Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäuspassion) - Galou (Roth)

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  • 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.

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  • @xorenpetrosyan2879
    @xorenpetrosyan2879 Рік тому +123

    I looked for the full version of this for hours already with no result. Can someone please give a link to it as Delphine Galou as the contralto? She is just phenomenal, no one I've listened to is even close in their performance!

    • @MehdiCapsII
      @MehdiCapsII  Рік тому +95

      There is no full version. Sorry for the time you spent searching for it. This single aria was recorded for a French TV program. I have edited the video, as there was some annoying voice-over, and I also had the clean recording of the aria (from the same session) as an audio file, so I combined the video file with the audio file, and I replaced with title slides the few seconds where the announcer was visible.

    • @xorenpetrosyan2879
      @xorenpetrosyan2879 Рік тому +42

      @@MehdiCapsII oh, I see. Thanks for answering I intended to search further. It's a shame, because this interpretation is just a masterpiece in my opinion. Thank you for answering and also for reconstructing and uploading this to youtube!!

    • @Danielle_Marques
      @Danielle_Marques Рік тому +25

      Thank you for your hard work.

    • @janmes4142
      @janmes4142 Рік тому +25

      Thank you so much for your hard work; this is music is heaven👍

    • @robkos8994
      @robkos8994 Рік тому +6

      Thanks

  • @mauritsdolmans746
    @mauritsdolmans746 6 років тому +653

    Play this at my funeral, and I will revive and lift the lid to listen. Eternal music.

    • @arthurian9085
      @arthurian9085 3 роки тому +24

      You actually made me lough out loud. Lift your lid and listen? I will remember this.

    • @philyates780
      @philyates780 3 роки тому +19

      It caused me a fit of coffin!

    • @mejuffrouwvandalen
      @mejuffrouwvandalen 3 роки тому +8

      Hahaha this made me laugh so hard, I bet this will stun the mourners at your funeral 🤣

    • @kokonutho9210
      @kokonutho9210 3 роки тому +4

      @@philyates780 nice

    • @micheleboue6196
      @micheleboue6196 3 роки тому +12

      I agree with you The ownly piece of music which can express a deep sorrow. And we can add: Dido and Aenaes: "When I am laid in earth..."

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 4 роки тому +242

    Delphine Galous singing in this " Erbarme Dich mein Gott" is something of the the most beautiful I have heard in all my life.

  • @ncdmr27
    @ncdmr27 Рік тому +63

    Our biology teacher once opened this in the beginning of the class because everyone was sleeping and she just wanted us to wake up. It was everyone was so shocked lol. I love this song since then❤

  • @RichardASK
    @RichardASK 3 роки тому +232

    What a lovely, effortless contralto voice Delphine Galou has. Absolutely beautiful.

    • @domidumdum4051
      @domidumdum4051 2 роки тому +11

      I think here she sounds more like a mezzosoprano. I haven't heard her lower notes, but this really tastes like great mezzosoprano. Look at her hisher notes - they sound light!!!

    • @TheAtheist22
      @TheAtheist22 2 роки тому +4

      She is amazing. I close my eyes to listen to this divine voice.

    • @fulvioarborio2892
      @fulvioarborio2892 Рік тому +3

      She sounds like a soprano to me...

    • @armandssurins3364
      @armandssurins3364 Рік тому

      0:00 , 0:51 ;

    • @vadimkus
      @vadimkus 8 місяців тому

      @@fulvioarborio2892❤

  • @werner5047
    @werner5047 4 роки тому +175

    This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

    • @hzdc5d
      @hzdc5d 2 роки тому +6

      it is, listen to the whole passion conducted by philippe herreweghe. It is life changing.

  • @christianweber3656
    @christianweber3656 2 роки тому +96

    Es ist eine der am schönsten musizierten Fassungen... immer im Fluss, nie im Stillstand, ohne viele Abphrasierungen und Atempausen.

    • @kiralylaszlo5877
      @kiralylaszlo5877 Рік тому +4

      langsam. , aber es hat treibende Kraft, Sugegstion

    • @ekkehardknauff8543
      @ekkehardknauff8543 Рік тому +4

      ...habe im vergangenen Jahr in der Elphie Brahms mit Kent Nagano gesehen/gehört: Erbarme dich war includiert, u.a.
      So unglaublich schön...

    • @neospaaco9486
      @neospaaco9486 Рік тому +2

      Amen !!!!!

    • @gerlindeczech8524
      @gerlindeczech8524 Рік тому

      Es gibt auch eine sehr schöne historische Aufnahme mit der englischen Altistin Kathleen Ferrier..

  • @itsmeinarkansas
    @itsmeinarkansas Рік тому +62

    Delphine Galou has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard in my life.

  • @hemanthnair1290
    @hemanthnair1290 5 років тому +179

    I am Hindu by upbringing, but this touches me on the deepest spiritual level, the sorrow and guilt of Peter for having denied Christ.
    Truly beautiful.

    • @melchiorsternfels6454
      @melchiorsternfels6454 4 роки тому +23

      I would claim this music causes and echo in every human soul independend from it´s religion

    • @edwinpompert1227
      @edwinpompert1227 4 роки тому +2

      I hope you understand the difference between Christos and Jesus, my friend. It's winning or loosing, Zarija Clabatti (gnostic Christian)

    • @SocialBurrito3
      @SocialBurrito3 4 роки тому +3

      It is isn't it, I feel it to my core, maybe even the marrow. You are correct.

    • @tofke1
      @tofke1 4 роки тому +13

      I'm atheïstic, Bach is beauty.

    • @Behyelzebub
      @Behyelzebub 3 роки тому +3

      @@tofke1 Me too.

  • @AShah1313
    @AShah1313 9 років тому +396

    This piece is a prayer. One I can never stop listening to..

    • @danilomevo2192
      @danilomevo2192 5 років тому +6

      Abdullah Chahin, bravo Abdullah, Danilo from Italy

    • @hedwig86200
      @hedwig86200 5 років тому +4

      exist also in arabic

    • @estherdejong6500
      @estherdejong6500 5 років тому +8

      Does “allah” allows you to listen to “western” music Abdullah?

    • @danilomevo2192
      @danilomevo2192 5 років тому +16

      Esther de Jong, have You Not more intelligent questions To ask?

    • @simonwalsh3788
      @simonwalsh3788 5 років тому +8

      @@danilomevo2192 Exactly, music is an universal language which bonds us all..

  • @alkandros21
    @alkandros21 5 років тому +292

    the best ever rendition of erbarme dich.... hallelujah!!!

    • @voraciousreader3341
      @voraciousreader3341 3 роки тому +4

      It is NOT THE BEST....it’s YOUR FAVORITE!!! Stop making these eternal pronouncements for everyone, it’s just WRONG. This is MY FAVORITE version, _and in my considered opinion,_ as a mezzo myself, this is the best I’ve ever heard: ua-cam.com/video/aPAiH9XhTHc/v-deo.html

    • @jayy2000
      @jayy2000 3 роки тому +1

      my fav: ua-cam.com/video/nLeQuvhLczU/v-deo.html
      Both above beautifull as well..

    • @Dakinis77
      @Dakinis77 3 роки тому +5

      I totally agree with you!!

    • @alkandros21
      @alkandros21 3 роки тому +11

      @@voraciousreader3341 nope... i was talking about the authenticity of german music , Julia Hamari sang in ungermanic way, very brooding, the tempo is too slow and quite robotic with precise voice control... while Galou was accompanied by period orchestra, she sang with artful carelessness and thats what captured the listeners, with elaborate storytelling dynamics, Galou made listeners cry but not Julia Hamari (to my ears) .. music is not about perfection, it needs to deliver in order to touch listeners heart & soul.

    • @ramezaziz2336
      @ramezaziz2336 3 роки тому +7

      This is most definitely THE BEST rendition. Objectively as well as subjectively. Others might have a different opinion, of course. They have the right to be wrong.

  • @krisjustin3884
    @krisjustin3884 Рік тому +81

    Delphine Galou is simply magnificent and Roth’s interpretation of this Aria is in a class of its own! Drieux on the violin just adds an even greater heavenly touch to this performance. I have never heard something that reaches the heart and speak to the soul like this.

  • @ingridhonig9201
    @ingridhonig9201 2 роки тому +27

    Eines der schönsten Bach-Werke, wunderbar vorgetragen, rührt es mich zu Tränen.

  • @hellomate639
    @hellomate639 8 років тому +434

    I think I've listened to this a few hundred times in the past year. I still enjoy it every time.

    • @rosycapon9069
      @rosycapon9069 5 років тому

      Marie balmari

    • @caiogbarros
      @caiogbarros 5 років тому +8

      Me two... Every once in a while I come back to this and it still moves me

    • @antoniodorado4878
      @antoniodorado4878 5 років тому +8

      Opus 32 With Bach no diminishing marginal utility

    • @elenikiroy
      @elenikiroy 5 років тому +2

      @@antoniodorado4878
      So true

    • @krisocco
      @krisocco 5 років тому +2

      me toooooo! it's such an elegant and touching performance

  • @joseph7113
    @joseph7113 4 роки тому +174

    I’ve listened to this piece over 100 times and every time I cry, her voice is beautiful, the orchestra is beautiful, and most of all, Christ’s love for us on the cross is beautiful.

    • @seraphim95
      @seraphim95 2 роки тому +5

      Amen

    • @ClariceAust
      @ClariceAust 2 роки тому +10

      @@seraphim95 Joseph, your comment is also beautiful.

    • @mariabagnoli868
      @mariabagnoli868 2 роки тому +3

      Me too the whole passion is sad and meant to be

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno Рік тому

      Do you want to purchase a piece of the true cross?

  • @helmutberoun6011
    @helmutberoun6011 2 роки тому +13

    Mit dieser Musik verschmelzen Erde und Himmel.

  • @mariac.8281
    @mariac.8281 4 роки тому +21

    Bach ist die direkte Verbindung zu Gott Vater ! Was für eine wunderbare Stimme D. Galou, diesen Text zu singen ist eine tiefe Andacht vor dem Herrn ! Vielen Dank !

  • @Polyions
    @Polyions 10 років тому +335

    Her voice is shockingly beautiful, amazing. After hearing this, I kept matching other versions, and this piece is so much more briliant.

    • @johnrondeau8500
      @johnrondeau8500 5 років тому +2

      Xiangru Wu Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

    • @randolphbenzaquen5539
      @randolphbenzaquen5539 5 років тому +4

      Émouvant

    • @tinaquartey2187
      @tinaquartey2187 4 роки тому +7

      So agree!!! I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this clip

    • @noidelaplatja
      @noidelaplatja 3 роки тому

      @@thta6180 Galous voice outsings Stutzmann. This is the best version I heared of this heavenly prayer

    • @domidumdum4051
      @domidumdum4051 2 роки тому +2

      I agree, sopranos with overly sweetness in their voices cannot achieve this interpretation, this suffering and this depth.

  • @WKruit-oh3ce
    @WKruit-oh3ce 7 років тому +204

    This music touches the soul in a way no other music will ever do...

  • @geraldzuriff9854
    @geraldzuriff9854 3 роки тому +29

    Extraordinary diction, perfect Baroque uptempo, quiver rather than vibrato, hits middle-C solidly, authentic expression. Best performance of this aria on UA-cam.

  • @colour4ever
    @colour4ever Рік тому +23

    Ein Geschenk für die Ohren und die Seele!

  • @ondineclaudel
    @ondineclaudel 6 років тому +94

    The most beautiful piece of music to express the depth of Christ's Passion ...Bach you are so inspired

    • @chriswood3146
      @chriswood3146 2 роки тому

      When this came on my iPad I felt as if I’d been hit with a sledge hammer! It was so beautiful, with both the singing and the orchestra! I’ve rarely heard anything as beautiful and the singer sang it so movingly! I felt I was being taken into another realm! Are there any other songs by this singer?

  • @emilmoestue6912
    @emilmoestue6912 9 років тому +184

    I just had to park the car on the highway and consentrate 100 % to fully appreciate this lovely piece of music, the dedicated orchestra and wonderful voice.

    • @MichaelCWBell
      @MichaelCWBell 8 років тому +6

      +Emil Moestue Man I've been there - you have ears well-tuned to recognise it. And in case you didn't take in the background: this is the centrepiece of Bach's entire output of musically-set Christian philosophy.

    • @superhipercarlos
      @superhipercarlos 6 років тому +2

      Hello, You said that "this is the centrepiece of Bach's entire output of musically-set Christian philosophy." Are you reffering to this Aria or are you talking about the "Matthäuspassion" itself? Can you explain to me your point of view? Thank you very much for your appreciation!

    • @saucywench9879
      @saucywench9879 6 років тому +5

      I hear you. Sometimes I think the only way to really listen to Bach with your eyes closed to eliminate distractions.

    • @jamesvanderhoorn1117
      @jamesvanderhoorn1117 6 років тому +2

      PARK THE CAR

    • @ParanormalExplorer
      @ParanormalExplorer 6 років тому

      Yeah, it would be weird to go out to this playing in your car. That's something for a movie.

  • @fredrickroll06
    @fredrickroll06 3 роки тому +24

    Why did I never hear of this singer before? My heart almost stopped beating with astonishment and awe at her first tone!

    • @ptatmsu
      @ptatmsu 3 роки тому +13

      Isn't she a treasure? She is probably the most popular and successful classical contralto; a register which I think is underappreciated these days. Her voice is rich, dark, sweet, and smooth; like fine chocolate or polished mahogany.

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 4 роки тому +29

    One of the greatest arias, if not THE greatest, in all of Western music.

  • @WigganNuG
    @WigganNuG 6 років тому +310

    What makes this so perfect is that its actually interpreted correctly in the Baroque style. Not a ton of vibrato in either the vocalist or the orchestra. Melodies, harmonies and counterpoint perfectly balanced with a PURE tone, simply played and sung. And good LORD Delphine Galou has the voice of an angel. Her voice is SO round and full without being strained AT ALL. She maintains such perfect tone without covering it up with so much vibrato we see creeping in during the on coming Classical periods. Perfect balance between straight pure tones and vibrato. Her tone is SO fat you could land a 747 in it!

    • @peterluger1400
      @peterluger1400 5 років тому +11

      there is vibrato (0:04)

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 4 роки тому +6

      Thank you Wiggan for your gorgeous comment. You nailed it! Perpaps you listened to this last Easter? (one year ago), Now we for sure have a different situation, and perhaps we are prepared to rely a little bit more on this music and this way of thinking about our lives?

    • @domainofthesun4400
      @domainofthesun4400 4 роки тому +5

      I find there is still too much vibrato for my taste ;-) . Also to be frank it seems to me she is producing a big beautiful sound but without much emotion. This song is expressive of the profoundest spiritual agony - it is a man weeping in intolerable anguish of remorse.

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 4 роки тому +5

      @@domainofthesun4400 It is OK with me. And in barock I also like a very little, nice, vibrato. I think there is a difference between big opera vibrato (which I dislike) and barock vibrato. One of my favourites is Emma Kirkby. And I think Delphine have the "right" barock vibrato, . But "without much emotion"? There I disagree. Happily we not always have to have the same opinion. Best wishes!

    • @karstensturm4198
      @karstensturm4198 4 роки тому

      @@peterluger1400 but more in the violins

  • @mariabagnoli868
    @mariabagnoli868 2 роки тому +12

    I saw this live sung in a church in Enniskillen I cried all the way through. There is something deeply moving in a contralto voice

  • @Chrismacleod777
    @Chrismacleod777 5 років тому +45

    Absolutely beautiful! Brings tears to my eyes as does most of the St Matthew Passion. Bach is wonderful!

  • @richardthelimey6889
    @richardthelimey6889 4 роки тому +18

    This came on the radio in the morning whilst driving to work. I pulled into a filling station and sat there transfixed. It was followed by 'In Tears We Sat Down'. I drove slowly to work after that, my heart full of the beauty of Bach's music. Who are the sad individuals who 'disliked' this?

    • @BLEUDART
      @BLEUDART 4 роки тому +1

      i can imagen that you pulled off from trafic and take a moment to listen to this

  • @indigoandbrown
    @indigoandbrown 9 років тому +45

    I've listened to dozens of versions of Erbarme Dich and I always come back to this one. It is truly divine.

  • @abundance6692
    @abundance6692 7 років тому +688

    Bach definitely had a direct line to a higher power.

    • @PM.68
      @PM.68 6 років тому +42

      Abundance he had god's phone number

    • @edelahaye
      @edelahaye 6 років тому +37

      J.S. Bach IS the higher power !

    • @chassinclair5094
      @chassinclair5094 6 років тому

      Gerard - I don't think Emmanuel was being sacrilegious.

    • @Erdnussspass
      @Erdnussspass 5 років тому +38

      There's a saying in Germany that Bachs Music is the fifth gospel.

    • @ladytenor9876
      @ladytenor9876 5 років тому +17

      Johann Sebastian Bach: the fifth evangelist. Danke shöen.

  • @joachimdege88
    @joachimdege88 4 роки тому +31

    Von allen Interpretationen, die ich gehört habe, berührt diese am stärksten. Dank der Stimme Delphine Galous. - Einfach großartig.

  • @michaelstehling5933
    @michaelstehling5933 Рік тому +8

    Das ist die genialste und ergreifende Arie aus der Mathäuspassion.
    Bach ist und bleibt doch der größte Komponist aller Zeiten!!
    A
    Komponist aller Zeite

  • @samuelarthur4931
    @samuelarthur4931 8 років тому +516

    because 250 years from now, no one will remember today's musician. God bless you Johann Sebastian Bach

    • @Kraeker2007
      @Kraeker2007 6 років тому +55

      Samuel Arthur After Bachs death, they forgot him long time too. Don't forget this please. Bach died on July 28, 1750. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's re-performance of the St. Matthew Passion on March 11, 1829 in the Berlin Singakademie is an initial spark for the rediscovery of Johann Sebastian Bach's musical history.

    • @unixrebel
      @unixrebel 6 років тому +12

      if we are listening to this in 2018 clearly he wasn't forgotten.

    • @babsclark8572
      @babsclark8572 6 років тому +3

      thankyou so much for that information.

    • @gilbertolopez8200
      @gilbertolopez8200 5 років тому +1

      Amén

    • @tjmanou6422
      @tjmanou6422 5 років тому +11

      250 years? try 250 days lol

  • @majdahassoun9924
    @majdahassoun9924 4 роки тому +45

    This is by far the best performance of Erbahrme dich. A heartfelt prayer, this is sung from the heart 💓

  • @francoisdelpy2477
    @francoisdelpy2477 5 років тому +49

    Cette interprétation est juste magnifique, presque irréelle, beaucoup d'émotions, bouleversant. Merci !

  • @rafikbaladi6555
    @rafikbaladi6555 8 років тому +153

    A divine balance between the voice, the soloist, orchestra and music

    • @johnrondeau8500
      @johnrondeau8500 5 років тому +1

      Rafik Baladi. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

    • @charlesgeneve802
      @charlesgeneve802 5 років тому +3

      Vous avez parfaitement raison Rafik Baladi, équilibre exceptionnelle surtout que ces musiciens et la choriste ne sont pas avec nous, ils sont ailleurs...

    • @rafikbaladi6555
      @rafikbaladi6555 5 років тому

      @@charlesgeneve802 Seigneur, ailleurs déjà?

  • @mosheoronn
    @mosheoronn 2 роки тому +19

    If perfection exists, this is it. If I had to choose my favorite music performance, this is it. I listened to the recording hundreds of times, literally, and did not get tired, just fell in love with the violinist, the orchestra, the conductor and of course, with Galou.

  • @bruin4Christ
    @bruin4Christ 4 місяці тому +2

    If a picture is worth a thousand words, this music is worth a thousand pictures. I can see huge drops of tears falling on the dirt by Peter’s feet.

  • @stucoy1
    @stucoy1 3 роки тому +11

    I casually look up Erbame dich on UA-cam as I feel like listening to it whilst fixing my breakfast. Andreas Scholl? Nah. I feel like something different. I choose another, more or less at random. The intro starts. Good. Then she starts singing. My head spins round. "What?!' And I stand there open-mouthed, transfixed at the beauty of her voice.

    • @ptatmsu
      @ptatmsu 3 роки тому

      Thank for a little story well told

  • @maximeleheiget6895
    @maximeleheiget6895 9 років тому +55

    It's my favorite rendition of this masterpiece. Galou's voice is warm, passionate, when most other renditions are flat or setback. She's powerfull and flickering at the same time, wich is remarquable. When I hear how she's imploring, my own voice knotted with emotion. In a way, this interpretation is very romantic. The coordination with the violin looks weak. But still, it never fails, it works. Because the play of the violonist is a perfect match for Galou's voice.
    I'm an atheist but I imagine that the protestant God, after the trap he set, would be much more convinced of Peter's beg if it's trembling, profoundly human.

    • @franciscoespinozagamboa6490
      @franciscoespinozagamboa6490 6 років тому +1

      Le recomiendo escuchar la versión de Julia Hamari.- También es excelente

    • @edelahaye
      @edelahaye 6 років тому +3

      A bit too fast, but an excellent rendition anyway.

    • @JJsabenada
      @JJsabenada 6 років тому

      Maxime Le Heiget

    • @arsantiqua8741
      @arsantiqua8741 6 років тому

      The other slow ones make sleep. The tempo is kinda in the Goldilock's zone.

    • @johnrondeau8500
      @johnrondeau8500 5 років тому

      Maxime Le Heiget. Listen to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

  • @corneliaegloff5420
    @corneliaegloff5420 6 років тому +10

    Himmlische Musik im wahrsten Sinne. Wunderwunderbar interpretiert hier. So berührend, mein Herz und Seele schweben. Danke. God bless you all.

  • @beegee7848
    @beegee7848 3 роки тому +17

    Johann Sebastian Bach is the greatest musical genious who ever lived on this planet. He simply defined the benchmark for music.

    • @theresechristiansen9769
      @theresechristiansen9769 3 роки тому +1

      And yet you are Bee Gee (I kid, I agree. Almost: I'd say the same about Monteverdi, Taverner or Tallis, Beethoven or John Lennon and Shostakovich - and Ian McDonald would probably say amen to these choices). 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

    • @beegee7848
      @beegee7848 3 роки тому +4

      @@theresechristiansen9769 B.G. are only my name initials.
      There's a lot of good music around, but no-one will ever come close to Johann Sebastian Bach and what he left to us.
      For me, his work is singular in the history of mankind.

    • @beegee7848
      @beegee7848 3 роки тому

      @@theresechristiansen9769 ua-cam.com/video/St6jyEFe5WM/v-deo.html

    • @margotgraefinvonkoenigsmar6662
      @margotgraefinvonkoenigsmar6662 Рік тому +1

      @@beegee7848
      Wie wahr Ihre Worte sind:
      Durch Bachs Musik hebt uns der allmächtige Gott zu sich empor in den Himmel und vermittelt uns Unaussprechliches...
      Das vermag keine andere Musik...

    • @beegee7848
      @beegee7848 Рік тому +2

      @@margotgraefinvonkoenigsmar6662 Ja. Und kein anderer Komponist hat es jemals geschafft, Johann Sebastian Bach das Wasser zu reichen. Sein Werk bleibt für immer unerreicht. Seine Musik ist überirdisch.

  • @albertklassen6055
    @albertklassen6055 4 роки тому +17

    Galou has a voice which is so musical and powerful and hypnotic. And she's also so beautiful. I just adore her. The greatest opera voice today.

  • @wimvanberk3964
    @wimvanberk3964 8 років тому +29

    The most beautiful voice i ever heard in this peace of music.......

  • @jamescatt76
    @jamescatt76 7 років тому +37

    that song brings tears to my eyes every time, such a moving expression of sorrow.

  • @williamstarsinic4244
    @williamstarsinic4244 4 роки тому +10

    How warmly the orchestra and singer weave together. How deeply felt.

  • @juancarlostorresgutierrez6830
    @juancarlostorresgutierrez6830 3 роки тому +5

    This aria hits so much more when you really feel regret for something you've done, that's when you simply sense god touching you.

  • @Slarti
    @Slarti 10 років тому +93

    There is no need for a heaven when there is the St Mathew Passion by Bach :)
    This singer has a lovely pure timbre to her voice which is generally only found in counter-tenors in my opinion.
    Excellent tempo too!

    • @anthonymccarthy4164
      @anthonymccarthy4164 10 років тому +16

      I suspect Bach would not agree with you. He did write religious music because he believed in what it said, after all.

    • @ThePeeterd
      @ThePeeterd 10 років тому +1

      Anthony McCarthy right

    • @kamrankhademi
      @kamrankhademi 10 років тому +8

      I agree there's no need for god! we have Bach and ourselves! not all of us though!

    • @MoiraRussell
      @MoiraRussell 10 років тому +3

      Great tempo and that is beautiful violin too. I would give just about anything to hear her sing Christ lag in Todesbanden.

    • @RealHogweed
      @RealHogweed 9 років тому +6

      *****
      There is the music of Bach, therefore there was Bach.

  • @bwv82b
    @bwv82b 8 років тому +117

    J'écoute Bach, mon vieux maître, depuis des années et des années… Je connais cette Passion et notamment son "Erbarme dich" de cœur, et pourtant, j'ai l'impression grâce à mademoiselle Galou et aux musiciens qui l'entourent de redécouvrir cette œuvre. Simplement juste et tendre et émouvant et sensuel. Quel travail cela doit représenter ! Merci mademoiselle Galou. Merci infiniment.

  • @fitnessbrotherade2959
    @fitnessbrotherade2959 5 років тому +15

    Bach is the most marvelous composer ever in all world...

  • @jordiv8274
    @jordiv8274 4 роки тому +6

    No matter how many times I listen to this exceptional aria. Everything is better than the previous one.

  • @ach2lieber
    @ach2lieber Рік тому +6

    I'm agnostic. This aria makes me yearn for God, as does so much of Bach's work.
    I can't imagine life without this incredibly profound and moving music.

  • @cecilecrenne674
    @cecilecrenne674 3 роки тому +9

    MERCI ! MAGNIFIQUE ; PLéNITUDE de BACH . Cécile , violoniste de l orchestre National de LILLE . BRAVO .

  • @andrewcrossley2448
    @andrewcrossley2448 4 роки тому +30

    Divine singing and solo violin - JSB would be proud..

    • @itsvonnieb
      @itsvonnieb 3 роки тому +3

      The violin playing and of course the singing are both superb!

  • @JulianVacationRentals
    @JulianVacationRentals 8 років тому +48

    Erbarme dich, mein Gott,
    um meiner Zähren willen!
    Schaue hier, Herz und Auge
    weint vor dir bitterlich.
    Erbarme dich, mein Gott.
    Have mercy, my God,
    for the sake of my tears!
    See here, before you
    heart and eyes weep bitterly.
    Have mercy, my God.

    • @planebornemarguerite4967
      @planebornemarguerite4967 Рік тому +1

      Un espace bleu entre les nuages

    • @jwijn
      @jwijn Рік тому +1

      as dutch speaker I was wondering abouth the right translation of the word erbarme in this context.Have merci translated to dutch means Heb genade,wich means dont kill me,save me (in case of a lost battle or something).If I look to the word erbarme I see that its a combinated word from the words erb and arme.erb into dutch means erf what means surroundings (deep translation).Arme means armen,part of the body.
      In my opinion the person is in her or his last hour and is scared for death and ask God for omarmen(dutch)embrace her /him

    • @heinersaller5374
      @heinersaller5374 Рік тому

      @@jwijn Yes its 'have mercy' erbarme dich or hab gnaden

    • @HaraldLieder
      @HaraldLieder Рік тому

      @@jwijn No, the word "Erbarmen" (noun) has no connection to "Arm" (the limb). The verb "barmen" is independent from this and means "to lament", "to show / feel sympathy". So "have mercy" is actually a good, close translation.

    • @jwijn
      @jwijn Рік тому

      @@HaraldLieder Thank you for the correction.Sometimes its hard to say where a word comes from.For example stunde is not german origine

  • @rosaparramonsarrate1708
    @rosaparramonsarrate1708 7 років тому +34

    God, through this piece of music I can find peace, perfection and pleasure.

  • @mikhailbulashov5220
    @mikhailbulashov5220 Рік тому +9

    This is the best performance I have ever seen or listened to, both the orchestra and particularly the solo violin, but it is the singer who nailed it - she makes it perfect by by her perfect singing. I absolutely love it, and I wish when I am dying they would do this once again for me.

  • @arlenedechoiseul-guyancour5871
    @arlenedechoiseul-guyancour5871 5 років тому +16

    La Perfection en ce bas monde, quelques moments de Beauté, Bonheur absolu.

  • @viniciuspessoa3872
    @viniciuspessoa3872 10 років тому +21

    the tempo is perfect, so mournful, like crying...

  • @mariagutmann9682
    @mariagutmann9682 8 років тому +24

    Wunderbar, welches Glück!..hier wird mit wunderbarer Musikalität tiefe Theologie ausgedrückt, ..für mich eine Offenbarung!

    • @johanneskrickser5830
      @johanneskrickser5830 4 роки тому +1

      ICH PFLICHTE BEI...

    • @isarwasser5271
      @isarwasser5271 3 роки тому

      Ja, das geht so richtig tief in die Seele hinein, da wo sich die Seele mit dem ewigen verbindet.

  • @fabianom7
    @fabianom7 2 роки тому +4

    I wish I could hit “like” every time I watch. This is supreme. This is above and beyond us.

  • @wananard
    @wananard 4 роки тому +22

    Bien sur ,c'est du Bach,on pourrait dire facile d’être dans le magnifique.
    mais la ,c'est vrai que l'émotion nous envahi , la chanteuse,le violoniste et l'orchestre véritablement au service de l’œuvre, avec cette humilité devant celle ci
    et la voix de Delphine Galou, douce et puissante a la fois.
    merci pour ce moment

    • @harounlee208
      @harounlee208 Рік тому

      pourquoi je n'arrive pas à ressentir quelque chose quand j'écoute ca ? pourtant en lisant des commentaires comme le tien , je me dis que ca a l'air magnifique. Mais ca ne me fait rien. Pourquoi nanard ? pourquoi sommes nous si différents?

  • @Jaieteperce
    @Jaieteperce 10 років тому +29

    This is something I thank life for.

  • @almalopezbarroso1163
    @almalopezbarroso1163 4 роки тому +49

    Hearing Bach is confirming the real existence of divinity, far away from any religion.

    • @-msssrhmrydy12988
      @-msssrhmrydy12988 4 роки тому +1

      So beautifully worded. I completely agree. His music is truly sacred and reaches a part of my heart & soul that nothing else can.

    • @PolluxTgv
      @PolluxTgv 4 роки тому +3

      actually Bach was a very religious man.
      so it is not "far away from any religion" but directly inspired by his Lutheran Christian religion.
      a lot of his works are intended for the divine service of the Lutheran Church. (this one included.)

    • @simonwalsh3788
      @simonwalsh3788 4 роки тому

      Great example of divine intervention indeed..

  • @karimdurzi4699
    @karimdurzi4699 5 років тому +10

    When I heard this aria for the first time, my eyes teared.

  • @tinaquartey2187
    @tinaquartey2187 3 роки тому +17

    I am back again... for the third year in a row... who would have thought back in 2019 that listening to the yearly Eastern live performance of Matthäuspassion in the church might be the least possible thing to wish for... Thank God for Delphine Galou... I am not surprised this clip have 5,5 million views... I am personally responsible for quite a few of them :-D

    • @heidibanerjee2841
      @heidibanerjee2841 3 роки тому +1

      I totally agree with you. Delphine Galou's interpretation is superb.

  • @martinarosenberger2525
    @martinarosenberger2525 5 років тому +7

    Ein auch nach hunderten Malen unglaubliches Stück. Die Geige löst alle Zähren (Tränen) in Trost und Licht auf.
    Was man im Hintergrund hören kann ist ein Lautenarpeggio. So gelungen! Danke

  • @ivankaramasov
    @ivankaramasov 2 роки тому +23

    Bach is pure sublime beauty.

  • @joeribaby
    @joeribaby 5 років тому +3

    Such a emotional song. It was played in church at my mother 's funeral. She loved the Mattaus Passion so much!

  • @nicoloanzivino6181
    @nicoloanzivino6181 3 роки тому +19

    Such a heart wrenching pain. In these precise five minutes and fiftyseven seconds we have the most overwhelming desperation man can feel. Tonight I was feeling so down I decided that I had to listen to this piece to express my pain. Needless to say, voiceless screams came out of my mouth, the sweetest tears out of my eyes. I never enjoyed suffering this much. Art has the power to give sense to humans' sorrow by mutating it into something so beautiful, it destroys you. But you somehow manage to enjoy it so much you immediately want to repeat the experience. Thank you, Bach.

    • @emeegeeehen
      @emeegeeehen 3 роки тому +3

      @Nicoló Anzivino - Wow your comment was so powerful; it brought a tear to mine own eyes. I hope your suffering does not continue to this day. But it is good that you can take some refuge in the power of Bach’s music.

    • @nicoloanzivino6181
      @nicoloanzivino6181 3 роки тому +2

      @@emeegeeehen Thank you for your kind words. Let's all hope to find a moment of bliss and peace in this breath taking work of art.

  • @francoisthouvenin189
    @francoisthouvenin189 6 років тому +33

    Que de beauté ! Musique, voix, cantatrice, orchestre. On atteint les sommets de la perfection humaine. Comment faire mieux ?...

    • @ItsComingRome79
      @ItsComingRome79 7 місяців тому

      Vous avez parfaitement raison. Une perfection qui n'appartient pas à ce monde. Bravo à tous, c'est tout simplement divin.

  • @donna25871
    @donna25871 7 років тому +29

    The emotional climax of St Matthew's Passion.

  • @gustavosh.5147
    @gustavosh.5147 4 роки тому +5

    What a soul what a feeling what a pure beauty. Love Bach's music

  • @artlovkar
    @artlovkar 5 років тому +8

    I found this video by accident while searching for another song. What beautiful singing by Delphine Galou. How much do we need God's mercy!

  • @chantalmorrisseau252
    @chantalmorrisseau252 8 років тому +13

    Fabuleux, je ne cesse de le réécouter. L'interprétation est des plus juste violon, soliste et orchestre et la voix.... le tout magnifique.
    Merci

    • @stevanbg66
      @stevanbg66 8 років тому

      +Chantal Morrisseau Its even Better in the Beginning of Tarkovsky - The Sacrifice
      www.imdb.com/title/tt0091670/

  • @1979lenochka
    @1979lenochka 8 років тому +33

    Pure perfection! Her contralto is stunning!

  • @susannatonoyan7563
    @susannatonoyan7563 4 роки тому +44

    Слов нет.Божественная музыка. Начинаешь думать о жизни смерти о пройденном это и мудрость и философия и конечно наши эмоции.Слава Тебе, Бог, что дал нам Баха!

    • @steelblaze
      @steelblaze 4 роки тому +4

      oh yes

    • @user-mx6ie5pr7o
      @user-mx6ie5pr7o 3 роки тому +1

      Даже у Тарковского в «Жертвоприношении» это лучший кусок ;-)

  • @flipschrameijer2275
    @flipschrameijer2275 4 роки тому +40

    Erbarme dich,
    Mein Gott,
    Um meiner Zähren willen
    Schaue hier,
    Herz und Auge weint vor dir
    Bitterlich.

  • @stevetutty2818
    @stevetutty2818 6 років тому +14

    Why are people obsessed with proclaiming what they do or don’t believe in. Just enjoy the utter beauty of Bach. We won the lottery of life and all its stunning beauty. Just enjoy while you can!

    • @gabrieledicastri9024
      @gabrieledicastri9024 5 років тому

      Barber adagio

    • @dlefil1364
      @dlefil1364 5 років тому

      Good answer !! We can also listen Matthaus passion just for the beauty of the melody. "Haupt voll Blut und Wunden", also in this passion, is above everything, as well as this piece, without referring to the famous unknown "X" ...

    • @patriciareed3109
      @patriciareed3109 3 роки тому

      Perhaps it conjures their deep rooted faith and makes them them think about "what is god?"

  • @markdecker2112
    @markdecker2112 7 років тому +11

    Have not heard this contralto before. Exceptional voice and to my ears, the right tempo for this amazing work.

  • @Adelcom
    @Adelcom 5 років тому +5

    Oh my goodness, how can I describe the effect of this music, it just blew me away, the heavenly voice of this singer is really irresistible

  • @iamthatiam3345
    @iamthatiam3345 4 роки тому +5

    I listened hundreds of times...beyond words....BACH master genius

  • @fransvb3716
    @fransvb3716 8 років тому +14

    Wat een prachtige, krachtige stem en met zoveel passie en empathie vertolkt.

  • @GKo2024
    @GKo2024 3 роки тому +5

    Absolutely fabulous quality of singing by Mme Galou. Clearly the 21st Century equivalent of Julia Hamari, but with a depth and French elegance and warmth that counters and complements the Teutonic Protestant sincerity of Richter's work perfectly. Thank you for this joy.

  • @tonyval9211
    @tonyval9211 3 роки тому +4

    Everything about this clip is stunningly beautiful, the elegant and effortless quality of the playing and singing, the artists' presentation, the cinematography, the graphics .... everything! Extraordinary.

  • @mrinalinisrivastava6871
    @mrinalinisrivastava6871 2 роки тому +18

    Bach is the supremely universal artist. I do sympathise with the feelings expressed by the Muslim listener. I am a Hindu and I too hear the voice of God in his music. The voice of beauty and reason in this threatened world!

  • @hanspeneder7068
    @hanspeneder7068 3 роки тому +5

    Wunderbare Interpretation.Könnte ich immerzu hören!

  • @domenicomonaco646
    @domenicomonaco646 5 років тому +6

    Stupefacente, inarrivabile, divino! Mi commuove, mi fa piangere, mi rapisce in una dimensione sovrumana! Erbarme dich, mein Gott

  • @MiskoKatua
    @MiskoKatua 4 роки тому +2

    The Music of J.S. Bach has always been SO DYNAMIC, MULTI-LAYERED, COMPLEX and BEAUTIFUL at the same time!

  • @natangen1231
    @natangen1231 3 роки тому +10

    Eine wunderschöne Frau und ein wahrhaft göttliches Gesangsstück, berührt mich sehr...

  • @luciathamarvalentecavalcan1903
    @luciathamarvalentecavalcan1903 10 років тому +46

    I'm really in love with this performance!! It takes me to higher state of conscientiousness!! Wonderful !!

    • @jalonspain
      @jalonspain 2 роки тому

      As a hardcore atheist it's hard not to doubt after listening to this sublime performance

  • @wencketheresevadsethrickfe8903
    @wencketheresevadsethrickfe8903 7 років тому +19

    Love this - enchanting and ravishing contralto !!!!!!!

  • @Emperatriz_Valentina
    @Emperatriz_Valentina 4 роки тому +3

    Her voice is so beautiful, all of the instrumentalists play exceptionally brilliant & the composer has an elegant style!

  • @waltraudrennebaum4725
    @waltraudrennebaum4725 3 роки тому +4

    Wunderschöne, kühl tembrierte und sehr ausdrucksvolle Stimme....... traumschön!

  • @taha258
    @taha258 9 років тому +476

    German:
    Erbarme dich, mein Gott,
    um meiner Zähren willen!
    Schaue hier, Herz und Auge
    weint vor dir bitterlich.
    Erbarme dich, mein Gott.
    English:
    Have mercy, my God,
    for the sake of my tears!
    See here, before you
    heart and eyes weep bitterly.
    Have mercy, my God.

    • @LeNainXG
      @LeNainXG 8 років тому +36

      +Taha Mebtoul
      French :
      Prends pitié, ô mon Dieu,
      pour contenter mes larmes !
      Vois ici, devant toi,
      Un cœur et un œil pleurer amèrement.
      Prends pitié, ô mon Dieu.

    • @torsora
      @torsora 8 років тому +35

      Catalan:
      Tingues pietat, Déu meu
      per contenir el meu plor
      Mira, davant teu
      cor i ull ploren per tu amargament.
      Tingues pietat, Déu meu

    • @viktorbilan2214
      @viktorbilan2214 7 років тому +31

      Српски:
      Имај милости, мој Боже,
      ради користи мојих суза!
      Погледај овде, срце и очи
      горко плачу испред тебе.
      Имај милости, мој Боже

    • @zarathustra3976
      @zarathustra3976 7 років тому +31

      فارسی:
      ببخشای، پروردگارم
      به خاطر اشک هایم
      اینجا، در پیشگاه تو
      دل و چشمان به تلخی می گریند
      ببخشای، پروردگارم

    • @lvlineareO.
      @lvlineareO. 7 років тому +33

      Русский:
      Сжалься, мой Бог,
      ради моих слёз.
      Посмотри сюда, пред тобой,
      горько плачут сердце и очи.
      Сжалься, мой Бог.

  • @camusmonamour
    @camusmonamour 8 років тому +17

    magnifique Delphine Galou. Un régal.
    - un contrebassiste -

  • @TheAtheist22
    @TheAtheist22 2 роки тому +5

    I keep returning to listen. Undiluted beauty.

  • @HelenaWilliams8696
    @HelenaWilliams8696 5 років тому +7

    Such refreshing graceful and enjoyable Aria and the strings. Matthäuspassion is a Sublime religious work.

  • @patriciavarella
    @patriciavarella 7 років тому +88

    Divine Voice ☺