Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäuspassion) - Galou (Roth) 

I looked for the full version of this for hours already with no result. Can someone please give a link to it as Delphine Galou as the contralto? She is just phenomenal, no one I've listened to is even close in their performance!

Play this at my funeral, and I will revive and lift the lid to listen. Eternal music.

Delphine Galous singing in this " Erbarme Dich mein Gott" is something of the the most beautiful I have heard in all my life.

Es ist eine der am schönsten musizierten Fassungen... immer im Fluss, nie im Stillstand, ohne viele Abphrasierungen und Atempausen.

Our biology teacher once opened this in the beginning of the class because everyone was sleeping and she just wanted us to wake up. It was everyone was so shocked lol. I love this song since then❤

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

What a lovely, effortless contralto voice Delphine Galou has. Absolutely beautiful.

the best ever rendition of erbarme dich.... hallelujah!!!

Delphine Galou has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard in my life.

This piece is a prayer. One I can never stop listening to..

Eines der schönsten Bach-Werke, wunderbar vorgetragen, rührt es mich zu Tränen.

Mit dieser Musik verschmelzen Erde und Himmel.

I am Hindu by upbringing, but this touches me on the deepest spiritual level, the sorrow and guilt of Peter for having denied Christ. Truly beautiful.

Ein Geschenk für die Ohren und die Seele!

Bach ist die direkte Verbindung zu Gott Vater ! Was für eine wunderbare Stimme D. Galou, diesen Text zu singen ist eine tiefe Andacht vor dem Herrn ! Vielen Dank !

I’ve listened to this piece over 100 times and every time I cry, her voice is beautiful, the orchestra is beautiful, and most of all, Christ’s love for us on the cross is beautiful.

Cette interprétation est juste magnifique, presque irréelle, beaucoup d'émotions, bouleversant. Merci !

I think I've listened to this a few hundred times in the past year. I still enjoy it every time.

Her voice is shockingly beautiful, amazing. After hearing this, I kept matching other versions, and this piece is so much more briliant.

One of the greatest arias, if not THE greatest, in all of Western music.

Delphine Galou is simply magnificent and Roth’s interpretation of this Aria is in a class of its own! Drieux on the violin just adds an even greater heavenly touch to this performance. I have never heard something that reaches the heart and speak to the soul like this.

This music touches the soul in a way no other music will ever do...

Das ist die genialste und ergreifende Arie aus der Mathäuspassion. Bach ist und bleibt doch der größte Komponist aller Zeiten!! A Komponist aller Zeite

Von allen Interpretationen, die ich gehört habe, berührt diese am stärksten. Dank der Stimme Delphine Galous. - Einfach großartig.

MERCI ! MAGNIFIQUE ; PLéNITUDE de BACH . Cécile , violoniste de l orchestre National de LILLE . BRAVO .

The most beautiful piece of music to express the depth of Christ's Passion ...Bach you are so inspired

Eine wunderschöne Frau und ein wahrhaft göttliches Gesangsstück, berührt mich sehr...

Bien sur ,c'est du Bach,on pourrait dire facile d’être dans le magnifique. mais la ,c'est vrai que l'émotion nous envahi , la chanteuse,le violoniste et l'orchestre véritablement au service de l’œuvre, avec cette humilité devant celle ci et la voix de Delphine Galou, douce et puissante a la fois. merci pour ce moment

Why did I never hear of this singer before? My heart almost stopped beating with astonishment and awe at her first tone!

I just had to park the car on the highway and consentrate 100 % to fully appreciate this lovely piece of music, the dedicated orchestra and wonderful voice.

J'écoute Bach, mon vieux maître, depuis des années et des années… Je connais cette Passion et notamment son "Erbarme dich" de cœur, et pourtant, j'ai l'impression grâce à mademoiselle Galou et aux musiciens qui l'entourent de redécouvrir cette œuvre. Simplement juste et tendre et émouvant et sensuel. Quel travail cela doit représenter ! Merci mademoiselle Galou. Merci infiniment.

La Perfection en ce bas monde, quelques moments de Beauté, Bonheur absolu.

Extraordinary diction, perfect Baroque uptempo, quiver rather than vibrato, hits middle-C solidly, authentic expression. Best performance of this aria on RU-vid.

Bach definitely had a direct line to a higher power.

What makes this so perfect is that its actually interpreted correctly in the Baroque style. Not a ton of vibrato in either the vocalist or the orchestra. Melodies, harmonies and counterpoint perfectly balanced with a PURE tone, simply played and sung. And good LORD Delphine Galou has the voice of an angel. Her voice is SO round and full without being strained AT ALL. She maintains such perfect tone without covering it up with so much vibrato we see creeping in during the on coming Classical periods. Perfect balance between straight pure tones and vibrato. Her tone is SO fat you could land a 747 in it!

Absolutely beautiful! Brings tears to my eyes as does most of the St Matthew Passion. Bach is wonderful!

This came on the radio in the morning whilst driving to work. I pulled into a filling station and sat there transfixed. It was followed by 'In Tears We Sat Down'. I drove slowly to work after that, my heart full of the beauty of Bach's music. Who are the sad individuals who 'disliked' this?

Que de beauté ! Musique, voix, cantatrice, orchestre. On atteint les sommets de la perfection humaine. Comment faire mieux ?...

because 250 years from now, no one will remember today's musician. God bless you Johann Sebastian Bach

This is by far the best performance of Erbahrme dich. A heartfelt prayer, this is sung from the heart 💓

Johann Sebastian Bach is the greatest musical genious who ever lived on this planet. He simply defined the benchmark for music.

A divine balance between the voice, the soloist, orchestra and music

Bach is pure sublime beauty.

Bach is the most marvelous composer ever in all world...

I've listened to dozens of versions of Erbarme Dich and I always come back to this one. It is truly divine.

Himmlische Musik im wahrsten Sinne. Wunderwunderbar interpretiert hier. So berührend, mein Herz und Seele schweben. Danke. God bless you all.

I saw this live sung in a church in Enniskillen I cried all the way through. There is something deeply moving in a contralto voice

If perfection exists, this is it. If I had to choose my favorite music performance, this is it. I listened to the recording hundreds of times, literally, and did not get tired, just fell in love with the violinist, the orchestra, the conductor and of course, with Galou.

Fabuleux, je ne cesse de le réécouter. L'interprétation est des plus juste violon, soliste et orchestre et la voix.... le tout magnifique. Merci

magnifique Delphine Galou. Un régal. - un contrebassiste -

Ein auch nach hunderten Malen unglaubliches Stück. Die Geige löst alle Zähren (Tränen) in Trost und Licht auf. Was man im Hintergrund hören kann ist ein Lautenarpeggio. So gelungen! Danke

Stupefacente, inarrivabile, divino! Mi commuove, mi fa piangere, mi rapisce in una dimensione sovrumana! Erbarme dich, mein Gott

Wunderbar, welches Glück!..hier wird mit wunderbarer Musikalität tiefe Theologie ausgedrückt, ..für mich eine Offenbarung!

The most beautiful voice i ever heard in this peace of music.......

Divine singing and solo violin - JSB would be proud..

I'm agnostic. This aria makes me yearn for God, as does so much of Bach's work. I can't imagine life without this incredibly profound and moving music.

that song brings tears to my eyes every time, such a moving expression of sorrow.

Galou has a voice which is so musical and powerful and hypnotic. And she's also so beautiful. I just adore her. The greatest opera voice today.

いつ聴いても　色褪せないセンスと　Delphineの歌声！ 素敵なパフォーマンスに涙が出ます！

Such a heart wrenching pain. In these precise five minutes and fiftyseven seconds we have the most overwhelming desperation man can feel. Tonight I was feeling so down I decided that I had to listen to this piece to express my pain. Needless to say, voiceless screams came out of my mouth, the sweetest tears out of my eyes. I never enjoyed suffering this much. Art has the power to give sense to humans' sorrow by mutating it into something so beautiful, it destroys you. But you somehow manage to enjoy it so much you immediately want to repeat the experience. Thank you, Bach.

Wunderbare Interpretation.Könnte ich immerzu hören!

Erbarme dich, Mein Gott, Um meiner Zähren willen Schaue hier, Herz und Auge weint vor dir Bitterlich.

dieses lied ist eines der schönsten lieder die ich gehört habe. Es erhebt dich zu einem spirituellen Gefühl gegenüber Gott

How warmly the orchestra and singer weave together. How deeply felt.

God, through this piece of music I can find peace, perfection and pleasure.

It's my favorite rendition of this masterpiece. Galou's voice is warm, passionate, when most other renditions are flat or setback. She's powerfull and flickering at the same time, wich is remarquable. When I hear how she's imploring, my own voice knotted with emotion. In a way, this interpretation is very romantic. The coordination with the violin looks weak. But still, it never fails, it works. Because the play of the violonist is a perfect match for Galou's voice. I'm an atheist but I imagine that the protestant God, after the trap he set, would be much more convinced of Peter's beg if it's trembling, profoundly human.

Voce magnifica! Stupenda interpretazione del grandissimo musicista e compositore tedesco Johann Sebastian Bach! Il grande Bach ci ha regalato una musica immortale!

Wat een prachtige, krachtige stem en met zoveel passie en empathie vertolkt.

J'adore la voix de Delphine !! Magnifique. Joop ( Hollandais )

Wunderschöne, kühl tembrierte und sehr ausdrucksvolle Stimme....... traumschön!

This is the best performance I have ever seen or listened to, both the orchestra and particularly the solo violin, but it is the singer who nailed it - she makes it perfect by by her perfect singing. I absolutely love it, and I wish when I am dying they would do this once again for me.

Divine Voice ☺

The emotional climax of St Matthew's Passion.

No matter how many times I listen to this exceptional aria. Everything is better than the previous one.

Everything about this clip is stunningly beautiful, the elegant and effortless quality of the playing and singing, the artists' presentation, the cinematography, the graphics .... everything! Extraordinary.

the tempo is perfect, so mournful, like crying...

Quelle musicalité dans cette voix ! Merci Delphine.

I casually look up Erbame dich on RU-vid as I feel like listening to it whilst fixing my breakfast. Andreas Scholl? Nah. I feel like something different. I choose another, more or less at random. The intro starts. Good. Then she starts singing. My head spins round. "What?!' And I stand there open-mouthed, transfixed at the beauty of her voice.

Ich mag Johann Sebastian Bach sehr .Es ist sehr schön.Erbarme dich unser mein Gott bitte !

Une des plus belles voix pour chanter cet aria.

Viele danke, Marc D., wer immer Sie sind!

This presentation is of amazingly high quality in every way. The voice of this woman is so rich, yet, incisively clear and exquisitely well-modulated in volume and tone . . . a masterful performance of this genre . . . so soulful and beautiful . . .

Слов нет.Божественная музыка. Начинаешь думать о жизни смерти о пройденном это и мудрость и философия и конечно наши эмоции.Слава Тебе, Бог, что дал нам Баха!

le timbre est splendide et la musique de Bach est tellement émouvante..c'est un tel plaisir

There is no need for a heaven when there is the St Mathew Passion by Bach :) This singer has a lovely pure timbre to her voice which is generally only found in counter-tenors in my opinion. Excellent tempo too!

The Music of J.S. Bach has always been SO DYNAMIC, MULTI-LAYERED, COMPLEX and BEAUTIFUL at the same time!

I am back again... for the third year in a row... who would have thought back in 2019 that listening to the yearly Eastern live performance of Matthäuspassion in the church might be the least possible thing to wish for... Thank God for Delphine Galou... I am not surprised this clip have 5,5 million views... I am personally responsible for quite a few of them :-D

What flame of musical faith that this masterpiece keeps glittering with, each time I hear it! What passion in the singer's execution AND what a marvelous re-incarnation by the Music Director... WOW!

Aus dem Deutschen ins Aserbaidschanische: Mərhəmət et mənə Allahım, Göz yaşlarımın xatirinə! Bax bura, qəlbim və gözüm Sənin hüzurunda için-için ağlayır. Mərhəmət et mənə Allahım! Die Werke von J. S. Bach gefallen mir immer sehr gut! Er ist genau Gott von Musik!

Hearing Bach is confirming the real existence of divinity, far away from any religion.

Zoooo mooi dit, haar stem, het orkest, persoonlijk vind ik dit de mooiste uitvoering. Sinds 7 jaren...26 oktober 2014 stierf mijn bonusvader, sindsdien luister ik dit stuk regelmatig. Wonderlijk mooi, altijd ook n diepe snik in mn borst die opborrelt. Muziek 1 van de mooiste dingen die bestaan.🌷

This is something I thank life for.

Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren willen! Schaue hier, Herz und Auge weint vor dir bitterlich. Erbarme dich, mein Gott. Have mercy, my God, for the sake of my tears! See here, before you heart and eyes weep bitterly. Have mercy, my God.

la rencontre du génie de bach avec l'émotion d'une voix actuelle qui défie tous les superlatifs....Que désirer de plus....

Ich habe es oft gesungen. Aber so ergriffen hat mich kaum eine Aufführung. Du singst so wunderschön rein und klar.

Pure perfection! Her contralto is stunning!

Bellissima musica di Bach, magistralmente interpretata. Incantevole la contralto Delphine Galou con la sua splendida voce!

Her voice is so beautiful, all of the instrumentalists play exceptionally brilliant & the composer has an elegant style!

Absolutely fabulous quality of singing by Mme Galou. Clearly the 21st Century equivalent of Julia Hamari, but with a depth and French elegance and warmth that counters and complements the Teutonic Protestant sincerity of Richter's work perfectly. Thank you for this joy.

Bach's masterpiece. Wonderful singing, superb playing appalling conducting