Commissioned by the Ospedale degli Incurabili around 1738, this oratorio, based on a striking biblical subject, was composed by Johann Adolf Hasse for the female voices of the hospice. In contrast to this original conception, Thibault Noally and his ensemble Les Accents present a version sung (almost) exclusively by countertenors. Philippe Jaroussky, Jakub Józef Orliński, […]
