Philipp von Steinaecker - F. Haydn: The Creation, Hob.XXI:2 (2014)

Tracklist

CD1
01. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: The Representation of Chaos (Raphael, Uriel, Chorus)
02. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: In the Beginning God Created Heaven and Earth (Raphael, Uriel, Chorus)
03. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: Now Vanish Before the Holy Beams (Uriel, Chorus)
04. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: And God Made the Firmament (Raphael)
05. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: The Marv'lous Work Beholds Amaz'd (Gabriel, Chorus)
06. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: And God Said, Let the Waters Under the Heaven (Raphael)
07. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: Rolling in Foaming Billows (Raphael)
08. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: And God Said, Let all the Earth Bring Forth Grass (Gabriel)
09. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: With Verdure Clad the Fields Appear (Gabriel)
10. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: And the Heav'nly Host Proclaimed the Third Day (Uriel)
11. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: Awake the Harp (Chorus)
12. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: And God Said, Let There be Lights in the Firmament of Heaven (Uriel)
13. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: In Splendour Bright Is Rising Now the Sun (Uriel)
14. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. I: The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Chorus)
15. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: And God Said, Let the Waters Bring Forth Abundantly (Gabriel)
16. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: On Mighty Pens Uplifted Soars the Eagle Aloft (Gabriel)
17. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: And God Created Great Whales (Raphael)
18. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: And the Angels Struck Their Immortal Harps (Raphael)
19. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: Most Beautiful Appear-The Lord Is Great (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Chorus)

CD2
01. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: And God Said, Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature (Raphael)
02. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: Straight Opening her Fertile Womb (Raphael)
03. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: Now Heav'n in Fullest Glory Shone (Raphael)
04. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: And God Created Man in His Own Image (Uriel)
05. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: In Native Worth and Honour Clad (Uriel)
06. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: And God Saw Ev'rything That he Had Made (Raphael)
07. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. II: Achieved Is the Glorious Work-On Thee Each Living Soul (Chorus, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael)
08. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. III: In Rosy Mantle Appears (Uriel)
09. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. III: By Thee With Bliss, O Bounteous Lord (Eve, Adam, Chorus)
10. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. III: Our Duty We Performed Now (Adam, Eve)
11. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. III: Graceful Consort! (Adam, Eve)
12. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. III: O Happy Pair (Uriel)
13. The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. III: Sing the Lord, Ye Voices All! (Chorus)


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.

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