Haydn: The Creation
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: The Creation
Yeree Suh (soprano), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (baritone) / Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
[ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Friday 19 November 2021
Haydn confessed that "as he worked on The Creation, he had felt an extraordinary religious fervour."
However, this work was also inspired by the spirituality of the Viennese Masonic lodges of his day:
"it is above all the first secular oratorio, in the sense that its message is addressed to all mankind, exactly like The Magic Flute, in operatic terms, and well before the Finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony."
"The first chord almost made me jump from my chair, though since this represented the world in chaos, who could expect a trim pianissimo? The orchestral side of this new recording of Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" brings many other delights, partly because Jordi Savall and his ensemble Le Concert de Nations are vigorous champions of period instruments; partly too, I suspect, because all were thrilled to be together, playing a work of such boundless optimism with the pandemic still raging." Times
