Composer: Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947)
Song: À Chloris (1913)
Performance: Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano)
Reynaldo Hahn (August 9, 1874 -- January 28, 1947) was a Venezuelan, naturalised French, composer, conductor, music critic and diarist. Best known as a composer of songs, he wrote in the French classical tradition of the mélodie. The fine craftsmanship, remarkable beauty, and originality of his works capture the insouciance of la belle époque.
Video shows you paintings of the early 20th century.
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Song: À Chloris (1913)
Performance: Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano)
Reynaldo Hahn (August 9, 1874 -- January 28, 1947) was a Venezuelan, naturalised French, composer, conductor, music critic and diarist. Best known as a composer of songs, he wrote in the French classical tradition of the mélodie. The fine craftsmanship, remarkable beauty, and originality of his works capture the insouciance of la belle époque.
Video shows you paintings of the early 20th century.
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À Chloris-Στη Χλωρίδα
(Γαλλικά)S'il est vrai, Chloris, que tu m'aimes,
Mais j'entends, que tu m'aimes bien,
Je ne crois point que les rois mêmes
Aient un bonheur pareil au mien.
Que la mort serait importune
De venir changer ma fortune
A la félicité des cieux!
Tout ce qu'on dit de l'ambroisie
Ne touche point ma fantaisie
Au prix des grâces de tes yeux.
To Chloris
(Αγγλικά)
If it be true, Chloris, that thou lovst me,
And I understand that thou dost love me well),
I do not believe that even kings
Could know such happiness as mine.
How unwelcome death would be,
If it came to exchange my fortune
With the joy of heaven!
All that they say of ambrosia
Does not fire my imagination
Like the favour of thine eyes.
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