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Belshazzar / Georg Friedrich Haendel
Disque compact
Edité par Harmonia Mundi - 2013
- Contient
- Overture
- Accompagnato ed arioso vain fluctuating state of human empire!
- Aria thou, god most high, and thou alone
- Recitative the fate of babylon, i fear, is nigh. o much belov'd
- Air lament not thus, o queen, in vain!
- Chorus of babylonians behold by persia's hero made
- Recitative well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe - accompagnato oh memory
- Aria opprest with never ceasing grief
- Aria dry those unavailing tears
- Recitative be comforted: safe tho' the tyrant seem - accompagnato methought, as on the bank of deep euphrates
- Recitative can you then think it strange, if drown'd in wine - aria great god! who yet but darkly known
- Chorus all empires upon god depend
- Arioso o sacred oracles of truth! - aria amaz'd to find the foe so near - chorus of persians to arms, to arms, no more delay
- Accompagnato rejoice, my countrymen: the time draws near - recitative for long ago - accompagnato thus saith the lord to cyrus his anointed
- Chorus sing, o ye heav'ns, for the lord hath done it
- Aria let festal joy triumphant reign - recitative for you, my friends, the nobles of my court
- Aria the leafy honours of the field
- Recitative it is the custom; i may say, the law
- Chorus of jews recall, o king, thy rash command
- Recitative they tell you true; nor can you be to learn
- Duet o dearer than my life, forbear
- Chorus of jews by slow degrees the wrath of god to its meridian height ascends
- Chorus see, from his post euphrates flies! - semichorus why faithless river dost thou leave - semichorus euphrates hath his task fulfil'd - chorus of things on earth, proud m
- Recitative you see, my friends, a path into the city - aria amaz'd to find the foe so near - chorus of persians to arms, to arms, no more delay
- Chorus ye tutelar gods of our empire, look down
- Aria let the deep bowl thy praise confess
- Accompagnato and chorus where is the god of judah's boasted pow'r? - recitative call all our wisemen, sorcerers, chaldeans
- Symphony
- Recitative ye sages, welcome always to your king - trio alas! too hard a task the king imposes - chorus o misery! o terror! hopeless grief!
- Recitative o king, live for ever! - aria no: to thyself thy trifles be
- Accompagnato yet to obey his dread command thou, o king, hast lifted up thyself - recitative o sentence too severe! and yet too sure!
- Aria regard, o son, my flowing tears
- Aria o god of truth! o faithful guide! - recitative you, gobrias, lead directly to the palace
- Chorus o glorious prince! thrice happy they
- Aria alternate hopes and fears distract my mind - recitative fain would i hope. is there not room to hope?
- Aria can the black thiop change his skin? recitative my hopes revive, here arioch comes: by this
- Chorus of jews bel boweth down! nebo stoopeth!
- Aria i thank thee, sesach, thy sweet pow'r - a martial symphony
- Aria to pow'r immortal my first thanks are due - recitative be it thy care, good gobrias, to find out
- Aria destructive war thy limits know
- Duett great victor, at your feet i bow - recitative say, venerable prophet, is there ought
- Soli and chorus tell it out among the heathen, that the lord is king.
- Accompagnato yes, i will build thy city, god of israel
- Anthem i will magnify thee, o god my king,
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