‎Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61 by Peter Neumann

Overture

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

4:13

Act One "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!"

Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

4:47

Act One "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone"

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

4:37

Act One "Behold, by Persia's hero made"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum

2:40

Act One "Well may they laugh"

Franz-Josef Selig, Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:37

Act One "Oprress'd with never-ceasing grief"

Franz-Josef Selig, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

3:36

Act One "Dry those unavailing tears"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

2:02

Act One "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant"

Franz-Josef Selig, Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

4:13

Act One "Behold the monstruous human beast"

Peter Neumann, Franz-Josef Selig, Collegium Cartusianum

3:38

Act One "Can you then think it strange"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

0:16

Act One "Great God!"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

3:47

Act One "My friends, be confident"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Christopher Robson

0:52

Act One "All empires upon God depend"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum

3:15

Act One "Oh, sacred oracles of Truth!"

Peter Neumann, Patrick van Goethem, Collegium Cartusianum

8:23

Act One "Sing, oh ye Heav'ns!"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir

3:56

Act One "Let festal joy triumphant reign!"

Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

4:49

Act One "For you, my friends, the nobles of my court"

Markus Brutscher, Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:02

Act One "The leafy honours of the field"

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes

8:02

Act One "It is the custom, I may say, the law"

Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

1:35

Act One "Recall, oh king! Thy rash command"

Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

3:09

Act One "They tell you true"

Simone Kermes, Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:42

Act One "Oh dearer than my life, forbear!"

Markus Brutscher, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

6:30

Act One "By slow degrees the wrath of God"

Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

4:51

Act Two "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum

7:02

Act Two "You see my friends"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

0:47

Act Two "Amaz'd to find the foe so near"

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

4:28

Act Two "To arms, to arms!"

Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

0:31

Act Two "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann

2:57

Act Two "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"

Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:28

Act Two "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?"

Markus Brutscher, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:30

Act Two "Call all my Wise Men"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Markus Brutscher

0:24

Act Two Sinfonia

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:37

Act Two "Ye sages! Welcome always to your king"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

1:03

Act Two "Oh misery! - oh terror!"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum

1:34

Act Two "Oh king, live for ever!"

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

1:50

Act Two "No! To thyself thy trifles be"

Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:38

Act Two "Yet to obey"

Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:09

Act Two "Oh sentence too severe!"

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

0:27

Act Two "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears"

Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

6:31

Act Two "Oh God of truth, oh faithful guide"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

4:27

Act Two "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:09

Act Two "Oh glorious prince! Thrice happy"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum

4:48

Act Three "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind"

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

4:26

Act Three "Fain would I hope"

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Patrick van Goethem

0:23

Act Three "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?"

Peter Neumann, Patrick van Goethem, Collegium Cartusianum

2:22

Act Three "My hopes revive"

Simone Kermes, Frank Höndgen, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:01

Act Three "Bel boweth down! Nebo stoopeth!"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum

1:28

Act Three "I thank thee, Sesach: thy sweet pow'r"

Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

1:32

Act Three Martial Symphony

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

0:34

Act Three "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due"

Peter Neumann, Franz-Josef Selig, Collegium Cartusianum

2:06

Act Three "Be it thy care, good Gobrias"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

0:23

Act Three "Destructive War, thy limits know"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

2:50

Act Three "Great victor, at your feet I bow"

Simone Kermes, Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

4:29

Act Three "Say, venerable prophet"

Christopher Robson, Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

0:52

Act Three "Tell it out among the heathen"

Simone Kermes, Markus Brutscher, Christopher Robson, Patrick van Goethem, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Franz-Josef Selig, Frank Höndgen, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:39

Act Three "Yes, I will build thy city, God of Israel!"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

1:38

Act Three "I will magnify Thee, oh god, my king!"

Simone Kermes, Christopher Robson, Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum, Frank Höndgen, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Franz-Josef Selig

5:28

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Peter Neumann

Conductor
Collegium Cartusianum

Orchestra
Simone Kermes

Soprano
Franz-Josef Selig

Bass

Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61

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