Heather Harper feat. Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge & Bryan Drake - The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans" - translation of the lyrics into German
Heather Harper feat. Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge & Bryan Drake The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"

Heather Harper feat. Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge & Bryan Drake




The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"
Der Raub der Lucretia, Op. 37: "Der Wohlstand der Etrusker"
The prosperity of the Etruscans was due to the richness of their
Der Wohlstand der Etrusker war ihrem fruchtbaren
Native soil, the virility of their men
Heimatboden zu verdanken, der Männlichkeit ihrer Männer
And the fertility of their women
Und der Fruchtbarkeit ihrer Frauen
When the Etruscan princes conquered Rome, they
Als die etruskischen Prinzen Rom eroberten,
Founded the imperial city, building it in stone
Gründeten sie die Kaiserstadt, bauten sie aus Stein
And the Etruscan builders watched the proud
Und die etruskischen Baumeister sahen die stolzen
Romans swept as they toiled in mountain quarry
Römer keuchen, während sie im Bergsteinbruch schufteten
Then the victors embellished their palaces with delicate
Dann schmückten die Sieger ihre Paläste mit zarten
Silver and tapestries, which they taught the Roman
Silber und Wandteppichen, die sie den römischen
Nobility to weave in the shadows of an Etruscan cellar
Adel lehrten im Schatten eines etruskischen Kellers zu weben
Through all their art there runs this paradox
In all ihrer Kunst zeigt sich dies Rätsel
Passion for creation and lust to kill
Schaffensleidenschaft und Mordslust zugleich
Behind the swan's neck they paint a fox
Hinter den Schwanenhals malen sie den Fuchs
And on their tombs a wooden phalanx stood
Und auf Gräbern stand eine hölzerne Phalanx
Then Tarquinius Superbus ruled in Rome, relentless as a
Dann herrschte Tarquinius Superbus in Rom, unbarmherzig wie eine
Torrid sun, and the whole city- Now the masters become the
Gluthitze, und die ganze Stadt – Nun sind die Herrscher der
Etruscans' servants, and all our cities are bizarre to them
Etrusker Diener, und alle Städte sind ihnen seltsam
Long live the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Long live the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Long live the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Then Rome has sons and Jews are brothers
Dann sind Roms Söhne und Juden Brüder
With our Inquisition and Christian King
Mit Inquisition und christlichem König
Long to the Romans!
Lang lebe die Römer!
Long to the Romans!
Lang lebe die Römer!
Long to the Romans!
Lang lebe die Römer!
Before it's never been safe to speak one's mind in
Vorher war es nie sicher, frei zu sprechen in
Rome, but now every whore has the emperor's ear
Rom, jetzt hört des Kaisers Ohr jeder Hure zu
Long to the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Long to the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Long to the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Ah!
Ah!
One day Rome will have us praying to our officials
Einst beten wir in Rom zu Amtsträgern
Or worse, without us they'll still be in command
Oder schlimmer: ohne uns herrschen sie weiter
Long to the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Ah!
Ah!
While the she-wolf sleeps at night, but each Roman man is mad
Schläft nachts die Wölfin, ist jeder Römer wahnsinnig
And when the she-wolf bays at night, they fear from Jove almighty
Heult nachts die Wölfin, fürchten sie Jupiter
Long to the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Long to the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Long to the Etruscans!
Lang lebe die Etrusker!
Ah!
Ah!
Then Tarquinius Superbus ruled in Rome, relentless as a torrid sun
Dann herrschte Tarquinius Superbus in Rom, unbarmherzig wie Gluthitze
And the whole city sulked in discontent, hating the foreign
Und die ganze Stadt murrte voll Missmut, hasste die fremden
Aristocrats with their orgies and auguries and effete philosophies
Aristokraten mit Orgien, Prophetien und verweichlichtem Denken
There was whispering behind shuttering, and every
Da war Geflüster hinter Fensterläden, und jeder
Stone that was thrown spoke for the whole of Rome
Geschleuderte Stein sprach für Rom als Ganzes
Oh, tyrants fall, though tyranny persists
Oh, Tyrannen fallen, doch Tyrannei bleibt
Though crowds disperse, the mob is never less
Mengen vergehen, der Pöbel niemals schwindet
For violence is the fear within us all
Denn Gewalt ist die Urangst in uns allen
And tragedy the measurement of man, and hope is brief view of God
Tragödie das Maß des Menschen, Hoffnung Gottes flüchtiger Blick
Oh, Christ, heal our blindness which we mistake for
Oh Christus, heil unsre Blindheit, die wir als
Sight, and show us your day, for ours is endless night
Sicht missdeuten, zeig uns deinen Tag, denn unser ist endlose Nacht
While we as towards the steppe, between its deserts, oryens
Wenn wir, durch die Steppe, zwischen Wüsten, dem Osten
And the sea, we'll view this human passion and these ills
Und dem Meer, diese Passion, dies Leid sehen werden
Through eyes which once have wept with Christ's tears
Mit Augen, die mit Christi Tränen einst weinten




Writer(s): Benjamin Britten, Andre Obey, Ronald Duncan
Heather Harper feat. Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge & Bryan Drake - Britten Conducts Britten: Opera Vol. 2
Album
Britten Conducts Britten: Opera Vol. 2
date of release
07-10-2004

1 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: Introduction: The Wood
2 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles
3 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter
4 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"
5 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint
6 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman"
7 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song"
8 The Turn of the Screw, Op.54: Interlude: Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel
9 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Epilogue: Is It All?"
10 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "She Sleeps As a Rose"
11 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Are We All Met?"
12 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night
13 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"
14 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"
15 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Interlude: Here in This Scene"
16 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "It Is an Axiom Among Kings"
17 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Overture: Venice
18 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"
19 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Hey There, Hey There, You!"
20 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Children's Games: "Adziu, Adziu"
21 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Wall, Fur Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"
22 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Mysterious Gondola"
23 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "My Mind Beats On"
24 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Who Reaches Heaven First"
25 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Puppet? Why So?"
26 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "There Is Indeed in Every Artist's Nature"
27 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now My Love?"
28 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano
29 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood"
30 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VIII - Scene 1: Colloquy and So- Lioquy
31 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"
32 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake
33 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Within This Frail Crucible of Light"
34 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Prologue
35 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Theme - Scene 1: The Journey
36 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower
37 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"
38 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "We Are Delighted to Greet the Signore"
39 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"
40 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"
41 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome
42 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window
43 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"
44 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells
45 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"
46 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I See Their Knavery"
47 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Naturally, Signore, I Understand"
48 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "You Were Right"
49 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"
50 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Have You Sent to Bottom's House?"
51 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"
52 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson
53 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Ah, Serenissima!"
54 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom
55 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"
56 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now, Mad Spirit?"
57 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora
58 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Is All Our Company Her?"
59 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: 'There Goes a Happy Man!'
60 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"
61 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Welcome Wanderer!"
62 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"
63 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Up and Down, Up and Down"
64 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Hail, Mortal, Hail!"
65 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams"
66 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Flower of This Purple Dye"
67 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"
68 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"
69 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Through the Forest Have I Gone"
70 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I Have a Reas'nable Good Ear in Music"
71 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Grim-look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"
72 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Your Bergomask"
73 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be It On Lion, Bear, or Wolf, or Bull"
74 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now, Fair Hippolyta"
75 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Well, Go Thy Way"
76 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Is Thy Negligence"
77 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Asleep, My Love?"
78 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Tarquinius does not dare
79 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Here the thirsty evening
80 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
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