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Handel - Belshazzar (CD 2)

Handel: Belshazzar CD 2

These recordings are part of a cycle of old testament oratorios by G. F. Handel and are some of the many concerts performed at Maulbronn monastery over the past years. The series combines authentically performed baroque oratorios with the optimal acoustics and atmosphere of this unique monastic church. This ideal location demands the transparency of playing and the interpretive unveiling of the rhetoric intimations of the composition, which is especially aided by the historically authentic performance. The music is exclusively performed on reconstructed historical instruments, which are tuned to the pitch customary in the composers lifetime (a = c. 415 Hz).


Brief description of the Release:

An historically informed performance in English with Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Mark LeBrocq, André Morsch, the Hanoverian Court Orchestra / Hannoversche Hofkapelle (on period instruments) and the Maulbronn Chamber Choir (Maulbronner Kammerchor), conducted by Jürgen Budday

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
B E L S H A Z Z A R

Fassung von 1751
Version from the year 1751

Oratorium in drei Akten
in englischer Originalsprache
und historischer Aufführungspraxis

Solisten
Miriam Allan (Sopran) ~ Nitocris
Michael Chance (Altus) ~ Daniel
Patrick van Goethem (Altus) ~ Cyrus
Mark LeBrocq (Tenor) ~ Belshazzar, Arioch
André Morsch (Bass) ~ Gobrias, Bote

Hannoversche Hofkapelle
Marleen Goede –Uter - Konzertmeisterin
Eva Politt, Susanne Dietz, Ina Keller, Corinna Hildebrandt, Klaus Bona, Annette Keimel,
Mechtild Werner, Susanne Busch - Violinen
Bettina Ihrig, Hella Hartmann, Rachael Yates - Violen
Dorothee Palm, Daniela Wartenberg - Violoncelli
Cordula Cordes, Christian Zincke - Violone
Bernward Lohr - Orgel / Cembalo
Ulrich Wedemeier - Laute
Annette Berryman, Julia Belitz - Oboen
Rhoda Patrick - Fagott
Friedemann Immer, Christoph Draeger - Trompeten
Friedjof Koch - Pauken

Maulbronner Kammerchor
Sopran: Susanne Ferber, Teresa Frick, Hannah Glocker, Ilka Hüftle, Jana Knobloch,
Katja Körtge, Susanne Laenger, Veronika Miehlich, Veronica Sattler,
Sabine Stöffler, Silke Vogelmann, Sabine Widmann, Miriam Wolf
Alt: Carmen Andruschkewitsch, Mirjam Budday, Marianne Dohse, Beata Fechau,
Roswitha Fydrich-Steiner, Kathrin Gölz, Barbara Hirsch, Dietlind Mayer, Hella Pilz,
Margret Sanwald, Angelika Stössel, Steffi Trompler
Tenor: Sebastian Fuierer, Andreas Gerteis, Hartmut Meier, Mathias Michel, Konrad Mohl,
Rolf Most, Günther Vögelin
Bass: Ingo Andruschkewitsch, Paul-Theodor Bräuchle, Daniel Fritsch, Rainer Hirsch-Luipold,
Matthias Kögel, Hansjörg Lechler, Eberhard Maier, Werner Pfeiffer, Can Schnigula
Künstlerische Leitung: Jürgen Budday