Susanna

Album by George Frideric Handel & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus & Nicholas McGegan

Susanna is an oratorio by German-British composer Georg Friedrich Händel, first performed in 1749. The work employs Baroque orchestration with recitatives, arias and choral writing to dramatise a biblical narrative, and it forms part of Handel's later English oratorio output as he adapted operatic forms for the London concert stage.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. Overture
    4:20
  2. 2.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "How long, oh Lord, shall Israel groan?"
    3:32
  3. 3.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "Clouds o'ertake the brightest day"
    5:01
  4. 4.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "When thou art nigh"
    4:15
  5. 5.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "Who fears the Lord may dare all foes"
    4:24
  6. 6.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "When first I saw my lovely maid"
    4:40
  7. 7.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "Would custom bid"
    7:05
  8. 8.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "Peace crown'd with roses"
    2:10
  9. 9.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "Without the swain's assiduous care"
    6:37
  10. 10.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 1. "The parent bird in search of food"
    5:19
  11. 11.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 2. "On Joacim may every joy attend"
    1:13
  12. 12.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 2. "Bending to the throne of glory"
    5:24
  13. 13.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 3. "Tyrannic love"
    1:47
  14. 14.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 3. "Ye verdant hills, ye balmy vales"
    2:48
  15. 15.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 4. "Say is it fit that age?"
    2:10
  16. 16.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 4. "The oak that for a thousand years"
    3:33
  17. 17.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 4. "When the trumpet sounds to arms"
    4:08
  18. 18.
    Susanna: Part I, Scene 4. "Righteous heav'n beholds their guile"
    5:11

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 1. "Frost nips the flowers"
    0:32
  2. 3.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 1. "On fair Euphrates' verdant side"
    6:00
  3. 4.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 2. "Lead me to some cool retreat"
    0:17
  4. 5.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 2. "Crystal streams in murmurs flowing"
    8:33
  5. 6.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 2. "Ask if yon damask rose"
    2:58
  6. 7.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 2. "Beneath the cypress' gloomy shade"
    2:31
  7. 8.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 3. "But hark, what sudden noise?"
    0:23
  8. 9.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 3. "Blooming as the face of spring"
    5:04
  9. 10.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 3. "The torrent that sweeps in its course"
    4:36
  10. 11.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 3. "Away, ye tempt me both in vain"
    2:13
  11. 12.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 4. "I caught the fair delinquent"
    0:37
  12. 13.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 4. "If guiltless blood be your intent"
    8:40
  13. 14.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 4. "Let justice reign"
    2:00
  14. 15.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 5. "Is fair Susanna false?"
    0:31
  15. 16.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 5. "On the rapid whirlwind's wing"
    4:53
  16. 17.
    Susanna: Part II, Scene 5. "O Joachim, thy wedded truth!"
    3:50

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 1. "The cause is decided"
    2:00
  2. 4.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 1. "Faith displays her rosy wing"
    4:18
  3. 5.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 1. "Round thy urn my tears shall flow"
    4:53
  4. 6.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 1. "'Tis not age's sullen face"
    5:43
  5. 7.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 1. "Impartial heav'n!"
    6:34
  6. 8.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 1. "Chastity, thou cherub bright"
    6:46
  7. 9.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 2. "Gold within the furnace try'd"
    4:20
  8. 10.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 2. "Raise your voice to sounds of joy"
    3:14
  9. 11.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 2. "Bless'd be the day that gave Susanna birth!"
    2:00
  10. 12.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 2. "Guilt trembling spoke my doom"
    6:35
  11. 13.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 2. "To my chaste Susanna's praise"
    2:52
  12. 14.
    Susanna: Part III, Scene 2. "A virtuous wife shall soften Fortune's frown"
    1:51

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