Cipriano de Rore (c. 1515 - 1565): Mentre, lumi maggior del secol nostro

Cipriano de Rore (c. 1515 - 1565): Mentre, lumi maggior del secol nostro from Il quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, 1566 Ensemble astrophil & stella Johanna Bartz, Renaissance Traverso Mara Winter, Renaissance Traverso Anna Danilevskaia, Viola da Gamba Claire Piganiol, Double Harp Julio Caballero Pérez, Organ Video & Audio: Manuel Maio https://www.manuelmaio.com/ Recorded in St. Martin Egerkingen (CH) in October 2020 Recording Assistant: Guilherme Barroso Special Thanks to Kirchgemeinde St. Martin Egerkingen Katharina von Arx Márton Borsányi We hope enjoy our instrumental version of this wonderful madrigal by C. d. Rore! https://www.ensembleastrophilandstell... Text (english translation below): Mentre, lumi maggior de secol nostro Sotto’l Belgico ciel porge la luce Al carro ch’a l’oprar e al sonno induce, Nova Delia et Apol, lo splendor vostro; E mentr’il santo amor fra l’oro e l’ostro Da le perle e i robini al cor traluce Et a l’alto gioir vi riconduce, Cui non cape pensier nè adombr’inchiostro. Le caste nimphe su l’erbose sponde De la Trebia e del Taro in negro manto Doglionsi d’ogni lor gloria sparita, E colme di desir vaghe di pianto Tra mestissimi accenti e gli antri e l’onde Fan risonar Ottavio e Margherita. -- O luminaries of our time, New Diana and New Apollo! While your splendor under the Belgic sky imparts light To the solar chariot that either wakes us to labor, Or lulls us to sleep, as it courses across the heavens, And while holy love, through heraldic gold and crimson Shines from pearls and rubies into your hearts, Lifting you back to a lofty joy That no thought can grasp and no ink can darken, The virtuous Nymphs on the grassy banks Of Parma’s rivers – Trebia and Tarus – Weep in black cloaks over their departed glory, And filled with longing and faint from sobbing, Through doleful whimpers they echo the names of Ottavio and Magherita across caves and streams.