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“Vivaldi’s setting of Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126 in the Vulgate) dates from fairly early on his career possibly for the Pietà which produced not only excellent singers but also superbly talented instrumentalists such as Anna Maria (1696–1782) and her successor as principal violinist, Chiaretta (17...
Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum,
in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam.
Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem,
frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.
Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere.
surgite postquam sederitis,
qui manducatis panem doloris.
Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum:
ecce haereditas Domini, filii:
merces, fructus ventris.
Sicut sagittae in manu potentis:
ita filii excussorum.
Beautus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis:
non confundetur cum loquetur
inimicis suis in porta.
Gloria Patri et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper:
et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen
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Antonio-vivaldi released Nisi Dominus (RV 608) on Tue Jan 01 2002.