Belshazzar's Feast

Album by William Walton & Dennis Noble & London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult

Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata for chorus and orchestra by English composer William Walton, first performed in 1931. Scored for large chorus and orchestra with prominent percussion and brass, the work blends modern orchestral techniques and jazz-inflected rhythms with dramatic choral writing and occupies a notable place in Walton's early career and in 20th-century British choral-orchestral music.

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  1. 1.
    Belshazzar's Feast: Thus spake Isaiah
    5:25
  2. 2.
    Belshazzar's Feast: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem
    5:31
  3. 3.
    Belshazzar's Feast: Babylon was a great city
    3:58
  4. 4.
    Belshazzar's Feast: Praise ye the god of gold
    5:04
  5. 5.
    Belshazzar's Feast: Thus in Babylon
    2:51
  6. 6.
    Belshazzar's Feast: And in that same hour
    1:52
  7. 7.
    Belshazzar's Feast: The sing aloud to God
    4:36
  8. 8.
    Belshazzar's Feast: The trumpeters and pipers are silent
    1:19
  9. 9.
    Belshazzar's Feast: Then sing aloud to God
    4:04

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