Ecco mormorar l'onde - Madrigal for 5 voices, composed by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

From the Second Book of Madrigals (Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci), published ca. 1590. Recorded in October, 2016 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen - Germany Interpreters: Sojeong Im (Soprano I) Cornelia Fahrion (Soprano II) Fábio Maciel (Alto/Tenor I) Jan Van Elsacker (Tenor II) Saloum Diawara (Bass) Musical Direction: Jan Van Elsacker Recording Engineer: Wolfgang Mittermaier Text (Poem by Torquato Tasso): Ecco mormorar l’onde e tremolar le fronde a l’aura mattutina e gl’arborscelli E sovra i verdi rami i vaghi augelli cantar soavemente e rider l’Oriente Ecco già l’alba appare e si specchia nel mare e rasserena il cielo e imperla il dolce gelo e gl’alti monti indora O bella e vaga aurora l’aura è tua messaggera e tu de l’aura ch’ogn’arso cor ristaura English translation: Hear now the murmuring waves The rustle in the tree tops As morning breezes stir the swaying branches. And on the verdant boughs The birds sing sweetly Airs that greet the sunrise The eastern sky is beaming. See how the dawn arises Mirror’d deep in the ocean. She brightens all the heavens. She turns to pearl drops of dew And decks the mountains with gold. O loveliest and gracious Aurora, The Breezes are your heralds , And you are theirs envoy. Scalded hearts to life restoring