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Haydn - The Creation / Piau, Persson, Massey, Harvey, Padmore, Davies, Gabrieli Consort & Players, McCreesh
by Sandrine Piau Miah Persson Ruth Massey Mark Padmore Peter Harvey Neal Davies Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh, Miah Persson, Mark Padmore, Joseph Haydn, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Peter Harvey, Neil Davies, Ruth Massey
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• Box set

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• The firmament displays the wonder of his work.....mostly
  It has become `de rigueur' for choral works to be performed in their original languages: For example, where once Brahms' German Requiem or Haydn's Creation were regularly sung in English- often by large northern choirs - nowadays it seems that no-one dares to sing them in anything other than German.
  The fact is that, in the case of The Creation, the English version has as much validity as the German, and it would appear that Haydn had both languages in mind when setting his text: all the more reason to... more info

Tracks:

1. Introduction: The Representation of Chaos - Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
2. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth - And the Spirit of God - Neal Davies, Mark Padmore, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Chetham's Chamber Choir
3. Now vanish before the holy beams - Despairing, cursing rage - Mark Padmore, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Chetham's Chamber Choir
4. And God made the firmament - Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
5. The glorious heav'nly hierarchy - Sandrine Piau, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Chetham's Chamber Choir
6. And God said: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together - Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
7. Rolling in foaming billows - Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
8. And God said: Let the earth bring forth grass - Sandrine Piau, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
9. With verdure clad the fields appear - Sandrine Piau, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
10. And the heavenly host the third day proclaimed - Mark Padmore, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
11. Awake the harp, the lyre awake - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Chetham's Chamber Choir
12. And God said: Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven - Mark Padmore, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
13. In brightest splendour rises now the sun - Mark Padmore, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
14. The heavens are telling the Glory of God - Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Chetham's Chamber Choir
15. And God said: Let the waters bring forth abundantly - Sandrine Piau, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
16. On mighty pens uplifted soars the eagle - Sandrine Piau, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh

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