Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Overture

Collegium Cartusianum

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Behold, by Persia's hero made"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Well may they laugh"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Oprress'd with never-ceasing grief"

Franz-Josef Selig

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Dry those unavailing tears"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Behold the monstruous human beast"

Franz-Josef Selig

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Can you then think it strange"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Great God!"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "My friends, be confident"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "All empires upon God depend"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Oh, sacred oracles of Truth!"

Patrick Van Goethem

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Sing, oh ye Heav'ns!"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Let festal joy triumphant reign!"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "For you, my friends, the nobles of my court"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "The leafy honours of the field"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "It is the custom, I may say, the law"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Recall, oh king! Thy rash command"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "They tell you true"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "Oh dearer than my life, forbear!"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One "By slow degrees the wrath of God"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "You see my friends"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Amaz'd to find the foe so near"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "To arms, to arms!"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Call all my Wise Men"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two Sinfonia

Collegium Cartusianum

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Ye sages! Welcome always to your king"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Oh misery! - oh terror!"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Oh king, live for ever!"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "No! To thyself thy trifles be"

Patrick Van Goethem

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Yet to obey"

Patrick Van Goethem

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Oh sentence too severe!"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Oh God of truth, oh faithful guide"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Two "Oh glorious prince! Thrice happy"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Fain would I hope"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?"

Patrick Van Goethem

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "My hopes revive"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Bel boweth down! Nebo stoopeth!"

Cologne Chamber Choir

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "I thank thee, Sesach: thy sweet pow'r"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three Martial Symphony

Collegium Cartusianum

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due"

Franz-Josef Selig

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Be it thy care, good Gobrias"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Destructive War, thy limits know"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Great victor, at your feet I bow"

Simone Kermes

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Say, venerable prophet"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Tell it out among the heathen"

Markus Brutscher

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "Yes, I will build thy city, God of Israel!"

Christopher Robson

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act Three "I will magnify Thee, oh god, my king!"

Markus Brutscher