Händel: Belsazar - O tapfer Fürst

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Belsazar - Oratorio
No.32 Chor: O tapfer Fürst
Helmut Koch (1971)

The robust dramatic character of the music of Georg Friedrich Händel is best reflected by his oratorios. The chorus always represents the crowd that justifies the deeds of the characterss, rejoicing or mourning together with them. Händel elaborated subjects of biblical insiparation, drawing up portraits of the age around outstanding figures of the history of the jews, and indeed, one of his works follow the life of the Messiah.