Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61
Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann
Act One "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!"
Act One "Behold, by Persia's hero made"
Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann
Act One "Well may they laugh"
Act One "Oprress'd with never-ceasing grief"
Act One "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant"
Act One "All empires upon God depend"
Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum
Act One "Sing, oh ye Heav'ns!"
Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum
Act One "For you, my friends, the nobles of my court"
Act One "It is the custom, I may say, the law"
Act One "Recall, oh king! Thy rash command"
Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum
Act One "Oh dearer than my life, forbear!"
Act One "By slow degrees the wrath of God"
Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Two "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"
Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir
Act Two "To arms, to arms!"
Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir
Act Two "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"
Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Two "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"
Act Two "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?"
Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Two "Ye sages! Welcome always to your king"
Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Markus Brutscher
Act Two "Oh misery! - oh terror!"
Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Act Two "Oh king, live for ever!"
Act Two "Oh God of truth, oh faithful guide"
Act Two "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace"
Act Two "Oh glorious prince! Thrice happy"
Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann
Act Three "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind"
Act Three "Fain would I hope"
Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Three "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?"
Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Three "Bel boweth down! Nebo stoopeth!"
Peter Neumann, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Three "I thank thee, Sesach: thy sweet pow'r"
Act Three "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due"
Act Three "Destructive War, thy limits know"
Act Three "Great victor, at your feet I bow"
Act Three "Say, venerable prophet"
Christopher Robson, Patrick van Goethem, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Three "Tell it out among the heathen"
Franz-Josef Selig, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Simone Kermes, Frank Höndgen, Christopher Robson, Patrick van Goethem, Markus Brutscher, Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum
Act Three "Yes, I will build thy city, God of Israel!"
Act Three "I will magnify Thee, oh god, my king!"
Simone Kermes, Christopher Robson, Patrick van Goethem, Frank Höndgen, Cologne Hochschule fur Musik Chamber Choir, Peter Neumann, Franz-Josef Selig, Markus Brutscher, Collegium Cartusianum