| # | Title | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Ouverture | | 4:38 |
| 2 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 1. No. 1 Accompagnato ed Arioso: "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!" (Nitocris) | | 5:06 |
| 3 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 1. No. 2 Air: "Thou, God most high" (Nitocris) | | 4:00 |
| 4 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh" (Nitocris) - Recitative: "O much belov'd of God and man!" (Nitocris, Daniel) | | 1:15 |
| 5 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 1. No. 3 Air: "Lament not thus, oh Queen, in vain!" (Daniel) | | 4:55 |
| 6 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. No. 4 Chorus of Babylonians: "Behold, by Persia's hero made in ample form" | | 2:49 |
| 7 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe" (Gobrias, Cyrus) - No. 5 Accompagnato: "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul!" (Gobrias)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- baritone vocals [Gobrias]:
- David Wilson‐Johnson (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- mezzo-soprano vocals [Cyrus]:
- Catherine Robbin (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- balance engineer:
- Hans‐Peter Schweigmann
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Deutsche Grammophon (in 1991)
- recorded at:
- Henry Wood Hall in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul" (Gobrias) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Well may they laugh" (Gobrias, Cyrus) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
| | 1:19 |
| 8 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. No. 6 Air: "Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief" (Gobrias) | | 3:33 |
| 9 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. No. 7 Air: "Dry those unavailing tears" (Cyrus) | | 2:13 |
| 10 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Be comforted" (Cyrus) - No. 8 Accompagnato: "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Cyrus)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- mezzo-soprano vocals [Cyrus]:
- Catherine Robbin (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- balance engineer:
- Hans‐Peter Schweigmann
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Deutsche Grammophon (in 1991)
- recorded at:
- Henry Wood Hall in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Cyrus) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem" (Cyrus) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
| | 2:35 |
| 11 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Now, tell me, Gobrias" (Cyrus, Gobrias) | | 1:14 |
| 12 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. No. 9 Air: "Behold the monstrous human beast" (Gobrias) | | 3:16 |
| 13 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Can you then think it strange" (Cyrus) | | 0:16 |
| 14 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. No. 10 Air: "Great God! who, yet but darkly known" (Cyrus) | | 3:49 |
| 15 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "My friends, be confident, and boldly enter upon this high exploit" (Cyrus) | | 0:41 |
| 16 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 2. No. 11 Chorus [of Medes and Persians]: "All empires upon God depend" | | 3:15 |
| 17 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 3. No. 12 Arioso: "Oh sacred oracles of truth!" (Daniel) | | 5:14 |
| 18 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 3. No. 13 Accompagnato: "Rejoice, my countrymen: the time draws near" (Daniel) - Recitative: "For long ago, whole ages ere this Cyrus yet was born" (Daniel) - No. 14 Accompagnato: "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus, his anointed..." (Daniel)- executive producer:
- Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
- countertenor vocals [Daniel]:
- James Bowman (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- orchestra:
- The English Concert (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- conductor:
- Trevor Pinnock (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- balance engineer:
- Hans‐Peter Schweigmann
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Deutsche Grammophon (in 1991)
- recorded at:
- Henry Wood Hall in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Rejoice, my countrymen" (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
- recording of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 1, Scene 3, Air "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus" (Daniel) (from 1990-07-11 until 1990-07-19)
- composer:
- George Frideric Handel (in 1744)
- librettist:
- Charles Jennens
- part of:
- Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I
| | 3:00 |
| 19 | Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act One, Scene 3. No. 15 Chorus [of Jews]: "Sing, oh ye heav'ns!" | | 4:11 |
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