Composer: Giaches de Wert (b. 1535 - d. 1596)
Performance date: 02/07/2019
Venue: St. Brendan’s Church
Composition Year: 1596
Duration: 00:05:58
Recording Engineer: Gar Duffy, RTÉ
Instrumentation Category:Vocal Ensemble
Instrumentation Other: m, s, t, b
Artists:
Fieri Consort (Hannah Ely, Lucy Cox [sopranos], Nancy Cole, Helen Charleston [mezzo-sopranos], Tom Kelly, Josh Cooter [tenors], Ben Mckee, Ben Rowarth [bass]) -
[vocal ensemble]
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Io mi vivea del |
I lived contented with my pining heart; |
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E, se doglia |
And if some worldly care intruded, then |
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Un riso, un |
A smile, a nod, a glance, a word sufficed |
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D’eterno oblio |
To cancel every grief for evermore. |
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Or, che non |
Now that you are gone and I can find |
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Cosa, ch’appaghi |
Nothing to warm my heart, who will console me? |
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S’altro terren |
Robbed by distance of the breath of life, |
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Onde avranno i |
Whence must my spirit draw its sustenance? |
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Riman solo il |
Memory alone remains, |
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Cio ch’altri |
Some of what, alas! Was lost. And this |
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Assai mi giova, |
Brings some relief, but then grieves even more, |
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Perché, quanto |
Because the clearer that it paints the picture |
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Il ben ch’empia |
Of the treasure evil fortune stole from me, |
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Tanto più cresce |
The greater is the pain that wracks my soul. |
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