| # | Title | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 30 Symphonie | 1:43 |
| 2 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Ye sages! welcome always to your king" (Belshazzar) - No. 31 Trio: "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" (Wise men)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- alto vocals [Wise man]:
- Nigel Short (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- bass vocals [Wise man]:
- Richard Wistreich (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- tenor vocals [Belshazzar]:
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- tenor vocals [Wise man]:
- Nicolas Robertson (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- balance engineer:
- Hans‐Peter Schweigmann
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Deutsche Grammophon (in 1991)
- 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) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- 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) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II
| 1:06 |
| 3 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 32 Chorus [of Babylonians]: "Oh misery! oh terror! Hopeless grief!" | 1:50 |
| 4 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Oh king, live for ever!" (Nitocris) - Recitative: "Art thou that Daniel of the Jewish captives?" (Belshazzar) | 1:40 |
| 5 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 33 Air: "No! to thyself thy trifles be" (Daniel) | 1:31 |
| 6 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 34 Accompagnato: "Yet, to obey his dread command" (Daniel) - No. 35 Accompagnato: "The most high God" (Daniel) - No. 36 Accompagnato: " Thou, o king, hast lifted up thyself against the Lord" (Daniel) | 3:13 |
| 7 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Oh sentence too severe! and yet too sure!" (Nitocris) - No. 37 Air: "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears" (Nitocris)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- soprano vocals [Nitocris]:
- Arleen Auger (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- balance engineer:
- Hans‐Peter Schweigmann
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Deutsche Grammophon (in 1991)
- 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) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- 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) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II
| 6:57 |
| 8 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 38 Air: "Oh God of Truth! oh faithful guide!" (Cyrus) | 4:37 |
| 9 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace" (Cyrus) | 1:02 |
| 10 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 39 Chorus [of Persians]: "Oh glorious prince!" | 4:53 |
| 11 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 1. No. 40 Air: "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind" (Nitocris) | 4:28 |
| 12 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 1. Recitative: "Fain would I hope - is there not room for hope?" (Nitocris, Daniel) | 0:23 |
| 13 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 1. No. 41 Air: "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?" (Daniel) | 2:26 |
| 14 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 1. Recitative: "My hopes revive - Here Arioch comes" (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger) | 1:51 |
| 15 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 1. No. 42 Chorus of Jews: "Bel boweth down!" | 1:31 |
| 16 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 43 Air: "I thank thee, Sesach" (Belshazzar) | 1:38 |
| 17 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 44 A Martial Symphony during which a Battle is suppos'd, in which Belshazzar and his attendants are slain | 0:39 |
| 18 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 45 Air: "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due" (Gobrias) | 2:45 |
| 19 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: "Be it thy care, good Gobrias to find out the queen" (Cyrus) - No. 46 Air: "Destructive War, thy limits know" (Cyrus)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- mezzo-soprano vocals [Cyrus]:
- Catherine Robbin (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- balance engineer:
- Hans‐Peter Schweigmann
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Deutsche Grammophon (in 1991)
- 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) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- 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) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III
| 2:55 |
| 20 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 47 Duet: "Great victor, at your feet I bow" (Nitocris, Cyrus) | 3:59 |
| 21 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: "Say, venerable prophet, is there aught in Cyrus' pow'r" (Cyrus, Daniel) | 0:56 |
| 22 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 48 [Soli and] Chorus: "Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King" | 1:38 |
| 23 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 49 Accompagnato: "Yes, I will build thy city, God of Israel" (Cyrus) | 2:22 |
| 24 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 50 Soli and Chorus: "I will magnify thee, oh God my king!" | 5:28 |
