G.F.Händel: Lascia ch´io pianga

Beethoven considered him the greatest composer of all time, he overshadowed his native J.S. Bach in his time, and a statue was erected to him in England during his lifetime. Georg Friedrich Handel. Today, his early operas and later oratorios are not often performed, but his orchestral Music for the Royal Fireworks and Water Music are most familiar to listeners. But his arias from operas and oratorios live on on stage. Their broad-breathed melodies anticipate 19th-century romanticism and modern 20th-century pop ballads. I present one famous aria for your pleasure. Lascia ch´io pianga (Let me cry) from 1711 (reworked aria from his Il trionfo del tempo from 1707).