Paul Hindemith: Martin, Sancta Susanna, Drei Gesange (1986)
Paul Hindemith: Sancta Susanna: Oper in 1 Akt op. 21 / Drei Gesänge für Sopran und großes Orchester op. 9
EAC (APE & CUE) | Classical | 1 CD / 207 MB
EAC (APE & CUE) | Classical | 1 CD / 207 MB
Paul Hindemith composed Sancta Susanna as part of a trilogy, which also included Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen and Das Nusch-Nuschi. These two works premiered in 1921, but Sancta Susanna was not performed because of its obscene content. A few years later, Hindemith decided to withdraw it because he now thought that it was too shocking.
The action takes place in a nunnery, where a nun, Sister Klementia, tells the younger and highly mystical Susanna a story she witnessed years before, when Sister Beata came naked into the church and embraced the crucifix; she was then walled up alive in punishment. Excited, Susanna identifies herself with Beata, undresses looking at the crucifix, and, when the mother superior steps in raving, asks to be walled up alive.
1. Sancta Susanna (Oper in 1 Akt) (Gesamtaufnahme)
2. Gesang: I. Meine Nächte sind heiser zerschrien
3. Gesang: II. Weltende Reinhören
4. Gesang: III. Aufbuch der Jugend
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