在古典音樂史上,韓德爾就像一位偉大的建築師,不僅天賦異稟創作了樂壇無數的經典名作,更奠定了音樂藝術的基礎。韓德爾的神劇《伯沙撒王的宴會》是描述巴比倫帝國最後之君王伯沙撒的故事,伯沙撒王最後被波斯軍隊所殺,這齣壯麗偉大的神劇,具有著相當強烈的戲劇張力。英國古樂指揮家平諾克的詮釋,嚴謹中帶著活力氣度和濃厚詩意的氛圍,加上其帶領的英國合奏團演奏音響豐厚,音質纖柔細膩且顯示出相當質樸的感覺。 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685 - 1759)
CD 1 Total playing time: [57’10]
Belshazzar - Act I
CD 2 Total playing time: [52’28]
Belshazzar - Act II
CD 3 Total playing time: [61’18]
Belshazzar - Act III
Soprano: Arleen Auger, Julia Gooding
Tenor: Anthony Rolfe-Johnson; Nicolas Robertson
Alto: Nigel Short
Contralto: Catherine Robbin; James Bowman
Bass: Richard Wistreich; David Wilson-Johnson
The English Concert Choir / The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
DDD Recording
(P) 1991 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg