# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Belshazzar: Overture | George Frideric Handel | | 4:38 |
2 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Accompagnato ed Arioso "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!" (Nitocris) | George Frideric Handel | | 5:06 |
3 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone" (Nitocris) | George Frideric Handel | | 3:59 |
4 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Recitativo "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh" (Nitocris, Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:15 |
5 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Lament not thus, oh Queen, in vain!" (Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 4:55 |
6 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "Behold, by Persia's hero made" (Babylonians) | George Frideric Handel | | 2:49 |
7 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Well may they laugh" (Gobrias, Cyrus); Accompagnato "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul" (Gobrias)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- baritone vocals [Gobrias]:
- David Wilson‐Johnson (in 1990-07)
- 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 1, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul" (Gobrias) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Well may they laugh" (Gobrias, Cyrus) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
| George Frideric Handel | | 1:19 |
8 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Opprest with never-ceasing grief" (Gobrias) | George Frideric Handel | | 3:33 |
9 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Dry thoes unavailing tears" (Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 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)- 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 1, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Cyrus) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem" (Cyrus) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
| George Frideric Handel | | 2:36 |
11 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Now, tell me, Gobrias" (Cyrus, Gobrias) | George Frideric Handel | | 1:14 |
12 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Behold the monstrous human beast" (Gobrias) | George Frideric Handel | | 3:16 |
13 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Can you then think it strange" (Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 0:16 |
14 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Great God! who, yet but darkly known" (Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 3:49 |
15 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "My friends, be confident" (Cyrus) | George Frideric Handel | | 0:41 |
16 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "All empires upon God depend" | George Frideric Handel | | 3:16 |
17 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Air "Oh sacred oracles of Truth!" (Daniel) | George Frideric Handel | | 5:14 |
18 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Rejoice, my countrymen"; Air "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus" (Daniel)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- countertenor vocals [Daniel]:
- James Bowman (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 1, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Rejoice, my countrymen" (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 3, Air "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus" (Daniel) (in 1990-07)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
| George Frideric Handel | | 3:00 |
19 | Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Chorus, "Sing, oh ye heav'ns!" | George Frideric Handel | | 4:11 |