Cipriano de Rore / Mia Benigna Fortuna

Cipriano de Rore / Mia Benigna Fortuna
Il secondo libro de madrigali a 4 (1557)
Mia benigna fortuna e'l viver lieto,
I chiari giorni e le tranquille notti,
E i soavi sospiri , e'l dolce stile
Che solea risonare in versi e’n rime,
Volti subitamente in doglia e’n pianto,
Odiar vita mi fanno et bramar morte.
Crudel, acerba inexorabil Morte,
Cagion mi dài di mai non esser lieto,
Ma di menar tutta mia vita in pianto.
E i giorni oscuri et le dogliose notti,
I miei gravi sospir’ non vanno in rime,
E'l mio duro martir vince ogni stile.
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)
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My benign fortune and life content,
The clear days and the tranquil nights,
The smooth sighs, and the sweet style
Which all resonate in verses and rhymes,
Change suddenly into pain and tears,
Causing me to hate life and long for death.
Cruel bitter inescapable death,
My reason for never being content,
But rather for spending all my life in tears.
The obscure days and the painful nights,
My grave sighs will not fit into rhymes;
And my harsh torture defeats every style.
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Track No. 2 from:
Profeti della Quinta / AMOR, FORTUNA ET MORTE
Madrigals by de Rore, Luzzaschi, Gesualdo & Monteverdi
Doron Schleifer, Roman Melish - countertenors
Lior Leibovici, Dan Dunkelblum - tenors
Elam Rotem - bass, & musical direction
Ori Harmelin - Renaissance lute and archlute
Sound producer: Karel Valter
Editing: Elam Rotem
Recorded on 8-12 April 2018, Studio Waldenburg, Switzerland
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 2019

[@marcvcivsnoveboracensis]

Now THAT'S word-painting.

[@janheuvelmans7096]

Prima la musica, please...

[@nixonkutz3018]

Why did RUclips wait so long to recommend this? Simply stunning.

[@markosullivan4095]

Lovely ensemble, beautiful blend. Elam looks too thin to have that fine base voice! Many thanks for sharing

[@davidfernandez3218]

Thanks for the subtitles. Great work!

[@HumbleNewMusic]

🎵 nice of Doron to memorize the music huh... 😉 honestly i don't think i breathed during this... intense, blended, beautiful... thanks gents 👊👊👊👊

[@emanuelecanepa6312]

Bravissimi! Affascinanti. Perfetta la dizione italiana. Grazie!

[@BeeTee6017]

They’re only perfect 🌹✨

[@gandolfogabrieledavid2917]

I come back to watch this video from time to time. How wonderful. Bravo

[@vanessafernandes-zq4gb]

Beautiful

[@vartanaghababian7648]

A stunningy gorgeous recording and performance! Thank you, gentlemen!

[@jcortese3300]

Crikey, that was wonderful.

[@millennial8441]

The pause after "soave sospiri" and the sequence of r's at "crrrrrrudel". Love these devices.

[@gandolfogabrieledavid2917]

You tube mi suggerisce questo brano in continuazione . Per fortuna è bello e splendidamente eseguito.

[@artoan]

Molto bene!!

[@laurenwerlang]

I'm very curious about how they manage to take care of their voices through life

[@ritapoli4817]

Fantastici

[@unagondolaunremo]

splendido!

[@dipandra9758]

¡Qué belleza, qué delicadeza!

[@federicotorres1925]

This is great! Thank you!

[@ngatihine6072]

amazed... wanting to sing

[@bifeldman]

Sublime.

[@leonper]

Brilliant!

[@timajos1]

Pura goduria.

[@Ramiroescorial]

Maravilla 🧐👌

[@gandolfogabrieledavid2917]

[@lshin80]

Superb!

[@gandolfogabrieledavid2917]

Meraviglia!
😍

[@janheuvelmans7096]

Schitterende uitvoering! Alleen jammer van die nutteloze handbewegingen. Gelukkig moest Cipriaan dit niet meemaken...