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@Händel: Lungi da me, pensier tiranno, HWV 125b - Ragin
Lungi da me, pensier tiranno, HWV 125b Italian cantata for alto and basso continuo Text: - Music: Georg Friedrich Händel Composed: Italy, 1706-09? ___ - Recitativo: Lungi da me, pensier tiranno - Aria: Pensier crudele, se vuoi ch'io creda - Recitativo: Ma se amor ciò contrasta - Aria: Fuggi da questo sen - Recitativo: Non sa il mio cor sincero - Aria: Tirsi amato, adorato mio nume ___ In this video: Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor Leslie Samuels, harpsichord Susanne Hartig, Baroque violoncello Recorded in May 1990 ___ This cantata also exists for soprano (HWV 125a). There is no autograph of either version. In a 1995 article, Ellen T. Harris provides much evidence tending to prove that it was first composed for alto and later transposed for soprano, contrary to Bernd Baselt's assumption. The soprano version is mentioned in the documents of the household of the Marquis Ruspoli, in the bill of a copyist dated August 31, 1709. ___ Borrowings: - The third aria, "Tirsi amato, adorato mio Nume", became Narciso's aria "Volo pronto" in Agrippina, HWV 6 (1708). ___ Recitativo Lungi da me, pensier tiranno! Tu mi vorresti rendere infelice col farmi credere Tirsi un traditore. Ah! sento ch'il mio core mi dice che non può l'alma sì bella esser a me rubella. Dunque da questo sen fugga l'affanno! Lungi da me, pensier tiranno! Aria Pensier crudele, se vuoi ch'io creda ch'il mio bel Tirsi sia ingannator, fa ch'il mio amore meco l'unisca, poi lo bandisca da questo cor. Recitativo Ma se amor ciò contrasta e 'l cor ripugna, la sua virtù mel vieta, e la sincerità del suo bel genio; non vogliono ch'io creda che sia Tirsi ingrato. Lungi dunque da me, pensier spietato! Aria Fuggi da questo sen, o barbaro pensier, lasciami in pace! Sebben m'aduli amor, per te consente il cor, perché ti piace. Recitativo Non sa il mio cor sincero creder d'error capace un'alma grande. Dunque torna, o pensiero, coi sogni a funestar la mente oppressa, e lascia a me la libertade intiera di credere Tirsi mio d'alma sincera. Aria Tirsi amato, adorato mio nume, vieni, o caro, ritornami in sen. Farfalletta son io, che le piume ardo al lume del caro mio ben. ___ Translation (by Ellen T. Harris): Recitativo Away from me, tyrannous thought! You would like to make me unhappy by making me believe Thyrsis a traitor; but I feel that my heart tells me that it is not possible for a soul so beautiful to be untrue to me. So from this breast let anguish flee! Away from me, tyrannous thought! Aria Cruel thought, if you wish me to believe that my handsome Thyrsis is a traitor, grant that my love may connect him with [me], then banish him from my heart. Recitativo But if love opposes that and the heart resists, then his own virtue forbids it to me, along with the sincerity of his beautiful spirit; they do not wish me to believe that Thyrsis is ungrateful. Away then from me, cruel thought! Aria Fly from this breast, O barbarous thought, leave me in peace! Although love flatters me, my heart consents for your sake because it pleases you. Recitativo My sincere heart cannot believe a great soul capable of error. So turn back, O thought, with visions to afflict my oppressed spirit, and leave me the complete freedom to believe my Thyrsis a sincere soul. Aria Beloved Thyrsis, my adored god, come, my love, come back to my breast. A butterfly am I, whose wings I burn at the light of my dear beloved. ___ Eser.

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