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Belshazzar

Trevor Pinnock · Nigel Short · The English Concert

Archiv Produktion2004Cat. 477 037-22h 51m59 tracks

Composer

George Frideric Handel

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Belshazzar: Overture

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Overture, Maestoso - Allegro

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:38

02

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Accompagnato ed Arioso "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!" (Nitocris)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 1, Accompagnato ed Arioso "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!" (Nitocris)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

5:06

03

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone" (Nitocris)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone" (Nitocris)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:59

04

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Recitativo "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh" (Nitocris, Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 1, Recitativo "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh" (Nitocris, Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:15

05

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Lament not thus, oh Queen, in vain!" (Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Lament not thus, oh Queen, in vain!" (Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:55

06

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "Behold, by Persia's hero made" (Babylonians)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "Behold, by Persia's hero made" (Babylonians)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:49

07

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Well may they laugh" (Gobrias, Cyrus); Accompagnato "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul" (Gobrias)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul" (Gobrias)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:19

08

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Opprest with never-ceasing grief" (Gobrias)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Opprest with never-ceasing grief" (Gobrias)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:33

09

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Dry thoes unavailing tears" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Dry thoes unavailing tears" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:12

10

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Resitativo "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem"; Accompagnato "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:35

11

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Now, tell me, Gobrias" (Cyrus, Gobrias)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Now, tell me, Gobrias" (Cyrus, Gobrias)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:14

12

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Behold the monstrous human beast" (Gobrias)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Behold the monstrous human beast" (Gobrias)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:16

13

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Can you then think it strange" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Can you then think it strange" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:16

14

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Great God! who, yet but darkly known" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Great God! who, yet but darkly known" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:49

15

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "My friends, be confident" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "My friends, be confident" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:41

16

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "All empires upon God depend"

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "All empires upon God depend"

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:15

17

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Air "Oh sacred oracles of Truth!" (Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 3, "O sacred oracles of truth" (Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

5:14

18

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Rejoice, my countrymen"; Air "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus" (Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Rejoice, my countrymen"

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:00

19

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Chorus, "Sing, oh ye heav'ns!"

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 3, Chorus, "Sing, oh ye heav'ns!"

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:11

Disc 2

01

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Air "Let festal joy triumphant reign!" (Belshazzar)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Air "Let festal joy triumphant reign!" (Belshazzar)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

5:03

02

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "For you, my friends" (Belshazzar, Nitocris)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "For you, my friends" (Belshazzar, Nitocris)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:54

03

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Air "The leafy honours of the field" (Nitocris)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Air "The leafy honours of the field" (Nitocris)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

7:34

04

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "It is the custom, I may say, the law" (Belshazzar, Nitocris)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "It is the custom, I may say, the law" (Belshazzar, Nitocris)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:23

05

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Chorus "Recall, oh king! thy rash command" (Jews)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Chorus "Recall, oh king! thy rash command" (Jews)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:54

06

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "They tell you true" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "They tell you true" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:23

07

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Duet "Oh dearer than my life, forbear!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Duet "Oh dearer than my life, forbear!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

7:15

08

Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Chorus "By slow degrees the wrath of God" (Jews)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 4, Chorus "By slow degrees the wrath of God" (Jews)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:23

09

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

6:26

10

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Recitativo "You see, my friends, a path" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Recitativo "You see, my friends, a path" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:45

11

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Air "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Air "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:24

12

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "To arms, to arms! no more delay!" (Persians)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "To arms, to arms! no more delay!" (Persians)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:35

13

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:58

14

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess" (Belshazzar)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess" (Belshazzar)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:38

15

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?" (Belshazzar, Chorus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?" (Belshazzar, Chorus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:41

16

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Call all my Wise Men" (Belshazzar)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Call all my Wise Men" (Belshazzar)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:21

Disc 3

01

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, A Sinfony (Allegro Postillions)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, A Sinfony (Allegro Postillions)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:43

02

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Ye sages! welcome always to your king" (Belshazzar); Recitativo "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" (Wise Men)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" (Wise Men)

Nigel Short, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:06

03

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Oh misery! - oh terror! - hopeless grief!"

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Oh misery! - oh terror! - hopeless grief!"

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:50

04

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh king! live for ever!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh king! live for ever!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:40

05

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "No! to thyself thy trifles be" (Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "No! to thyself thy trifles be" (Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:31

06

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Yet, to obey his dread command" (Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Yet, to obey his dread command" (Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:13

07

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh sentence too severe!" (Nitocris); Air "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears" (Nitocris)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears" (Nitocris)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

6:57

08

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Air "Oh God of Truth! oh faithful guide!" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 3, Air "Oh God of Truth! oh faithful guide!" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:37

09

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Recitativo "You, Gobrias, lead directry to the palace" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 3, Recitativo "You, Gobrias, lead directry to the palace" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:02

10

Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Chorus "Oh glorious prince!"

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 3, Chorus "Oh glorious prince!"

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:53

11

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Alternate hopes and fears" (Nitocris)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Alternate hopes and fears" (Nitocris)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:27

12

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "Fain would I hope" (Nitocris, Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "Fain would I hope" (Nitocris, Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:22

13

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?" (Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?" (Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:26

14

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "My hopes revive" (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "My hopes revive" (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:51

15

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Chorus "Bel boweth down" (Jews)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 1, Chorus "Bel boweth down" (Jews)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:31

16

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 2, Air "I thank thee, Sesach" (Belshazzar)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 2, Air "I thank thee, Sesach" (Belshazzar)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:37

17

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 2, A Martial Symphony

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 2, A Martial Symphony

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:39

18

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Air "To pow'r immortal my first thanks" (Gobrias)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Air "To pow'r immortal my first thanks" (Gobrias)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:44

19

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Be it thy care, good Gobrias" (Cyrus); Air "Destructive War, thy limits know" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Air "Destructive War, thy limits know" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:55

20

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Duet "Great victor, at your feet I bow" (Nitocris, Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Duet "Great victor, at your feet I bow" (Nitocris, Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3:58

21

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Say, venerable prophet" (Cyrus, Daniel)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Say, venerable prophet" (Cyrus, Daniel)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

0:56

22

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "Tell it out among the heathen"

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "Tell it out among the heathen"

Nigel Short, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:38

23

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Yes, I will build thy city" (Cyrus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Yes, I will build thy city" (Cyrus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2:22

24

Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "I will magnify thee" (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus)

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "I will magnify thee" (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

5:27