‎Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61 by Peter Neumann

Overture

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

4:13

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann

4:47

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

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

4:37

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

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

2:40

Act One "Well may they laugh"

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

1:37

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Franz-Josef Selig

3:36

Act One "Dry those unavailing tears"

Collegium Cartusianum, Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann

2:02

Act One "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant"

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

4:13

Act One "Behold the monstruous human beast"

Collegium Cartusianum, Franz-Josef Selig, Peter Neumann

3:38

Act One "Can you then think it strange"

Collegium Cartusianum, Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann

0:16

Act One "Great God!"

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

3:47

Act One "My friends, be confident"

Collegium Cartusianum, Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann

0:52

Act One "All empires upon God depend"

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

3:15

Act One "Oh, sacred oracles of Truth!"

Patrick van Goethem, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

8:23

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

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

3:56

Act One "Let festal joy triumphant reign!"

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher

4:49

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

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Markus Brutscher

1:02

Act One "The leafy honours of the field"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes

8:02

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

Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes

1:35

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

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

3:09

Act One "They tell you true"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann

1:42

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes, Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann

6:30

Act One "By slow degrees the wrath of God"

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

4:51

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

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

7:02

Act Two "You see my friends"

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

0:47

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann

4:28

Act Two "To arms, to arms!"

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

0:31

Act Two "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

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

2:57

Act Two "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"

Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

2:28

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

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

2:30

Act Two "Call all my Wise Men"

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher

0:24

Act Two Sinfonia

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:37

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

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

1:03

Act Two "Oh misery! - oh terror!"

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

1:34

Act Two "Oh king, live for ever!"

Simone Kermes, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

1:50

Act Two "No! To thyself thy trifles be"

Patrick van Goethem, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

1:38

Act Two "Yet to obey"

Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:09

Act Two "Oh sentence too severe!"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

0:27

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

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

6:31

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

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

4:27

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson

1:09

Act Two "Oh glorious prince! Thrice happy"

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

4:48

Act Three "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

4:26

Act Three "Fain would I hope"

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

0:23

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

Patrick van Goethem, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

2:22

Act Three "My hopes revive"

Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes, Frank Höndgen, Peter Neumann

1:01

Act Three "Bel boweth down! Nebo stoopeth!"

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

1:28

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann

1:32

Act Three Martial Symphony

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

0:34

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

Franz-Josef Selig, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:06

Act Three "Be it thy care, good Gobrias"

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

0:23

Act Three "Destructive War, thy limits know"

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

2:50

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

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

4:29

Act Three "Say, venerable prophet"

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

0:52

Act Three "Tell it out among the heathen"

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

1:39

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

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

1:38

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

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