From the first collection (Premier recueil) of Fêtes galantes
En sourdine (‘Muted’) Calm in the twilight offered by these tall branches, Let our love be imbued with this deep silence. Let us merge our souls and our hearts. And our enraptured senses dissolve into the languid motions of the pines and strawberry trees. Close your eyes a little. Cross your arms to your breast and from your sleepy heart, chase away all plans. Let us surrender to the sweet, soothing and rustling breeze that brushes across your feet. The waves of the russet grass. And when, solemnly, evening falls from the dark oaks, The voice of the nightingale will sing of our despair.
Classical Music | Soprano
Claude Debussy
En sourdine, from Fêtes galantes Play
Recorded on 04/17/2013, uploaded on 09/18/2013
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From the first collection (Premier recueil) of Fêtes galantes
En sourdine (‘Muted’)
Calm in the twilight offered by these tall branches,
Let our love be imbued with this deep silence.
Let us merge our souls and our hearts.
And our enraptured senses dissolve into the languid motions
of the pines and strawberry trees.
Close your eyes a little.
Cross your arms to your breast and from your sleepy heart, chase away all plans.
Let us surrender to the sweet, soothing and rustling breeze
that brushes across your feet.
The waves of the russet grass.
And when, solemnly, evening falls from the dark oaks,
The voice of the nightingale will sing of our despair.
More music by Claude Debussy
La Puerta del Vino, from Préludes Book II
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir, from Préludes, Book I
Soiree dans Grenade, from Estampes
Rapsodie (arr. Rousseau)
Arabesque in C sharp major
Beau Soir
Ondine, from Préludes Book II
La Cathédrale engloutie, from Preludes, Books 1, No.10
Estampes
Apparition, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
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Der Mond
Good Morning, Midnight, from Emily Dickinson Songs
Heart! We Will Forget Him!, from Emily Dickinson Songs
Nobody Knows This Little Rose , from Emily Dickinson Songs
Bee! I'm Expecting You!, from Emily Dickinson Songs
Clair de lune, from Fêtes galantes
Fantoches, from Fêtes galantes
Ständchen
Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss, from Giuditta
Frühlingslied
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