Georg Friedrich Händel - Belshazzar
- Label: Archiv Produktion
- Cat#: 477 037-2
- Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Repress
- Country: Europe
- Released:
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Baroque,Oratorio
Condition
Media: Near Mint (NM or M-) Can play without skipping. Significant scratches, surface noise, and groove wear.
Sleeve: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Seller: Petesmusic_UK
Comments
Tracklist
Position | Title/Credits | Duration |
---|---|---|
Belshazzar (Oratorio); HWV 61 | ||
1-1 | Ouverture (Maestoso - Allegro) | 4:38 |
Act One | ||
Scene 1 | ||
1-2 | Accompagnato Ed Arioso: "Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire" (Nitocris) | 5:06 |
1-3 | Air; "Thou, God Most High, Ad Thou Alone" (Nitocris) | 4:00 |
1-4 | Recitativo: "The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh" (Nitocris, Daniel) | 1:15 |
1-5 | Air: "Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!" (Daniel) | 4:55 |
Scene 2 | ||
1-6 | Chorus: "Behold, By Persia's Hero Made" (Babylonians) | 2:49 |
1-7 | Recitativo: " Well May They Laugh" (Gobrias, Cyrus) Accompagnato: "Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul" (Gobrias) | 1:19 |
1-8 | Air: " Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief" (Gobrias) | 3:33 |
1-9 | Air: " Dry Those Unvailing Tears" (Gobrias) | 2:13 |
1-10 | Recitativo: " Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem" (Cyrus) Accompagnato: "Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates" (Cyrus) | 2:35 |
1-11 | Recitativo: "Now, Tell Me, Gobrias" (Cyrus, Gobrias) | 1:14 |
1-12 | Air: " Bethold The Monsterous Human Beast" (Gobrias) | 3:16 |
1-13 | Recitativo: "Can You Then Think It Strange" (Cyrus) | 0:16 |
1-14 | Air: "Great God! Who Yet But Darkly Known" (Cyrus) | 3:49 |
1-15 | Recitativo: "My Friends, Be Confident" (Cyrus) | 0:41 |
1-16 | Chorus: "All Empires Upon God Depend" | 3:15 |
Scene 3 | ||
1-17 | Air: "Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!" (Daniel) | 5:14 |
1-18 | Accompagato: "Rejoice, My Countrymen" (Daniel) Air: "Thus Saith The Lord To Cyrus (Daniel) | 2:30 |
1-19 | Chorus: "Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!" | 4:11 |
Scene 4 | ||
2-1 | Air: "Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!" (Belshazzar) | 5:03 |
2-2 | Recitiativo: "For You, My Friends" (Belshazzar, Nitocris) | 0:54 |
2-3 | Air: "The Leafy Honours Of The Field" (Nitocris) | 7:34 |
2-4 | Recustom, I May Say, The Law" (Belshazzar, Nitocris) | 1:23 |
2-5 | Chorus: "Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command" (Jews) | 3:54 |
2-6 | Recitativo: "They Tell You The True" (Nitocris, Belshazzar) | 1:23 |
2-7 | Duet: "Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar) | 7:15 |
2-8 | Chorus: "By Slow Degrees The Warth Of God" (Jews) | 4:16 |
Act Two | ||
Scene 1 | ||
2-9 | Chorus: "See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!" | 6:27 |
2-10 | Recitativo: "You See, My Friends, A Path" (Cyrus) | 0:16 |
2-11 | Air: "Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near" (Cyrus) | 4:24 |
2-12 | Chorus: "To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!" (Persians) | 0:35 |
Scene 2 | ||
2-13 | Chorus: "Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire" | 2:59 |
2-14 | Air: "Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess" (Belshazzar) | 2:38 |
2-15 | Accompagnato: "Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?" (Belshazzar, Chorus) | 2:41 |
2-16 | Recitativo: "Call All My Wise Men" (Belshazzar) | 0:26 |
3-1 | A Sinfony (Allegro Postillons) | 1:43 |
3-2 | Recitativo: "Yes Sages! Welcome Always To You King" (Belshazzar) "Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes" (Wise Men) | 1:06 |
3-3 | Chorus: "Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!" | 1:50 |
3-4 | Recitativo: "Oh King, Live For Ever!" (Nicotris, Belshazzar) | 1:40 |
3-5 | Air: "No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be" (Daniel) | 1:31 |
3-6 | Accompagnato: "Yet, To Obey His Dread Command" (Daniel) | 3:13 |
3-7 | Recitativo: "Oh Sentence Too Severe!" (Nitocris) Air: Regard, Oh Son, My Flowing Tears" (Nitocris) | 6:57 |
Scene 3 | ||
3-8 | Air: Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!" (Cyrus) | 4:37 |
3-9 | Recitativo: "You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace" (Cyrus) | 1:02 |
3-10 | Chorus: "Oh Glorious Prince!" | 4:41 |
Act Three | ||
Scene 1 | ||
3-11 | Air: "Alternate Hopes And Fears" (Nitocris) | 4:28 |
3-12 | Recitativo: "Fain Would I Hope" (Nitocris, Daniel) | 0:23 |
3-13 | Air: "Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?" (Daniel) | 2:26 |
3-14 | Recitativo: "My Hopes Revive" (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger) | 1:51 |
3-15 | Chorus: "Bel Boweth Down!" (Jews) | 1:31 |
Scene 2 | ||
3-16 | Air: "I Thank Thee, Sesach" (Belshazzar) | 1:38 |
3-17 | A Martial Symphony | 0:39 |
Scene 3 | ||
3-18 | Air: " To Pow'r Immortal My First Thanks" (Gobrias) | 2:45 |
3-19 | Recitativo: "Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias" (Cyrus) Air: "Destructive War, Thy Limits Know" (Cyrus) | 2:55 |
3-20 | Duet: "Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow" (Nitocris, Cyrus) | 3:59 |
3-21 | Recitativo: "Say, Venerable Porphet" (Cyrus, Daniel | 0:56 |
3-22 | Soli & Chorus: "Tell It Out Among The Heathen" | 1:58 |
3-23 | Accompagnato: "Yes, I Will Build The City" (Cyrus) | 2:22 |
3-24 | Soli & Chorus: "I Will Magnify Thee" (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus) | 5:28 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
- Copyright (c) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
- Record Company – Universal Music
- Recorded At – Henry Wood Hall, London
- Mastered At – Emil Berliner Studios
- Made By – EDC, Germany
- Made By – EDC, Germany
- Made By – EDC, Germany
Notes
Recording: London, Henry Wood Hall, 7/1990℗ 1991 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg © 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, HamburgMade in the E.U. Printed in the E.U.Fat double jewel case, 28-page booklet with notes in English and German.Please note that this repress of the 2004 reissue was released in 2005 or later, since manufacturer [l384133] started operations in 2005.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 028947703723
- Label Code: LC 0113
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Cistribution Code: |G|TR3|
- Other: D.P.
- Matrix / Runout: [4 x Universal logo] 00289 477 038-2 01 # 51476053
- Matrix / Runout: Made in Germany by EDC C
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI L008
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 0122
- Matrix / Runout: [4 x Universal logo] 00289 477 039-2 02 + 51475355
- Matrix / Runout: Made in Germany by EDC A
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV27
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 0122
- Matrix / Runout: [4 x Universal logo] 00289 477 040-2 01 # 51476215
- Matrix / Runout: Made in Germany by EDC D
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI L008
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 0122
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