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Haydn: The Seasons / Gabrieli Consort
Signum Classics

Haydn: The Seasons / Gabrieli Consort

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Composer
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH
Artist
Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, National Forum Of Music, Mccreesh
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Mar 24, 2017
Catalog #
SIGCD480
UPC
635212048023

About



The Gabrieli Consort continue their series of award-winning collaborations with the National Forum of Music, Wroclaw, Poland with a new version of Haydn’s great oratorio The Seasons. Using a new performing edition by Paul McCreesh, this recording is the first to feature the large orchestral forces that Haydn called for, including a string section of 60, 8 horns and a choir of 70. As well as the combined forces of the Gabrieli Consort & Players, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra and National Forum of Music Choir, the recording features solo performances from British singers Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden and Andrew Foster-Williams. All physical and digital booklet texts are provided in both English and Polish translations.

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REVIEW:

In the cataclysmic thunderstorm, rasping, minatory brass to the fore, the terrified populace evokes Verdi's 'Dies Irae', while the autumn hunt, raucously fuelled by anarchic natural horns, has never sounded more uninhibitedly exuberant. In the wine harvest, with its final tipsy fugue, McCreesh conjures a Burgenland bacchanalia to rival Jacobs -high praise indeed. McCreesh and his massed Anglo-Polish forces have given us a Seasons that thrillingly catches both the work's bucolic exhilaration and its invocations of the sublime. And for sheer sonic splendour it's in a class of its own.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 38 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Spring: Introduction and Recitative: See Winter, stern and gloomy, flees (Simon, Lukas, Hanne) 05:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Spring: Introduction and Recitative: See Winter, stern and gloomy, flees (Simon, Lukas, Hanne)
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  3. 2 Spring: Come, gentle Spring! (Chorus) 03:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    Spring: Come, gentle Spring! (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  4. 3 Spring: Recitative: From Aries shines the bright'ning sun (Simon) 00:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    Spring: Recitative: From Aries shines the bright'ning sun (Simon)
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  5. 4 Spring: Aria: With eagerness the countryman sets forth (Simon) 03:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Spring: Aria: With eagerness the countryman sets forth (Simon)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  6. 5 Spring: Recitative: The countryman has paid his dues (Lucas) 00:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    Spring: Recitative: The countryman has paid his dues (Lucas)
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  7. 6 Spring: Trio and Chorus: Heav'n be gracious, Heav'n be bounteous (Hanne, Lukas, Simon, Chorus) 05:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Spring: Trio and Chorus: Heav'n be gracious, Heav'n be bounteous (Hanne, Lukas, Simon, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  8. 7 Spring: Recitative: Our fervent pray'rs are heard (Hannah) 00:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Spring: Recitative: Our fervent pray'rs are heard (Hannah)
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  9. 8 Spring: Duet and Chorus: O what charming sights delight us (Hannah, Lucas, Simon, Chorus) 10:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    Spring: Duet and Chorus: O what charming sights delight us (Hannah, Lucas, Simon, Chorus)
    Duration
    10:29
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  10. 9 Summer: Introduction and Recitative: In darkness shrouded (Lucas, Simon) 03:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    Summer: Introduction and Recitative: In darkness shrouded (Lucas, Simon)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  11. 10 Summer: Aria and Recitative: The wakeful herdsman (Simon, Hannah) 02:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    Summer: Aria and Recitative: The wakeful herdsman (Simon, Hannah)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams, Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  12. 11 Summer: Behold the Sun! (Hannah, Lucas, Simon, Chorus) 04:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Summer: Behold the Sun! (Hannah, Lucas, Simon, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  13. 12 Summer: Recitative: The village lads and lasses (Simon, Lucas) 01:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    Summer: Recitative: The village lads and lasses (Simon, Lucas)
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams, Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  14. 13 Summer: Cavatina: Exhausted Nature, fainting, sinks (Lucas) 05:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Summer: Cavatina: Exhausted Nature, fainting, sinks (Lucas)
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  15. 14 Summer: Recitative: How welcome now, ye shady groves! (Hannah) 03:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    Summer: Recitative: How welcome now, ye shady groves! (Hannah)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  16. 15 Summer: Aria: How refreshing to the senses (Hannah) 04:16
    Track
    15
    Title
    Summer: Aria: How refreshing to the senses (Hannah)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  17. 16 Summer: Recitative: Behold, arising through the sultry air (Simon, Lucas, Hannah) 02:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    Summer: Recitative: Behold, arising through the sultry air (Simon, Lucas, Hannah)
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams, Jeremy Ovenden, Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  18. 17 Summer: Ah! The storm approaches near! (Lucas, Hannah, Simon, Chorus) 07:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    Summer: Ah! The storm approaches near! (Lucas, Hannah, Simon, Chorus)
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden, Carolyn Sampson, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  19. Disc 2
  20. 1 Autumn: Introduction and Recitative: That which Spring has promis'd (Hannah, Lucas, Simon) 02:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Autumn: Introduction and Recitative: That which Spring has promis'd (Hannah, Lucas, Simon)
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  21. 2 Autumn: Trio and Chorus: Thus Nature rewards our toil! (Simon, Hannah, Lucas, Chorus) 05:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    Autumn: Trio and Chorus: Thus Nature rewards our toil! (Simon, Hannah, Lucas, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams, Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  22. 3 Autumn: Recitative: See how a bunch of eager lads (Hannah, Simon, Lucas) 01:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    Autumn: Recitative: See how a bunch of eager lads (Hannah, Simon, Lucas)
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Andrew Foster-Williams, Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  23. 4 Autumn: Duet: Fine ladies of the town (Lucas, Hannah) 07:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Autumn: Duet: Fine ladies of the town (Lucas, Hannah)
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden, Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  24. 5 Autumn: Recitative: On ravag'd hills (Simon) 00:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    Autumn: Recitative: On ravag'd hills (Simon)
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  25. 6 Autumn: Aria: See lo on yonder open field (Simon) 03:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    Autumn: Aria: See lo on yonder open field (Simon)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  26. 7 Autumn: Recitative: A tight'ning circle of hunters (Lucas) 00:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Autumn: Recitative: A tight'ning circle of hunters (Lucas)
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  27. 8 Autumn: Hark, hear the sounds of the chase (Chorus) 04:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    Autumn: Hark, hear the sounds of the chase (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  28. 9 Autumn: Recitative: On vines, the grapes are glistening (Hannah, Simon, Lucas) 01:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    Autumn: Recitative: On vines, the grapes are glistening (Hannah, Simon, Lucas)
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Andrew Foster-Williams, Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  29. 10 Autumn: Drink up, drink up, the wine is here! (Chorus) 06:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Autumn: Drink up, drink up, the wine is here! (Chorus)
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  30. 11 Winter: Introduction and Recitative: The jaded year now fades away (Simon, Hannah) 05:28
    Track
    11
    Title
    Winter: Introduction and Recitative: The jaded year now fades away (Simon, Hannah)
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams, Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  31. 12 Winter: Cavatina: Light and life are enfeebl'd (Hannah) 02:04
    Track
    12
    Title
    Winter: Cavatina: Light and life are enfeebl'd (Hannah)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  32. 13 Winter: Recitative: The lake lies lock'd in frosty grip (Lucas) 02:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    Winter: Recitative: The lake lies lock'd in frosty grip (Lucas)
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  33. 14 Winter: Aria: The wand'rer stands perplex'd (Lucas) 03:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    Winter: Aria: The wand'rer stands perplex'd (Lucas)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  34. 15 Winter: Recitative: And drawing near the welcome sight (Lucas, Hannah, Simon) 01:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    Winter: Recitative: And drawing near the welcome sight (Lucas, Hannah, Simon)
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden, Carolyn Sampson, Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  35. 16 Winter: Aria and Chorus: Whirring, whirring, whirring! (Chorus, Hannah) 02:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    Winter: Aria and Chorus: Whirring, whirring, whirring! (Chorus, Hannah)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  36. 17 Winter: Recitative: Now the flax has all been spun (Lucas) 00:23
    Track
    17
    Title
    Winter: Recitative: Now the flax has all been spun (Lucas)
    Duration
    00:23
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jeremy Ovenden
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  37. 18 Winter: Aria and Chorus: A noble squire, of great renown (Hannah, Chorus) 03:44
    Track
    18
    Title
    Winter: Aria and Chorus: A noble squire, of great renown (Hannah, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  38. 19 Winter: Recitative: And from the east there blows an icy blast (Simon) 00:53
    Track
    19
    Title
    Winter: Recitative: And from the east there blows an icy blast (Simon)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  39. 20 Winter: Aria and Recitative: Consider then, misguided man (Simon) 04:44
    Track
    20
    Title
    Winter: Aria and Recitative: Consider then, misguided man (Simon)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh
  40. 21 Winter: Trio and Double Chorus: Then dawns that morn so glorious (Simon, Lucas, Hannah, Chorus) 05:13
    Track
    21
    Title
    Winter: Trio and Double Chorus: Then dawns that morn so glorious (Simon, Lucas, Hannah, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams, Jeremy Ovenden, Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ben Palmer, Paul McCreesh