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Background: Acclaimed for their recordings of large-scale masterpieces including Bach's St Matthew Passion, Handel's Saul and Mozart's Mass in C Minor, Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort turn their attention to Haydn's greatest work: The Creation.

Paul McCreesh has revised large parts of the text of the English-language version, also rewriting the recitatives 'as Haydn might have done had he been more familiar with the English language'. Employing a luxuriously large cast of five soloists, almost 100 singers and 113 players as used by Haydn for the premiere of the German version, this promises to be the English-language recording of The Creation. McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort are regarded as highly acclaimed experts in recreating large-scale orchestral / choral works as they might have been performed historically; here they bring their unique insight to Haydn’s well-loved masterwork.

CATALOGUE NR: 4777361
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 18.75 including VAT, or £ 15.96 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn
TITLE: The Creation
TRACKS: Die Schopfung : Introduction - The Representation of Chaos / In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth - And the Spirit of God / Now vanish before the holy beams - Despairing cursing rage / And God made the firmament / The glorious heav'nly hierarchy / And God said: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together / Rolling in foaming billows / And God said: Let the earth bring forth grass / With verdure clad the fields appear / And the heavenly host the third day proclaimed / Awake the harp the lyre awake / And God said: Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven / In brightest splendour rises now the sun / The heavens are telling the Glory of God / And God said: Let the waters bring forth abundantly / On mighty pens uplifted soars the eagle / And God created great whales / And the angels struck their immortal harps / Most beautiful appear with verdure young adorn'd - The Lord is great / And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature / Straight opening her fertile womb / Now heaven in fullest glory shines / And God created man / In native worth and honour clad / And God saw ev'rything that he had made / Achieved is the glorious work / In rosy mantle now appears / By thee with bliss o bounteous Lord / Our duty have we now perform'd / Graceful consort! / O happy pair / Praise the Lord uplift your voices.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Sandrine Piau   Mark Padmore   Neal Davies   Gabrieli Consort & Players

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: sung in English - text adjustment: Paul McCreesh - May-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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