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Canzoniere

Dante Alighieri
 (1265 - 1321)

Translated by Edward Hayes Plumptre 
(1821 - 1891)


Le Rime (in English, The Rhymes) are the collection of lyric poems written by Dante Alighieri throughout his life. While the rest of Dante's works were prepared by himself for publication, these poems were written by him in letters, as parts of other works or independently, but only collected and ordered much later, by modern critics. Among these is found the famous collection of Rime Petrose, a cycle of poems dedicated to a woman nicknamed Pietra (Stone) due to her insensibility to the poet's love. As the work of a whole life, the poems are varied, and mirror the many different moments of Dante's thoughts, both poetically and philosophically.

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Run Time 3 Hours 46 Minutes in 3 Audio CDs

1 01 - Sonnet I - The First Vision of Love - 01:30
2 02 - Sonnet II - What might have been - 01:22
3 03 - Ballata I - De Profundis - 01:37
4 04 - Sonnet III - Death of Beatrice's Friend, 1 - 01:23
5 05 - Ballata II - Death of Beatrice's Friend, 2 - 01:42
6 06 - Sonet IV - Love as Pilgrim - 01:23
7 07 - Sonnet V - Separation - 01:25
8 08 - Canzone I - The Lover's Plea for Pity - 04:28
9 09 - Ballata III - Eyes Dim With Sorrow - 01:21
10 10 - Ballata IV - Apologia Pro Vita Sua - 02:59
11 11 - Sonnet VI - Inner Conflict - 01:21
12 12 - Sonnet VII - Transformation - 01:20
13 13 - Sonnet VIII - Drunk, But Not With Wine - 01:25
14 14 - Sonnet IX - Nec Morbos, Nec Remedia Pati Possumus - 01:26
15 15 - Canzone II - Laudes Beatricis - 04:46
16 16 - Canzone III - Retrospection - 05:26
17 17 - Sonnet X - The Birth of Love - 01:23
18 18 - Sonnet XI - Beatrice's Salutation - 01:23
19 19 - Sonnet XII - Beatrice`s Sorrows, 1 - 01:20
20 20 - Sonnet XIII - Beatrice's Sorrows, 2 - 01:21
21 21 - Sonnet XIV - The Company of Mourners - 01:17
22 22 - Sonnet XV - What Tidings of Beatrice? - 01:16
23 23 - Canzone IV - Forebodings - 05:25
24 24 - Sonnet XVI - Giovanna and Beatrice - 01:18
25 25 - Sonnet XVII - Beatrice, God's True Praise - 01:23
26 26 - Sonnet XVIII - The Beauty of Holiness - 01:28
27 27 - Sonnet XIX - All Saint's Day, 1289 - 01:24
28 28 - Ballata V - Dawning of New Hope - 01:24
29 29 - Sonnet XX - Credentials Witdrawn - 01:23
30 30 - Sonnet XXI - Repulsion and Attraction - 01:20
31 31 - Sonnet XXII - The Moth and the Candle - 01:18
32 32 - Canzone V - The Fear of Death is Fallen Upon Me - 05:02
33 33 - Stanza - Sighs From Beatrice's Greeting - 01:15
34 34 - Canzone VI - Beatrice in Paradise - 04:41
35 35 - Sonnet XXIII - Grief Too Deep For Tears - 01:17
36 36 - Canzone VII - Beatrice with the Angels - 02:05
37 37 - Sonnet XXIV - A Year After - 01:31
38 38 - Sonnet XXV - The Relief of Tears - 01:27
39 39 - Sonnet XXVI - Sorrow Finding Sympathy - 01:27
40 40 - Sonnet XXVII - The Wanderings of the Eyes - 01:23
41 41 - Sonnet XXVIII - Pity Akin to Love - 01:25
42 42 - Sonnet XXIX - Sighs and Thoughts - 01:23
43 43 - Sonnet XXX - Pilgrims in Florence - 01:20
44 44 - Sonnet XXXI - Beatrice Transfigured - 01:20
45 45 - Canzone VIII - Pain of Separation - 05:14
46 46 - Canzone IX - The Lover`s Threats - 05:06
47 47 - Sonnet XXXII - The Lover's Anathema - 01:27
48 48 - Ballata VI - Ignorance in Asking - 01:22
49 49 - Ballata VII - Memories - 01:23
50 50 - Ballata VIII - The Garland - 01:36
51 51 - Sonnet XXXIII - Love's Sovereignty - 01:27
52 52 - Sonnet XXXIV - The Envoy's Instructions - 01:24
53 53 - Sonnet XXXV - For Other's Sake - 01:20
54 54 - Ballata IX - Terrible in Beauty - 01:53
55 55 - Sonnet XXXVI - Beautiful and Pitiless - 01:24
56 56 - Sonnet XXXVII - A Cry for Help - 01:26
57 57 - Sonnet XXXVIII - Disappointment - 01:22
58 58 - Sonnet XXXIX - Stellar Influences - 01:22
59 59 - Ballata X - The Scorn of Scorn - 02:11
60 60 - Sestina I - Similitudes of Love - 03:20
61 61 - Sestina II - Similitudes of Love - 03:14
62 62 - Sestina III - Similitudes of Love - 03:21
63 63 - Cazone X - Hard as a Rock - 04:19
64 64 - Canzone XI - Winter - 05:40
65 65 - Canzone XII - Return of Spring - 06:11
66 66 - Canzone XIII - Love's Service - 06:54
67 67 - Canzone XIV - The Angels of the Third Heaven - 05:05
68 68 - Canzone XV - The Miracle of Beauty - 06:50
69 69 - Canzone XVI - True Nobility - 06:33
70 70 - Canzone XVII - Virtus Sola Nobilitas - 05:48
71 71 - Canzone XVIII - Freedom and Bondage - 07:11
72 72 - Canzone XIX - The Three Exiles - 04:45
73 73 - Canzone XX - Laudes Florentiae - 03:51
74 74 - Sonnet XL - Friendly Warning - 01:28
75 75 - Sonnet XLI - Quis Locus Ingenio - 01:26
76 76 - Sonnet XLII - Rivals or Partners - 01:25
77 77 - Sonnet XLIII - Fair But Cruel - 01:32
78 78 - Sonnet XLIV - Faith and Unfaith - 01:21
79 79 - Ballata XI - The Beatific Vision - 01:11
80 80 - Ballata XII - Springtime Joy - 01:55
81 81 - Sonnet XLV - What is Love? - 01:04
82 82 - Sonnet XLVI - Spring After Winter - 01:09
83 83 - Sonnet XLVII - Gold Tried in the Fire - 01:31
84 84 - Sonnet XLVIII - Ad Misericordiam - 01:41
85 85 - Sonnet XLIX - Strength in Weakness - 01:30
86 86 - Canzone XXI - In Memoriam - 06:08
87 87 - Dante's Confession of Faith - 15:14

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