‎Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61 by Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir

Overture

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

4:13

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

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

4:47

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

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes

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"

Peter Neumann, Franz-Josef Selig, 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"

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

4:13

Act One "Behold the monstruous human beast"

Franz-Josef Selig, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

3:38

Act One "Can you then think it strange"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

0:16

Act One "Great God!"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

3:47

Act One "My friends, be confident"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

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!"

Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

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!"

Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, 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"

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

8:02

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

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, 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"

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

1:42

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

Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes

6:30

Act One "By slow degrees the wrath of God"

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

4:51

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

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

7:02

Act Two "You see my friends"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Christopher Robson

0:47

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

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

4:28

Act Two "To arms, to arms!"

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

0:31

Act Two "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

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

2:57

Act Two "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Markus Brutscher

2:28

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

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

2:30

Act Two "Call all my Wise Men"

Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

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!"

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

1:34

Act Two "Oh king, live for ever!"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher

1:50

Act Two "No! To thyself thy trifles be"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Patrick van Goethem

1:38

Act Two "Yet to obey"

Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:09

Act Two "Oh sentence too severe!"

Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann, 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"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

4:27

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

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

1:09

Act Two "Oh glorious prince! Thrice happy"

Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, 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"

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

0:23

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

Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:22

Act Three "My hopes revive"

Frank Höndgen, Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

1:01

Act Three "Bel boweth down! Nebo stoopeth!"

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

1:28

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

Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, 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, Collegium Cartusianum, Franz-Josef Selig

2:06

Act Three "Be it thy care, good Gobrias"

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson

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"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

4:29

Act Three "Say, venerable prophet"

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

0:52

Act Three "Tell it out among the heathen"

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

1:39

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

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

1:38

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

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