Belshazzar: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Belshazzar, credited to Georg Friedrich Händel; Charles Jennens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Belshazzar by Georg Friedrich Händel; Charles Jennens. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Belshazzar is an English Oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel to a libretto by Charles Jennens. It was first performed at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket in London in 1745. The story is taken from the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament and tells the tale of Belshazzar's Feast and "the writing on the wall" which only Daniel can interpret and which foretells the downfall of Belshazzar. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Belshazzar
• Author credits: Georg Friedrich Händel; Charles Jennens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 56:00

Catalogue topics

• English
• Babylon
• Handel
• libretto
• oratorio

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction and Dramatis Personae — 2:04
2. 01 - Act 1 — 26:22
3. 02 - Act 2 — 15:25
4. 03 - Act 3 — 12:09

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Source and rights

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