Classical Music | Baritone

Recorded on 06/07/2017, uploaded on 04/22/2018

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

L'invitation au voyage by Henri Duparc

My child, my sister,
Wonder at the sweetness
Of going down there to live together,
To love at leisure
To love and to die
To country which resembles you.
The moist suns
Of those misty skies
Charm my spirit,
As mysterious,
As your treacherous eyes,
Shining through their tears.
  There, all is order and beauty,
  Luxury, calm and sensuousness.

See on these canals
Sleep these vessels
Whose temperament is to wander;
It is to quench
Your simplest desire
That they come from the ends of the earth.
The setting suns
Clothe the fields,
The canals, the whole town,
With hyacinth and gold;
The world falls asleep
Within a warm light!
  There, all is order and beauty,
  Luxury, calm and sensuousness.

Courtesy of International Music Foundation.