Belshazzar

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Belshazzar: Overture

  Handel
  2:40
• 2
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 1. Accompagnato ed Arioso (Nitocris) "Vain fluctuating state of human empire!"

  Handel
  4:28
• 3
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 2a. Aria (Nitocris) "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone"

  Handel
  4:36
• 4
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 2b. Recitative (Nitocris) "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh" - Scene 2. 3a. Recitative (Nitocris, Daniel) "O much belov'd"

  Handel
  1:14
• 5
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 2. 3b. Air (Daniel) "Lament not thus, O Queen, in vain!"

  Handel
  4:58
• 6
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 4. Chorus of Babylonians "Behold by Persia's hero made"

  Handel
  2:27
• 7
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 5a. Recitative (Gobrias) "Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe" - 5b. Accompagnato (Gobrias) "Oh memory"

  Handel
  1:27
• 8
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 6. Aria (Gobrias) "Opprest with never ceasing grief"

  Handel
  3:57
• 9
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 7. Aria (Cyrus) "Dry those unavailing tears"

  Handel
  1:54
• 10
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 8a. Recitative (Cyrus) "Be comforted: safe tho' the tyrant seem" - 8b. Accompagnato (Cyrus) "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" - 8bis. Recitative (Cyrus, Gobrias) "Now tell me Gobrias"

  Handel
  3:58
• 11
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 9. Aria (Gobrias) "Behold the monstrous human beast" - 10a. Recitative (Cyrus) "Can you then think it strange, if drown'd in wine"

  Handel
  3:47
• 12
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 10b. Aria (Cyrus) "Great God! who yet but darkly known" - 11a. Recitative (Cyrus) "My friends, be confident, and boldly enter"

  Handel
  4:09
• 13
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 11b. Chorus "All empires upon God depend"

  Handel
  3:27
• 14
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 12. Arioso (Daniel) "O sacred oracles of truth!"

  Handel
  4:53
• 15
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 13a. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Rejoice, my countrymen: the time draws near" - 13b. Recitative (Daniel) "For long ago" - 14. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus his anointed"

  Handel
  3:00
• 16
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 15. Chorus "Sing, O ye Heav'ns, for the Lord hath done it"

  Handel
  4:16
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 16a. Aria (Belshazzar) "Let festal joy triumphant reign" - 16b. Recitative (Belshazzar, Nitocris) "For you, my friends, the nobles of my court"

  Handel
  6:45
• 2
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 17. Aria (Nitocris) "The leafy honours of the field"

  Handel
  7:10
• 3
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 18a. Recitative (Belshazzar, Nitocris) "It is the custom; I may say, the law"

  Handel
  1:35
• 4
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 18b. Chorus of Jews "Recall, O king, thy rash command"

  Handel
  2:32
• 5
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 19a. Recitative (Nitocris, Belshazzar) "They tell you true; nor can you be to learn"

  Handel
  1:18
• 6
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 19b. Duet (Nitocris, Belshazzar) "O dearer than my life, forbear"

  Handel
  4:45
• 7
  Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 20. Chorus of Jews "By slow degrees the wrath of God to its meridian height ascends"

  Handel
  6:08
• 8
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 1. 21. Chorus "See, from his post Euphrates flies!" - 22. Semichorus "Why faithless river dost thou leave" - 23. Semichorus "Euphrates hath his task fulfil'd" - 24. Chorus "Of things on earth, proud man must own"

  Handel
  6:33
• 9
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 1. 25a. Recitative (Cyrus) "You, see my friends, a path into the city" - 25b. Aria (Cyrus) "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" - 26. Chorus of Persians "To arms, to arms, no more delay"

  Handel
  6:07
• 10
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 27. Chorus "Ye tutelar gods of our empire, look down"

  Handel
  2:52
• 11
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 28. Aria (Belshazzar) "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"

  Handel
  2:35
• 12
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 29a. Accompagnato and Chorus (Belshazzar) "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?"

  Handel
  2:41
• 13
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 29b. Recitative (Belshazzar) "Call all our Wiseman, sorcerers, Chaldeans" - 30. Symphonie

  Handel
  1:45
• 14
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 31a. Recitative (Belshazzar) "Ye sages, welcome always to your king" - 31b. Trio (Wisemen) "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" - 32a. Chorus "O misery! O terror! hopeless grief!"

  Handel
  2:12
• 15
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 32b. Recitative (Nitocris, Belshazzar) "O king, live for ever!" - 32c. Recitative (Belshazzar) "Art thou that Daniel, of the Jewish captives?" - 33. Aria (Daniel) "No: to thyself thy trifles be"

  Handel
  2:58
• 16
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 34. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Yet to obey his dread command" - 35. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Thou, O King, hast lifted up thyself" - 36. Recitative (Nitocris) "O sentence too severe! and yet too sure!"

  Handel
  3:54
• 17
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 37. Aria (Nitocris) "Regard, O son, my flowing tears"

  Handel
  6:22
• Digital Media 3
• 1
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 3. 38a. Aria (Cyrus) "O God of truth! O faithful guide!" - 38b. Recitative (Cyrus) "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace"

  Handel
  5:16
• 2
  Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 3. 39. Chorus "O glorious prince! thrice happy they"

  Handel
  4:57
• 3
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 1. 40a. Aria (Nitocris) "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind" - 40b. Recitative (Nitocris, Daniel) "Fain would I hope. Is there not room to hope?"

  Handel
  4:42
• 4
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 1. 41a. Aria (Daniel) "Can the black Æthiop change his skin?" - 41b. Recitative (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger) "My hopes revive, here Arioch comes: by this"

  Handel
  3:26
• 5
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 1. 42. Chorus of Jews "Bel boweth down! Nebo stoopeth"

  Handel
  1:29
• 6
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 2. 43. Aria (Belshazzar) "I thank thee, Sesach, thy sweet pow'r" - 44. A martial Symphony

  Handel
  2:05
• 7
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 45a. Aria (Gobrias) "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due" - 45b. Recitative (Cyrus) "Be it thy care, good Gobrias, to find out"

  Handel
  2:23
• 8
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 46. Aria (Cyrus) "Destructive war thy limits know"

  Handel
  2:20
• 9
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 47a. Duett (Nitocris, Cyrus) "Great victor, at your feet I bow" - 47b. Recitative (Cyrus, Daniel) "Say, venerable prophet, is there ought"

  Handel
  5:58
• 10
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 48. Soli and Chorus (Nitocris, Gobrias, Daniel) "Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King"

  Handel
  1:38
• 11
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 49. Accompagnato (Cyrus) "Yes, I will build thy city, God of Israel"

  Handel
  1:37
• 12
  Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 50. Anthem (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus) "I will magnify thee, O God my king"

  Handel
  7:00

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Release credits

• Allan Clayton
  tenor vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.11-15, 3.6]
• Caitlin Hulcup
  mezzo-soprano vocals [2.9, 1.9-12, 3.1, 3.7-9, 3.11-12]
• Damian Whiteley
  bass vocals [14]
• Geoffroy Buffière
  bass vocals [4]
• Iestyn Davies
  countertenor vocals [1.5, 1.14-15, 3.3-4, 3.9-10, 3.12, 2.15-17]
• Jean Chatauret
  engineer
• Jean-Yves Ravoux
  tenor vocals [4]
• Jonathan Lemalu
  bass-baritone vocals [1.7-8, 1.10-11, 3.7, 3.10]
• Les Arts Florissants
  performing orchestra
• Martin Sauer
  art direction
• Michael-Loughlin Smith
  tenor vocals [14]
• Rosemary Joshua
  soprano vocals [2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.15-16, 1.2-4, 3.3-4, 3.9-10, 3.12]
• Thibaut Lenaerts
  tenor vocals [14]
• William Christie
  conductor

Issues

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  B
  Belshazzar

  3x Digital Media
  21 October 2013
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  B
  Belshazzar

  3x CD
  28 October 2013