Handel / The English Concert / Auger / Rolphe Johnson / Bowman / Choir / Pinnock - Belshazzar 2004
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| № | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | Ouverture (Maestoso - Allegro) | 4:38 |
| 1-2 | Accompagnato Ed Arioso: "Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire" (Nitocris) | 5:06 |
| 1-3 | Air; "Thou, God Most High, Ad Thou Alone" (Nitocris) | 4:00 |
| 1-4 | Recitativo: "The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh" (Nitocris, Daniel) | 1:15 |
| 1-5 | Air: "Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!" (Daniel) | 4:55 |
| 1-6 | Chorus: "Behold, By Persia's Hero Made" (Babylonians) | 2:49 |
| 1-7 | Recitativo: " Well May They Laugh" (Gobrias, Cyrus) Accompagnato: "Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul" (Gobrias) | 1:19 |
| 1-8 | Air: " Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief" (Gobrias) | 3:33 |
| 1-9 | Air: " Dry Those Unvailing Tears" (Gobrias) | 2:13 |
| 1-10 | Recitativo: " Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem" (Cyrus) Accompagnato: "Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates" (Cyrus) | 2:35 |
| 1-11 | Recitativo: "Now, Tell Me, Gobrias" (Cyrus, Gobrias) | 1:14 |
| 1-12 | Air: " Bethold The Monsterous Human Beast" (Gobrias) | 3:16 |
| 1-13 | Recitativo: "Can You Then Think It Strange" (Cyrus) | 0:16 |
| 1-14 | Air: "Great God! Who Yet But Darkly Known" (Cyrus) | 3:49 |
| 1-15 | Recitativo: "My Friends, Be Confident" (Cyrus) | 0:41 |
| 1-16 | Chorus: "All Empires Upon God Depend" | 3:15 |
| 1-17 | Air: "Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!" (Daniel) | 5:14 |
| 1-18 | Accompagato: "Rejoice, My Countrymen" (Daniel) Air: "Thus Saith The Lord To Cyrus (Daniel) | 2:30 |
| 1-19 | Chorus: "Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!" | 4:11 |
| 2-1 | Air: "Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!" (Belshazzar) | 5:03 |
| 2-2 | Recitiativo: "For You, My Friends" (Belshazzar, Nitocris) | 0:54 |
| 2-3 | Air: "The Leafy Honours Of The Field" (Nitocris) | 7:34 |
| 2-4 | Recustom, I May Say, The Law" (Belshazzar, Nitocris) | 1:23 |
| 2-5 | Chorus: "Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command" (Jews) | 3:54 |
| 2-6 | Recitativo: "They Tell You The True" (Nitocris, Belshazzar) | 1:23 |
| 2-7 | Duet: "Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar) | 7:15 |
| 2-8 | Chorus: "By Slow Degrees The Warth Of God" (Jews) | 4:16 |
| 2-9 | Chorus: "See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!" | 6:27 |
| 2-10 | Recitativo: "You See, My Friends, A Path" (Cyrus) | 0:16 |
| 2-11 | Air: "Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near" (Cyrus) | 4:24 |
| 2-12 | Chorus: "To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!" (Persians) | 0:35 |
| 2-13 | Chorus: "Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire" | 2:59 |
| 2-14 | Air: "Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess" (Belshazzar) | 2:38 |
| 2-15 | Accompagnato: "Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?" (Belshazzar, Chorus) | 2:41 |
| 2-16 | Recitativo: "Call All My Wise Men" (Belshazzar) | 0:26 |
| 3-1 | A Sinfony (Allegro Postillons) | 1:43 |
| 3-2 | Recitativo: "Yes Sages! Welcome Always To You King" (Belshazzar) "Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes" (Wise Men) | 1:06 |
| 3-3 | Chorus: "Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!" | 1:50 |
| 3-4 | Recitativo: "Oh King, Live For Ever!" (Nicotris, Belshazzar) | 1:40 |
| 3-5 | Air: "No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be" (Daniel) | 1:31 |
| 3-6 | Accompagnato: "Yet, To Obey His Dread Command" (Daniel) | 3:13 |
| 3-7 | Recitativo: "Oh Sentence Too Severe!" (Nitocris) Air: Regard, Oh Son, My Flowing Tears" (Nitocris) | 6:57 |
| 3-8 | Air: Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!" (Cyrus) | 4:37 |
| 3-9 | Recitativo: "You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace" (Cyrus) | 1:02 |
| 3-10 | Chorus: "Oh Glorious Prince!" | 4:41 |
| 3-11 | Air: "Alternate Hopes And Fears" (Nitocris) | 4:28 |
| 3-12 | Recitativo: "Fain Would I Hope" (Nitocris, Daniel) | 0:23 |
| 3-13 | Air: "Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?" (Daniel) | 2:26 |
| 3-14 | Recitativo: "My Hopes Revive" (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger) | 1:51 |
| 3-15 | Chorus: "Bel Boweth Down!" (Jews) | 1:31 |
| 3-16 | Air: "I Thank Thee, Sesach" (Belshazzar) | 1:38 |
| 3-17 | A Martial Symphony | 0:39 |
| 3-18 | Air: " To Pow'r Immortal My First Thanks" (Gobrias) | 2:45 |
| 3-19 | Recitativo: "Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias" (Cyrus) Air: "Destructive War, Thy Limits Know" (Cyrus) | 2:55 |
| 3-20 | Duet: "Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow" (Nitocris, Cyrus) | 3:59 |
| 3-21 | Recitativo: "Say, Venerable Porphet" (Cyrus, Daniel | 0:56 |
| 3-22 | Soli & Chorus: "Tell It Out Among The Heathen" | 1:58 |
| 3-23 | Accompagnato: "Yes, I Will Build The City" (Cyrus) | 2:22 |
| 3-24 | Soli & Chorus: "I Will Magnify Thee" (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus) | 5:28 |
Info
Credits:Alto Vocals – Graeme Curry
Alto Vocals – Jacqueline Connell
Alto Vocals – Joyce Jarvis
Alto Vocals – Melanie Marshall (2)
Alto Vocals – Nigel Short
Alto Vocals – Penelope Vickers
Alto Vocals – Robert Jones (3)
Alto Vocals – Wilfried Swansbourough
Art Direction – Fred Münzmaier
Baritone Vocals [Soloist, Gobrias] – David Wilson-Johnson
Bass Vocals – Christopher Foster
Bass Vocals – Jeremy Birchall
Bass Vocals – John Milne (2)
Bass Vocals – Julian Clarkson
Bass Vocals – Richard Wistreich
Bass Vocals – Simon Birchall
Bass Vocals – Simon Davies (3)
Bass Vocals – Stephen Alder
Bass Vocals [Soloist, Messenger] – Richard Wistreich
Bassoon – Alberto Grazzi
Bassoon – Philip Turbett
Cello – Christopher Poffley
Cello – Helen Verney
Cello – Jane Coe
Cello – Timothy Kraemer
Choir – The English Concert Choir
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Countertenor Vocals [Soloist, Daniel] – James Bowman (2)
Directed By – Trevor Pinnock
Double Bass – Amanda McNamara
Double Bass – Peter Buckoke
Double Bass – Peter McCarthy
Double Bass – Timothy Lyons
Edited By – Uta Drosson
Engineer [Balance] – Hans-Peter Schweigmann
Executive-Producer – Charlotte Kriesch
Executive-Producer – Dr. Andreas Holschneider
Harpsichord – Iain Ledingham
Harpsichord – Trevor Pinnock
Libretto By – Charles Jennens
Liner Notes – Anthony Hicks (2)
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins (2)
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Horst Leuchtmann
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Soloist Cyrus] – Catherine Robbin
Oboe – Catherine Latham
Oboe – Lorraine Wood
Oboe – Paul Goodwin (2)
Oboe – Sophia McKenna
Orchestra – The English Concert
Organ – Bernard Robertson (2)
Organ – Trevor Pinnock
Photography By [Cover] – Gilbert Gemballa
Producer, Recorded By – Dr. Gerd Ploebsch
Soprano Vocals – Alison Gough
Soprano Vocals – Caroline Ashton
Soprano Vocals – Jacqueline Connell
Soprano Vocals – Julia Gooding
Soprano Vocals – Kate Eckersley
Soprano Vocals – Lucinda Houghton
Soprano Vocals – Rachel Bevan
Soprano Vocals – Rachel Platt
Soprano Vocals – Sally Dunkley
Soprano Vocals – Twig Hall
Soprano Vocals [Soloist, Nitocris] – Arleen Auger
Tenor Vocals – Angus Smith
Tenor Vocals – Harvey Brough
Tenor Vocals – Leigh Nixon
Tenor Vocals – Neil Lunt
Tenor Vocals – Neil MacKenzie
Tenor Vocals – Nicolas Robertson
Tenor Vocals – Tom Phillips (6)
Tenor Vocals – Vernon Kirk
Tenor Vocals [Soloist, Arioch] – Nicolas Robertson
Tenor Vocals [Soloist; Belshazzar] – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Timpani – Robert Howes
Trumpet – Mark Bennett (2)
Trumpet – Michael Harrison (4)
Viola – Lisa Cochrane
Viola – Rupert Bawden
Viola – Susan Bicknell
Viola – Trevor Jones (4)
Violin [1] – Alison Cracknell
Violin [1] – Catherine Weiss
Violin [1] – Frances Turner
Violin [1] – Graham Cracknell
Violin [1] – Miles Golding
Violin [1] – Pauline Nobes
Violin [1] – Susie Carpenter-Jacobs
Violin [1], Concertmaster – Simon Standage
Violin [2] – Fiona Huggett
Violin [2] – James Ellis (3)
Violin [2] – Julia Bishop
Violin [2] – Maurice Whitaker
Violin [2] – Peter Hanson
Violin [2] – Risa Browder
Violin [2] – Roy Mowatt
Violin [2] – Simon Jones (10)
Violin [2] – Walter Reiter
Notes:© 2004 Deutsche Grammophon
Series: "Trio 3CDs"
Recording at Henry Wood Hall, July 1990
DDD Digital Recording
Include 28 page booklet with notes in English and German
Made in the EU
First issued in 1991 as 431 793-2 Archiv Produktion
