Pastorello dun povero armento Handel Steve Davislim

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Pastorello d’un povero armento from the opera Rodelinda, HWV 19 • by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) • Steve Davislim, GRIMOALDO • Il Complesso Barocco • Alan Curtis, conductor • Pastorello d’un povero armento • pur dorme contento, • sotto l’ombra d’un faggio o d’alloro. • • Io, d’un regno monarca fastoso, • non trovo riposo • sotto l’ombra di porpora e d’oro. • The shepherd of a meager herd • can yet sleep happily • in the shade of a beech or laurel tree. • I, the monarch of a magnificent kingdom, • can find no rest • in the shade of the purple and gold. • translation by Kenneth Chalmers • Grimoaldo, usurper of Bertarido's throne, is struggling with his conscience and flees to the palace garden, hoping to find a peaceful spot where he can finally fall asleep. Even shepherds, he laments, can find rest under trees and bushes, but he, a king, cannot find rest anywhere. • available from Archiv Produktion • http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/a... • Art in the video: • [0:27] James Charles Morris (1851-1863) • [0:47] Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven (1798-1881) • [1:12] Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899) • [1:25] In the manner of John Opie (1761–1807) • [1:45] John Michael Wright (1617-94) • [2:30] Jan Vermeer van Haarlem (1656-1705) • [2:55] Charles-Émile Jacque (1813-1894) • [3:16] Cornelius Van Leemputten (1841–1902) • [3:24] Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)

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