Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation) [complete]

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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation) [complete]
Sally Matthews (soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Dietrich Henschel (baritone) / London Symphony chorus & orchestra / Sir Colin Davis

[ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Saturday 1 August 2009

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DSD recording, live at the Barbican October 2007 Stereo and multi-channel (5.1).

Sung in German. Text in German with English translation.

Many of Sir Colin Davis's recent releases on LSO Live have featured his favourite choral works, including Tippett's A Child of Our Time, Beethoven's Mass in C, Mozart's Requiem and Handel's Messiah. The latest release in the series features Haydn's masterpiece The Creation, a work with which Sir Colin has a long association yet has never previously recorded. Sir Colin is joined by a sensational set of singers for his recording. Soprano Sally Matthews has sung on several of Sir Colin's previous LSO Live recordings and she is accompanied by Ian Bostridge and Dietrich Henschel. Having been inspired by Handel's oratorios whilst in London, Haydn set Die Schöpfung to a text originally intended for his predecessor.With bright orchestration and vivid imagery, Haydn's account of the world's creation confirmed that he too had mastered the art of musical dramatics and composed a work that is celebrated as one of the masterpieces of the classical era. Sir Colin's forthcoming LSO Live releases include Verdi's Requiem and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast.

CONCERT REVIEW:

"the work emerged in all its awesome glory" New York Times

"…Colin Davis's… response to the actual sound of the piece is beautifully managed throughout, with Haydn's sense of wonder coming vividly alive. The LSO is on unimpeachable form, with many thrilling individual touches, and overall there's as much colour and drama in their playing as in any of the modern instrument versions. Of the soloists, the finest is Dietrich Henschel, whose measured and humane performance is certainly advantaged by the text being sung in German on this occasion..." (BBC Music)

"…Davis… combines an intense feeling for colour and atmosphere with a marvellous breadth and inevitability of phrase. …the choir sings with sensitivity and full-throated enthusiasm; and Davis ensures that each of the choruses that close the three parts builds thrillingly to an incandescent climax. ...Dietrich Henschel is a fiery and imaginative Raphael and an ardent Adam... Sally Matthews, with a darker, creamier voice than most sopranos in this work, makes a sensuous Eve... I shall certainly return to this new recording: for much of the solo work, for the glorious playing of the LSO and, above all, for Davis's wise, joyous direction." (Gramophone)