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Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire"

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by

The English Concert,

George Frideric Handel,

Trevor Pinnock,

Collaborators: 12

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Released:

Jan 1, 1991

Duration:

05:06

Tempo:

75

BPM

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C#

© 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

℗ 1991 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

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Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire"

℗ 1991 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

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Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire"

The English Concert

10

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Songwriters (1)

Composer

Georg Friedrich Händel

Charles Jennens

Musicians (1)

Vocals

Visual (0)

Organizations (0)

Producers (2)

Executive Producer

Charlotte Kriesch

Dr. Andreas Holschneider

Producer

Charlotte Kriesch

Dr. Andreas Holschneider

Dr. Gerd Ploebsch

Engineers (1)

Engineer

Hans-Peter Schweigmann

Reinhard Lagemann

Management (0)

Others (2)

Direction

Editorial

Songwriters (1)

Composer

Georg Friedrich Händel

Charles Jennens

Producers (2)

Executive Producer

Charlotte Kriesch

Dr. Andreas Holschneider

Producer

Charlotte Kriesch

Dr. Andreas Holschneider

Dr. Gerd Ploebsch

Musicians (1)

Vocals

Engineers (1)

Engineer

Hans-Peter Schweigmann

Reinhard Lagemann

Visual (0)

Management (0)

Organizations (0)

Others (2)

Direction

Editorial

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Tracks

1

Belshazzar / Act 2: A Sinfony

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1

Belshazzar / Act 1: "Let festal joy triumphant reign!"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Overture

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

2

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Ye sages! welcome always to your king" / "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Richard Wistreich, Nigel Short, Nicolas Robertson

2

Belshazzar / Act 1: "For you, my friends"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

2

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

3

Belshazzar / Act 1: "The leafy honours of the field"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

3

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Oh misery! - oh terror! - hopeless grief!"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

3

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

4

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger, James Bowman

4

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Oh king, live for ever!"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

4

Belshazzar / Act 1: "It is the custom, I may say, the law"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

5

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Lament not thus, oh Queen, in vain!"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, James Bowman

5

Belshazzar / Act 2: "No! to thyself thy trifles be"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, James Bowman

5

Belshazzar / Act 1: "Recall, oh king! thy rash command"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

6

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Behold, by Persia's hero made"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

6

Belshazzar / Act 1: "They tell you true"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

6

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Yet, to obey his dread command"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, James Bowman

7

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Well may they laugh" / "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul!"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, David Wilson-Johnson

7

Belshazzar / Act 1: "Oh dearer than my life, forebear!"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

7

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Oh sentence too severe!" / "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

8

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Opprest with never-ceasing grief"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, David Wilson-Johnson

8

Belshazzar / Act 1: "By slow degrees the wrath of God"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

8

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Oh God of Truth! oh faithful guide!"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

9

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Dry those unavailing tears"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

9

Belshazzar / Act 2: "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

9

Belshazzar / Act 2: "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

10

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem" / "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

10

Belshazzar / Act 2: "You see, my friends, a path"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

10

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Oh glorious prince!"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

11

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Now, tell me, Gobrias"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, David Wilson-Johnson

11

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Alternate hopes and fears"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

11

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Amaz'd to find the foe so near"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

12

Belshazzar / Act 2: "To arms, to arms! no more delay!"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

12

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Behold the monstrous human beast"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, David Wilson-Johnson

12

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Fain would I hope"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger, James Bowman

13

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

13

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, James Bowman

13

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Can you then think it strange"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

14

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Great God! who, yet but darkly known"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

14

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

14

Belshazzar / Act 3: "My hopes revive"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger, Richard Wistreich, Nicolas Robertson

15

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?"

The English Concert Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

15

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "My friends, be confident"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

15

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Bel boweth down!"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

16

Belshazzar / Act 2: "Call all my Wise Men"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

16

Belshazzar / Act 3: "I thank thee, Sesach"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

16

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "All empires upon God depend"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

17

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Oh sacred oracles of Truth!"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, James Bowman

17

Belshazzar / Act 3: A Martial Symphony

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

18

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Rejoice, my countrymen" / "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, James Bowman

18

Belshazzar / Act 3: "To pow'r immortal my first thanks"

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, David Wilson-Johnson

19

Belshazzar, HWV 61 / Act 1: "Sing, oh ye heav'ns!"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

19

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Be it thy care, good Gobrias" / "Destructive War, thy limits know"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

20

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Great victor, at your feet I bow"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger

21

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Say, venerable prophet"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, James Bowman

22

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Tell it out among the heathen"

The English Concert Choir, Julia Gooding, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Nigel Short, Nicolas Robertson

23

Belshazzar / Act 3: "Yes, I will build thy city"

Catherine Robbin, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

24

Belshazzar / Act 3: "I will magnify thee"

The English Concert Choir, George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Arleen Auger, James Bowman