Let Me Weep (Lascia Ch'io Pianga) from the Opera Rinaldo

Let Me Weep (Lascia ch'io pianga) is an aria from the Handel opera Rinaldo. Aaron Hill wrote the scenario, after which Giacomo Rossi wrote the beautiful texts with Georg Friedrich Handel adding the music at a later date. According to reports, he composed the music for the complete opera in just fourteen days using many melodies from earlier works. The melody of this wonderful aria is known all over the world, and this arrangement by Jacob de Haan retains all the passion of the original.