Ecco mormorar londe - Madrigal for 5 voices composed by Claudio Monteverdi 1567 - 1643

From the Second Book of Madrigals Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci published ca. 1590. Recorded in October 2016 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen - Germany Interpreters: Sojeong Im Soprano I Cornelia Fahrion Soprano II Fábio Maciel AltoTenor I Jan Van Elsacker Tenor II Saloum Diawara Bass Musical Direction: Jan Van Elsacker Recording Engineer: Wolfgang Mittermaier Text Poem by Torquato Tasso: Ecco mormorar londe e tremolar le fronde a laura mattutina e glarborscelli E sovra i verdi rami i vaghi augelli cantar soavemente e rider lOriente Ecco già lalba appare e si specchia nel mare e rasserena il cielo e imperla il dolce gelo e glalti monti indora O bella e vaga aurora laura è tua messaggera e tu de laura chognarso cor ristaura English translation: Hear now the murmuring waves The rustle in the tree tops As morning breezes stir the swaying branches. And on the verdant boughs The birds sing sweetly Airs that greet the sunrise The eastern sky is beaming. See how the dawn arises Mirrord deep in the ocean. She brightens all the heavens. She turns to pearl drops of dew And decks the mountains with gold. O loveliest and gracious Aurora The Breezes are your heralds And you are theirs envoy. Scalded hearts to life restoring,

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