Sacre piante (Gluck) Christiane Karg

Описание: Sacre piante
by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

Performed by Christiane Karg with Arcangelo under the direction of Jonathan Cohen.

From Gluck's one-act serenata teatrale "Il Parnaso confuso" with libretto by Metastasio (1698-1782).

Melpomene:
Sacre piante, amico rio
A voi do l estremo addio
E confusa in altre sponde
A celarmi io volgo il piè

Mute ognor saran le scene
Nè mai più le ciglia altrui
Verseran fra dolci pene
Belle lagrime per me

Sacre piante . . .

Sacred pages, faithless companions,
to you I bid a final farewell.
I now turn to hide myself on other
shores, ashamed.

All settings will henceforth be dead to me
and nevermore will the eyes of another,
shed sweet, painful
tears for me.

Sacred pages . . .

From the solo recital disc "Amoretti" available from Berlin Classics:

http://www.amazon.com/Amoretti-Karg/d...

Information about the performers:

http://www.arcangelo.org.uk/

http://www.christianekarg.com/index.p...

Various artists' depictions of the muses:

[1:02] Jakob Emanuel Handmann (1718-1781)
[1:18] Konstantin Makovsky (1839-1915)
[2:00] Charles Meynier (1763-1832)
[3:02] Pierre Mignard (1612-1695)
[3:08] Edward Simmons (1852-1931)
[3:28] Hendrick van Balen (1575-1632)
[3:42] Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1722-1789)
[3:54] Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)
[4:15] Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655)
[4:30] Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665)
[4:52] Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)
[5:00] Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655)
[5:28] Pierre Mignard (1612-1695)
[5:40] Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766)
[5:55] Francois Boucher (1703-1770)
[6:04] Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)
[6:12] Simon Vouet (1590-1649)
[6:28] Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)
[6:38] Pierre Mignard (1612-1695)
[7:02] Andrea Appiani (1754-1817)
[7:30] Charles Meynier (1763-1832)
[7:38] Charles Meynier (1763-1832)
[8:02] Charles Meynier (1763-1832)
[8:15] Charles Meynier (1763-1832)
[8:32] Charles Meynier (1763-1832)
[8:40] Simon Vouet (1590-1649)
[9:05] Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779)
[9:24] Raphael (1483-1520)
[9:46] Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)