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Très très innocent et très très excitant.

Philippe Jaroussky
L'Arpeggiata
cond.: Christina Pluhar
Sept 2021

Quel buon Pastor son io,
Che tanto il Gregge apprezza
Che per la sua salvezza
Offre se stesso ancor.

Conosco ad una ad una
Le mie dilette agnelle
E riconoscon' quelle
Il tenero Pastor.

Philippe Jaroussky sings "Quel buon pastor son io" by Antonio Caldara

"Quel buon pastor son io" (That good shepherd am I)
from "La morte d'Abel" (Abel's Death) by Antonio Caldara
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar (cond.)
Recorded 2014

Quel buon Pastor son io,
Che tanto il Gregge apprezza
Che per la sua salvezza
Offre se stesso ancor.

Conosco ad una ad una
Le mie dilette agnelle
E riconoscon quelle
Il tenero Pastor.
~
That good shepherd am I,
Who loves his flock so much
That for its salvation
He lays down his life.

I know each and every one
Of my beloved lambs
And they recognize
their loving shepherd.

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Philippe Jaroussky and his Ensemble Artaserse live, Versailles, 2009. You can find the whole concert on YouTube! (I cleaned up the audio a little.) 

The opera "(La) Merope" tells the story of Merope, the widow of King Cresfonte (greek: Kresphontes). Her husband and children were killed by his enemy, with only her son Epitide (greek: Aipytos) escaping this fate. Growing up in exile, Epitide falls in love with Argia. The plot culminates in Act III, when Epitide finds himself completely alone among the two people who he thought knew him best. 

Originally, the role of Epitide was sung by Farinelli. 

In "Sposa, non mi conosci", Epitide addresses his mother Merope and his lover, Argia, alternately, which makes for a slightly confusing text. Later, Vivaldi used the achingly beautiful piece for his pasticcio "Bajazet", but with an altered text: "Sposa, son disprezzata".

*Italian*
Sposa, non mi conosci? 
Madre, tu non mi ascolti. 
(Cieli che feci mai!)
E pur sono il tuo Cor, 
Il tuo figlio, il tuo amor 
La tua speranza.

Parla, ma sei infedel
Credi, ma sei crudel
Morir mi lascerai?
Oh dio! manca il valor
E la costanza.

*English translation*
And am I to my spouse unknown? 
Will not my mother lend an ear? 
Say, oh ye gods, what have I done,
Deserves a torture thus severe! 
I once was object of thy love; 
Thou plac'd thy hopes in me thy son. 

Speak; but thou dost faithless prove. 
Believe; but thou art cruel grown. 
What will ye both, than, let me die, 
Ye gods, I find I can't prevail: 
And now I feel my constancy,
And former courage both do fail. 

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Sposa, non mi conosci" from Geminiano Giacomelli's opera "La Merope"

"Gelido in ogni vena"
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, "Siroe"
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Countertenor + piano accompagniment: Philippe Jaroussky
Live on France Inter Nov 2023
Cosroes' aria (Act III, scene V)

Gelido in ogni vena
Scorrer mi sento il sangue,
L'ombra del figlio esangue
M'ingombra di terror.

E per maggior mia pena
Vedo che fui crudele
A un'anima innocente,
Al core del mio cor.

**
I feel my blood congealing run 
Thro' ev'ry vein, in ev'ry part, 
And the pale ghost of my dear son,
Strikes dread and terror to my heart. 

And still to add to greater woe,
The loyal innocent I've slain,
Of cruelty at length I know,
I, on myself, have fix'd the stain. 

Gelido in ogni vena" is an aria from a libretto by Pietro Metastasio*. It appears in two distinct operas: "Siroe" and "Farnace". (Farnace: 1927, "Gelido in ogni vena" was set to music by almost every composer in Baroque and beyond. The approaches are very different and interesting to hear. They range from Vinci's approach which is more pleasing than it is gripping to Vivaldi's soul-crushing benchmark of what a baroque aria can be.

The fellow Venetian Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (*1710) has a yet different approach. It's not quite clear when his version was composed, only that it happened before 1758. The dread that befalls Cosroe when he imagines seeing his deceased son whom he (justly) feels he has wronged that makes his blood run cold with fear and guilt, Ferrandini illustrates with fragile diminished jumps and subtle harmonic shifts and chromatics as Cosroe's world is coming apart at the seams, shifting and shaking while he tries to somehow smoothen the cracks and live on. More personal and intimate than Vivaldi's, Ferrandini's interpretation is sublime by its own merit.

*) (this seems more likely even though some sources credit Antonio Maria Lucchini, but it seems that his version didn't contain "Gelido ...")

The full radio podcast is still available here: 
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Translation Source: Siroe, re di Persia. Drama per musica, etc.
1736, British library
https://www.google.de/books/edition/Siroe_re_di_Persia_Drama_per_musica_etc/NnkCXEdNB4wC?hl=de&gbpv=0

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Gelido in ogni vena" from Giovanni Battista Ferrandini's "Siroe"

Sì dolce e'l tormento, SV 332
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata Ensemble
(remastered)

Sì dolce è'l tormento 
Ch'in seno mi sta, 
Ch'io vivo contento 
Per cruda beltà. 
Nel ciel di bellezza 
S'accreschi fierezza 
Et manchi pietà: 
Che sempre qual scoglio  
All'onda d'orgoglio 
Mia fede sarà. 

La speme fallace 
Rivolgam' il piè. 
Diletto ne pace 
Non scendano a me. 
E l'empia ch'adoro 
Mi nieghi ristoro 
Di buona mercè: 
Tra doglia infinita, 
Tra speme tradita 
Vivrà la mia fè. 

[Per foco e per gelo
Riposo non hò.
Nel porto del cielo
Riposo avrò.
Se colpo mortale
Con rigido strale
Il cor m'impiagò,
Cangiando mia sorte
Col dardo di morte
Il cor sanerò.]

Se fiamma d'amore 
Già mai non sentì 
Quel rigido core 
Ch'il cor mi rapì, 
Se nega pietate 
La cruda beltate 
Che l'alma invaghì: 
Ben fia che dolente, 
Pentita e languente 
Sospirimi un dì.
~~

So sweet is the torment 
That lies in my heart,
That I live happily 
In the face of cruel beauty.
In heaven's beauty 
Fierce pride may grow bold
Without pity 
But always my faith 
Will be a rock 
Against that wave of pride.

May false hope 
Turn back from me
May neither delight 
Nor peace descend upon me.
And the cruel woman I adore 
Deny me 
Merciful relief; 
Amidst infinite pain
Amidst broken hope, 
My faith shall survive.

[From fire and ice 
I will find no repose
Only at the gate of heaven 
I shall find repose.
Should the deadly strike 
Of an arrow 
Injure my heart, 
My heart shall heal
By changning my lot 
With that arrow of death]

If that unyielding heart 
That has captured mine
Has never felt 
The flames of love,
If the cruel beauty 
That enthralled my soul
Denies me pity, 
Then let it be that one day,
Languishing in pain and repentance,
She will sigh for me.


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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Sì dolce è'l tormento" by Claudio Monteverdi

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt)
Georg Friedrich Händel
Libretto: Fancesco Haym

"Empio, dirò, tu sei"
Philippe Jaroussky
Ensemble Matheus
cond.: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Casare's aria

Empio, dirò, tu sei
Togliti a gli occhi miei
Sei tutto crudeltà

Non è da re quel cuor
Che donasi al rigor
Che in sen non ha pietà

***
Wicked, I will say, you are
Get out of my sight
You are all cruelty

The heart is not fit for a king
That gives itself to harshness
That knows no pity

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Empio, dirò tu sei" from George Frideric Handel's "Giulio Cesare"

Polifemo
Nicola Antonio Porpora
Libretto: Paolo Antonio Rolli

"Alto Giove" (Mighty Jove)
Philippe Jaroussky
Ensemble Matheus
cond.: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Aci's Aria

Alto Giove è tua grazia
E tuo vanto il gran dono
Di vita immortale
Che il tuo cenno
Sovrano mi fa
***
Mighty Jove,
by your grace and your merit,
your sovereign gesture bestows upon me
the gift of immortal life.

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Alto Giove" from Nicola Porpora's "Polifemo" (2010)

Philippe Jaroussky at the "Nuit de la Voix" of the Fondation Orange. The full replay is up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMP1hh1lr7E&feature=youtu.be&t=1h6m1s

Céline Dion, "S'il suffisait d'aimer"

Je rêve son visage, je décline son corps
Et puis je l'imagine habitant mon décor
J'aurais tant à lui dire si j'avais su parler
Comment lui faire lire au fond de mes pensées?

Mais comment font ces autres à qui tout reussit?
Qu'on me dise mes fautes, mes chimères aussi
Moi j'offrirais mon âme, mon coeur et tout mon temps
Mais j'ai beau tout donner, tout n'est pas suffisant
S'il suffisait qu'on s'aime, s'il suffisait d'aimer
Si l'on changeait les choses un peu, rien qu'en aimant donner
S'il suffisait qu'on s'aime, s'il suffisait d'aimer
Je ferais de ce monde un rêve, une éternité

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Philippe Jaroussky sings Céline Dion's "S'il suffisait d'aimer"

Philippe Jaroussky at the "Nuit de la Voix" of the Fondation Orange. The full replay is up at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMP1hh1lr…youtu.be&t=1h6m1s

Desireless
VOYAGE VOYAGE
Paroles et musique: J.-M. Rivat - D. Dubois, 1987

Au dessus des vieux volcans,
Glisse des ailes sous les tapis du vent,
Voyage, voyage,
Éternellement.
De nuages en marécages,
De vent d'Espagne en pluie d'équateur,
Voyage, voyage,
Vole dans les hauteurs
Au dessus des capitales,
Des idées fatales,
Regarde l'océan...

Voyage, voyage
Plus loin que la nuit et le jour, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Dans l'espace inouï de l'amour.
Voyage, voyage
Sur l'eau sacrée d'un fleuve indien, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Et jamais ne revient.

Sur le Gange ou l'Amazone,
Chez les blacks, chez les sikhs, chez les jaunes,
Voyage, voyage
Dans tout le royaume.
Sur les dunes du Sahara,
Des îles Fidji au Fujiyama,
Voyage, voyage,
Ne t'arrêtes pas.
Au dessus des barbelés,
Des coeurs bombardés,
Regarde l'océan.

Voyage, voyage
Plus loin que la nuit et le jour, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Dans l'espace inouï de l'amour.
Voyage, voyage
Sur l'eau sacrée d'un fleuve indien, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Et jamais ne revient.

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Voyage, voyage" by Desireless

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "La Javanaise" by Serge Gainsbourg

Philippe Jaroussky at the Utrecht Early Music Festival
Celine Scheen, Philippe Jaroussky, L'Arpeggiata
03. Sept. 2017 
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"Komm süßer Tod" by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 478)

1.
Komm, süßer Tod, komm, selge Ruh!
Komm, führe mich in Friede,
weil ich der Welt bin müde,
ach komm, ich wart auf dich,
komm bald und führe mich,
drück mir die Augen zu.
Komm, selge Ruh!
~
Come, o sweet death, come, blessed rest!
Come and guide me in peace
because I am tired of the world,
o come, I am waiting for you,
come soon and guide me,
close my eyes.
Come, blessed rest!


5.
Komm, süßer Tod, komm, selge Ruh!
Ich will nun Jesum sehen
und bei den Engeln stehen.
Es ist nunmehr vollbracht,
drum, Welt, zu guter Nacht,
mein Augen sind schon zu.
Komm, selge Ruh!
~
Come, o sweet death, come, blessed rest!
Now I want to see Jesus
and be beside the angels.
It is finished now, 
therefore, I bid you, world, good night,
my eyes are closed already.
Come, blessed rest!

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Komm süßer Tod" by J. S. Bach

"Sì, la voglio" (Yes, I want her!) from "Serse" by Georg Friedrich Händel
*Arsamene's aria*
Philippe Jaroussky
Ensemble Artaserse

Sì, la voglio, e la otterrò!
E se il Ciel per me non splende,
Gli empi mostri e l’ombre orrende
Di Cocito invocherò.
Sì, la voglio, etc.
~
Yes I want her; she shall be mine!
If you cling to these foul damnations
Then the furies and apparitions 
Shall pursue you and drag you down.
Yes, I want her, ... etc.

Recorded live in Katovic, live broadcast by Polskie Radio on Nov 24, 2017
Original link: https://www.polskieradio.pl/8,Dwojka

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Sì, la voglio" from Händel's "Serse"

L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar, Die Glocke, Bremen 2017
Broadcast by Bremen 2

*Lascia ch’io pianga* - (Let me weep my cruel fate)
Georg Friedrich Händel, Rinaldo
Almirena’s aria

Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte
E che sospiri la libertà!
Il duol infranga queste ritorte
de’ miei martiri sol’ per pietà.

Let me weep
my cruel fate,
and sigh for liberty.
May sorrow break these chains
Of my sufferings, for pity’s sake.

Laß mich mit Tränen mein Los beklagen,
Ketten zu tragen, welch hartes Geschick!
Ach, nur im Tode find’ ich Erbarmen,
er gibt mir Armen die Ruh’ zurück.

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Philippe Jaroussky and Céline Scheen sing "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Händel's "Rinaldo"

"Écoutez la chanson bien douce"
Léo Ferré / Paul Verlaine
Philippe Jaroussky – voice
Jérôme Ducros – piano
Quatuor Ébène  

Écoutez la chanson bien douce
Qui ne pleure que pour vous plaire.
Elle est discrète, elle est légère:
Un frisson d'eau sur de la mousse!

La voix vous fut connue (et chère?),
Mais à présent elle est voilée
Comme une veuve désolée,
Pourtant comme elle est encore fière,

Et dans les longs plis de son voile
Qui palpite aux brises d'automne,
Cache et montre au coeur qui s'étonne
La vérité comme une étoile.

Elle dit, la voix reconnue,
Que la bonté c'est notre vie,
Que de la haine et de l'envie
Rien ne reste, la mort venue.

Elle parle aussi de la gloire
D'être simple sans plus attendre,
Et de noces d'or et du tendre
Bonheur d'une paix sans victoire.

Accueillez la voix qui persiste
Dans son naïf épithalame.
Allez, rien n'est meilleur à l'âme
Que de faire une âme moins triste!

Elle est en peine et de passage,
L'âme qui souffre sans colère,
Et comme sa morale est claire!...
Écoutez la chanson bien sage.

Écoutez la chanson bien douce
Qui ne pleure que pour vous plaire.
Elle est discrète, elle est légère:
Un frisson d'eau sur de la mousse!

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Philippe Jaroussky sings Léo Ferré's "Écoutez la chanson bien douce"

Philippe Jaroussky 
L’Orchestre National de France
Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

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*Alto Giove*
Nicola Porpora, Polifemo, Acis's aria:

ACIS 
Alto Giove è tua grazia 
E tuo vanto il gran dono 
Di vita immortale 
Che il tuo cenno 
Sovrano mi fa

Philippe Jaroussky sings "Alto Giove" at the Concert du 14 juillet 2018

Philippe Jaroussky
Ensemble Artaserse

Georg Friedrich Händel, Serse, HWV 40
Libretto by Stampiglia/Minato 
(Translation: English performing edition prepared by Peter Jones)

Serse's Aria:
Se bramate d'amar,
chi vi sdegna,
vuò sdegnarvi,
ma come, non sò.
La vostra ira crudel me l'insegna,
tento farlo, e quest'alma non può.
~
If you still love the man who rejects you,
I too should reject you, but know not how.
Your anger, cruel one, is urging me to do so:
I try to obey, but my soul will not respond.

Translation via Chandos

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Philippe Jaroussky sings „Se bramate d’amar chi vi sdegna“ from Händel's "Serse"

G. F. Händel - Amadigi di Gaula
*Pena tiranna*
Dardano's aria

Philippe Jaroussky
Jean-Christophe Spinosi 
Ensemble Matheus
Recorded maybe around 2006 (additional info welcome!) 

Pena tiranna
Io sento al core,
Né spero mai
Trovar pietà;
Amor m'affanna,
E il mio dolore
In tanti guai
Pace non ha.
Pena tiranna, etc.

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Pena tiranna" from Händel's "Amadigi"

Philippe Jaroussky sings "Let it go" at "À la bonne heure", hosted by Stéphane Bern

Libérée, délivrée
Je ne mentirai plus jamais
Libérée, délivrée
C'est décidé, je m'en vais
[...]

J'ai laissé mon enfance en été
Perdue dans l'hiver
Le froid est pour moi le prix de la liberté

Original image by Josef Fischnaller

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Philippe Jaroussky sings "Let it go" from "Frozen"

Philippe Jaroussky, Jérôme Ducros 
Franz Schubert (1823) D827
Live January 2020
*translation below*
Nacht und Träume
Matthäus von Collin

Heil’ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder;
Nieder wallen auch die Träume,
Wie dein Mondlicht durch die Räume,
Durch der Menschen stille Brust.
Die belauschen sie mit Lust;
Rufen, wenn der Tag erwacht:
Kehre wieder, heil’ge Nacht!
Holde Träume, kehret wieder!

Night and Dreams
English Translation © Richard Wigmore

Holy night, you sink down;
dreams, too, float down,
like your moonlight through space,
through the silent hearts of men.
They listen with delight,
crying out when day awakes:
come back, holy night!
Fair dreams, return!
~
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Franz Schubert's "Nacht und Träume"

Philippe Jaroussky on Europe 1: 

"J'ai gagné mon 1er concours de chant avec 'Les Démons de Minuit', j'avais euh... j'étais en 6e. Alors je suis un peu enrhumé mais : "...ils m'entrainent jusqu'à l'insomnie, les fantômes de l'oublis ..."

"... alors est ce que cela a permis que je garde cette voix? J'étais assez attiré par ça, peut-être le fait d'être violoniste aussi. Je crois quand on est contrebassiste on a envie de chanter plus grave, peut-être le fait de faire du violon..."

~
"I won my 1st singing competition with 'Les Démons de Minuit'('The midnight demons'), I had er ... I was in 6th grade. So I have a bit of a cold but: "... They take me to insomnia, the ghosts of forgetfulness ... "

"... so did that allow me to keep this voice? I was quite drawn to it, maybe being a violinist too. I think when you're a double bass player you want to sing deeper, maybe playing the violin ... "
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Mr PJ and the Midnight Demons

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