‎Handel: Belshazzar by Jürgen Budday

Overture

Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan

4:35

Behold, by Persia's hero made (Chorus of Babylonians)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan

2:37

Recitative: Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe (Gobrias, Cyrus)

Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Patrick van Goethem, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance

1:47

Aria: Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief (Gobrias)

Miriam Allan, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

3:19

Aria: Dry those unavailing tears (Cyrus)

Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Andre Morsch, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Jürgen Budday, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

2:14

Recitative: Be comforted (Cyrus)

Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Patrick van Goethem, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

0:31

Recitative: Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates (Cyrus)

Patrick van Goethem, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Miriam Allan, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

2:22

Recitative: Now tell me, Gobrias, does not this Euphrates (Cyrus, Gobrias)

Andre Morsch, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Patrick van Goethem

1:22

Aria: Behold the monstrous human beast (Gobrias)

Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Andre Morsch, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Miriam Allan

3:23

Recitative - Aria: Can you then think it strange (Cyrus)

Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor

3:52

Recitative: My friends, be confident and boldly enter upon this high exploit (Cyrus)

Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Miriam Allan, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Jürgen Budday, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

0:43

All empires upon God depend (Chorus of Persians)

Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Mark Le Brocq

3:22

Aria: O sacred oracles of truth (Daniel)

Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Miriam Allan, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq

4:57

Recitative: Rejoice, my countrymen! (Daniel)

Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Patrick van Goethem

3:37

Sing, O ye Heav'ns, for the Lord hath done it! (Chorus of Jews)

Patrick van Goethem, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Andre Morsch, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

4:31

Aria: Let festal joy triumphant reign (Belshazzar)

Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq

5:00

Recitative: For you my friends, the nobles of my court (Belshazzar, Nitocris)

Jürgen Budday, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor

2:23

Recall, O king, thy rash command (Chorus of Jews)

Miriam Allan, Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

3:37

Recitative: They tell you true (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Jürgen Budday, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

1:40

Duet: O dearer than my life, forbear (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

6:13

By slow degress the wrath of God (Chorus of Jews)

Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday

4:51

See, from his post Euphrates flies (Chorus of Persians)

Patrick van Goethem, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq, Miriam Allan

7:17

Recitative: You see, my friends, a path into the city lies open (Cyrus)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Andre Morsch, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

0:49

To arms, to arms, no more delay! (Chorus of Persians)

Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Miriam Allan, Patrick van Goethem

0:42

Ye tutelar gods of our empire (Chorus of Babylonians)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq

3:14

Aria: Let the deep bowl thy praise confess (Belshazzar)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Miriam Allan, Patrick van Goethem, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

2:32

Recitative: Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r? (Belshazzar)

Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Patrick van Goethem, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq

0:44

Chorus - Recitative: Help, help the king! (Belshazzar)

Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance, Miriam Allan

2:26

Recitative: Call all my Wise Men (Belshazzar)

Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance

2:09

Recitative: Ye sages, welcome always to your king (Belshazzar, Wise Men)

Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Miriam Allan, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance, Andre Morsch

1:06

Oh, misery! Oh terror, hopeless grief! (Chorus of Babylonians)

Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Miriam Allan, Andre Morsch, Michael Chance, Jürgen Budday, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1:58

Recitative: O king, live for ever! (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

Miriam Allan, Andre Morsch, Patrick van Goethem, Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

1:42

Aria: No., to thyself thy trifles be (Daniel)

Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday

1:39

Reicitative: Yet, to obey His dread command (Daniel)

Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Patrick van Goethem, Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Miriam Allan

3:25

Recitative: Oh, sentence too severe (Nitocris)

Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

0:20

Aria: Regard thyself (Nitocris)

Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem

6:23

Aria: O God of truth, O faithful guide (Cyrus)

Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Andre Morsch, Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance

4:51

Recitative: You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace (Cyrus)

Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq, Miriam Allan, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1:04

O glorious prince, thrice happy they born to enjoy thy future sway (Chorus of Persians)

Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Michael Chance, Miriam Allan, Maulbronner Kammerchor

5:23

Aria: Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind (Nitocris)

Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Andre Morsch, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance

4:26

Recitative: My hopes revive, here Arioch comes! (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger)

Miriam Allan, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Andre Morsch, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

2:06

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth! (Chorus of Jews)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Patrick van Goethem, Mark Le Brocq, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Andre Morsch, Jürgen Budday

1:29

Aria: I thank thee, Sesach! (Belshazzar)

Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Patrick van Goethem, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq

1:34

A Martial Symphony

Patrick van Goethem, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq

0:43

Aria: To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due (Gobrias)

Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor

3:22

Recitative: Be it thy care, good Gobrias (Cyrus)

Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

0:24

Aria: Destructive war, thy limits know (Cyrus)

Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Jürgen Budday

2:29

Duet: Great victor, at your feet I bow (Nitocris, Cyrus)

Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Patrick van Goethem, Miriam Allan, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Andre Morsch

4:25

Recitative: Say, venerable prophet, is there aught (Cyrus, Daniel)

Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Andre Morsch, Miriam Allan, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance

0:51

Tell it out among the heathen (Soloists, Chorus)

Patrick van Goethem, Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance

2:00

Recitative: Yes, I will build thy city, God of Israel! (Cyrus)

Miriam Allan, Mark Le Brocq, Patrick van Goethem, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Michael Chance, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Edition Monastery Maulbronn

2:37

I will magnify Thee, O God my king (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus)

Miriam Allan, Mark Le Brocq, Patrick van Goethem, Michael Chance, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Andre Morsch, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Jürgen Budday

Conductor
Michael Chance

Countertenor
Maulbronner Kammerchor

Choir
Hannoversche Hofkapelle

Orchestra

Handel: Belshazzar

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