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Belshazzar : Act 2 “You see, my friends” “Amaz’d to find the foe so near” [Cyrus]

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Handel Edition Volume 6 - Belshazzar, Jephtha
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Belshazzar : Act 2 “You see, my friends” “Amaz’d to find the foe so near” [Cyrus]

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On Handel Edition Volume 6 - Belshazzar, Jephtha

1979 · 90 tracks

01Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: I. Recitativo Hamor1:05
01Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: I. Aria (Andante) Jephitha6:20
01Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Ouverture - Menuet6:52
01Belshazzar : Overture to Act 14:31
01Belshazzar : Act 2 “Oh king” [Nitocris] “Art thou that Daniel” [Belshazzar]1:44
01Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Let festal joy” (Belshazzar)4:54
02Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: II. Chorus3:35
02Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: I. Accompagnato6:45
02Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Vain, fluctuating state” (Nitocris)5:06
02Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: II. Accompagnato Iphis5:40
02Belshazzar : Act 2 “No! to thyself” [Daniel] “Yet to obey” [Daniel] “Though, o king” [Daniel] “Oh sentence too severe!” [Nitocris]4:41
02Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “For you, my friends” (Belshazzar, Nitocris)1:02
03Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 2: “Regard, oh son” (Nitocris)6:24
03Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: II. Chorus2:46
03Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: III. Aria4:57
03Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “The leafy honours” (Nitocris)8:18
03Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Thou, God most high” (Nitocris)4:06
03Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: III. Chorus3:07
04Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: IV. Recitativo Zebul1:53
04Belshazzar : Act 2 “Oh God of Truth!” “You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace” [Cyrus]5:29
04Belshazzar : Act 1 “The fate of Babylon” [Nitocris] “Oh much belov’d” [Nitocris, Daniel]1:19
04Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: IV. Recitativo Iphis4:36
04Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “It is the custom” (Belshazzar, Nitocris)1:55
04Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: III. Recitativo Zebul, Jephitha5:06
05Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 2: “Oh glorious prince!” (Chorus)4:46
05Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Lament not thus” (Daniel)4:49
05Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: V. Recitativo Angel5:53
05Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: V. Recitativo Zebul3:43
05Belshazzar : Act 1 “Recall, oh king!” [Chorus]3:00
05Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: IV. Recitativo Storgé5:54
06Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: V. Recitativo Hamor5:06
06Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “They tell you true” (Nitocris, Belshazzar)1:36
06Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: VI. Aria6:29
06Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: VI. (Larghetto) Jephitha1:48
06Belshazzar : Act 1 “Behold, by Persia’s hero made” [Chorus]2:57
06Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 3: ’"Alternate hopes and fears” (Nitocris)4:32
07Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Oh dearer than my life” (Nitocris, Belshazzar)6:43
07Belshazzar : Act 1 “Well may they laugh” [Gobrias, Cyrus] “Oh memory!” [Gobrias]1:29
07Belshazzar : Act 3 “Fain would I hope” [Nitocris, Daniel] “Can the black Aethiop change his skin?” [Daniel]2:20
07Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: VI. Recitativo Iphis4:26
07Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: VII. Chorus2:23
07Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: VII. Chorus3:08
08Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: VIII. Recitativo Zebul2:38
08Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Oppress’d with never‐ceasing grief” (Gobrias)3:10
08Belshazzar : Act 1 “By slow degrees” [Chorus]4:38
08Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: VII. Recitativo Hamor6:52
08Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: VIII. Symphony1:23
08Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 3: “My hopes revive” (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger)2:15
09Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: IX. Aria4:54
09Belshazzar : Act 3 “Bel boweth down” [Chorus]1:35
09Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: IX. Recitativo Storgé2:31
09Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Dry those anavailing tears” (Cyrus)2:37
09Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: VIII. Recitativo Jephitha1:48
09Belshazzar HWV61 : Act 2 “See from his post” “Why, faithless river” “Euphrates hath his task” “Of things on earth” [Chorus]6:31
10Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: IX. Chorus4:06
10Belshazzar : Act 2 “You see, my friends” “Amaz’d to find the foe so near” [Cyrus]5:26
10Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: X. Recitativo Jephitha4:17
10Belshazzar : Act 3 “I thank thee, Sesach” [Belshazzar] A Marital Symphony2:14
10Belshazzar : Act 1 “Be comforted” [Cyrus] “Methought, as on the bank” [Cyrus] “Now tell me, Gobrias” [Cyrus, Gobrias]4:08
10Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: X. Recitativo Hamor7:35
11Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Behold the monstrous human beast” (Gobrias)3:16
11Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: XI. Recitativo Zebul, Jephitha1:11
11Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: X. Recitativo Storgé5:12
11Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 3: “To pow’r immortal” (Gobrias)2:14
11Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: XI. Recitativo Iphis5:59
11Belshazzar : Act 2 “To arms, to arms!” [Chorus]0:30
12Belshazzar : Act 3 “Be it thy care” “Destructive War” [Cyrus]3:02
12Belshazzar : Act 2 “Ye tutelar gods” [Chorus]2:56
12Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: XI. Recitativo Iphis, Storgé4:13
12Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: XII. Concitato (Allegro) Storgé2:50
12Belshazzar : Act 1 “Can you then think” “Great God! who, yet but darkly known” “My friends, be confident” [Cyrus]4:50
12Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act III: XII. Chorus3:25
13Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: XII. Recitativo Zebul, Jephitha0:29
13Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: XIII. Recitativo Hamor1:51
13Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 3: “Great Victor” (Nitocris, Cyrus)5:16
13Belshazzar HWV61 : Act 1 “All empires” [Chorus]3:39
13Belshazzar : Act 2 “Let the deep bowl” [Belshazzar] “Where is the God” [Chorus] “Help, help the king!” [Chorus, Belshazzar] “Call all my wise men” [Belshazzar]5:46
14Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 3: “Say, venerable prophet” (Cyrus, Daniel)0:49
14Belshazzar : Act 2 “Ye sages!” [Belshazzar] “Alas! too hard a task” [Chorus]2:42
14Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: XIV. Quartet (Andante)2:32
14Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act I: XIII. Chorus4:29
14Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 1: “Oh sacred oracles” (Daniel)5:18
15Belshazzar : Act 3 “Tell it out” [Chorus] “Yes, I will build the city” [Cyrus]3:32
15Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: XV. Recitativo Iphis5:17
15Belshazzar : Act 2 “Oh misery!” [Chorus]1:33
15Belshazzar : Act 1 “Rejoice, my countrymen” “For long ago” “Thus saith the Lord” [Daniel]3:08
16Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act 3: “I will magnify thee” (Chorus, Belshazzar, Nitocris, Cyrus, Daniel, Gobrias, Arioch, Messenger)5:34
16Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: XVI. Accompagnato (Largo) Jephitha3:39
16Belshazzar : Act 1 “Sing, oh ye heav’ns!” [Chorus]4:35
17Jephtha, Oratorio, HWV 70: Act II: XVII. Chorus: How dark6:42