Donald Collup, bariton sings Les cygnes by Reynaldo Hah; Gerard van Blerk, piano - Netherlands, 9/84

This is an excerpt from a short recital I did for Hilversum Broadcasting in September of 1984, soon after winning the Janin Micheau Prize for French Music at the 1984 s'Hertogenbosch International Singing Competition
Your soul is a lake of love
Whose swans are my desires *
See them drifting round the lake,
Furrowing its surface *
Intrepid travellers,
They move with wide-spread wings *
Nothing is unknown to them,
Neither blue waves nor green isles *
Clamorous and stately, some
Have a whiteness beyond compare,
Desires, born during evenings,
Beneath a Bengal sun!
Others, silent and black,
Are wreathed in mystery,
Desires born from perfumes,
Where all on earth falls asleep.
These birds, that your soul sees forming,
Are without number!
How many already on the waters!
And how many still to be born!
Your soul is a lake of love,
Whose swans are my desires *
See, see how they drift round your soul!

[@EdenRDavis]

Une vraiment belle voix! Magnifique.

[@patricksdonnelly]

So beautiful, Donald.

[@treblechoir99]

Votre français est magnifique monsieur Collup, très belle diction. Une mélodie magnifique, dans le style très français. Merci.

[@francoislefebvre7572]

Raynaldo.... superbes mélodies... Donald: Beaucoup de sentiment dans l'interprétation. bravo.

[@UncleLouie867]

This is lovely- a pleasure to hear.

[@CharlotteinWeimar]

Beautiful

[@jacloiseleur8999]

magnifique interprétation, et si juste !

[@michaelbabin2027]

Gorgeous.

[@jjj2563j]

Très beau!

[@jingjiec2]

this is beautiful :)

[@CARLWRUBEL]

Is this the original key (Db)?

[@donaldcollup]

I don't think so. I think the original is Eb. Sorry for the late reply.

[@klausbaden]

Yes! It’s dflat-major!