José Van Dam, Belgian baritone sings Chanson de la mort Piano: Maciej Pikulski, (texte :Alexandre Arnoux (1884-1973) from the song cycle Chansons de Don Quichotte by Jacques Ibert
Ne pleure pas Sancho, ne pleure pas, mon bon Ton maître n'est pas mort, il n'est pas loin de toi Il vit dans une île heureuse Où tout est pur et sans mensonges Dans l'île enfin trouvée où tu viendras un jour Dans l'île désirée, O mon ami Sancho! Les livres sont brûlés et font un tas de cendres. Si tous les livres m'ont tué il suffit d'un pour que je vive Fantôme dans la vie, et réel dans la mort Tel est l'étrange sort du pauvre Don Quichotte.
Dio quanto amo questo video! Un artista sensazionale! Ho avuto la fortuna e l'onore di ascoltare la sua arte dal vivo, e l'ho amato ancora di più! Grazie Maestro, per questo capolavoro!!!
The best of them all vocally and musically and "linguistically" (the enunciation, I mean), such gorgeous French pronunciation with a beautiful instrument. Like Hermann Prey in German. This, and the Chaliapin are the two for me! Any others?
John Russell Hans Hotter is one of them, as welll as many others ! Here is an interesting site that mentions few names of great singers of the past www.cantabile-subito.de/Bass-Baritones/bass-baritones.htm
No, this one is Jacques Ibert as written. You are thinking probably at the other cycle. Oui, j'ai choisi seulement une pièce de chacun des cycles... Une bonne idée...
I disagree! Sancho of course is sad, his master is dying. But Don Quichotte is dying and he feels that it is unjustly so! Such a tragic character, he fancies himself a great man when he is actually a failure! Think of the pain and torment of your death when these are the final thoughts you (as the character) have to be faced with. This is heard in the final "Ah"
