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.