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Karajan: Haydn – The Creation (24/96 FLAC)

Karajan: Haydn - The Creation (24/96 FLAC)
Karajan: Haydn – The Creation (24/96 FLAC)

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Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Gundula Janowitz, Werner Krenn, Walter Berry, Ottomar Borwitzky, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Wunderlich, Christa Ludwig, Josef Nebois, Reinhold Schmid, Wiener Singverein
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4796499
Release: 2016
Size: 2.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Die Schöpfung Hob. XXI:2
Erster Teil
01. Ia. Einleitung: “Die Vorstellung des Chaos”
02. Ib. Rezitativ mit Chor: “Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde”
03. II. Arie mit Chor: “Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle”
04. III. Rezitativ: “Und Gott machte das Firmament”
05. IV. Chor mit Sopransolo: “Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk”
06. V. Rezitativ: “Und Gott sprach: Es sammle sich das Wasser”
07. VI. Arie: “Rollend in schäumenden Wellen”
08. VII. Rezitativ: “Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor”
09. VIII. Arie: “Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün”
10. IX. Rezitativ: “Und die Himmlischen Heerscharen”
11. X. Chor: “Stimmt an die Saiten”
12. XI. Rezitativ: “Und Gott sprach: Es sei’n Lichter an der Feste des Himmels”
13. XII. Rezitativ: “Im vollen Glanze steiget jetzt”
14. XIII. Chor mit Soli: “Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes”

Zweiter Teil
15. XIV. Rezitativ: “Und Gott sprach: Es bringe das Wasser”
16. XV. Arie: “Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler stolz”
17. XVI. Rezitativ: “Und Gott schuf große Walfische”
18. XVII. Rezitativ: “Und die Engel rührten ihr’ unsterblichen Harfen”
19. XVIII. Terzett: “In holder Anmut stehn”
20. XIX. Chor mit Soli: “Der Herr ist groß in seiner Macht”
21. XX. Rezitativ: “Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde hervor lebende Geschöpfe”
22. XXI. Rezitativ: “Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoß”
23. XXII. Arie: “Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel”
24. XXIII. Rezitativ: “Und Gott schuf den Menschen”
25. XXIV. Arie: “Mit Würd’ und Hoheit angetan”
26. XXV. Rezitativ: “Und Gott sah jedes Ding”
27. XXVI. Chor: “Vollendet ist das große Werk” – XXVII. Terzett: “Zu dir, o Herr” – XXVIII. Chor: “Vollendet ist das große Werk”

Dritter Teil
28. XXIX. Orchestereinleitung und Rezitativ: “Aus Rosenwolken bricht”
29. XXX. Duett mit Chor: “Von deiner Güt’, o Herr und Gott – Der Sterne hellster, o wie schön”
30. XXXI. Rezitativ: “Nun ist die erste Pflicht erfüllt”
31. XXXII. Duett: “Holde Gattin, dir zur Seite – Der tauende Morgen”
32. XXXIII. Rezitativ: “O glücklich Paar”
33. XXXIV. Schlußchor mit Soli: “Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen”

‘ Nobody can do everything, joke and upset, provoke laughter and deep emotion, and all at the same time, like Joseph Haydn …’ said Mozart about his friend. The Creation is an example. Haydn spent a lot of time composing it — a year and a half of work — asking God to give him the strength to carry it out. He worked on the project to the point of exhaustion, and following the premiere he fell ill for a long time — he provided the explanation that he had done so much because ‘he knew his composition would last a long time’. The first public performance conducted by Haydn himself was held in Vienna at the former Burgtheater on 19 March 1799 and was a resounding success. Today, many consider this act of his religious faith to be his greatest masterpiece.


Now a reference version, this legendary recording from 1969, captured at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin during rehearsals for the concerts planned at the Berlin Philharmonic, brings together many assets. First, a sovereign Wiener Singverein supported by Karajan’s breath at his most inspired and great, which also radiates on all the sections of the Berlin Philharmonic where particularly sublime winds instruments rise. Then, equally best-in-class, the rare homogeneity of the quartet is as much to report as the remarkable individual vocal quality of the soloists : Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Berry, and also Fritz Wunderlich… While the recording is almost finished, it is suddenly interrupted September 17, 1966 by the accidental death of the 35-year-old tenor (a fall on a staircase at a friend’s house). Recording sessions will resume in 1968 and 1969 with young tenor Werner Krenn who will replace Fritz Wunderlich mainly for recitatives.

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