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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. 8. Accompagnato "Mir schien, dass am Gestad' des großen Euphrat" (Cyrus) (German translation)
part of:Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I (order: 12)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1990-07-11 – 1990-07-19Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem"; Accompagnato "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Cyrus)Catherine Robbin, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock2:35
Belshazzar: Act I. Scene 3. 8a. Recitative (Cyrus) "Be comforted: safe tho' the tyrant seem" - 8b. Accompagnato (Cyrus) "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" - 8bis. Recitative (Cyrus, Gobrias) "Now tell me Gobrias"Les Arts Florissants, William Christie3:59