KWHMusic: 2010-05

1732–1809

Franz Joseph Haydn 1732–1809

@Wikipedia; Movements; German text; view playlist

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In the above,
the first twelve videos are a complete performance, in English, by

Emma Kirkby (soprano / Gabriel)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor / Uriel)
Michael George (bass / Raphael)
Choir of New College, Oxford
The Chorus of Academy of Ancient Music
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Gloucester Cathedral, 10 March 1990

The next seventeen videos are a performance, in German but omitting most recitatives, by

Lisa Milne, soprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Lucy Crowe, soprano (Eva)
Jonathan Beyer, baritone (Adam)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
John Nelson
Grote Kerk, Naarden 25 June 2010

Tacked at the end is a performance by the London Symphony Orchestra
of Movement 10, Stimmt an die Saiten / Awake the harp.

The following has the compete Creation in one 2 hour video,
but the audio is, in my opinion, execrable!

The performers are:

Soprano: Judith Blegen (as Gabriel)
Tenor : Thomas Moser (as Uriel)
Bass : Kurt Moll (as Raphael)
Soprano: Lucia Popp (as Eva)
Baritone: Kurt Ollmann (as Adam)
Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
(Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Bavarian Radio Chorus)
Conducted by: Leonard Bernstein

Haydn H. 21/3 Die Jahreszeiten / The Seasons
@Wikipedia

The following has the complete Seasons in one awesome 2hour, 15minute video!

The performers are outstanding:

Edith Mathis (soprano, Hanne)
Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor, Lukas)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone, Simon)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Laszlo Heltay (chorus master)
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)