Pur ti miro

Pur ti miro (Monteverdi)

Sandrine Piau & Anne Sofie von Otter with Cappella Mediterranea under the direction of Leonardo García Alarcón.

"Pur ti miro, pur ti godo,
Pur ti stringo, pur t'annodo ;
Più non peno, più non moro,
O mia vita, o mio tesoro.
Io son tua, tuo son io,
Speme mia, dillo, di.
Tu sei pur l'idolo mio,
Si, mio ben, si, mio cor, mia vita, si."

[I gaze upon you, I desire you,
I embrace you, I enchain you ;
no more grieving, no more dying,
o my life, o my beloved.
I am yours, yours am I,
my hope, tell it, tell.
You are truly my idol,
yes, my love, yes, my heart, my life, yes.]

From Anne Sofie von Otter's new recital disc Sogno Barocco from Naïve:


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Art in the video by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)