Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Gerald Moore/Parisotti"Se tu M’ami
recorded 21/06/1957 at no1 studio, Abbey Road. Producer Walter Legge. Available from Testament no SBT 1206
“If you love me, if you sigh only for me, kind shepherd, I feel for your suffering, and your love pleases me.
But, if you think that I must love you only, little shepherd, you are too easily subject to self deception.
Today Sylvia may chose a beautiful red rose, taking the thorn, as an excuse, by tomorrow she may eject it.
As for me I do not accept men's advice in what I do. Because the lily pleases, I do not despise other flowers“