An Angel (Lermontov) / Ангел (М. Ю. Лермонтов) - art song

Music by ALEXANDER FEHT ( www.feht.com )
Performed by Nikolay Dorozhkin (tenor) and Sergey Chechyotko (piano)

Song from CD "The Prophet: Lermontov Songs" (available on Amazon.com)

CD "The Prophet: Lermontov Songs" includes 24 songs based on the works of Russian Romantic poet Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841). They were written by A.Feht when he was 16-19 years old. The songs were recorded during several sessions in the P.K. Kondrashin's Studio in Moscow, in 2001 and 2008.
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AN ANGEL
(in Russian) Words by Mikhail Lermontov

Through midnight skies an angel flew,
Singing a quiet tune,
And the crescent, and stars, and clouds crowded
To hear his holy song.

He sang of sinless spirits, blissful
Among the pastures of Heaven,
He sang of the mighty God, and his praise
Was truly unfeigned.

In his embrace, he carried a fresh soul
For our world of sorrow and tears;
And in this young soul the sound of angelic song
Remained without words but alive.

Long languished this soul in the mundane world,
Congested with sublime aspirations,
And never the sounds of Heaven were commuted
For this one by the tedious songs of Earth.
1831

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Ангел
(Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов)

Композитор: Александр Фет
Исполнители: Николай Дорожкин (тенор), Сергей Чечетко (фортепиано)

По небу полуночи ангел летел,
И тихую песню он пел,
И месяц, и звезды, и тучи толпой
Внимали той песне святой.

Он пел о блаженстве безгрешных духов
Под кущами райских садов,
О Боге великом он пел, и хвала
Его непритворна была.

Он душу младую в объятиях нес
Для мира печали и слез;
И звук его песни в душе молодой
Остался - без слов, но живой.

И долго на свете томилась она,
Желанием чудным полна,
И звуков небес заменить не могли
Ей скучные песни земли.
1831

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• Classical
• Russian
• Music
• Lieder
• Art
• Songs
• Lermontov
• Alexander
• Feht
• Nikolay
• Dorozhkin
• Doroshkin
• Sergey
• Chechyotko
• tenor

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

this was very sweet and pretty.

[8AHdl]

wonderful voice....5 * and much more...what a beautiful song.

[HildegardBehrens]

this is SO booful, thank you Alexander!!

[mouvoirpiece]

Beautiful!!

[TheJoshwinter]

Amazing Work

[pcma1970]

Wonderful melodie

[ukhtinka]

A very beautiful video and good translation. Thank you.

[luisalberto211]

wuaw, this song is beautiful, and a great tenor

Thank You

[bragova]

Very moving and inspiring - in addition to being beautiful music. (What my husband calls "real music").

[borgoantico44]

Bello!!!