Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel Belshazzar (2025) [Official Digital Download]

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Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel Belshazzar (2025) [Official Digital Download]
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Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

A dark, pessimistic work, Belshazzar casts an uncompromising gaze on the fate of empires and those who govern them. In 2013, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants recorded a noble and majestic account of this formidable oratorio. The Times proclaimed "Belshazzar is delivered with ringing zest by Allan Clayton, Rosemary Joshua and other top Brits, and an orchestra forever on the boil."

TRACKLIST

1. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61: Overture
2. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato ed Arioso. Vain Fluctuating State of Human Empire!
3. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 1: Aria. Thou, God Most High, and Thou Alone
4. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scenes 1-2: Recitative. The Fate of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh - Recitative. O Much Belov'd
5. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 2: Air. Lament Not Thus, O Queen, in Vain!
6. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Chorus of Babylonians. Behold By Persia'S Hero Made
7. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Recitative. Well May They Laugh, from Meagre Famine Safe - Accompagnato. Oh Memory
8. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Opprest With Never Ceasing Grief
9. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Dry Those Unavailing Tears
10. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Recitative. Be Comforted Safe Tho' the Tyrant Seem - Accompagnato. Methought, As On the Bank of Deep Euphrates - Recitative. Now tell me Gobrias
11. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Behold the Monstrous Human Beast - Recitative. Can You Then Think It Strange, If Drown'd in Wine
12. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Great God! Who Yet But Darkly Known - Recitative. My friends, be confident, and boldly enter
13. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Chorus. All Empires Upon God Depend
14. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 4: Arioso. O Sacred Oracles of Truth!
15. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 4: Accompagnato. Rejoice, My Countrymen the Time Draws Near - Recitative. For Long Ago - Accompagnato. Thus Saith the Lord to Cyrus His Anointed
16. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 4: Chorus. Sing, O Ye Heav'Ns, for the Lord Hath Done It
17. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Aria. Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign - Recitative. For You, My Friends, the Nobles of My Court
18. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Aria. The Leafy Honours of the Field
19. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Recitative. It Is the Custom, I May Say, the Law
20. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Chorus of Jews. Recall, O King, Thy Rash Command
21. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Recitative. They Tell You True; Nor Can You Be to Learn
22. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Duet. O Dearer Than My Life, Forbear
23. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Chorus of Jews. By Slow Degrees the Wrath of God to Its Meridian Height Ascends
24. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 1: 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 Man Must Own
25. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 1: 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
26. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Chorus. Ye Tutelar Gods of Our Empire, Look Down
27. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Aria. Let the Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
28. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Accompagnato and Chorus. Where Is the God of Judah'S Boasted Pow'R?
29. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Recitative. Call All Our Wisemen, Sorcerers, Chaldeans - Symphony
30. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Recitative. Ye Sages, Welcome Always to Your King - Trio. Alas! Too Hard a Task the King Imposes - Chorus. O Misery! O Terror! Hopeless Grief!
31. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Recitative. O King, Live for Ever! - Recitative. Art thou that Daniel, of the Jewish captives? - Aria. No to Thyself Thy Trifles Be
32. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Accompagnato. Yet to Obey His Dread Command - Accompagnato. Thou, O King, Hast Lifted Up Thyself - Recitative. O Sentence Too Severe! and Yet Too Sure!
33. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Aria. Regard, O Son, My Flowing Tears
34. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 3: Aria. O God of Truth! O Faithful Guide! - Recitative. You, Gobrias, Lead Directly to the Palace
35. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 3: Chorus. O Glorious Prince! Thrice Happy They
36. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 1: Aria. Alternate Hopes and Fears Distract My Mind - Recitative. Fain Would I Hope. Is There Not Room to Hope?
37. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 1: Aria. Can the Black Æthiop Change His Skin? - Recitative. My Hopes Revive, Here Arioch Comes By This
38. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 1: Chorus of Jews. Bel Boweth Down! Nebo Stoopeth!
39. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 2: Aria. I Thank Thee, Sesach, Thy Sweet Pow'R - A Martial Symphony
40. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Aria. To Pow'R Immortal My First Thanks Are Due - Recitative. Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias, to Find Out
41. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Aria. Destructive War Thy Limits Know
42. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Duet. Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow - Recitative. Say, Venerable Prophet, Is There Ought
43. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Soli and Chorus. Tell It Out Among the Heathen, That the Lord Is King.
44. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Accompagnato. Yes, I Will Build Thy City, God of Israel
45. Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Anthem. I Will Magnify Thee, O God My King!

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Analyzed: Les Arts Florissants & William Christie / Handel: Belshazzar
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -2.05 dB -18.37 dB 2:40 01-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61: Overture
DR14 -0.32 dB -19.98 dB 4:28 02-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato ed Arioso. Vain Fluctuating State of Human Empire!
DR13 -0.35 dB -18.90 dB 4:37 03-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 1: Aria. Thou, God Most High, and Thou Alone
DR15 -1.83 dB -23.26 dB 1:15 04-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scenes 1-2: Recitative. The Fate of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh - Recitative. O Much Belov'd
DR13 -2.41 dB -22.66 dB 4:59 05-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 2: Air. Lament Not Thus, O Queen, in Vain!
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.27 dB 2:28 06-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Chorus of Babylonians. Behold By Persia'S Hero Made
DR13 -2.06 dB -21.01 dB 1:27 07-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Recitative. Well May They Laugh, from Meagre Famine Safe - Accompagnato. Oh Memory
DR14 -1.18 dB -19.62 dB 3:57 08-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Opprest With Never Ceasing Grief
DR14 -3.03 dB -21.52 dB 1:54 09-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Dry Those Unavailing Tears
DR15 -2.44 dB -23.15 dB 3:59 10-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Recitative. Be Comforted Safe Tho' the Tyrant Seem - Accompagnato. Methought, As On the Bank of Deep Euphrates - Recitative. Now tell me Gobrias
DR13 -2.39 dB -20.69 dB 3:47 11-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Behold the Monstrous Human Beast - Recitative. Can You Then Think It Strange, If Drown'd in Wine
DR15 -2.24 dB -21.93 dB 4:09 12-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Great God! Who Yet But Darkly Known - Recitative. My friends, be confident, and boldly enter
DR13 -0.31 dB -16.94 dB 3:28 13-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 3: Chorus. All Empires Upon God Depend
DR16 -1.05 dB -21.16 dB 4:54 14-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 4: Arioso. O Sacred Oracles of Truth!
DR15 -0.89 dB -19.99 dB 3:01 15-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 4: Accompagnato. Rejoice, My Countrymen the Time Draws Near - Recitative. For Long Ago - Accompagnato. Thus Saith the Lord to Cyrus His Anointed
DR13 -0.30 dB -15.40 dB 4:16 16-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 4: Chorus. Sing, O Ye Heav'Ns, for the Lord Hath Done It
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.97 dB 6:45 17-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Aria. Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign - Recitative. For You, My Friends, the Nobles of My Court
DR15 -0.33 dB -19.64 dB 7:10 18-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Aria. The Leafy Honours of the Field
DR15 -0.31 dB -21.36 dB 1:35 19-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Recitative. It Is the Custom, I May Say, the Law
DR10 -0.30 dB -15.40 dB 2:32 20-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Chorus of Jews. Recall, O King, Thy Rash Command
DR15 -0.30 dB -20.50 dB 1:18 21-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Recitative. They Tell You True; Nor Can You Be to Learn
DR13 -0.30 dB -16.87 dB 4:45 22-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Duet. O Dearer Than My Life, Forbear
DR12 -0.31 dB -15.45 dB 6:08 23-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 5: Chorus of Jews. By Slow Degrees the Wrath of God to Its Meridian Height Ascends
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.54 dB 6:33 24-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 1: 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 Man Must Own
DR12 -0.30 dB -18.20 dB 6:07 25-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 1: 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
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.04 dB 2:52 26-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Chorus. Ye Tutelar Gods of Our Empire, Look Down
DR13 -0.31 dB -17.72 dB 2:35 27-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Aria. Let the Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
DR13 -0.30 dB -18.95 dB 2:41 28-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Accompagnato and Chorus. Where Is the God of Judah'S Boasted Pow'R?
DR15 -0.31 dB -17.65 dB 1:45 29-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Recitative. Call All Our Wisemen, Sorcerers, Chaldeans - Symphony
DR13 -0.33 dB -17.44 dB 2:12 30-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Recitative. Ye Sages, Welcome Always to Your King - Trio. Alas! Too Hard a Task the King Imposes - Chorus. O Misery! O Terror! Hopeless Grief!
DR16 -2.01 dB -22.19 dB 2:58 31-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Recitative. O King, Live for Ever! - Recitative. Art thou that Daniel, of the Jewish captives? - Aria. No to Thyself Thy Trifles Be
DR17 -0.37 dB -21.91 dB 3:54 32-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Accompagnato. Yet to Obey His Dread Command - Accompagnato. Thou, O King, Hast Lifted Up Thyself - Recitative. O Sentence Too Severe! and Yet Too Sure!
DR15 -1.85 dB -21.64 dB 6:22 33-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 2: Aria. Regard, O Son, My Flowing Tears
DR16 -0.30 dB -20.57 dB 5:16 34-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 3: Aria. O God of Truth! O Faithful Guide! - Recitative. You, Gobrias, Lead Directly to the Palace
DR9 -0.30 dB -13.65 dB 4:57 35-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II Scene 3: Chorus. O Glorious Prince! Thrice Happy They
DR15 -0.37 dB -20.36 dB 4:42 36-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 1: Aria. Alternate Hopes and Fears Distract My Mind - Recitative. Fain Would I Hope. Is There Not Room to Hope?
DR15 -3.01 dB -23.76 dB 3:26 37-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 1: Aria. Can the Black Æthiop Change His Skin? - Recitative. My Hopes Revive, Here Arioch Comes By This
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.20 dB 1:29 38-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 1: Chorus of Jews. Bel Boweth Down! Nebo Stoopeth!
DR11 -0.30 dB -15.81 dB 2:05 39-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 2: Aria. I Thank Thee, Sesach, Thy Sweet Pow'R - A Martial Symphony
DR14 -5.01 dB -22.17 dB 2:23 40-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Aria. To Pow'R Immortal My First Thanks Are Due - Recitative. Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias, to Find Out
DR12 -0.33 dB -16.62 dB 2:20 41-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Aria. Destructive War Thy Limits Know
DR15 -0.35 dB -20.32 dB 5:58 42-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Duet. Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow - Recitative. Say, Venerable Prophet, Is There Ought
DR12 -0.51 dB -17.45 dB 1:38 43-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Soli and Chorus. Tell It Out Among the Heathen, That the Lord Is King.
DR13 -4.64 dB -21.22 dB 1:37 44-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Accompagnato. Yes, I Will Build Thy City, God of Israel
DR13 -0.32 dB -18.05 dB 7:00 45-Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Anthem. I Will Magnify Thee, O God My King!
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Number of tracks: 45
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1362 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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