Quel torrente che cade dal monte

'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

Les Siècles,
conducted by François-Xavier Roth

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.