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• 20 Mar 2017

Renata Tebaldi – “Vaga luna, che inargenti” Aria da Camera – Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835).

DECCA Studio Album “Renata Tebaldi – Songs & Arias 1956/57”
First Releasing 1957
CD 1997.

Renata Tebaldi Soprano
M.° Giorgio Favaretto Piano.
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“Vaga luna, che inargenti” “is an arietta composed by Vincenzo Bellini to an anonymous Italian text and dedicated to Giulietta Pezzi. It was published in 1838 by Casa Ricordi in Tre ariette inedite along with two other Bellini songs, ‘Il fervido desiderio’ and ‘Dolente immagine di Fille mia’. It was also amongst the fifteen Bellini songs published by Ricordi under the title Composizioni da Camera in 1935, the centenary of the composer’s death. Composed in the bel canto style, it is a frequent recital piece, and has often been recorded. Its original key is in A-flat major with a tempo of andante cantabile.”

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Vaga luna, che inargenti

Vaga luna, che inargenti
queste rive e questi fiori
ed inspiri agli elementi
il linguaggio dell’amor;
testimonio or sei tu sola
del mio fervido desir,
ed a lei che m’innamora
conta i palpiti e i sospir.

Dille pur che lontananza
il mio duol non può lenire,
che se nutro una speranza,
ella è sol nell’avvenir.
Dille pur che giorno e sera
conto l’ore del dolor,
che una speme lusinghiera
mi conforta nell’amor.

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Lovely moon, you who shed silver light

Lovely moon, you who shed silver light
On these shores and on these flowers
And breathe the language
Of love to the elements,
You are now the sole witness
Of my ardent longing,
And can recount my throbs and sighs
To her who fills me with love.

Tell her too that distance
Cannot assuage my grief,
That if I cherish a hope,
It is only for the future.
Tell her that, day and night,
I count the hours of sorrow,
That a flattering hope
Comforts me in my love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqi5K73gzAo