Morten Schuldt-Jensen- Die Jahreszeite (The Seasons) (CD)
Vivaldi was not the only composer to write a universally popular Four Seasons. Composed directly after The Creation (Naxos 8557380-81), Haydn's oratorio The Seasons features three peasant soloists who sing of the joys, trials and tribulations of country life throughout the year, complete with a chorus of villagers. Haydn's genius transforms many genre scenes - a summer storm, hunting episodes, daybreak, the gloomy winter fog and peasant dances - into something truly spectacular, joyous and life-affirming, in keeping with his deeply held religious conviction. Morten Schuldt-Jensen and the Gewandhaus chamber choir join forces again for this their second Naxos release.
Tracklist:
- No.1: Introduction: The Overture Paints The Passage Of The Winte
- No.2-Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring!
- No.3-Recitative: Now In His Course The Sun
- No.4-Aria: With Eagerness The Husbandman
- No.5-Recitative: The Countryman Has Done His Due
- No.6-Soloists And Chorus: Prayer. Be Now Gracious, O Kind Heaven
- No.7-Recitative: Our Humble Pray'rs Are Heard
- No.8-Trio And Chorus: Song Of Joy, With An Alternating Chorus Of
- No.9-Solists And Chorus: Endless God, Mighty God, Merciful God
- No.10-Recitative: The Overture Paints The Dawn Of Day. Her Face
- No.11-Aria: The Ready Swain In Gath'ring Now. Recitative: With R
- No.12-Soloists And Chorus: The Sun Ascends, He Mounts
- No.13-Recitative: Now Comes In Swarms The Rustic Youth
- No.14-Recitative: 'Tis Noon, And Vertical The Sun
- No.15-Cavatina: Distressfull Nature Fainting Sinks
- No.16-Recitative: O Welcome Now, Ye Shady Groves
- No.17-Aria: O What Comfort To The Senses
- No.18-Recitative: Behold! On Yonder Edge Of Mountains High
- No.19-Chorus: Oh! The Tempest Comes O'er Head
- No.20-Soloists And Chorus: The Cloudy Welkin Now Clears Up
- No.21: Overture: The Overture Indicates The Husbandman's Satisfa
- No.22-Recitative: Th' Abundant Harvest Now He Brings
- No.23-Terzetto And Chorus: So Nature Ever Kind Repays
- No.24-Recitative: Behold, How To The Hazelbank
- No.25-Duet: Ye Ladies Fine And Fair! O Come
- No.26-Recitative: Now On The Stripped Fields Appear
- No.27-Aria: Behold The Wide Extended Meads
- No.28-Recitative: Here Closed Rings Compel The Timid Hares
- No.29-Chorus: Hear, Hear the Clank And The Noise
- No.30-Recitative: The Vineyard Now In Clusters Bright
- No.31-Chorus: Heyday, Heyday! The Liquor Flows
- No.32-Overture: The Overture Paints The Thick Fogs At The Beginn
- No.33-Recitative: Now Sinks The Pale Declining Year
- No.34-Cavatina: Light And Life In Sadness Languish
- No.35-Recitative: By Frost Cemented Stands The Lake
- No.36-Aria: Here Stands The Wand'rer Now
- No.37-Recitative: As He Draws Nigh, Soon To His Ears
- No.38-Solists And Chorus: Set The Wheel Agoing, Make It Snore
- No.39-Recitative: Th' Evening Task Performed Is
- No.40-Song And Chorus: An Honest Country-Girl There Was
- No.41-Recitative: Now From The Livid East
- No.42-Aria: Behold, O Weak And Foolish Man. No.43-Recitative: Al
- No.44-Soloists And Double Chorus: Then Comes The Great And Glori
UPC > 747313260027
Format > New CD
Label > Naxos
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Vivaldi was not the only composer to write a universally popular Four Seasons. Composed directly after The Creation (Naxos 8557380-81), Haydn's oratorio The Seasons features three peasant soloists who sing of the joys, trials and tribulations of country life throughout the year, complete with a chorus of villagers. Haydn's genius transforms many genre scenes - a summer storm, hunting episodes, daybreak, the gloomy winter fog and peasant dances - into something truly spectacular, joyous and life-affirming, in keeping with his deeply held religious conviction. Morten Schuldt-Jensen and the Gewandhaus chamber choir join forces again for this their second Naxos release.
Tracklist:
- No.1: Introduction: The Overture Paints The Passage Of The Winte
- No.2-Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring!
- No.3-Recitative: Now In His Course The Sun
- No.4-Aria: With Eagerness The Husbandman
- No.5-Recitative: The Countryman Has Done His Due
- No.6-Soloists And Chorus: Prayer. Be Now Gracious, O Kind Heaven
- No.7-Recitative: Our Humble Pray'rs Are Heard
- No.8-Trio And Chorus: Song Of Joy, With An Alternating Chorus Of
- No.9-Solists And Chorus: Endless God, Mighty God, Merciful God
- No.10-Recitative: The Overture Paints The Dawn Of Day. Her Face
- No.11-Aria: The Ready Swain In Gath'ring Now. Recitative: With R
- No.12-Soloists And Chorus: The Sun Ascends, He Mounts
- No.13-Recitative: Now Comes In Swarms The Rustic Youth
- No.14-Recitative: 'Tis Noon, And Vertical The Sun
- No.15-Cavatina: Distressfull Nature Fainting Sinks
- No.16-Recitative: O Welcome Now, Ye Shady Groves
- No.17-Aria: O What Comfort To The Senses
- No.18-Recitative: Behold! On Yonder Edge Of Mountains High
- No.19-Chorus: Oh! The Tempest Comes O'er Head
- No.20-Soloists And Chorus: The Cloudy Welkin Now Clears Up
- No.21: Overture: The Overture Indicates The Husbandman's Satisfa
- No.22-Recitative: Th' Abundant Harvest Now He Brings
- No.23-Terzetto And Chorus: So Nature Ever Kind Repays
- No.24-Recitative: Behold, How To The Hazelbank
- No.25-Duet: Ye Ladies Fine And Fair! O Come
- No.26-Recitative: Now On The Stripped Fields Appear
- No.27-Aria: Behold The Wide Extended Meads
- No.28-Recitative: Here Closed Rings Compel The Timid Hares
- No.29-Chorus: Hear, Hear the Clank And The Noise
- No.30-Recitative: The Vineyard Now In Clusters Bright
- No.31-Chorus: Heyday, Heyday! The Liquor Flows
- No.32-Overture: The Overture Paints The Thick Fogs At The Beginn
- No.33-Recitative: Now Sinks The Pale Declining Year
- No.34-Cavatina: Light And Life In Sadness Languish
- No.35-Recitative: By Frost Cemented Stands The Lake
- No.36-Aria: Here Stands The Wand'rer Now
- No.37-Recitative: As He Draws Nigh, Soon To His Ears
- No.38-Solists And Chorus: Set The Wheel Agoing, Make It Snore
- No.39-Recitative: Th' Evening Task Performed Is
- No.40-Song And Chorus: An Honest Country-Girl There Was
- No.41-Recitative: Now From The Livid East
- No.42-Aria: Behold, O Weak And Foolish Man. No.43-Recitative: Al
- No.44-Soloists And Double Chorus: Then Comes The Great And Glori
UPC > 747313260027
Format > New CD
Label > Naxos
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