Susanna HWV 66
Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, University of California Chamber Chorus, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Soprano), Drew Minter (Countertenor), Jill Feldman (Soprano), William Parker (Baritone), Jeffrey Thomas (Tenor), David Thomas (Bass)
℗ 1990
- 04:20Overture
Act I
- 03:32No. 1 Chorus 'How long, oh Lord!' (Chorus) – Recitative 'Our crimes repeated' (Joacim)
- 05:01No. 2 Air 'Clouds o'ertake the brightest day' (Joacim) – Recitative 'Oh Joacim! when thou art by' (Susanna)
- 04:15No. 3 Duet 'When thou art nigh' (Susanna, Joacim) – Recitative 'Lives there in Babylon' (Chelsias)
- 04:24No. 4 Air 'Who fears the Lord' (Chelsias) – Recitative 'A flame like mine' (Joacim)
- 04:40No. 5 Air 'When first I saw my lovely maid' (Joacim) – Recitative 'Let me confess' (Susanna)
- 07:05No. 6 Air 'Would custom bid the melting fair' (Susanna) – Recitative 'Down my old cheeks' (Chelsias)
- 02:10Air 'Peace crown'd with roses' (Chelsias) – Recitative 'Oh pious Chelsias!' (Susanna)
- 06:37No. 7 Air 'Without the swain's assiduous care' (Susanna) – Recitative 'Source of each joy' (Joacim, Susanna)
- 05:19No. 8 Air 'The parent bird in search of food' (Joacim)
- 01:13Recitative 'On Joacim may every joy attend' – No. 9 Accompagnato 'What means this weight' (Susanna)
- 05:24No. 10 Air 'Bending to the throne of glory' (Susanna)
- 01:47No. 11 Accompagnato 'Tyrannic love' (First Elder)
- 02:48No. 12 Air 'Ye verdant hills, ye balmy vales' (First Elder)
- 02:10Recitative 'Say, is it fit' (Second Elder, First Elder)
- 03:33No. 13 Air 'The oak that for a thousand years' (Second Elder) – Recitative 'Ye winged gales, convey these whisp'ring sighs' (First Elder, Second Elder)
- 04:08No. 14 Air 'When the trumpet sounds to arms' (First Elder)
- 05:11No. 15 Chorus 'Righteous Heav'n' (Chorus)
Act II
- 00:32Recitative 'Frost nips the flow'rs' (Joacim)
- 06:00No. 16 Air 'On fair Euphrates' verdant side' (Joacim)
- 00:17Recitative 'Lead me, oh lead me' (Susanna)
- 08:33No. 17 Air 'Chrystal streams in murmurs flowing' (Susanna) – Recitative 'Too lovely youth' (Susanna, Attendant)
- 02:58No. 18 Air 'Ask if yon damask rose be sweet' (Attendant) – Recitative 'In vain you try' (Susanna, Attendant)
- 02:31No. 19 Air 'Beneath the cypress' gloomy shade' (Attendant) – Recitative 'Thy plaintive strains' (Susanna, Attendant)
- 00:23Recitative 'But hark, what sudden noise' (Susanna)
- 05:04No. 20 Air 'Blooming as the face of spring' (First Elder) – Recitative 'We long have languish'd' (Second Elder, Susanna)
- 04:36No. 21 Air 'The torrent that sweeps' (Second Elder) – Recitative 'Deceitful wolves! who left in truth's defence' (Susanna, Second Elder)
- 02:13No. 22 Trio 'Away, away!' (Susanna, First Elder, Second Elder) – Recitative 'Alas! I find the fatal toils are set' (Susanna, Second Elder, First Elder)
- 00:37Recitative 'I caught the fair delinquent' (Second Elder, First Elder)
- 08:40No. 23 Air 'If guiltless blood be your intent' (Susanna) – Recitative 'Quick to her fate' (First Elder)
- 02:00No. 24 Chorus 'Let justice reign and flourish' (Chorus)
- 00:31Recitative 'Is fair Susanna false?' (Joacim)
- 04:53No. 25 Air 'On the rapid whirlwind's wing' (Joacim)
- 03:50No. 26 Chorus 'Oh Joacim, thy wedded truth!' (Chorus)
Act III
- 02:00No. 27 Chorus 'The cause is decided' (Chorus) – Recitative 'I hear my doom' (Susanna)
- 04:18No. 28 Air 'Faith displays her rosy wing' (Susanna) – Recitative 'Permit me, fair' (First Elder)
- 04:53No. 29 Air 'Round thy urn my tears shall flow' (First Elder) – Recitative ''Tis thus the crocodile' (Susanna) – No. 30 Accompagnato 'But you, who see me' (Susanna) – Recitative 'The sentence now is past' (Second Elder, First Elder, Daniel)
- 05:43No. 31 Air ''Tis not age's sullen face' (Daniel) – Recitative 'Oh wond'rous youth!' (A Judge, Daniel)
- 06:34No. 32 Chorus 'Impartial heav'n!' (Chorus) – Recitative 'Thou artful wretch!' (Daniel, First Elder, Second Elder)
- 06:46No. 33 Air 'Chastity, thou Cherub bright' (Daniel) – Recitative 'But see, my Lord' (Susanna)
- 04:20No. 34 Air 'Gold within the furnace try'd' (Joacim) – Recitative 'The joyful news' (Chelsias, Susanna)
- 03:14No. 35 Air 'Raise your voice to sounds of joy' (Chelsias)
- 02:00No. 36 Chorus 'Bless'd be the day' (Chorus) – Recitative 'Hence ev'ry pang, which late my soul oppress'd' (Susanna)
- 06:35No. 37 Air 'Guilt trembling spoke my doom' (Susanna) – Recitative 'Sweet are the accents' (Joacim, Susanna)
- 02:52No. 38 Duet 'To my chaste Susanna's praise' (Susanna, Joacim)
- 01:51No. 39 Chorus 'A virtuous wife shall soften fortune's frown' (Chorus)
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