Uploaded by paulprocopolis on Mar 7, 2010
Liszt composed his settings of Francesco Petrarch's sonnets (numbers 104, 47 and 123) during 1838-39. Petrarch (1304-1374) was an early master of the Italian sonnet form, and the text of Sonnet No.104 roughly translates as follows:
I have no peace, but dare not fight. I fear, I hope and burn and freeze:
I fly above the sky and collapse to the Earth; I grasp nothing while I embrace the whole world.
I'm in a prison, not open, not closed, neither a slave nor free to go.
Love kills me not, nor releases me, nor lets me live, nor lightens my load.
Without eyes I stare, without voice I cry: Wishing to die, yet seeking help, I hate myself and love others.
I fulfill myself in grief and laugh in tears; I am balanced between life and death.
Lady, what a state I'm in because of you. (Oh Laura, because of you!)
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Wait you sure? The intro sounds like 104...
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Hi paulprocopolis: Just to let you know, this is sonnet 134 of Petrarca, not 104. Cheers, and thanks for posting this lovely interpretation.
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@paulprocopolis Thanks for helping!
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Many thanks a never herard before the Sonetto sung by by Thomas Quasthoff.
This is a special recording!
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What a journey this song has had to make it to us. and all conceived by Petrarch s turgid love for an unknown lady called "Laura" who must have spurned him, cruelly .. but enough to Inspire him to turn his pain into verse , which, many years later Liszt used to transcribe into this interesting song and piano solo and the rest is musical history as here . Thankyou for share,,,,
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Thanks for posting,i am very very interested in this song and i would love to have the baritone score.Could anyone help me?
cozmin1984 1 year ago
@cozmin1984 All three Petrarch sonnets for voice and piano are available from Boosey and Hawkes, though there is no information about the vocal range supplied on th website.
paulprocopolis 1 year ago