‎Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61 by Collegium Cartusianum

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"

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"

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

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"

Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

2:02

Act One "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant"

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

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!"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

3:47

Act One "My friends, be confident"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

0:52

Act One "All empires upon God depend"

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

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!"

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

3:56

Act One "Let festal joy triumphant reign!"

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Markus Brutscher

4:49

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

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Markus Brutscher, Simone Kermes

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"

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

3:09

Act One "They tell you true"

Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

1:42

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

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum

6:30

Act One "By slow degrees the wrath of God"

Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, 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"

Peter Neumann, Christopher Robson, Collegium Cartusianum

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!"

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

0:31

Act Two "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

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

2:57

Act Two "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"

Peter Neumann, Markus Brutscher, 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, Markus Brutscher, 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"

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!"

Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum

0:27

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

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes

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, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

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"

Collegium Cartusianum, Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann

4:26

Act Three "Fain would I hope"

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

0:23

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Patrick van Goethem

2:22

Act Three "My hopes revive"

Frank Höndgen, Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, 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

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

0:34

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

Franz-Josef Selig, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

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"

Christopher Robson, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum

2:50

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

Christopher Robson, Simone Kermes, Peter Neumann, 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"

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

5:28

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Collegium Cartusianum

Orchestra
Peter Neumann

Conductor
Simone Kermes

Soprano
Christopher Robson

Countertenor

Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61

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