Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott
Aria (No. 39) from the oratorio 'Matthäuspassion', BWV 244
Text: Picander (1700-1764)
First performance: probably 11 April 1727, in Leipzig (Thomaskirche)
Delphine Galou, contralto
François-Marie Drieux, solo violin
Les Siècles,
conducted by François-Xavier Roth
Recorded in Summer 2008?
German text:
Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren willen!
Schaue hier, Herz und Auge weint vor dir bitterlich.
English translation:
Have mercy, my God, for the sake of my tears!
See here, before you heart and eyes weep bitterly.
Marc D.
