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Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten

Released Date:
01 May 2011


Artists:

London Symphony Orchestra


Sir Colin Davis


Andrew Foster-Williams

bass (Simon)

Miah Persson

soprano (Hanne)

Jeremy Ovenden

tenor (Lukas)

London Symphony Chorus



Venue:

Barbican Centre, London

27 June 2010

Producer:

James Mallinson



Engineer:

Jonathan Stokes



Record Label
LSO

Genre:

Orchestral & Concertos


Vocal & Song

Total Time - 128:35
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

   
 

Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)

  
  Der Frühling  
1 1A Einleitung 3:54
2 1B Rezitativ: 'Seht, wie der strenge Winter flieht!' 2:01
  (soprano, tenor, bass)  
3 2 Chor des Landvolks: 'Komm, holder Lenz!' 2:59
  (chorus)  
4 3 Rezitativ: 'Vom Widder strahlet jetzt' 0:26
  (bass)  
5 4 Arie: 'Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann' 3:41
  (bass)  
6 5 Rezitativ: 'Der Landmann hat sein Werk vollbracht' 0:27
  (tenor)  
7 6 Terzett und Chor: Bittgesang: 'Sei nun gnaedig, milder Himmel' 5:02
  (soprano, tenor, bass, chorus)  
8 7 Rezitativ: 'Erhoert ist unser Fleh'n' 0:55
  (soprano)  
9 8A Freudenlied, mit abwechselndem Chor der Jugend: 'O wie lieblich' 6:58
  (soprano, tenor, bass, chorus)  
10 8B Allegro: 'Ehre, Lob und Preis sei dir' 2:39
  (chorus)  
   
  Der Sommer  
11 9 Einleitung und Rezitativ: 'In grauem Schleier' 4:02
  (tenor, bass)  
12 10 Arie und Rezitativ: 'Der munt're Hirt' 3:07
  (soprano, bass)  
13 11 Terzett und Chor: 'Sie steigt herauf' 4:19
  (soprano, tenor, bass, chorus)  
14 12A Rezitativ: 'Nun regt und bewegt sich alles umher' 0:30
  (bass)  
15 12B Rezitativ: 'Die Mittagssonne' 1:11
  (tenor)  
16 13 Cavatine: 'Dem Druck erlieget die Natur' 4:02
  (tenor)  
17 14 Rezitativ: 'Willkommen jetzt' 4:16
  (soprano)  
18 15 Arie: 'Welche Labung fuer die Sinne' 4:44
  (soprano)  
19 16 Rezitativ: 'O seht!' 2:05
  (soprano, tenor, bass)  
20 17 Chor: 'Ach! Das Ungewitter naht!' 3:52
  (chorus)  
21 18A Terzett und Chor: 'Die duest'ren Wolken trennen sich' 1:42
  (soprano, tenor, bass)  
22 18B Allegro: 'Von oben winkt der helle Stern' 2:26
  (soprano, tenor, bass, chorus)  
   
  Der Herbst  
23 19 Einleitung und Rezitativ: 'Was durch seine Bluete' 2:19
  (soprano, tenor, bass)  
24 20 Terzett mit Chor: 'So lohnet die Natur den Fleiss' 7:01
  (Soprano, tenor, bass, chorus)  
25 21 Rezitativ: 'Seht, wie zum Haselbusche dort' 1:01
  (soprano, tenor, bass)  
26 22 Duett: 'Ihr Schoenen aus der Stadt' 7:27
  (soprano, tenor)  
27 23 Rezitativ: 'Nun zeiget das entbloesste Feld' 0:45
  (bass)  
28 24 Arie: 'Seht auf die breiten Wiesen hin!' 3:09
  (bass)  
29 25 Rezitativ: 'Hier treibt ein dichter Kreis' 0:39
  (tenor)  
30 26 Chor: 'Hoert!' 3:47
  (chorus)  
31 27 Rezitativ: 'Am Rebenstocke blinket jetzt' 0:56
  (soprano, tenor, bass)  
32 28A Chor: 'Juh-he, Juh-he!' 1:50
  (chorus)  
33 28B Allegro assai: 'Nun toenen die Pfeifen' 3:24
  (chorus)  
   
  Der Winter  
34 29A Einleitung 2:36
35 29B Rezitativ: 'Nun senket sich das blasse Jahr' 2:25
  (soprano, bass)  
36 30 Cavatine: 'Licht und Leben' 2:08
  (soprano)  
37 31 Rezitativ: 'Gefesselt steht der breite See' 1:33
  (tenor)  
38 32 Arie: 'Hier steht der Wand'rer nun' 3:45
  (tenor)  
39 33 Rezitativ: 'So wie er naht' 1:07
  (soprano, tenor, bass)  
40 34 Lied mit Chor: 'Knurre, schnurre' 2:23
  (soprano, chorus)  
41 35 Rezitativ: 'Abgesponnen ist der Flachs' 0:20
  (tenor)  
42 36 Lied mit Chor: 'Ein Maedchen' 3:27
  (soprano, chorus)  
43 37 Rezitativ: 'Vom duerrem Oste' 0:46
  (bass)  
44 38 Arie und Rezitativ: 'Erblicke hier' 4:51
  (bass)  
45 39 Terzett und Doppelchor: 'Dann bricht der grosse Morgen an' 5:38
  (soprano, tenor, bass, chorus)  
   

Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) – Miah Persson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Following the success of Die Schöpfung (The Creation), which had swiftly gained popularity throughout Europe, Haydn’s librettist Baron Gottfried van Swieten suggested another project, based on James Thomson’s pastoral epic The Seasons. One of Haydn’s last major works, Die Jahreszeiten depicts the yearly cycle of life in the countryside through the eyes of three peasants, providing us with music of thrilling vitality and creativity.





Following the success of Die Schöpfung (The Creation), which had swiftly gained popularity throughout Europe, Haydn’s librettist Baron Gottfried van Swieten suggested another project, based on James Thomson’s pastoral epic, The Seasons. One of Haydn’s last major works, Die Jahreszeiten depicts the yearly cycle of life in the countryside through the eyes of three peasants, providing us with music of thrilling vitality and creativity.

    **** Excellent

Giuseppe Rossi - Musica magazine (Italy) - September 2011


"This is a noteable performance and the sound is admirable ... Comparisons with other German-language recordings confirm Davis’s coherant and unified approach ... Miah Persson’s Hanne is fluent and colourful; she never over-dramatises. Her extensive aria in the ’Summer’ section is beautifully fashioned... There is much joy in this LSO version ... This must have been a special evening in the Barbican Hall and it is certainly a special recorded version of Haydn’s The Seasons"

Antony Hodgson - Classical Source


"... Davis’s success with haydn’s oratorio is not surprsing. His orchestra plays a lean, clean sound, Davis managing a judicious balance between the strings and nicely prominent brass ... special kudos to the London Symphony horm section, which does bang-up work in the hunting chorus ... overall, there’s character and spirit to the solo singing, as there is to the performance as a whole ... Davis’s Die Jahreszeiten can compete with the best version available."

Lee Passarella - Audiophile Audition - 10 August 2011


Performance ****     Recording ****

"...the performance displays clarity and precision: the sound articulates the complex textures neatly, allowing Haydn’s remarkable scoring and highly effective vocal writing to register to delightful effect."

George Hall - BBC Music magazine - August 2011


       ’Editor’s Choice"

"...Sir Colin, revelling in his glorious Indian summer with the LSO, points heavenwards in this visionary reading of Haydn’s late masterpiece."  *****

Andrew Stewart - Classic FM magazine - August 2011




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