Quand'io pens'al martire, by Jacques Arcadelt (c.1507 – 1568)
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Our unique setting of a four-part madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt (c.1507 – 1568) is based on the lute intabulation by the famous lutenist, Francesco da Milano (1497 – 1543). Like all of our music, the arrangement is available in our published edition, Italian Lute Songs of the Sixteenth Century: An Anthology, available through Mignarda Editions.
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Quand'io pens'al martire
Amor que tu mi dai gravos'e forte
Corro per gir'a morte
Cosi sperando i miei danni finire.
Ma poi ch'io giung'al passo
Che port' in questo mar pien di tormento
Tanto piacer ne sento
Che l'alma si rinforza ond'io no'l passo,
Cosi l' viver m' ancide
Cosi la morte mi ritorn' in vita
O miseria infinita
Che l'un apporta e l'altro non recide.
When I think of the suffering
Love, the heavy burdens that you give me
I hasten toward death,
hoping therefore to end mine own damnation.
But then I reach the passage,
I stand at the port of this same sea of heartache.
Overwhelmed with such delight.
That my soul is strengthened by passing through.
Thus, living kills me;
thus dying, life returns.
O endless misery:
one gives, and the other takes away.
(Pietro Bembo CANZONE VI. (XIII.), translated by Donna Stewart
Amor que tu mi dai gravos'e forte
Corro per gir'a morte
Cosi sperando i miei danni finire.
Ma poi ch'io giung'al passo
Che port' in questo mar pien di tormento
Tanto piacer ne sento
Che l'alma si rinforza ond'io no'l passo,
Cosi l' viver m' ancide
Cosi la morte mi ritorn' in vita
O miseria infinita
Che l'un apporta e l'altro non recide.
When I think of the suffering
Love, the heavy burdens that you give me
I hasten toward death,
hoping therefore to end mine own damnation.
But then I reach the passage,
I stand at the port of this same sea of heartache.
Overwhelmed with such delight.
That my soul is strengthened by passing through.
Thus, living kills me;
thus dying, life returns.
O endless misery:
one gives, and the other takes away.
(Pietro Bembo CANZONE VI. (XIII.), translated by Donna Stewart
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released February 18, 2019
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Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more
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