Soli SMsATB (1751:
SAATB), Coro S(S)AT(T)B,
2 Ob, 2 Tr, Timp, (1758+
2 Cor, 2 Fl dolce) 3 Vl,
Va, Bc - Level 4
SKU:
CA.5506105
Composed
by George Frideric
Handel. Edited by Felix
Loy. Choral Score. HWV
61. 68 pages. Duration
170 minutes. Carus Verlag
#5506100. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.5506105).
ISBN
9790007243029.
English/German. Text:
Charles
Jennens.
Belshazzar
, with its detailed stage
instructions and many
short forms such as
accompagnato recitatives
and ariosi, is the most
dramatic of George
Frideric Handel's
oratorios. It is de facto
a sacred opera, but
because of the ban on
biblical plots on the
stage in England at that
time, it had to be
composed in the form of
an oratorio, i. e. for
non-staged performance.
For this work Handel
chose one of the most
enthralling subjects in
world and religious
history: the fall of
Babylon and the
liberation of the Jewish
people.
The new
Carus Urtext edition
brings together all three
performable versions of
the work: the one from
the first performance of
1745, as well as the
reworkings of 1751 and
1758. For the first time,
this edition consistently
follows Handel's
conductor's score, which
provides clarity about
the numbers which Handel
actually performed.
Additionally, the edition
includes the aria Lament
not thus which was cut
before the first
performance. Thus all the
choruses and arias
composed by Handel for
Belshazzar are available
together, including the
late arias Wise men and
Fain would I know which
are hardly
known.
* First
Urtext edition * For
the first time all three
performable versions of
the work in one
edition * Based
throughout on Handel's
conductor's score *
Includes the aria Lament
not thus which was cut
before the first
performance . Score
available separately -
see item CA.5506100.
Soli SMsATB (1751:
SAATB), Coro S(S)AT(T)B,
2 Ob, 2 Tr, Timp, (1758+
2 Cor, 2 Fl dolce) 3 Vl,
Va, Bc - Level 4
SKU:
CA.5506112
Composed
by George Frideric
Handel. Edited by Felix
Loy. Single Part, Violin
2 and 3. HWV 61. Duration
170 minutes. Carus Verlag
#5506100. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.5506112).
ISBN
9790007262082.
English/German. Text:
Charles
Jennens.
Belshazzar
, with its detailed stage
instructions and many
short forms such as
accompagnato recitatives
and ariosi, is the most
dramatic of George
Frideric Handel's
oratorios. It is de facto
a sacred opera, but
because of the ban on
biblical plots on the
stage in England at that
time, it had to be
composed in the form of
an oratorio, i. e. for
non-staged performance.
For this work Handel
chose one of the most
enthralling subjects in
world and religious
history: the fall of
Babylon and the
liberation of the Jewish
people.
The new
Carus Urtext edition
brings together all three
performable versions of
the work: the one from
the first performance of
1745, as well as the
reworkings of 1751 and
1758. For the first time,
this edition consistently
follows Handel's
conductor's score, which
provides clarity about
the numbers which Handel
actually performed.
Additionally, the edition
includes the aria Lament
not thus which was cut
before the first
performance. Thus all the
choruses and arias
composed by Handel for
Belshazzar are available
together, including the
late arias Wise men and
Fain would I know which
are hardly
known.
* First
Urtext edition * For
the first time all three
performable versions of
the work in one
edition * Based
throughout on Handel's
conductor's score *
Includes the aria Lament
not thus which was cut
before the first
performance . Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.5506100.
