Berliner Singakademie Kammerorchester. Peter Schreier (tenor), Nitocris, mother of Belsazar: Renate Frank-Reinecke (soprano), Cyrus, Persian King: Ute Trekel-Burckhardt (alto), Daniel, a Jewish prophet: Gisela Pohl (alto), Gobrias, Assyrian: Hermann Christian Polster (bass), Arioch: Joachim Vogt (tenor), A messenger: Gunther Beyer (bass)