1. LULLABY
Music by: Robert Smith and The Cure; Lyrics by: Robert Smith; Arrangement by: Massimiliano Pace
On candy stripe legs the spiderman comes
Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim shivering in bed
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom and
Suddenly a movement in the corner of the room
And there is nothing I can do
When I realize with fright
That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight
Quietly he laughs and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
Closer to the foot of the bed
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
Teraphosidae ad te levavi libera nos terrores nocturnus
Teraphosidae ad te levavi libera nos terrores nocturnus
Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
The spiderman is having you for dinner tonight
And I feel like I'm being eaten
By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I will wake up
In the shivering cold
And the spiderman is always hungry
In hoc terrore nocturnus. Ego sum terrore nocturnus
In hoc terrore nocturnus. Ego sum terrore nocturnus
Quietly he laughs and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
Closer to the foot of the bed
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
Teraphosidae ad te levavi libera nos terrores nocturnus
Teraphosidae ad te levavi libera nos terrores nocturnus
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Aleksis Kristian Marra, Tommaso Pellegrini, Simone Sangiorgio, choir
2. ACALANTO DA ROSA
Music by: Cláudio Santoro; Lyrics by: Vinicius de Moraes; Arrangement by: Massimiliano Pace
Dorme a estrela no céu
Dorme a rosa em seu jardim
Dorme a lua no mar
Dorme o amor dentro de mim
É preciso pisar leve
Ai, é preciso não falar
Meu amor se adormece
Que suave o seu perfume
Dorme em paz rosa pura
O teu sono não tem fim
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Francesco Vignanelli, cello
3. DREAMS
Music and lyrics by: Massimiliano Pace
When I was young I had lot of dreams
A red sofa, carpet on the floor
A big window the ocean outside
sound of the waves lulling my nights
and your eyes
Season by season the eyes changed names
outside the window the snow and the rain
some purple flower are bloomed in the garden
between the rain the white now appears
but your eyes
First eyes were blue
the last eyes were green
shadows and lights are dancing with me
I still remember the sound of your voice
when at the sunrise were looking for me
but you, you are still apart
Like a thigt-rope walker I risk to fall down
but on this thin wire I fell me so immortal
oh what perverse emotion
could I close now my eyes
and then try to fly
with my wings free in the sky
When I was young I had lot of dreams
A red sofa, carpet on the floor
A big window the ocean outside
sound of the waves lulling my nights
and your eyes
Season by season the eyes changed names
outside the window the snow and the rain
some purple flower are bloomed in the garden
between the rain the white now appears
but your eyes
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Emilia Sługocka, cello
4. LA SIMINZINA
Music and lyrics by: Sicilian popular song; English lyrics by: Luciana Di Bella; Arrangement by: Massimiliano Pace
Vò e la rivò, ora veni lu patri tò
E ti porta la siminzina, la rosamarina e lu basilicò
Ti porta la siminzina, la rosamarina e lu basilicò
Oh figghia mia lu santu passau
E di la bedda mi 'nni spiau
E iu ci dissi: La bedda durmìa
E dormi figghia di l'arma mia
Ed iu ci dissi: La bedda durmìa
E dormi figghia di l'arma mia
(Mira il tuo popolo oh bella Signora
Che pien' di giubilo oggi ti onora)
Time for beddy bye
Now it's time to sleep sweet and tight
And your dad will come in the night
bringing you basil, rosemary and light
Oh little baby the saint has come
asking about you the beautiful soul
I had to tell him the beauty was sleeping
Now don't cry and sleep my soul no don't cry
I had to tell him the beauty was sleeping
Now don't cry and sleep my soul no don't cry
Vò e la rivò, vò e la rivò…
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Laura Bianco, violin; Giovanna Famulari, cello; Francesco Vignanelli, cello
5. BUTTERFLY
music from “Madama Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini; Lyrics by: Luciana Di Bella; Arrangement by: Massimiliano Pace
Butterfly
almond eyes
don't you cry,
I'm by your side
The sun will raise up
and will find us
still in our hug
Hold me tight,
lift your heart
nightmares are fading away
And good things
are coming to stay
Butterfly
the sun rays will not melt
your butter wings
so you can fly high and light
everyday of life
Butterfly
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Laura Bianco, violin; Giovanna Famulari, cello; Francesco Vignanelli, cello; Sara Lembo, Matilde Mantovani, Emma Santagati, Elisabetta Savagnone, choir
6. SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)
music by: Annie Lennox, David Stewart; Lyrics by: Annie Lennox; Arrangement by: Massimiliano Pace
Sweet dreams are made of this
who am i to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
everybody’s looking for something
some of them want to use you
some of them want to get used by you
some of them want to abuse
you some of them want to be abused
Sweet dreams are made of this
who am i to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
everybody’s looking for something
hold your head up
keep your head up
hold your head up
keep your head up...
Sweet dreams are made of this
who am i to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
everybody’s looking for something
hold your head up
keep your head up
hold your head up
keep your head up...
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Laura Bianco, violin; Giovanna Famulari, cello; Francesco Vignanelli, cello;
7. CREPEREIA
music by: Massimiliano Pace; Lyrics by: Giovanni Pascoli
Flamen oblitas grave tibiarum
nunc procul flenti mihi pellit auris
neniaeque urguent resonoque maesta
praefica lesso.
Ducitur funus per aprica ripae,
murmur etrusco Tiberi ciente
triste, per sepes ubi gignit albos
spina corymbos.
Floridam non te ruber igne Vesper
matris abduxit gremio morantem
nec faces Hymen, oh Hymen
pueri levantes concinuerunt.
have have Tryphaena
have have Philetum
Tryphaena, Tryphaena
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Laura Bianco, violin; Giovanna Famulari, cello; Francesco Vignanelli, cello;
8. SUMMERTIME
music by: George Gershwin; Lyrics by: Ida Gershwin; Arrangment: Massimiliano Pace
Summertime, and the living is easy.
Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high.
Your daddy's rich, and your ma is good-looking.
So, hush, little baby, don't you cry.
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing.
Yes, you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky.
But 'til that morning, there's nothing can harm you.
With daddy and mammy standing by.
Summertime, summertime
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Giovanni Di Cosimo, trumpet
9. TAKE CARE OF HER
Music and lyrics by: Massimiliano Pace
I’m so confused
The dream is really true
I am a prisoner
Marching in the snow
But I realize
I’m a fugitive
Some other people with me
Somebody is hunting us
We approaching now the town
Every one choose a place
Where hiding well them self
Quickly I decide
The building at the right side
I run to open the elevator gate
From the main door
A woman runs to me
Her daughter hidden in her arms
The fear is dripping from her eyes
She’s a fugitive too
A tatto on left hand
She gives me than the baby and pray
“please...Take care of her”
Ground zero to the top
It seems to be an eternal trip
At last on the eleven floor
The landing is dark and very small
Oh baby girl
You are sleeping quiet into my arms
Nothing could boring your dreams
At the left of us
A fat man with a funny voice:
“The right place for our rendezvous
Is not here but at fourth floor
By the way please follow me
I will show you the place to stay
nobody could found you in this room so please ...
Take care of her”
Smell of flowers in the house
Coloured walls a lot of light
Background music It seems Chopin
The living room is on two levels
The upper side is very strange
The fat man there
He touch the ground
A lot of green, is real grass
At every touch a strike of light
Oh this is the place I have been looking for
The little baby is my soul
The grass will be the place where sleep again
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Giovanna Famulari, cello, Emilia Sługocka, cello
10. WIEGENLIED
Music by: Johannes Brahms; Lyrics by: Georg Scherer; Arrangement by: Massimiliano Pace
Guten Abend, gut' Nacht,
Mit Rosen bedacht,
Mit Näglein besteckt,
Schlupf unter die Deck!
Morgen früh, wenn Gott will,
wirst du wieder geweckt,
Morgen früh, wenn Gott will,
wirst du wieder geweckt.
Lullaby and goodnight,
with roses bestride,
with lilies bedecked,
'neath baby's sweet bed.
May thou sleep,
may thou rest,
may thy slumber be blest.
May thou sleep,
may thou rest,
may thy slumber be blest.
Luciana Di Bella, soprano; Massimiliano Pace, piano; Karl Devisu, flute
recorded at Oasi Studio, Rome, mixed at Millenium Audio Recording, Rome, sound engineering Paolo Modugno;
mastered at Reference Mastering, Rome, sound engineering Fabrizio De Carolis
music production Massimiliano Pace