Susanna HWV 66

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Trackliste Susanna HWV 66 (Oratorium) (Gesamtaufnahme) Händel, Georg Friedrich Ouvertüre (1. Akt) Chor: How long, oh Lord Rezitativ: Our crimes repeated Arie: Clouds o'ertake the brightest day Rezitativ: Oh Joacim, when thou art by Duett: When thou art nigh Rezitativ: Lives there in Babylon Arie: Who fears the Lord Rezitativ: A flame like mine Arie: When first I saw my lovely Rezitativ: Let me confess Arie: Would custom bid the melting fair Rezitativ: Down my old cheeks Arie: Peace, crown'd with roses Rezitativ: O pious Chelsias Arie: Without the swain's assiduous care Rezitativ: Source of each joy Arie: The parent bird in search of food Rezitativ: On Joacim may ev'ry joy attend Accompagnato: What means this weight Chor: Virtue shall never long be oppressed Arie: Bending to the throne of glory Accompagnato: Tyrannic love! Arie: Ye verdant hills, ye balmy vales Rezitativ: Say, is it fit that age should Arie: The oak that for a thousand years Rezitativ: Ye winged gales, convey Arie: When the trumpet sounds to arms Chor: Righteous Heav'n Rezitativ: Frost nips the flow'rs (2. Akt) Arie: On fair Euphrates' verdant side Rezitativ: Lead me, oh lead me Arie: Chrystal streams in murmurs flowing Rezitativ: Too lovely youth Arie: Ask if yon damask rose be sweet Rezitativ: In vain you try to cure Arie: Beneath the cypress' gloomy shade Rezitativ: Thy plaintive strains Arie: Blooming as the face of spring Rezitativ: We long have languish'd Arie: The torrent that sweeps Rezitativ: Deceitful wolves! Trio: Away! Away! Rezitativ: Alas! I find the fatal toils are set Arie: If guiltless blood be your intent Chor: Let justice reign and flourish Rezitativ: Is fair Susanna false? Arie: On the rapid whirlwind's wing Chor: Oh Joacim, thy wedded truth Chor: The cause is decided (3. Akt) Rezitativ: I hear my doom Arie: Faith displays her rosy wing Rezitativ: Permit me, fair Arie: Round thy urn my tears shall Rezitativ: 'Tis thus the crocodile Accompagnato: But you, who see me on the verge of life Rezitativ: The sentence now is past Arie: 'Tis not age's sullen face Rezitativ: O wond'rous youth Chor: Impartial Heaven Rezitativ: Thou artful wretch! Arie: Chastity, thou cherub bright Rezitativ: But see! My lord, my Joacim appears Arie: Gold within the furnace try'd Rezitativ: The joyful news of chaste Susanna's truth Arie: Raise your voice to sounds of joy Chor: Bless'd be the day Rezitativ: Hence ev'ry pang Arie: Guilt trembling spoke my doom Rezitativ: Sweet are the accents Duett: To my chaste Susanna's praise Chor: A virtuous wife