Belsazar, Op. 73 (Oratorio)

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Label
CPO
Release Date
January 30, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Carl Heinrich Reinecke
    • PERFORMER
      Anja Poche, Nora Steuerwald, Florian Sievers, Bernhard Hansky, GewandhausChor Leipzig, Camerata Lips
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 30, 2026
    • UPC
      761203569229
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555692-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    2. Lasset die Becher schäumen und fluthen (Soprano, Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Performer: Anja Pöche

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    3. Aria: Ja, ich bin Gott (Baritone)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Camerata Lipsiensis

      Performer: Bernhard Hansky

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    4. Recitative: Hört ihn lästern (Alto, Tenor)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Camerata Lipsiensis

      Performer: Nora Steuerwald, Florian Sievers

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    5. Hör', Jehovah, hör' deines Volkes Fleh'n (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    6. Die an den Gott von Israel glauben (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    7. Recitative and Aria: Herr, eh' deinen Weg wir meiden (Alto, Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Performer: Nora Steuerwald

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    8. Belsazar ist Gott! (Tenor, Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Performer: Florian Sievers

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    9. Ja, ich bin Gott! (Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Performer: Florian Sievers, Bernhard Hansky

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    10. Ach, um seine sünd'ge Seele (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    11. Recitative and Aria: Lasst euer Klagen! (Tenor)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Camerata Lipsiensis

      Performer: Florian Sievers

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    12. Canaan, Canaan! Heilige Erde! (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    13. No. 1. Overture

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    14. No. 2. Sonnengluth: Die Sonne sengend glüht (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    15. No. 3. Dämmerung

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    16. No. 4. Das Abendläuten: Aus dem fernen Thal (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    17. No. 5. Tanz unter der Dorflinde

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    18. No. 6. Sommernacht: Der laute Tag ist fortgezogen (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer

    19. No. 7. Morgenhymnus: Wir bringen unsern Preis (Chorus)

      Composer: Carl Reinecke

      Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chorus, Camerata Lipsiensis

      Conductor: Gregor Meyer


Carl Reinecke's works are living proof that conservatism and originality are not mutually exclusive. His work rests on the shoulders of previous generations and nowhere does it depart from the harmonic or formal conventions that were part of the curriculum at conservatoires in the 19thcentury - and yet we will encounter a personality who did not hide behind formulae, but to a certain extent between the lines and in the details. In his oratorio Belsazar, premiered in 1859, he indulges extensively in the tension between God-fearing Israelites and the brutally blasphemous Babylonians. Some twenty years later, he produced a successful 'Concert Piece for Choir and Orchestra' in which vocal movements and instrumental interludes are combined in a novel way to create a unique and unusually poetic sequence of enchanting Sommertagsbilder (Pictures of a Summer's Day). It is an experience in changing moods