Ah! tu non sai (Handel) Eva Zaïcik

Ah! tu non sai from the opera Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15 by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Eva Zaïcik, mezzo-soprano Le Consort Justin Taylor, conductor Ah! tu non sai Quant’il mio Sospira, e sente per lui pietà. In tanti lai, Altro non brama il mio dolor Che a lui si renda la libertà. TRANSLATION (by Charles Johnston): Ah, you do not know How much my heart Sighs, and feels pity for him. In such affliction, My grief desires nothing more Than for his freedom to be restored. CD available from Alpha: Art in the video: [0:37] Inconsolable Grief by Ivan Kramskoi (1837–1887) [1:33] Lachrymae by Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) [2:33] A moment of sorrow, 19th century English School [3:35] Melancholy by Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849) [4:32] Sweet Melancholy by Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809)