BELSHAZZAR (HWV 61)
Oratorio in 3 acts
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Libretto: Charles Jennens (1700–1773)
First performance: King’s Theatre, London (27 March 1745)
Nitocris: Rosemary Joshua
Cyrus: Ann Hallenberg
Daniel: Michael Chance
Belshazzar: Mark Padmore
Gobrias: Andrew Foster-Williams
Conductor: Marcus Creed
Concerto Köln
NDR Vokalensemble
Recorded live at the Hauptkirche St. Michelis, Hamburg (21 January 2005)
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Picture: “Belshazzar’s Feast“ by Rembrandt (c. 1635-1638).
ACT I
00:00 Overture
4:17 “Behold, by Persia’s hero mad“ (Chorus of Babylon
...ians)
7:06 “Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe“ (Recitative)
7:47 “Oh, memory!“ (Accompagnato of Gobrias)
8:34 “Oppress’d with never-ceasing grief“ (Air of Gobrias)
12:04 “Dry those unavailing tears&Show more