Lost in his day-dream, he assumes the pose
Of sphinxes in the desert, languidly
Fixed in a reverie that has no end.
Charles Baudelaire
Music:
George Frideric Handel
Joseph and His Brethren HWV 59
Aria 'Prophetic raptures swell my breast'
Sandrine Piau-soprano
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari-first violin and conductor
