Le sacre sinfonie del tempo - The Sacred Symphonies of Time

Le sento più vicine le sacre sinfonie del tempo Con una idea: che siamo esseri immortali Caduti nelle tenebre, destinati a errare; Nei secoli dei secoli, fino a completa guarigione Guardando l'orizzonte, un'aria di infinito mi commuove; Anche se a volte, le insidie di energie lunari Specialmente al buio mi fanno vivere nell'apparente inutilità Nella totale confusione ... Che siamo angeli caduti in terra dall'eterno Senza più memoria: per secoli, per secoli Fino a completa guarigione Le sacre sinfonie del tempo © 1991 Franco Battiato "Le sacre sinfonie del tempo" is a contemplative song about a sacred Eternity from which we came and to which we will return and be healed. According to Gurdjieff, the moon feeds on our souls and pushes us in directions that take us further from a sense of the divine, even into violence and war.

I hear them closer, the sacred symphonies of time, with an idea: that we are immortal beings fallen into darkness, destined to err, forever and ever, until complete healing. Looking at the horizon, a breath of the infinite moves me; even if at times the perils of lunar energies, especially in the darkness, make me live in seeming futility. In the total confusion . . . that we are fallen angels on land since eternity with no more memory: for centuries, for centuries until complete healing. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Come un camello in una grondaia was released in 1991, and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios because Battiato and arranger Giusto Pio wanted to use the Astarte Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers, both based in London. The album marks a further distancing from Battiato's 1980s pop/rock period, with the rhythm section being jettisoned, resulting in four contemporary Lieder, which are poems set to classical music. These four works of Battiato are paired with four traditional Lieder: Schmerzen by Wagner, Plaisir d'amour by Martini Il Tedesco, Gestillte Sehnsucht by Brahms, and Oh Sweet Were the Hours by Beethoven.

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