Handel Belshazzar CD Christie Les Arts

Tracklist

1. Belshazzar: Overture (2:40)
2. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 1. Accompagnato ed Arioso (Nitocris) "Vain fluctuating state of human empire!" (4:28)
3. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 1. 2a. Aria (Nitocris) "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone" (4:37)
4. Belshazzar: 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" (1:15)
5. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 2. 3b. Air (Daniel) "Lament not thus, O Queen, in vain!" (4:59)
6. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 4. Chorus of Babylonians "Behold by Persia's hero made" (2:28)
7. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 5a. Recitative (Gobrias) "Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe" - 5b. Accompagnato (Gobrias) "Oh memory" (1:27)
8. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 6. Aria (Gobrias) "Opprest with never ceasing grief" (3:57)
9. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 7. Aria (Cyrus) "Dry those unavailing tears" (1:54)
10. Belshazzar: 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" (3:59)
11. Belshazzar: 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" (3:47)
12. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 10b. Aria (Cyrus) "Great God! who yet but darkly known" - 11a. Recitative (Cyrus) "My friends, be confident, and boldly enter" (4:09)
13. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 11b. Chorus "All empires upon God depend" (3:28)
14. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 12. Arioso (Daniel) "O sacred oracles of truth!" (4:54)
15. Belshazzar: 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" (3:01)
16. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 4. 15. Chorus "Sing, O ye Heav'ns, for the Lord hath done it" (4:16)
1. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 16a. Aria (Belshazzar) "Let festal joy triumphant reign" - 16b. Recitative (Belshazzar, Nitocris) "For you, my friends, the nobles of my court" (6:45)
2. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 17. Aria (Nitocris) "The leafy honours of the field" (7:10)
3. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 18a. Recitative (Belshazzar, Nitocris) "It is the custom; I may say, the law" (1:35)
4. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 18b. Chorus of Jews "Recall, O king, thy rash command" (2:32)
5. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 19a. Recitative (Nitocris, Belshazzar) "They tell you true; nor can you be to learn" (1:18)
6. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 19b. Duet (Nitocris, Belshazzar) "O dearer than my life, forbear" (4:45)
7. Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 20. Chorus of Jews "By slow degrees the wrath of God to its meridian height ascends" (6:08)
8. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 1. 21. Chorus "See, from his post Euphrates flies!" - 22. Semichorus "Why faithless river dost thou leave" - 23. Semichorus "Euphrates hath his task fulfil'd" - 24. Chorus "Of things on earth, proud man must own" (6:33)
9. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 1. 25a. Recitative (Cyrus) "You, see my friends, a path into the city" - 25b. Aria (Cyrus) "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" - 26. Chorus of Persians "To arms, to arms, no more delay" (6:07)
10. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 27. Chorus "Ye tutelar gods of our empire, look down" (2:52)
11. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 28. Aria (Belshazzar) "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess" (2:35)
12. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 29a. Accompagnato and Chorus (Belshazzar) "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?" (2:41)
13. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 29b. Recitative (Belshazzar) "Call all our Wiseman, sorcerers, Chaldeans" - 30. Symphonie (1:45)
14. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 31a. Recitative (Belshazzar) "Ye sages, welcome always to your king" - 31b. Trio (Wisemen) "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" - 32a. Chorus "O misery! O terror! hopeless grief!" (2:12)
15. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 32b. Recitative (Nitocris, Belshazzar) "O king, live for ever!" - 32c. Recitative (Belshazzar) "Art thou that Daniel, of the Jewish captives?" - 33. Aria (Daniel) "No: to thyself thy trifles be" (2:58)
16. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 34. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Yet to obey his dread command" - 35. Accompagnato (Daniel) "Thou, O King, hast lifted up thyself" - 36. Recitative (Nitocris) "O sentence too severe! and yet too sure!" (3:54)
17. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 2. 37. Aria (Nitocris) "Regard, O son, my flowing tears" (6:22)
1. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 3. 38a. Aria (Cyrus) "O God of truth! O faithful guide!" - 38b. Recitative (Cyrus) "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace" (5:16)
2. Belshazzar: Act II. Scene 3. 39. Chorus "O glorious prince! thrice happy they" (4:57)
3. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 1. 40a. Aria (Nitocris) "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind" - 40b. Recitative (Nitocris, Daniel) "Fain would I hope. Is there not room to hope?" (4:42)
4. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 1. 41a. Aria (Daniel) "Can the black Æthiop change his skin?" - 41b. Recitative (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger) "My hopes revive, here Arioch comes: by this" (3:26)
5. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 1. 42. Chorus of Jews "Bel boweth down! Nebo stoopeth" (1:29)
6. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 2. 43. Aria (Belshazzar) "I thank thee, Sesach, thy sweet pow'r" - 44. A martial Symphony (2:05)
7. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 45a. Aria (Gobrias) "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due" - 45b. Recitative (Cyrus) "Be it thy care, good Gobrias, to find out" (2:23)
8. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 46. Aria (Cyrus) "Destructive war thy limits know" (2:20)
9. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 47a. Duett (Nitocris, Cyrus) "Great victor, at your feet I bow" - 47b. Recitative (Cyrus, Daniel) "Say, venerable prophet, is there ought" (5:58)
10. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 48. Soli and Chorus (Nitocris, Gobrias, Daniel) "Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King" (1:38)
11. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 49. Accompagnato (Cyrus) "Yes, I will build thy city, God of Israel" (1:37)
12. Belshazzar: Act III. Scene 3. 50. Anthem (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus) "I will magnify thee, O God my king" (7:00)