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composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1744)
librettist:Charles Jennens
later translated versions:Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, no. 17a. Recitative "Dies ist die Sitte" (Belshazzar, Nitocris) (German translation)
part of:Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I (order: 27)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1990-07-11 – 1990-07-19Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "It is the custom, I may say, the law" (Belshazzar, Nitocris)Arleen Auger, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock1:23
Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 5. 18a. Recitative (Belshazzar, Nitocris) "It is the custom; I may say, the law"Les Arts Florissants, William Christie1:35