Kredyty
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Matthias Goerne
Baritone
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestra
Mikko Franck
Conductor
Nathan Mierdl
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer
Abram Efros
Translation
Philippe Frison
Translation
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Vincent Villetard
Producer
Pierre Monteil
Recording Engineer
Xavier Lévêque
Editing Engineer
Didier Martin
Creative Director
Loïc Petitjean
Assistant Engineer
Sébastien Royer
Assistant Engineer
Tekst Utworu
Sire if any proverb of old be true
It’s this ‘Who can ne’er has the will to act’
You’ve wrongly credited malicious tales
Rewarding the foul enemy of truth
I am and always was your faithful servant
Given to you as rays are to the sun
Yet nought you reck the time I spend in labour
The more I toil the less I seem to please
Once I had hoped to rise through your Great height
For this the scales and powerful sword of justice
Were needed not the echoing voice of spite
But heaven itself seems to despise all good
Found here on earth bidding us to go
And gather fruit from dry and barren wood
Written by: Dmitri Shostakovich