Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation)

Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation)

Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation)
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Composer: Haydn
Conductor: Jacobs
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import, Limited Edition
CD Release Date: 2009-11-10
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 1. Einleitung. Die Vorstellung des Chaos
  2. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 1. Rezitativ mit Chor. Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde
  3. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 2. Arie mit Chor. Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle
  4. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 3. Rezitativ. Und Gott machte das Firmament
  5. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 4. Chor mit Sopransolo. Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk
  6. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 5. Rezitativ. Und Gott sprach: Es sammle sich das Wasser
  7. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 6. Arie. Rollend in schäumenden Wellen
  8. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 7. Rezitativ. Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor
  9. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 8. Arie. Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün
  10. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 9. Rezitativ. Und die himmlischen Heerscharen
  11. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 10. Chor. Stimmt an die Saiten
  12. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 11. Rezitativ. Und Gott sprach: Es sei'n Lichter
  13. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 12. Rezitativ. In vollem Glanze steiget jetzt die Sonne
  14. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 1. No. 13. Chor mit Soli. Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
  15. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 14. Rezitativ. Und Gott sprach: Es bringe das Wasser
  16. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 15. Arie. Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler
  17. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 16. Rezitativ. Un Gott schuf gro�e Walfische
  18. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 17. Rezitativ. Und die Engel rührten ihr' unsterblichen Harfen
  19. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 18. Terzett. In holder Anmut stehn / No. 19. Chor mit Soli. Der Herr ist
  20. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 20. Rezitativ. Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde hervor
  21. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 21. Rezitativ. Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Scho�
  22. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 22. Arie. Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel
  23. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 23. Rezitativ. Und Gott schuf den Menschen
  24. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 24. Arie. Mit Würd' und Hoheit angetan
  25. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 25. Rezitativ. Und Gott sah jedes Ding, was er gemacht hatte
  26. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 2. No. 26. Chor. Vollendet ist das gro�e Werk / No. 27. Terzett. Zu dir, o Herr
Music CD 2
  1. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 3. No. 29. Rezitativ. Aus Rosenwolken bricht
  2. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 3. No. 30. Duett mit Chor. Von deiner Güt', o Herr und Gott
  3. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 3. No. 31. Rezitativ. Nun ist die erste Pflicht erfüllt
  4. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 3. No. 32. Duett. Holde Gattin, dir zur Seite
  5. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 3. No. 33. Rezitativ. O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort
  6. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Part 3. No. 34. Schlu�chor. Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen!

Music reviews of Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation)

Music Review: An easy first choice for a period 'Creation,' and a great recording by any measure
Rating: 5 Stars

Unlike the lead reviewer, I can think of many recordings of The Creation that had a special X-factor, beginning with my favorite, Leonard Bernstein from New York on Sony, extending through the second Bernstein recording, two from Karajan, and the period production under Spering on Naxos, which he mentions. This work, generally recognized as Haydn's masterpiece, has enjoyed a number of HIP recordings, but I think that Rene Jacobs easily sweeps the competition. He is an imaginative musician, which the average HIP conductor isn't, and he's not hindered by the usual wheezy, creaky timbre of antique instruments -- one gets the feeling of full emotional expression. Even the strings playing without vibrato sound sweet and confident. Of course we get the usual contradiction between singers using full vibrato while the instrumentalists are studiously avoiding it. The small, precise professional chorus uses women in place of boys and also employ full vibrato, to lovely effect.

What this says is that Jacobs knows how to make intelligent choices when it comes to period style. We don't hear a harpsichord clacking along during big choruses, an artificial effect created solely by the microphone. Jacobs uses the more suitable fortepiano, and although there is some florid ornamentation, he allows many vocal lines to unfold as written (in part this may be because The Creation is more a religious work than an opera, calling for a more chaste style). Like the lead reviewer, I love baritone Johannes Weisser, who is jsut as charismatic as he was playing Don Giovanni for Jacobs -- who says that a religious theme must be boring? Almost as good is tenor Maximilian Schmitt, with the kind of light, flexible lyric tenor that serves Baroque and early Classical music so well. My only disappointment came with soprano Julia Kleiter, who tiptoes through her ddifficult arias (generally at a cautious tempo), in marked contrast to Weisser's daring. Her sweet, modest voice is better suited to the simpler lines of Even's music in Part II.

As for Jacobs himself, no praise would be too excessive. He has a marvelous touch in this score, choosing totally convincing tempos and balances, but more importantly always making sure of the human touch. Haydn gave the world a tender, touching account of our mythic beginnings, and for once every note sounds as touching as Haydn intended.

P.S. - I should mention that the deluxe packaging include a bonus DVD on the making of the recording.
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