Tracklist

1.01	Ouverture	4:35
Act The First
Scene I: The First Scene Is Missing In The Version From The Year 1751.
Scene II: The Camp Of Cyrus Before Babylon. A View Of The City, With The River Euphrates Running Through It.
1.02	Chorus (The Babylonians): Behold, By Persia's Hero Made	2:37
1.03	Recitative (Gobrias, Cyrus): Well May They Laugh / 'Tis That Security	1:48
1.04	Air (Gobrias): Oppress'd With Never-ceasing Grief	3:19
1.05	Air (Cyrus): Dry Those Unavailing Tears	2:15
1.06	Recitative (Cyrus): Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem	0:32
1.07	Recitative/Accompagnato (Cyrus): Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates	2:22
1.08	Recitative (Cyrus, Gobrias): Now Tell Me, Gobrias / It Does	1:22
1.09	Air (Gobrias): Behold The Monstrous Human Beast	3:24
1.10	Recitative & Air (Cyrus): Can You Then Think It Strange / Great God, Who, Yet But Darkly Known	3:53
1.11	Recitative (Cyrus): My Friends, Be Confident	0:44
1.12	Chorus (The Persians): All Empires Upon God Depend	3:23
Scene III: Daniel's House - Daniel, With The Prophecies Of Isaiah And Jeremiah Open Before Him. Other Jews.
1.13	Air (Daniel): O Sacred Oracles Of Truth	4:57
1.14	Recitative/Accompagnato (Daniel): Rejoice, My Countrymen / For Log Ago, Whole Ages Ere This Cyrus	3:38
1.15	Chorus (The Jews): Sing, O Ye Heav'ns, For The Lord Hath Done It	4:31
Scene IV: The Palace - Belhazzar, Nitocris, Babylonians And Jews.
1.16	Air (Belshazzar): Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign	5:00
1.17	Recitative (Belshazzar, Nitocris): For You My Friends / I Must Prevent Thee, Son	2:23
1.18	Chorus (The Jews): Recall, O King, Thy Rash Command	3:37
1.19	Recitative (Nitocris, Belshazzar): They Tell You True / Away! Is Then My Mother Convert Grown	1:40
1.20	Duet (Nitocris, Belshazzar): O Dearer Than My Life, Forbear / O Queen, This Hateful Theme Forbear	6:13
1.21	Chorus (The Jews): By Slow Degress The Wrath Of God	4:58
Act The Second
Scene I: Without The City, The River Almost Empty - Cyrus And Chorus Of Persians And Medes
1.22	Chorus (The Persians): See, From His Post Euphrates Flies	7:17
1.23	Recitative (Cyrus): You See, My Friends, A Path Into The City	0:50
1.24	Chorus (The Persians): To Arms, No More Delay	0:40
Scene II: A Banquet-room, Adorned With The Images Of The Babylonian Gods - Belhazzar, His Wives, Concubines, And Lords, Drinking Out Of The Jewish Temple-vessels, And Singing The Praises Of Their Gods.
2.01	Chorus (The Babylonians): Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire, Look Down	3:14
2.02	Air (Belshazzar): Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess	2:32
2.03	Recitative (Belshazzar): Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r	0:44
2.04	Chorus (The Babylonians) & Recitative (Belshazzar) - Help, Help The King! He Faints, He Dies! / Behold! See There!	2:25
2.05	Recitative (Belshazzar) & Sinfonia: Call All My Wise Men, Sorcerers, Chaldeans...	2:09
2.06	Recitative (Belshazzar) & Chorus (Wise Men): Ye Sages, Welcome Always To Our King / Alas, Too Hard A Task The King Imposes	1:07
2.07	Chorus (The Babylonians): Oh, Misery! Oh Terror, Hopeless Grief!	1:59
2.08	Recitative (Nitocris, Belshazzar): O King, Live For Ever / Art Thou That Daniel Of The Jewish Captives?	1:42
2.09	Air (Daniel): No, To Thyself Thy Trifles Be	1:39
2.10	Recitative/Accompagnato (Daniel): Yet, To Obey His Dread Command - MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN	3:25
2.11	Recitative (Nitocris): Oh, Sentence Too Severe, And Yet Too Sure	0:20
2.12	Air (Nitocris): Regard Thyself; To Cure Thy Fears / Regard, O Son, My Flowing Tears	6:23
Scene III: Within The City - Cyrus, Gobrias, Chorus Of Persians And Medes.
2.13	Air (Cyrus): O God Of Truth, O Faithful Guide	4:51
2.14	Recitative (Cyrus): You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace	1:05
2.15	Chorus (The Persians): O Glorious Prince, Thrice Happy They	5:23
Act The Third
Scene I: The Palace - Nitocris, Daniel And The Jews.
2.16	Air (Nitocris): Alternate Hopes And Fears Distract My Mind	4:26
2.17	Recitative (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger): My Hopes Revive, Here Arioch Comes / When You Had Left The Room / All's Lost, The Fate Of Babylon Is Come	2:06
2.18	Chorus (The Jews): Bel Boweth Down, Nebo Stoopeth	1:30
Scene II: Belshazzar, His Lords, And Other Babylonians, With Their Swords Drawn
2.19	Air (Belshazzar): I Thank Thee, Sesach! Thy Sweet Pow'r	1:34
2.20	A Martial Symphony	0:43
Scene III: Cyrus, Gibrias And Chorus.
2.21	Air (Gobrias): To Pow'r Immortal My First Thanks Are Due	3:22
2.22	Recitative (Cyrus): Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias	0:24
2.23	Air (Cyrus): Destructive War, Thy Limits Know	2:29
2.24	Duet (Nitocris, Cyrus): Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow / Rise, Virtuous Queen, Compose Your Mind	4:25
2.25	Recitative (Cyrus, Daniel): Say, Venerable Prophet, Is There Aught / O Victorious Prince	0:51
2.26	Soli & Chorus: Tell It Out Among The Heathen	1:59
2.27	Recitative (Cyrus): Yes, I Will Build Thy City, God Of Israel	2:37
2.28	Soli & Chorus: I Will Magnify Thee, O God My King / Amen	6:02

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – K&K Verlagsanstalt
• Recorded At – Maulbronn Monastery

Credits

• Alto Vocals – Angelika Stössel, Barbara Hirsch , Beata Fechau, Dietlind Mayer , Hella Pilz, Kathrin Gölz, Margret Sanwald, Marianne Dohse, Mirjam Budday, Roswitha Fydrich-Steiner, Stefanie Trompler
• Bass Vocals – Can Schnigula, Daniel Fritsch, Eberhard Maier, Hansjörg Lechler, Ingo Andruschkewitsch, Matthias Kögel, Paul-Theodor Bräuchle, Rainer Hirsch-Luipold, Werner Pfeiffer
• Bass Vocals [Gobrias & A Messenger] – André Morsch
• Bassoon – Rhoda Patrick
• Cello – Daniela Wartenberg, Dorothee Palm
• Choir [The Babylonians, The Persians, The Jews, Wise Men] – Maulbronn Chamber Choir*
• Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
• Concertmaster – Marlene Goede-Uter
• Conductor – Jürgen Budday
• Countertenor Vocals [Cyrus] – Patrick van Goethem
• Countertenor Vocals [Daniel] – Michael Chance
• Engineer – Andreas Otto Grimminger
• Harpsichord, Organ [Regal] – Bernward Lohr
• Libretto By – Charles Jennens
• Lute – Ulrich Wedemeier
• Mastered By – Andreas Otto Grimminger, Josef-Stefan Kindler
• Oboe – Annette Berryman, Julia Belitz
• Orchestra [On Period Instruments] – Hanoverian Court Orchestra*
• Photography By, Artwork [Cover Art] – Josef-Stefan Kindler
• Producer – Andreas Otto Grimminger, Josef-Stefan Kindler
• Soprano Vocals – Hannah Glocker, Ilka Hüftle, Jana Knobloch, Katja Körtge, Miriam Wolf, Sabine Stöffler, Sabine Widmann, Silke Vogelmann, Susanne Ferber, Susanne Laenger, Teresa Frick, Veronica Sattler, Veronika Miehlich
• Soprano Vocals [Nitocris] – Miriam Allan
• Tenor Vocals – Andreas Gerteis, Günther Vögelin, Hartmut Meier, Konrad Mohl, Mathias Michel, Rolf Most, Sebastian Fuierer
• Tenor Vocals [Belshazzar & Arioch] – Mark Le Brocq
• Timpani [Baroque Timpani] – Frithjof Koch
• Trumpet [Baroque Trumpets] – Christoph Draeger, Friedemann Immer
• Viol [Bass Viols] – Christian Zincke, Cordula Cordes
• Viola – Bettina Ihrig, Hella Hartmann, Rachael Yates
• Violin – Annette Keimel, Corinna Hildebrand, Eva Politt, Ina Keller, Klaus Bona, Mechthilde Werner, Susanne Busch, Susanne Dietz

Notes

Oratorium in drei Akten in der Version von 1751
in englischer Sprache und historischer Aufführungspraxis

Oratorio in three acts - an historically informed performance in English

A concert hosted by Klosterkonzerte Maulbronn at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Maulbronn Monastery, 25th & 26th September 2004

Total Playing Time: 02:27:40

The booklet of the disc includes the libretto (in English)

Maulbronn Monastery Edition ~ A series produced by K&K Verlagsanstalt
(c) K&K Verlagsanstalt 2005

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 42 6000591 033 9
• Label Code: LC 11277
• Other (ISBN): 3-930643-67-7
• SPARS Code: DDD