Armatae face et anguibus (Vivaldi) Lea Desandre

Armatae face et anguibus from the oratorio Juditha triumphans, RV 644 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano Jupiter Ensemble Thomas Dunford, lute and direction Armatae face et anguibus a caeco regno squallido furoris sociae barbari, furiae, venite ad nos. Morte, flagello, stragibus vindictam tanti funeris irata nostra pectora duces docete vos. Armed with your torches and your serpents, from your dark foul realm, ye companions of cruel frenzy, O Furies, come to us.