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Haydn: The Creation

David Stout (baritone), Andrew Staples (tenor), Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Robert Davies (bass)

Musica Saeculorum, Philipp von Steinaecker

Haydn: The Creation
From the opening evocation of the primeval void, Steinacker has a keen ear for Haydn's miraculously inventive orchestration and secures lively, stylistically assured playing from his cosmopolitan...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2014

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Haydn: The Creation

David Stout (baritone), Andrew Staples (tenor), Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Robert Davies (bass)

Musica Saeculorum, Philipp von Steinaecker

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From the opening evocation of the primeval void, Steinacker has a keen ear for Haydn's miraculously inventive orchestration and secures lively, stylistically assured playing from his cosmopolitan...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2014

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The first edition of The Creation by Joseph Haydn from 1803 was not composed from the German version of the world premiere in 1797, but the English version of the text which served Baron Gottfried van Swieten as a master copy. The recording features a concert by Musica Saeculorum under the direction of Philipp von Steinaecker in the Cathedral of Brixen who used this English version of The Creation. English singers, Andrew Staples, David Stout and Robert Davies feature in this forthright performance.

Contents and tracklist

Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I
Work length36:37
The Representation of Chaos (Raphael, Uriel, Chorus)
Track length5:46
In the Beginning God Created Heaven and Earth (Raphael, Uriel, Chorus)
Track length3:00
Now Vanish Before the Holy Beams (Uriel, Chorus)
Track length3:45
And God Made the Firmament (Raphael)
Track length2:16
The Marv'lous Work Beholds Amaz'd (Gabriel, Chorus)
Track length2:06
And God Said, Let the Waters Under the Heaven (Raphael)
Track length0:42
Rolling in Foaming Billows (Raphael)
Track length4:02
And God Said, Let all the Earth Bring Forth Grass (Gabriel)
Track length0:28
With Verdure Clad the Fields Appear (Gabriel)
Track length4:43
And the Heav'nly Host Proclaimed the Third Day (Uriel)
Track length0:12
Awake the Harp (Chorus)
Track length2:03
And God Said, Let There be Lights in the Firmament of Heaven (Uriel)
Track length0:37
In Splendour Bright Is Rising Now the Sun (Uriel)
Track length2:52
The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Chorus)
Track length4:05
Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II
Work length37:29
And God Said, Let the Waters Bring Forth Abundantly (Gabriel)
Track length0:28
On Mighty Pens Uplifted Soars the Eagle Aloft (Gabriel)
Track length7:26
And God Created Great Whales (Raphael)
Track length2:00
And the Angels Struck Their Immortal Harps (Raphael)
Track length0:27
Most Beautiful Appear - The Lord Is Great (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Chorus)
Track length6:31
And God Said, Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature (Raphael)
Track length0:28
Straight Opening her Fertile Womb (Raphael)
Track length3:39
Now Heav'n in Fullest Glory Shone (Raphael)
Track length3:14
And God Created Man in His Own Image (Uriel)
Track length0:42
In Native Worth and Honour Clad (Uriel)
Track length3:32
And God Saw Ev'rything That he Had Made (Raphael)
Track length0:31
Achieved Is the Glorious Work - On Thee Each Living Soul (Chorus, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael)
Track length8:31
Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. III
Work length27:53
In Rosy Mantle Appears (Uriel)
Track length3:53
By Thee With Bliss, O Bounteous Lord (Eve, Adam, Chorus)
Track length9:30
Our Duty We Performed Now (Adam, Eve)
Track length2:35
Graceful Consort! (Adam, Eve)
Track length8:00
O Happy Pair (Uriel)
Track length0:27
Sing the Lord, Ye Voices All! (Chorus)
Track length3:28

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September 2014

From the opening evocation of the primeval void, Steinacker has a keen ear for Haydn's miraculously inventive orchestration and secures lively, stylistically assured playing from his cosmopolitan period band...The all-English chorus...is lithe and youthfully fresh of tone, topped by a gleaming soprano line...I'm glad to have heard this new recording, above all for some magnificent choral singing.
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