Hila Plitmann captivates in Danielpour's Songs of Love and Loss, No. 5. Lively

Richard Danielpour has collaborated frequently with soprano Hila Plitmann, and this album features three recent works, two of which were written specifically for her. The song cycles heard here are sung in three languages central to the composer’s life. Songs of Love and Loss is in Farsi and sets the poetry of Rumi; Canti Della Natura, in Italian, takes sonnets attributed to Vivaldi in The Four Seasons; while Songs of My Father is set to the English poems of Danielpour’s father. Each cycle features differing instrumentation and reflects Danielpour’s long-admired compositional subtlety and refinement.
*Lyrics*
Songs of Love and Loss
Texts: Rumi (Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī) (1207-1273)
[5] No. 5. Lively
Rubiyat Tambour cho’ tan tan bararad be nava’,
Zangir daran shavad dele bi sar o pa.
Zira ke nahan dar zehash Avaz-e kasi
Migooyad ke josteh hamrah: Biya!
As the Tambour’s beat permeates the air
My helpless heart is taken prisoner.
A distant voice emerges from the beating drum,
And beckons, here is where your path is, Come!
Release date: June 2024
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