Belshazzar

~ Release by Handel; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Belshazzar: OvertureHandel2:40
2Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 1. Accompagnato ed Arioso (Nitocris) "Vain fluctuating state of human empire!"Handel4:28
3Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 2a. Aria (Nitocris) "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone"Handel4:37
4Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 2b. Recitative (Nitocris) "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh" - Scene 2. 3a. Recitative (Nitocris, Daniel) "O much belov'd"Handel1:15
5Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 2. 3b. Air (Daniel) "Lament not thus, O Queen, in vain!"Handel4:59
6Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 4. Chorus of Babylonians "Behold by Persia's hero made"Handel2:28
7Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 5a. Recitative (Gobrias) "Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe" - 5b. Accompagnato (Gobrias) "Oh memory"Handel1:27
8Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 6. Aria (Gobrias) "Opprest with never ceasing grief"Handel3:57
9Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 7. Aria (Cyrus) "Dry those unavailing tears"Handel1:54
10Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 8a. Recitative (Cyrus) "Be comforted: safe tho' the tyrant seem" - 8b. Accompagnato (Cyrus) "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" - 8bis. Recitative (Cyrus, Gobrias) "Now tell me Gobrias"Handel3:59
11Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 9. Aria (Gobrias) "Behold the monstrous human beast" - 10a. Recitative (Cyrus) "Can you then think it strange, if drown'd in wine"Handel3:47
12Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 10b. Aria (Cyrus) "Great God! who yet but darkly known" - 11a. Recitative (Cyrus) "My friends, be confident, and boldly enter"Handel4:09
13Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 11b. Chorus "All empires upon God depend"Handel3:28
14Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 12. Arioso (Daniel) "O sacred oracles of truth!"Handel4:54
15Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 13a. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Rejoice, my countrymen: the time draws near" - 13b. Recitative (Daniel) "For long ago" - 14. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus his anointed"Handel3:01
16Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 15. Chorus "Sing, O ye Heav'ns, for the Lord hath done it"Handel4:16
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