Sì dolce e'l tormento, SV 332
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata Ensemble
(remastered)

Sì dolce è'l tormento 
Ch'in seno mi sta, 
Ch'io vivo contento 
Per cruda beltà. 
Nel ciel di bellezza 
S'accreschi fierezza 
Et manchi pietà: 
Che sempre qual scoglio  
All'onda d'orgoglio 
Mia fede sarà. 

La speme fallace 
Rivolgam' il piè. 
Diletto ne pace 
Non scendano a me. 
E l'empia ch'adoro 
Mi nieghi ristoro 
Di buona mercè: 
Tra doglia infinita, 
Tra speme tradita 
Vivrà la mia fè. 

[Per foco e per gelo
Riposo non hò.
Nel porto del cielo
Riposo avrò.
Se colpo mortale
Con rigido strale
Il cor m'impiagò,
Cangiando mia sorte
Col dardo di morte
Il cor sanerò.]

Se fiamma d'amore 
Già mai non sentì 
Quel rigido core 
Ch'il cor mi rapì, 
Se nega pietate 
La cruda beltate 
Che l'alma invaghì: 
Ben fia che dolente, 
Pentita e languente 
Sospirimi un dì.
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So sweet is the torment 
That lies in my heart,
That I live happily 
In the face of cruel beauty.
In heaven's beauty 
Fierce pride may grow bold
Without pity 
But always my faith 
Will be a rock 
Against that wave of pride.

May false hope 
Turn back from me
May neither delight 
Nor peace descend upon me.
And the cruel woman I adore 
Deny me 
Merciful relief; 
Amidst infinite pain
Amidst broken hope, 
My faith shall survive.

[From fire and ice 
I will find no repose
Only at the gate of heaven 
I shall find repose.
Should the deadly strike 
Of an arrow 
Injure my heart, 
My heart shall heal
By changning my lot 
With that arrow of death]

If that unyielding heart 
That has captured mine
Has never felt 
The flames of love,
If the cruel beauty 
That enthralled my soul
Denies me pity, 
Then let it be that one day,
Languishing in pain and repentance,
She will sigh for me.


The performance is on YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKXV90Yna8&ab_channel=K%C3%AAnh%C3%82mnh%E1%BA%A1cc%E1%BB%95%C4%91i%E1%BB%83n
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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Sì dolce è'l tormento" by Claudio Monteverdi

[Emission Saison Classique] Dans le cadre des concerts d'automne
 Philippe Jaroussky  retrouve sa complice, la harpiste et luthiste Christina Pluhar, avec son ensemble L'Arpeggiata pour un concert au Vinci à Tours le 11/10/24 consacré aux airs de cour français du XVIIe siècle, Pasacalle de la Follie. Un répertoire intéressant, où jonglent avec des airs sérieux, des airs galants, coquins, parfois même érotiques... 
Avec Loïc Vaillant  - Président de la ligue contre le cancer (37)
TUTTI : Programme inclusif d’accès à la musique du Festival Concerts d'automne offre une opportunité unique à un public composite qui n’a pas toujours un accès facile à l’offre culturelle  De la participation aux répétitions à la rencontre avec les artistes, le festival multiplie les actions pour impliquer cet autre public.
Extraits musicaux : 
Antoine Boësset : "Nos esprits libres et contents"
Henry de Bailly: Yo soy a locura. Passcalle (La Follie)
Michel Lambert : Ma  bergère est tendre et fidèle
Pierre Guedron : Aux plaisirs aux délices bergères
Antoine Boësset : a la fin de cette bergère
Henry Purcell :  The curtain tune  / Music for a while

Saison Classique Philippe Jaroussky  Passacalle de la Follie Christina Pluhar

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