Cesare Valletti (1922-2000) – “Malinconia ninfa gentile” Aria da camera (“Sei Ariette”) – Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835).

Bongiovanni Compilation 2 CD “Cesare Valletti: Il Mito Dell’Opera” – ℗ 2011
Recorded between 1950 and 1963
Unkown Maestro at the Piano (?).

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“Malinconia, ninfa gentile”
Versi di Ippolito Pindemonte (1753-1828)

Malinconia, ninfa gentile,
la vita mia consacro a te;
i tuoi piaceri chi tiene a vile,
ai piacer veri nato non è.
Fonti e colline chiesi agli Dei;
m’udiron alfine, pago io vivrò,
né mai quel fonte co’ desir miei,
né mai quel monte trapasserò,
no, no mai.

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“Melancoly, gentle nymph”
Lyrics by Ippolito Pindemonte (1753-1828)

Melancholy, gentle nymph,
I dedicate my life to you;
the one who disdains your pleasures
is not born for true pleasures.
Fountains and hills I sought from the Gods;
they hear me at last, I will live happy,
never in my desires that fountain
nor ever that hill shall I pass,
no, never.

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