Susanna (2016)

"Susanna (1749) is based on a tale from the Apocrypha. Two hypocritical pillars of the establishment make sexual advances to Susanna when she is about to bathe in a stream. Rejected by the virtuous newly wed heroine (whose husband Joacim is away on business for a week), they vengefully accuse her of adultery. Just when the trumped-up charge appears to be leading inexorably to the innocent heroine’s execution, she is defended by the young Daniel, who discerns and exposes the lies of the spiteful perverts (who are themselves sentenced to death). This live recording, made at the Göttingen Handel Festival, is conducted sagely by Laurence Cummings, whose direction is alert to the broad range of dramatic atmospheres, situations, characterisations and musical styles in the oratorio. Each strand in the ominous Overture is delineated transparently by the Göttingen Festival Orchestra. (...)" (gramophone.co.uk)

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