Cecilia Bartoli-Lascia ch'io pianga

[ChristophePhilippe]

I wish Benita Valente's version were on youtube. it is the best, without question. But this is certainly an impeccable reading.

Sometimes I think Handel was to vocal music of his time what Irving Berlin was to vocal music of his time. The volume of pieces of very high quality is fairly high.

[Auidi1]

This interpretation is excellent...Lascia ch'io pianga.

Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte,

E che sospiri la libertà!

E che sospiri, e che sospiri la libertà!

Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte,

E che sospiri la libertà!

[joan04121]

마음이닿는다

[samsalabambam]

Ich habe selten etwas so schönes gehört......

[xKaoKaox]

beautiful music has no language barrier :)

[Kindred1a1]

honestly how can someone dislike this?

I understand everyone has their own style of music preference but if you can't hear the beauty in her voice and the melodic rhythm, then you should get an MRI to see how to get rid of that tumor pressing against your auditory pathway.

[Zeitgeiste]

Amazing the emotional power of this music coming through my tiny quarter inch laptop speakers.

[schwarzkavalier]

Please listen to this aria well,it's seemed written yesterday,isn't it??!!You cannot notice that it has been composed more than 200 years!! Wonderful!!!

[andypandywright]

ah the incomparable handel!

[jita123456]

Moje zamilovaná písnička...

[jomalobi]

Gracias, Gibberth por la tradución al español de esta bella ópera

Impresiona la voz de Cecilia.

[gibberth]

@jomalobi Cecilia está impresionante en este aria. La traducción al español es libre y no tan extensa como la letra original en Italiano, pero creo que resume bien el contenido. Gracias.

[vdizhoor]

Occasionally one hears the music that makes them feel and understand something very simple, something very true and intimately familiar, which cannot be contained in words, which transcends meaning. That music is inspired and like all inspired things, it inspires. This is that music.

[MarcheseCadmio88]

Ottimo!

[auro1070]

meravigliosa interpretazione

[zioka100]

come sempre impeccabile

[santuzza1971]

ademthealien007@gmail.com



[melibame]

so,so,so,so, beatuful!!!! woooo!!

[PJisPureJoy]

No, it's not beautiful and sensual. Phillipe Jaroussky is the best. He is so hot and gay. I love him.

[Opera7Star]

please tell me which is the original key for this aria????

[Opera7Star]

does somebody know which the original key of this aria is??please answer me

[solwrappednpaperlips]

"Let me weep over my cruel fate, And that I long for freedom! And that I long, and that I long for freedom! Let me weep over my cruel fate, And that I long for freedom! The duel infringes these images of my sufferings I pray for mercy. for my sufferances. I pray for mercy. Let me weep over my cruel fate, And that I long for freedom! And that I long, and that I long for freedom! Let me weep over my cruel fate, And that I long for freedom!

[fgrilli]

@solwrappednpaperlips Sorry, but this translation is incorrect "The duel infringes these images of my sufferings I pray for mercy. for my sufferances. I pray for mercy." I'd rather say "May sorrow shatter the chains of my torments just out of mercy".

[gibberth]

Lascia ch'io pianga

Mia cruda sorte

E che sospiri

La liberta!

Il duolo infranga

Queste ritorte

De' miei martiri

Sol per pieta

"Deja que llore mi suerte cruel y que añore la libertad". (Spanish)

Thanks Gigi, beautiful Cecilia.

[vdizhoor]

A rough English translation I found online:

Leave me to weep

over my cruel fate

and let me sigh for liberty.

May sorrow break

the bonds of my anguish,

if only for pity's sake.

[starlitefalling]

@vdizhoor yes, this song is about a character who is awaiting her death

[vdizhoor]

@starlitefalling

I have not yet heard the opera Rinaldo in full, but what is special about this piece, in my opinion, is that it is something that most of us can relate to, whatever the source of the sadness is. To me, this is at one time a Prayer and an Answer to it, intertwined and indistinguishable from each other - longing for solace while receiving it. A connection of Weeping and Freedom/Peace, ingeniously expressed by Handel.

[Equilibrio2008]

@gibberth Thanks for this songlyric. And thanks to poster for sharing.

[gibberth]

@Equilibrio2008 It's just work, with pleasure.

[gibberth]

@Equilibrio2008 It´s a pleasure to share good music, and lyrics.

[exohelenor]

@gibberth

[maredim]

@gibberth

Gracias a vos también por la letra, que es un fuego...

[gibberth]

@maredim Gracias por su comentario. realmente es un letra excepcional para su tiempo. Pasión.

[zyffe]

Worst rendition of this beautiful aria.

[gil4237]

My preference has always been music that goes straight to the heart.

This performance is as close to perfection as can be imagined.

[Kostaskrassus]

majestic vocals.Fell in love with the film "antichrist" and it's soundtracks

[donalfonsotube]

terribile

[Mnlsnk]

@donalfonsotube

don't be such a grouch! =)

[donalfonsotube]

senza nessuna partecipazione o pathos

[dolcetto88]

@donalfonsotube ma no dai, a me piace molto!

[serenaluce]

The ugliest rendition of all promoted "great artists" of this wonderful aria I've ever heard! Poor Handel! What happened to beauty? Bartoli only cares about her ugly technique! Sad...

[NART65]

@serenaluce wow you really have it in for her dont you? That is the sad thing. Nothing is wrong with her technique you just do not like her and nothing she does will ever change that. The ugly things are your comments. As I always say if you have better technique and you can do better then lets hear you.

[serenaluce]

@NART65 Nice to meet you again:-) Actually she is so overpromoted that it's impossible to have it in for her on her every video on YT! LOL To write several negative comments about her is not such a sad thing! LOL Actually her UGLY singing causes my ugly comments! I can't help it! LOL If you find her singing and technique NOT ugly, it's only your opinion against mine! And it's the beauty of YT!:-) Have you heard other versions of this great aria? I even don't mention CTs! LOL EgSuzie Leblanc's?

[AlbertoAntonio6]

think of the biggest number you can think of, add the number one after it and that's how many times in a row i've listened to this.

[GODLIKE20000]

my fav performance of this masterpiece

[shkura99]

Yoshikazu Mera actually best version of Lascia ch'io pianga ever

[TinyyChan]

I feel like this song is way better in Lust Och Fägring Stor / La Belleza de las Cosas

[Nahriele]

Amazing performance , what a beautifil voice.

I just close my eyes and enjoy it !

IT's beutiful !!!

[slimes23]

Has anyone seen that painting of Lady Jane Grey just before she's executed? This always reminds me of that. The balance of beauty and despair seem similar.

[mozzrt]

@slimes23 Yes, what a thought, you are right!

[ALYSSA09MUSICSTARS]

Perfect interpretation by Cecilia Bartoli. Her beautiful voice is made for these composers - in this case George Frederic Handel. Thank you for sharing!

ALYSSA

[DersimLondon]

Not in to classic to much. But this is lovley, apart from been end of the golf program on BBC it's also the theme to fame HITMAN

[DersimLondon]

Nice

[2oceans]

They just used this piece in the final moments of the Open Golf coverage on BBC.

Stunning

[YT102008]

Bello, cantata come dovrebbe essere.

[YT102008]

One of the few singers who actually pronounce all the words correctly. Of course, she's Italian.

[YT102008]

This aria is from Handel's opera Rinaldo. Almirena, the daughter of Goffredo is captured. She is lamenting her circumstance and crying for her freedom. You should hear the sorrow and weeping in the voice. She is eventually reunited with Rinaldo.

[YT102008]

Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte,

(Let me weep my cruel fate)

e che sospiri la libertà.

(and let me sigh for liberty).

Il duolo infranga queste ritorte

(May sorrow break these chains)

de' miei martiri sol per pietà.

(of my suffering, for pity’s sake).

[alexandros700]

terribilmente meraviglioso!|

[bioqueiroz]

Me too! ;) Even though the scene is very tragic. Fantastic film.

[melopedia]

¡Magnífica, como siempre!!!.-

[Skarsauneh]

When i hear this song i cant think about anything else than the fucked up movie

[dr1944]

ESTA VOZ ES EXCELSA. LO MAS BELLO QUE SE PUEDE ESCUCHAR....

[MarcoCallas]

I have often criticized Cecilia in her belcanto roles, because in my opinion she has a problem with the legato in her vocalizing, but here she is superb, splendid. I think she should concentrate more on the Baroque repertory, which serves her voice much better.

[cfrost87]

this is by far my favorite version of this song. of all the people i have heard sing it, cecilia is still the best.

[marjannl]

You have to look at "Fabio Capello crying very rare" (44 sec) This song has been used in little peaces, when Marco van Basten says goodbye to AC Milan. He can't play soccer again, because his injury. It's a short video of Marco van Basten, but very emotional to see.

[TheAusRotten]

I agree, I fell in love with this song too, when I watched the film...

[anUnkindnessvideo]

I don't know if I can remember any other song that's made me cry without the help of relating to the lyricism.

[aidavg]

te amooooo ceciliaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

[mvshocs]

THe lyrics of this piece are a painful longing for relief from adversity.

From that point of view there's nothing wrong with the song used for the begining of Antichrist. A plus is the beauty of images, that's why it is not easy to forget that part of the movie. is it amazing how the director was able manage everything to keep us talking about?

[HARMONICO101]

@mvshocs sensationalism will do that. It is extremely easy to pull off. No artistry or skill required.

[lss2388]

Beautiful song. Shame it makes me think of a toddler falling to his death from a window whilst his parents go at it in the shower.

[Ilikefoiegras]

@lss2388 Your taste in music is better than your taste in films.

[reinhard4711]

Yes, indeed G.F.Händel and the story of Rinaldo falling in love with Armida makes the tears rise in your eyes ... And ever seen "Antichrist" and the context as of when that song is played, you cannot get it out of your ears or heart again.

Superb!

[dumpleval]

I was in the oper of it. It is realy beautiful also my 12years old son likes it.

[angelabinu]

My most favourite vocalist ever - thank you, Miss Bartoli.

[Kakflap]

This song is way too beautiful for that movie..Da piangere per davvero sto film.

[nopcbinfishoilplz]

Thanks for posting this video.

[sestoft]

B-e-a-utyful. For some reason I imagine this is the song I will hear in my deathbed. it is simply too beautyful.

[Javidion]

In which CD of Cecilia could I find this song please??

[pukabum]

The best 6 minutes of Lars von Trier's "Antichrist", the rest is boring.....

[Fanny6373]

@pukabum Absolutely!!

[fager32]

In the movie Farinelli, the only piece sung by one artist alone is Lascia. Not a mix! It was Ewa Godlewska. The rest were a mix between a male countertenor and females! Check out Ewa's website!

[kiltedboy1950]

NEWSFLASH!!! Everyone absolutely must see the film "Farinelli". The seen in which this aria is performed by Farinelli the castrato (Cecila Bartoli's interpretation is dubbed in) is priceless. I won't say more so as to not spoil the fun. "Farinelli" is a wonderful film for all who love this kind of music.

[HerrWarja]

@kiltedboy1950 Your information is wrong. A polish soprano hows name I cant spell and a countertenor called Lee was blended together to create a voice which was belived to be like a castrato.

[kiltedboy1950]

@HerrWarja You're absolutely right and thank you. The singers dubbed in were Derek Le Ragin and Ewa Mallas Godlewska. Now I remember more clearly that La Bartoli's voice wasdubbed on to a clip from the movie on You Tube. Nevertheless. "Farinelli" is a must see.

[kiltedboy1950]

I love this aria and nobody blows this better than La Bartoli!!!! Thank you for the lovely video. On a beautiful Spring day about a week ago and I was near the bandshell in Central Park (NYC). There was a choir of young girls in the bandshell singing this aria. I found myself singing along with. I'm no singer, but I didn't care.

[doctord185]

I saw the movie last night (Antichrist) and have since listened to several versions of this song. It is indeed mesmerizing and produces tranquility....

[bex930]

i wish i could get a copy of this, i can't find it anywhere except here!

[mrbobbit]

Let me weep

over my cruel fate

and sigh

for freedom.

May my grief

mercifully

break these chains

of anguish.

[josuearq]

great song

[GorgoTarantula]

bellissima voce, adatta per cantare questo favoloso brano che sembra superare le concezioni del barocco dando quasi un tocco del sentimento romantico....stupendo

[BigBadDog7076]

I do like her rendition of Lascia ch'io pianga. I do appreciate that she now sings Baroque in a way that she doesn't sound like she has a full 88 classical orchestra behind her and modulates her voice for the Baroque period instruments behind her.

[UssDreamTheater]

Come si fa a non amare Cecilia!?!

[zozmanpfc]

I've heard other performers, but this performance is of my taste. I don't know Italian but this music is very moving and making me very sad and happy. Happy because of beauty wich is soo hard to produce, and here I am, at the oportunity to feel that this maybe is that little thing. These things are wery rare and fragile in face of everyday primitivism and banality. But when you are alone, even with friends, and so close to it, you know you felt something. So It remains in solitude. And so I cry.

[GorgoTarantula]

@zozmanpfc the text is : leve that I cry, my severe fate and that I suspire the freedom...the pain must to broke this bad occurrences, of my martyrdoms only for pity.

I don't know if in english has a good mean but in italian is very very beautiful...I'm sorry if I had translate bad...I think that is similar....

[Ilikefoiegras]

@GorgoTarantula -

Let me weep

my cruel fate,

and let me sigh for liberty.

May sorrow break these chains

Of my sufferings, for pity's sake.

[wassilefsky1]

@ zozmanpfc

JA , DETTE ER I DEN Klasse FOR SIG SELV .

[Opera7Star]

@zozmanpfc PLEASE tell me in which key is this song originally written???

[octopuzi]

@Opera7Star F major

[Opera7Star]

@octopuzi thanks :))

[octopuzi]

@Opera7Star it is originally written in F major

[dpstix]

@zozmanpfc

...and that's maybe what beauty is made for, my friend.......

[cjthedj5]

Song was amazing in Antichrist.

[Anniwillmit]

Thank you for posting, Gigi. Beautiful picture too! My friend lost her family and we all have the worst time of our lives. This song makes me cry so much but it is caress for the soul. Thank you, Ceciia

[dontlayeggs]

This is just beautiful. I fell in love with this song when I watched "Antichrist"

[befuchs]

@dontlayeggs ANTICHRIST WAS SOOOO BADASS!!!!!!!!!!

[dontlayeggs]

I didn't like the movie that much. It was too ...how to say... perverted :)

[TomHallPD]

@dontlayeggs I too fell in love with the song, but thought the movie was the biggest piece of shit I had seen in my life!

This song made up for the hour and half of sheer boring cinema I sat through!

[elphbrat]

@dontlayeggs I just finished watching "Antichrist", and I will never hear this song the same way I did before. Very powerful movie & song!

[jugazuhe]

@dontlayeggs i couldnt agree more with you, MY BROTHER.BEAUTIFUL! but i fell in love with it when i watched "Farinelli il castrato".have a nice always now

[MeowThePurpleNinja]

@dontlayeggs did it play in the beginning when when the little boy jumped out of the window?

[bioqueiroz]

@dontlayeggs Me too! ;) Even though the scene is very tragic. Fantastic film.

[alexandros700]

@dontlayeggs Hi , i discovered this wonderful when i saw the antichrist and i remained very deeply moved from both!

[daniellos333]

@dontlayeggs

thats a sick fucking movie

[WeAreTheNight1]

@dontlayeggs silly? i’m f.u.c.k.i.n.g. scared of this since i watches antichrist……

[rumpwrestler]

@WeAreTheNight1 NOW we are being silly, aren't we? REALLY

[Sarastro1756]

@dontlayeggs me too! This song is amazing!!!!

[m25p2]

@dontlayeggs I too,....I couldn't get it out of my head after the film.

[bedtime4bonzo]

@dontlayeggs - and then i ejaculated blood...

[tacetviola]

@dontlayeggs Yeah, that's the first time I heard the song too. Absolutely hated the film but I'm glad I got this out of it.

[gojkosceva]

Amazing emotion...

[redboots77]

is this being sung in E?

[superiorbandgeek]

yes

[tellyvillanueve]

May I know the exact translation of this song?

Very nice song and was sang with full of feelings. Very nice voice, bravo!!!

[allyg416]

@tellyvillanueve its literally 5 comments down.

[SummerProductions347]

schööööön!

[malandrino78]

scusate l ignoranza come mai la musca è uguale di lascia la spina?.

[ilRecensoreCritico]

beh in realtà la pratica della parodia era utilizzata molto soventemente all'epoca di haendel e di bach, di quest'ultimo pensa per esempio all'introduzione della cantata 146, completamente presa da un corceto già scritto in precedenza. La cosa quindi non ti deve stupire, beh certo... ora che lo sai intendo. Le prime volte ci sono rimasto male anch'io quando sentivo più di una volta la stessa musica in composizioni diverse... eheh!

[kamranii]

In a few years I'll publish my auto-biograpghy. Then you'll know what she is singing about :)

[Rickyroma77]

Lascia ch'io pianga la cruda sorte, E che sospiri la libertà! E che sospiri, e che sospiri la libertà! Lascia ch'io pianga la cruda sorte, E che sospiri la libertà! [English translation:] Let me weep over my cruel fate And that I long for freedom! And that I long, and that I long for freedom! Let me weep over my cruel fate And that I long for freedom!

[granluce79]

brividi ovunque.

[mynameiscursed]

this song makes me want to watch antichrist all the time.

[Mix090]

Lyrics:

Leave me in sorrow that knows no morrow; Deep is my long-ing for this liberty. Deep is my long-ing, deep is my long-ing for this liberty. Leave me in sorrow that knows no morrow; Deep is my long-ing for liberty. O tears assuaging pain's bitter raging, From my great torment in pity free me. From my great torment, O set me free! (repeat from 1st verse) i enjoy listening to this song, i am singing this song for NYSSMA and i really love the words, i sing it with such feeling, just like her

[kappaisonline]

ITALIAN: "Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte, e che sospiri la libertà. Il duolo infranga queste ritorte de' mei martiri sol per pietà." ENGLISH: "Leave me to weep over my cruel fate and let me sigh for liberty. May sorrow break the bonds of my anguish, if only for pity's sake."

[kappaisonline]

"Let me weep over my cruel fate, and that I long for freedom"

[kappaisonline]

i'm italian....it's "cruda sorte"

cruda means cruel,pitiless...and I think that pitiless it's more appropriate as a right translation.

anyway..it means something bad, which hurts the soul.

[nanygigi]

I saw "la dura sorte" too

[zappafile123]

ah, what beauty, unspeakable beauty. this has made me cry.

[szk4c]

BEAUTIFUL!! :-))))

[xavierpardosabartes]

it's cruda.

[caucasoGG]

Cruda Sorte = Severe Fate or 'particularly bitter fate' (original lyrics).

some times 'dura sorte' = hard fate (modern version).

I believe that it is used 'Dura' because it is a short word like 'Cruda' with sound and meaning roughly similar... (perhaps to help non-Italian singers in the pronunciation)

But it is exactly like hanskers says...

[zalmoxys32]

Cruda sorte actually means in english something like cruel fate or callous fate. Severe is a more refined word to express that.

[getsporraceo]

It's "mia cruda sorte", but in the lirycs u maybe find "la cruda sorte"...I think it's cruel fate, but i'm not an expert of translation...

[75Bluesea]

I'm italian.....I think is "mia brutta sorte"....Che a volte è anche cantato come "t...triste sorte".....

[luigipavabartolotti]

o dura sorte

[Steedrider]

Why does she sing 'la cruda sorte'? My sheets say 'la dura sorte'. Are there two versions? My Italian isn't that good, but is it 'cruel' or 'hard' fate, then?

[haribodarko]

both

[hanskers]

The word "cruda" is more dramatic than "dura". "Cruda" doesn't mean cruel ("crudele" means cruel). It's difficult to translate exactly the meaning of cruda... "cruda" means something of dramatically true, without hope...

[kowloon12]

'cruda sorte' is often seen translated as 'cruel fate' but the words 'raw' or 'crude' would be better.

Lascia ch'io pianga

mia cruda sorte,

e che sospiri la libertà.

Il duolo infranga queste ritorte

de' miei martiri sol per pietà.

[Daniblitz86]

cruda, which is bare, raw, pitiless

[6118loren]

this is SO on the list for my senior recital..

LUSCIOUS! JUST LUSCIOUS I TELL YOU.

<3

[Pomodora93xD]

per chi non lo sapesse è la canzone che c'è nel film AntiChrist...molto bella

[everrfaithful]

the sound is beautiful. she sings from her soul and thus touches mine.

[SquezeOnizuka]

I heard it also first in the movie antichrist... that sucks but i like this song also if im not a classic music fan...

ITA

L'ho sentita la prima volta nel film antichrist.. che fa cagare... ma questa canzone mi piace anche se in generale non mi piace la musica classica.

[angelorosso4]

Si che questa è musica!

Bellissima voce, supremazia tecnica italiana!

Grande pezzo del castrato Farinelli!

[al7amdulellah]

oh my good

wow what a voice...

;D

[crismonic93]

wow. her voice is better than Sarah Brightman's

[Etnecserc]

No comparison. Brightman is a pop singer. We are talking opera here.

[edengirl17]

Sarah B does not do opera, her style is called classical crossover, so you cannot compare.

[chockinbawlin]

I first heard this in the movie Antichrist. It was beautifully set into the prologue and epilogue of the film. The movie itself was gorgeously twisted into something not often seen in a movie nowadays. Von Trier really took a risk with this film. People who hated the movie just don't understand.

[NEFERITAMUN]

N'importe pas le film. L'important c'est la magnifique aria de Haendel. Vraiment ravissante.

[EryckaMoondragon]

this music is featured onthe latest commercial for PBS show American Experience. :)

[irelligious85]

very good music. very poor,sick film.

[cumesoftware]

That does this heavenly music have to do with the antichrist?

[AngelofMusic04]

Not about THE antichrist.

Lascia ch'io pianga plays a key role in Lars von Trier's Antichrist with Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

[SiEtIn1]

segurito eres mexicano, me sorprende que todavia los dejen conectarse a la red

[pink6170]

osea que cualquier pendejo que escriba estas idioteces ya por eso es mexicano. . .? woooow que ignorante y retrasado mental eres,en que epoca crees que vives ? yo no se de donde seas tu pero no creo que no haya pendejos en tu pais,empezando por ti mismo, ni es justo que prejuzgues a todos por unos cuantos por que tambien en mexico hay mucha cultura.

[pink6170]

ademas el comentario es en ingles ni siquiera en esapñol,sabes que idioma se habla en mexico PENDEJO. . . ?