Händel: Quel torrente (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) - Galou (Roth)

'Quel torrente, che cade dal monte'

Aria for alto castrato, violins in unison and basso continuo

From the opera 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto', HWV 17

Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacomo Francesco Bussani's 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto' (music by Antonio Sartorio, 1676)

Music: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

First performance: 20 February 1724, in London (King's Theatre, Haymarket)
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Delphine Galou, contralto
http://www.delage.at/artists/delphine_galou

Les Siècles,
conducted by François-Xavier Roth
http://www.lessiecles.com/

Recorded in Summer 2008?
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Italian text:

CESARE
Quel torrente, che cade dal monte,
tutto atterra ch'incontro lo sta.

Tale anch'io a chi oppone la fronte,
dal mio brando atterato sarà.
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English translation (by James O. Wooton):

CÆSAR
This torrent that falls from the mountain
sweeps away everything that stands in its way.

I shall be the same, and whoever opposes me
will be smitten down by my sword.
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From the TV program 'Presto !' (France 2), presented by Pierre Charvet. Only part of the A section and the end of the da capo are performed here, some passages being covered by the commentary.

Marc D.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Haendel
• George Frideric Handel
• Quel torrente
• Giulio Cesare
• Delphine Galou
• François-Xavier Roth

[Monteverdiforever]

Grandissima Delphine!!!

[MehdiCapsI]

@5619762 If only!...

[5619762]

great preformance but i really wished that the narrator close his mouth .

[pvarjao1]

Beautiful and Brilliant!

[profesorsergio]

So great artsit!!! I love her !!. Favourite and shared. My cousin Olga Nazaykinskaya sings this opera too. Cheers!!!, Sergio.

[SuzettePleshette]

Brilliant! I love her!

[isadorapopa]

Superbe!

[MariadeBsAs]

Thanks for uploading! She's really great!