richterviola Dorothea Vogel, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Ruth Alford, Abigail Wall double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce chamber organ Gary Cooper,Alistair Ross flute Christine Garratt, Rachel Moss

ORCHESTRA 2 violin 1 Walter Reiter, Jean Paterson,Sarah Sexton, Karen Raby violin 2 Iona Davies,Jonathan Sparey, Theresa Caudle, Oliver Webberviola Alan George, Lisa Cochrane cello Jennifer Morsches,Jonathan Cohen double bass Judith Evanstheorbo Eligio Quinteiro chamber organ Matthew Halls

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 1–5 September 2001Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technicians PHILIP RIDLEY, EDMUND PICKERINGExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMII© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66829)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Sum in medio tempestatum RV632 Tuva Semmingsen, strings [16'33]1 Sum in medio tempestatum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'35]2 Quid ergo faciam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'55]3 Semper maesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'54]4 Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'09]

Laudate pueri RV600 Susan Gritton, strings [23'10]5 Laudate pueri, Dominum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'58]6 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'28]7 A solis ortu usque ad occasum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'59]8 Excelsus super omnes gentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'48]9 Quis sicut Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'25]bl Suscitans a terra inopem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'38]bm Ut collocet eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'48]bn Gloria Patri Simon Jones (violin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'39]bo Laudate pueri: Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'35]bp Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'52]

Cur sagittas, cur tela RV637 Nathalie Stutzmann, strings [9'37]bq Cur sagittas, cur tela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'29]br Hostibus circumventa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'47]bs In te, beate Pater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'21]

bt Sanctorum meritis RV620 Susan Gritton, strings [2'18]

Salve Regina RV616 Nathalie Stutzmann, double string orchestra, two flutes [16'36]bu Salve Regina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'47]cl Ad te clamamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'23]cm Ad te suspiramus Christine Garratt (flute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'49]cn Eia ergo advocata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'25]co Et Jesum benedictum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'06]cp O clemens, o pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'06]

ANTONIO VIVALDISUSAN GRITTON sopranoTUVA SEMMINGSEN mezzo-sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris,Iona Davies, Rebekah Durston, Jean Patersonviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebecca Livermore,Matthew Truscott, Jonathan Sparey viola Dorothea Vogel,Alan George, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Jennifer Morsches double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce, Eligio Quinteirochamber organ Gary Cooper

SALVE REGINA RV616 ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Rebecca Livermore, Andrea Morrisviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebekah Durston, Rodolfo Richterviola Dorothea Vogel, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Ruth Alford, Abigail Wall double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce chamber organ Gary Cooper,Alistair Ross flute Christine Garratt, Rachel Moss


Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, on 1–5 September 2001Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technicians PHILIP RIDLEY, EDMUND PICKERINGExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMII© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66829)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Laudate pueri RV602 Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn, choir [20'13]1 Laudate pueri Dominum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'16]2 A solis ortu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'01]3 Excelsus super omnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'18]4 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]5 Suscitans a terra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'46]6 Ut collocet eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'22]7 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'29]8 Gloria Patri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'44]9 Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'32]

Salve Regina RV618 Nathalie Stutzmann [14'45]bl Salve Regina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'15]bm Ad te clamamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]bn Ad te suspiramus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'54]bo Eia ergo advocata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'28]bp Et Jesum benedictum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'07]bq O clemens, o pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'33]

Ascende laeta RV635 Joyce DiDonato [9'18]br Ascende laeta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'12]bs Quam pulchri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'06]bt Sternite, Angeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'09]

bu Gaude mater Ecclesia RV613 Susan Gritton [4'26]

Vos aurae per montes RV634 Carolyn Sampson [13'00]cl Vos aurae per montes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'26]cm Cuncta orbis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'52]cn Tellus, astra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'03]co Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'56]

cp Gloria Patri RV602a (from Laudate pueri) Carolyn Sampson [3'37]

ANTONIO VIVALDI CAROLYN SAMPSON sopranoSUSAN GRITTON sopranoJOANNE LUNN sopranoJOYCE DIDONATO mezzo-sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

LAUDATE PUERI ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris, Rebecca Livermoreviolin 2 William Thorp, Stephen Jones, Theresa Caudleviola Jane Rogers, Katie Heller cello Angela East,Jonathan Cohen double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce chamber organ Matthew Hallsoboe Alexandra Bellamy flute Rachel Brown

ORCHESTRA 2 violin 1 Walter Reiter, Jean Paterson,Oliver Webber, Jonathan Sparey violin 2 Iona Davies,Sarah Sexton, Rebecca Miles viola Clare Barwick,David Brooker cello Jennifer Morsches, Anna Holmesdouble bass Cecilia Bruggemeyer theorbo Eligio Quinteirochamber organ Alastair Ross

soprano Rebecca Outram, Julie Cooper, Katie Peacock,Lisa Beckley, Olive Simpson, Helen Parkeralto Ian Aitkenhead, Stephen Carter, Peter Nardone,William Towers, Richard Wyn-Roberts tenor Matthew Vine,Roy Rashbrook, Angus Smith, Nicholas Keay bass CharlesPott, Robert Evans, Richard Savage, Robert Macdonald

SALVE REGINA ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Rebecca Livermore, Andrea Morrisviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebecca Durston, Rodolfo Richterviola Dorothea Vogel, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Ruth Alford double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce chamber organ Gary Cooperoboe Alexandra Bellamy, Zilla Gillman


ASCENDE LAETA violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell,Andrea Morris, Sarah Sexton violin 2 William Thorp,Iona Davies, Rebecca Livermore, Jonathan Spareyviola Jane Rogers, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Jennifer Morsches double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce, Eligio Quinteirochamber organ Matthew Halls

GAUDE MATER ECCLESIA violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris, Iona Davies,Rebekah Durston, Jean Paterson violin 2 William Thorp,Rebecca Livermore, Matthew Truscott, Jonathan Spareyviola Dorothea Vogel, Alan George, Clare Barwickcello Angela East, Jennifer Morschesdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chamber organ Gary Cooper

VOS AURAE PER MONTES violin 1 Simon Jones,Iona Davies, Andrea Morris, Sarah Sextonviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebecca Livermore, Jean Paterson,Rebecca Miles viola Jane Rogers, Clare Barwickcello Jonathan Cohen, Abigail Walldouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chamber organ Matthew Halls

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, in September 2001 (RV613 and 618), November 2002(RV602 and 635) and February 2003 (RV634 and 602a)Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician EDMUND PICKERINGExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMIII© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66839)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Laudate pueri RV602 Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn, choir [20'13]1 Laudate pueri Dominum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'16]2 A solis ortu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'01]3 Excelsus super omnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'18]4 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'28]5 Suscitans a terra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'46]6 Ut collocet eum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'22]7 Sit nomen Domini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'29]8 Gloria Patri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'44]9 Sicut erat in principio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'32]

Salve Regina RV618 Nathalie Stutzmann [14'45]bl Salve Regina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'15]bm Ad te clamamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]bn Ad te suspiramus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'54]bo Eia ergo advocata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'28]bp Et Jesum benedictum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'07]bq O clemens, o pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'33]

Ascende laeta RV635 Joyce DiDonato [9'18]br Ascende laeta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'12]bs Quam pulchri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'06]bt Sternite, Angeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'09]

bu Gaude mater Ecclesia RV613 Susan Gritton [4'26]

Vos aurae per montes RV634 Carolyn Sampson [13'00]cl Vos aurae per montes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6'26]cm Cuncta orbis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'52]cn Tellus, astra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'03]co Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'56]

cp Gloria Patri RV602a (from Laudate pueri) Carolyn Sampson [3'37]

ANTONIO VIVALDI CAROLYN SAMPSON sopranoSUSAN GRITTON sopranoJOANNE LUNN sopranoJOYCE DIDONATO mezzo-sopranoNATHALIE STUTZMANN contraltoCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

LAUDATE PUERI ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris, Rebecca Livermoreviolin 2 William Thorp, Stephen Jones, Theresa Caudleviola Jane Rogers, Katie Heller cello Angela East,Jonathan Cohen double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce chamber organ Matthew Hallsoboe Alexandra Bellamy flute Rachel Brown

ORCHESTRA 2 violin 1 Walter Reiter, Jean Paterson,Oliver Webber, Jonathan Sparey violin 2 Iona Davies,Sarah Sexton, Rebecca Miles viola Clare Barwick,David Brooker cello Jennifer Morsches, Anna Holmesdouble bass Cecilia Bruggemeyer theorbo Eligio Quinteirochamber organ Alastair Ross

soprano Rebecca Outram, Julie Cooper, Katie Peacock,Lisa Beckley, Olive Simpson, Helen Parkeralto Ian Aitkenhead, Stephen Carter, Peter Nardone,William Towers, Richard Wyn-Roberts tenor Matthew Vine,Roy Rashbrook, Angus Smith, Nicholas Keay bass CharlesPott, Robert Evans, Richard Savage, Robert Macdonald

SALVE REGINA ORCHESTRA 1 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Rebecca Livermore, Andrea Morrisviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebecca Durston, Rodolfo Richterviola Dorothea Vogel, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Ruth Alford double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce chamber organ Gary Cooperoboe Alexandra Bellamy, Zilla Gillman


ASCENDE LAETA violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell,Andrea Morris, Sarah Sexton violin 2 William Thorp,Iona Davies, Rebecca Livermore, Jonathan Spareyviola Jane Rogers, Clare Barwick cello Angela East,Jennifer Morsches double bass Timothy Amhersttheorbo Lynda Sayce, Eligio Quinteirochamber organ Matthew Halls

GAUDE MATER ECCLESIA violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris, Iona Davies,Rebekah Durston, Jean Paterson violin 2 William Thorp,Rebecca Livermore, Matthew Truscott, Jonathan Spareyviola Dorothea Vogel, Alan George, Clare Barwickcello Angela East, Jennifer Morschesdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chamber organ Gary Cooper

VOS AURAE PER MONTES violin 1 Simon Jones,Iona Davies, Andrea Morris, Sarah Sextonviolin 2 William Thorp, Rebecca Livermore, Jean Paterson,Rebecca Miles viola Jane Rogers, Clare Barwickcello Jonathan Cohen, Abigail Walldouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chamber organ Matthew Halls

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb,London, in September 2001 (RV613 and 618), November 2002(RV602 and 635) and February 2003 (RV634 and 602a)Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRecording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician EDMUND PICKERINGExecutive Producers EDWARD PERRY, SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMIII© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66839)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti







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Gloria RV589 Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn, Joyce DiDonato, choir [29'17]1 Gloria in excelsis Deo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'21]2 Et in terra pax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'47]3 Laudamus te Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'16]4 Gratias agimus tibi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'25]5 Propter magnam gloriam tuam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'56]6 Domine Deus, rex caelestis Carolyn Sampson, Alexandra Bellamy (oboe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'59]7 Domine Fili unigenite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'10]8 Domine Deus, agnus Dei Joyce DiDonato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'09]9 Qui tollis peccata mundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'04]bl Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Joyce DiDonato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'18]bm Quoniam tu solus sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'47]bn Cum Sancto Spiritu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'59]

Nisi Dominus RV803 Carolyn Sampson, Tuva Semmingsen, Hilary Summers [21'52]bo Nisi Dominus aedificaverit Carolyn Sampson, Tuva Semmingsen, Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . [1'28]bp Nisi Dominus custodierit Tuva Semmingsen, Katherine McGillivray (viola d’amore) . . . . . . . . . [2'31]bq Vanum est vobis Tuva Semmingsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]br Cum dederit Tuva Semmingsen, Colin Lawson (chalumeau) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'13]bs Sicut sagittae Hilary Summers, Simon Jones (violin ‘in tromba marina’) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]bt Beatus vir Carolyn Sampson, Jonathan Cohen (cello) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'42]bu Gloria Patri Carolyn Sampson, Silas Standage (organ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'47]cl Sicut erat in principio Carolyn Sampson, Tuva Semmingsen, Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'18]

Ostro picta RV642 Carolyn Sampson [7'26]cm Ostro picta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'51]cn Sic transiit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'01]co Linguis favete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'32]

GIOVANNI MARIA RUGGIERI (fl c1690–1720) Gloria RV ANH. 23 soloists, double choir and orchestra [17'42]cp Gloria in excelsis Deo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'50]cq Et in terra pax RE, JB, EP, RM, CP, CG, AP bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'45]cr Laudamus te JC, CO soprano, DA tenor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'15]cs Gratias agimus tibi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'45]ct Domine Deus, rex caelestis JC, AGJ soprano, RE bass, EP, CO soprano, RM bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'36]cu Domine Fili unigenite Robin Blaze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'51]dl Domine Deus, agnus Dei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'07]dm Qui tollis peccata mundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]dn Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris JC soprano, RT alto, DA tenor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'36]do Quoniam tu solus sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'10]dp Cum Sancto Spiritu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'12]

CAROLYN SAMPSON sopranoJOANNE LUNN sopranoJOYCE DIDONATO mezzo-sopranoTUVA SEMMINGSEN mezzo-sopranoROBIN BLAZE countertenorHILARY SUMMERS contraltoCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

GLORIA RV589 & OSTRO PICTA RV642violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris,Sarah Sexton violin 2 William Thorp, Iona Davies,Rebecca Livermore, Jonathan Sparey viola Jane Rogers,Clare Barwick cello Angela East, Jennifer Morschesdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chamber organ Matthew Hallsoboe Alexandra Bellamy trumpet Crispian Steele-Perkinssoprano Rebecca Outram, Julie Cooper, Katie Peacock,Lisa Beckley, Olive Simpson, Helen Parkeralto Ian Aitkenhead, Stephen Carter, Peter Nardone,William Towers, Richard Wyn-Robertstenor Matthew Vine, Roy Rashbrook, Angus Smith,Nicholas Keay bass Charles Pott, Robert Evans,Richard Savage, Robert Macdonald

NISI DOMINUS RV803 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris, Rebecca Livermoreviolin 2 William Thorp, Iona Davies, Jean Paterson,Rebecca Miles viola Ylvali Zilliacus, Lisa Cochranecello Jonathan Cohen, Abigail Wall, Joseph Crouch bpdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chalumeau Colin Lawsonviolin ‘in tromba marina’ Simon Jonesviola d’amore Katherine McGillivraychamber organ Silas Standage

RUGGIERI GLORIAORCHESTRA AND CHOIR 1 violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell,Lucy Howard, Jean Paterson violin 2 William Thorp,Jonathan Sparey, Rebecca Miles viola Jane Rogers,Clare Barwick cello Jonathan Cohen, Anna Holmesdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayceorgan Gary Cooper oboe Alexandra Bellamy,Hannah McLaughlin soprano Julie Cooper†,Elizabeth Poole†, Olive Simpson, Angharad GruffyddJones†, Amy Haworth alto Ian Aitkenhead,Richard Wyn Roberts, Iestyn Davies, Robin Tyson†tenor Daniel Auchincloss†, Roy Rashbrook, Tom Phillips,Nicholas Mulroy bass Robert Evans†, Jonathan Brown†,Edward Price†, Robert Macdonald†

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR 2 violin 1 Andrea Morris,Sarah Sexton, Susan Carpenter-Jacobs, Stephen Jonesviolin 2 Iona Davies, Catherine Ford, Jane Normanviola Alan George, Ylvali Zilliacus cello Sarah McMahon,Dominic O’Dell double bass Cecilia Bruggemeyertheorbo Eligio Quinteiro organ Matthew Hallsoboe Zilla Gillman trumpet Neil Broughsoprano Helen Parker, Cecilia Osmond†, Ruth Gomme,Julia Doyle, Katie Peacock alto Stephen Carter,Aaron Burchell, David Gould, William Missintenor Matthew Vine, Angus Smith, Paul Tindall,Mark Dobell bass Charles Pott†, Charles Gibbs†,Adrian Peacock†, Richard Savage † soloist

RV589 & RV642 recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, in November 2002Recording Engineer NEIL HUTCHINSON (Classic Sound)RUGGIERI recorded in All Saints Church, Tooting, London, in June 2003Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRV803 recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, in November 2003Recording Engineer JONATHAN STOKES (Classic Sound)Recording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician EDMUND PICKERINGExecutive Producer SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMIV© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66849)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

ANTONIO VIVALDI CDS44181

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Gloria RV589 Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn, Joyce DiDonato, choir [29'17]1 Gloria in excelsis Deo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'21]2 Et in terra pax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5'47]3 Laudamus te Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'16]4 Gratias agimus tibi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'25]5 Propter magnam gloriam tuam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'56]6 Domine Deus, rex caelestis Carolyn Sampson, Alexandra Bellamy (oboe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'59]7 Domine Fili unigenite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'10]8 Domine Deus, agnus Dei Joyce DiDonato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'09]9 Qui tollis peccata mundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'04]bl Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Joyce DiDonato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'18]bm Quoniam tu solus sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'47]bn Cum Sancto Spiritu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'59]

Nisi Dominus RV803 Carolyn Sampson, Tuva Semmingsen, Hilary Summers [21'52]bo Nisi Dominus aedificaverit Carolyn Sampson, Tuva Semmingsen, Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . [1'28]bp Nisi Dominus custodierit Tuva Semmingsen, Katherine McGillivray (viola d’amore) . . . . . . . . . [2'31]bq Vanum est vobis Tuva Semmingsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]br Cum dederit Tuva Semmingsen, Colin Lawson (chalumeau) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'13]bs Sicut sagittae Hilary Summers, Simon Jones (violin ‘in tromba marina’) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'24]bt Beatus vir Carolyn Sampson, Jonathan Cohen (cello) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4'42]bu Gloria Patri Carolyn Sampson, Silas Standage (organ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'47]cl Sicut erat in principio Carolyn Sampson, Tuva Semmingsen, Hilary Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'18]

Ostro picta RV642 Carolyn Sampson [7'26]cm Ostro picta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'51]cn Sic transiit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'01]co Linguis favete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'32]

GIOVANNI MARIA RUGGIERI (fl c1690–1720) Gloria RV ANH. 23 soloists, double choir and orchestra [17'42]cp Gloria in excelsis Deo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'50]cq Et in terra pax RE, JB, EP, RM, CP, CG, AP bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'45]cr Laudamus te JC, CO soprano, DA tenor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'15]cs Gratias agimus tibi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [0'45]ct Domine Deus, rex caelestis JC, AGJ soprano, RE bass, EP, CO soprano, RM bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2'36]cu Domine Fili unigenite Robin Blaze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'51]dl Domine Deus, agnus Dei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'07]dm Qui tollis peccata mundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'30]dn Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris JC soprano, RT alto, DA tenor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'36]do Quoniam tu solus sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1'10]dp Cum Sancto Spiritu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3'12]

CAROLYN SAMPSON sopranoJOANNE LUNN sopranoJOYCE DIDONATO mezzo-sopranoTUVA SEMMINGSEN mezzo-sopranoROBIN BLAZE countertenorHILARY SUMMERS contraltoCHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORTTHE KING’S CONSORTROBERT KING conductor

GLORIA RV589 & OSTRO PICTA RV642violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris,Sarah Sexton violin 2 William Thorp, Iona Davies,Rebecca Livermore, Jonathan Sparey viola Jane Rogers,Clare Barwick cello Angela East, Jennifer Morschesdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chamber organ Matthew Hallsoboe Alexandra Bellamy trumpet Crispian Steele-Perkinssoprano Rebecca Outram, Julie Cooper, Katie Peacock,Lisa Beckley, Olive Simpson, Helen Parkeralto Ian Aitkenhead, Stephen Carter, Peter Nardone,William Towers, Richard Wyn-Robertstenor Matthew Vine, Roy Rashbrook, Angus Smith,Nicholas Keay bass Charles Pott, Robert Evans,Richard Savage, Robert Macdonald

NISI DOMINUS RV803 violin 1 Simon Jones,Lucy Russell, Andrea Morris, Rebecca Livermoreviolin 2 William Thorp, Iona Davies, Jean Paterson,Rebecca Miles viola Ylvali Zilliacus, Lisa Cochranecello Jonathan Cohen, Abigail Wall, Joseph Crouch bpdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayce,Eligio Quinteiro chalumeau Colin Lawsonviolin ‘in tromba marina’ Simon Jonesviola d’amore Katherine McGillivraychamber organ Silas Standage

RUGGIERI GLORIAORCHESTRA AND CHOIR 1 violin 1 Simon Jones, Lucy Russell,Lucy Howard, Jean Paterson violin 2 William Thorp,Jonathan Sparey, Rebecca Miles viola Jane Rogers,Clare Barwick cello Jonathan Cohen, Anna Holmesdouble bass Timothy Amherst theorbo Lynda Sayceorgan Gary Cooper oboe Alexandra Bellamy,Hannah McLaughlin soprano Julie Cooper†,Elizabeth Poole†, Olive Simpson, Angharad GruffyddJones†, Amy Haworth alto Ian Aitkenhead,Richard Wyn Roberts, Iestyn Davies, Robin Tyson†tenor Daniel Auchincloss†, Roy Rashbrook, Tom Phillips,Nicholas Mulroy bass Robert Evans†, Jonathan Brown†,Edward Price†, Robert Macdonald†

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR 2 violin 1 Andrea Morris,Sarah Sexton, Susan Carpenter-Jacobs, Stephen Jonesviolin 2 Iona Davies, Catherine Ford, Jane Normanviola Alan George, Ylvali Zilliacus cello Sarah McMahon,Dominic O’Dell double bass Cecilia Bruggemeyertheorbo Eligio Quinteiro organ Matthew Hallsoboe Zilla Gillman trumpet Neil Broughsoprano Helen Parker, Cecilia Osmond†, Ruth Gomme,Julia Doyle, Katie Peacock alto Stephen Carter,Aaron Burchell, David Gould, William Missintenor Matthew Vine, Angus Smith, Paul Tindall,Mark Dobell bass Charles Pott†, Charles Gibbs†,Adrian Peacock†, Richard Savage † soloist

RV589 & RV642 recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, in November 2002Recording Engineer NEIL HUTCHINSON (Classic Sound)RUGGIERI recorded in All Saints Church, Tooting, London, in June 2003Recording Engineer PHILIP HOBBSRV803 recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, in November 2003Recording Engineer JONATHAN STOKES (Classic Sound)Recording Producer BEN TURNERPost-production Assistant JULIA THOMAS (Finesplice)Keyboard Technician EDMUND PICKERINGExecutive Producer SIMON PERRYP Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMIV© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMV(Also available separately on Hyperion CDA66849)Pitch: A = 415Hz Temperament: Vallotti

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The Complete Sacred MusicTHE KING’S CONSORT · ROBERT KINGIntroduction by MICHAEL TALBOT English, Français, Deutsch

Includes Juditha Triumphans RV644, Gloria RV589 Stabat mater RV621, Nisi Dominus RV803

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