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Quand'io penso al martire, by Jacques Arcadelt (c​.​1507 –1568)

from Singles by Mignarda

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Our unique setting of this four-part madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt (c.1507 – 1568) is based on the lute intabulation by the famous lutenist, Francesco da Milano (1497 – 1543), and the arrangement is available in Italian Lute Songs of the Sixteenth Century: An Anthology, published by Mignarda Editions. mignarda.com/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
That love has so grievously forced upon me
I hasten toward death
Therefore hoping to end mine own damnation.

But then to add to the suffering
I stand at the port of this same sea of affliction.
Senseless in the face of such delight.
Why the ship of my soul braces a waterless wave.

Thus, living kills me;
Thus dying, life returns.
O endless misery
One gives, and the other takes away.

(Pietro Bembo CANZONE VI. (XIII.)

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from Singles, track released March 28, 2013

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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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