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1 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, A Sinfony (Allegro Postillions) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:43 |
2 | 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)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- alto vocals [Wise man]:
- Nigel Short (in 1990-07)
- bass vocals [Wise man]:
- Richard Wistreich (in 1990-07)
- tenor vocals [Belshazzar]:
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson (in 1990-07)
- tenor vocals [Wise man]:
- Nicolas Robertson (in 1990-07)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (in 1990-07)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (in 1990-07)
- balance engineer:
- Hans-Peter Schweigmann
- recorded at:
- Henry Wood Hall in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" (Wise Men) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Ye sages! welcome always to your king" (Belshazzar) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II
| George Frideric Handel | | 1:06 |
3 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Oh misery! - oh terror! - hopeless grief!" | George Frideric Handel | | 1:50 |
4 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh king! live for ever!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:40 |
5 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "No! to thyself thy trifles be" (Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:31 |
6 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Yet, to obey his dread command" (Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 3:13 |
7 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh sentence too severe!" (Nitocris); Air "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears" (Nitocris)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- soprano vocals [Nitocris]:
- Arleen Auger (in 1990-07)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (in 1990-07)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (in 1990-07)
- balance engineer:
- Hans-Peter Schweigmann
- recorded at:
- Henry Wood Hall in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears" (Nitocris) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh sentence too severe!" (Nitocris) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II
| George Frideric Handel | | 7:00 |
8 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Air "Oh God of Truth! oh faithful guide!" (Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 4:38 |
9 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Recitativo "You, Gobrias, lead directry to the palace" (Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:02 |
10 | Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Chorus "Oh glorious prince!" | George Frideric Handel | | 4:54 |
11 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Alternate hopes and fears" (Nitocris) | George Frideric Handel | | 4:27 |
12 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "Fain would I hope" (Nitocris, Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 0:22 |
13 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?" (Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 2:26 |
14 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "My hopes revive" (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:51 |
15 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Chorus "Bel boweth down" (Jews) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:32 |
16 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 2, Air "I thank thee, Sesach" (Belshazzar) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:37 |
17 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 2, A Martial Symphony | George Frideric Handel | | 0:39 |
18 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Air "To pow'r immortal my first thanks" (Gobrias) | George Frideric Handel | | 2:44 |
19 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Be it thy care, good Gobrias" (Cyrus); Air "Destructive War, thy limits know" (Cyrus)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- mezzo-soprano vocals [Cyrus]:
- Catherine Robbin (in 1990-07)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (in 1990-07)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (in 1990-07)
- balance engineer:
- Hans-Peter Schweigmann
- recorded at:
- Henry Wood Hall in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Air "Destructive War, thy limits know" (Cyrus) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Be it thy care, good Gobrias" (Cyrus) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III
| George Frideric Handel | | 2:55 |
20 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Duet "Great victor, at your feet I bow" (Nitocris, Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 3:58 |
21 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Say, venerable prophet" (Cyrus, Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 0:56 |
22 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "Tell it out among the heathen" | George Frideric Handel | | 1:38 |
23 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Yes, I will build thy city" (Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 2:22 |
24 | Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "I will magnify thee" (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus) | George Frideric Handel | | 5:27 |