ДЕМОН (Александр Пушкин) / Demon (Alexander Pushkin) - art song

Music by ALEXANDER FEHT ( www.feht.com ) Music scores: http://www.feht.com/images/Pushkin_Songs_X3.pdf Performed by Nikolay Dorozhkin (tenor) and Sergey Chechyotko (piano) Helikon Opera Theater (Moscow) _______________________________________ Demon Alexander Pushkin In those past days when all impressions Of the existence were still new to me - The women's side-glances, the rustle of a grove, And late at night the song of a nightingale - When those sublime passions Of freedom, glory, and love, Together with the inspired arts, Excited forcefully my blood, Like a sudden shadow of angst Amidst the hours of hopes and pleasures, Some evil genius began To visit me in secret. Our meetings were quite joyless: His smile, his weird gaze, His stinging talk infused Cold venom into my soul. He tempted the providence With an inexhaustible malediction, He called the beauty just a dream, He disdained the inspiration, He won't believe in love or freedom, Looked mockingly at life itself, And won't bless a single thing In the whole universe. _______________________________________ ДЕМОН - Александр Пушкин Композитор: Александр Фет Исполнители: Николай Дорожкин (тенор), Сергей Чечетко (фортепиано)