L'Arpeggiata - Christina Pluhar: ZYGEL ACADEMIE Lamento della Ninfa - Claudio Monteverdi

ZYGEL ACADEMIE (France 2) 28 August 2018

Lamento della Ninfa - Claudio Monteverdi

L'Arpeggiata - Christina Pluhar (direction)
Céline Scheen - soprano
Christina Pluhar - theorbo
Josep Maria Marti Duran - theorbo
Paulina van Laarhoven - Lirone
Haru Kitamika - harpsichord
Doron Sherwin - cornetto
Boris Schmidt - double basse

[PrincipiumAeternum]

Bravissima! I bursted into tears! Scheen is superexpressive! *_* Her Pathos is making me vibrating

[shiningarmor]

That cornetto part is almost like a film noir jazz trumpet part.

[Kunstwerken]

Translation: The nymph's lament

The Sun had not brought
The day to the world yet,
When a maiden
Went out of her dwelling.

On her pale face
Grief could be seen,
Often from her heart
A deep sigh was drawn.

Thus, treading upon flowers,
She wandered, now here, now there,
And lamented her lost loves
Like this:

- O Love - she said,
Gazing at the sky, as she stood -
Where's the fidelity
That the deceiver promised? -

Poor her!

- Make my love come back
As he used to be
Or kill me, so that
I will not suffer anymore. -

Poor her! She cannot bear
All this coldness!

- I don't want him to sigh any longer
But if he's far from me.
No! He will not make me suffer
Anymore, I swear!

He's proud
Because I languish for him.
Perhaps if I fly away from him
He will come to pray to me again.

If her eyes are more serene
Than mine,
O Love, she does not hold in her heart
A fidelity so pure as mine.

And you will not receive from those lips
Kisses as sweet as mine,
Nor softer. Oh, don't speak!
Don't speak! you know better than that! -

So amidst disdainful tears,
She spread her crying to the sky;
Thus, in the lovers' hearts
Love mixes fire and ice.

[stephenhall]

Pluhar is often eccentric but this is to the extent of taking a wrecking ball to a great piece -- or rather part of piece.

[abcdabcd-cqle]

So kraftvoll - ich liebe Christinas Arrangements

[AlasPoorEngland]

Where are the 3 male singers called for in the original score? The showy Cornett solo is technically impressive, but musically null, and in no way compensates … sorry, this is a Disneyfication of the piece and cancels the sheer pathos of Monteverdi’s music …

[mrjulianbala]

Perfect ensemble! As Céline Scheen's resembles an angel painted by Leonardo, Lamento della Ninfa by Claudio Monteverdi sounds like Babe I’m gonna leave you by Led Zeppelin!

[MrFranciscojmm]

Che meraviglia! Bravi! Di Brasile, con afetto!

[sergiopalacio]

Cómo se llama el instrumento dé viento que interpreta el señor de camisa azul,

[alejandrobriglia]

Hermoso!!! Hermosa voz llena de sentimientos! los musicos son también fantásticos.Lamento della Ninfa es una Obra de Arte y tiene que ser escuchada !!

[pommaoshan]

Fantastic interpretation, but I miss a lot the male chorus part

[gabriellarossini]

Wonderful! I love this great artist, Cristhina and her beautiful voice..