Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schonberg-Chor - Joseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (2005)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schönberg-Chor - Joseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 554 Mb | Total time: 145:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Apex | # 256462086-2 | Recorded: 1987
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 554 Mb | Total time: 145:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Apex | # 256462086-2 | Recorded: 1987
Of the two oratorios Haydn wrote in his old age The Creation is the more dramatic and immediate while The Seasons is more idyllic. It’s also a good deal longer, which to some extent explains why The Creation is regularly performed while its country cousin is a comparatively rare visitor to the concert hall. There is no denying that the later work contains a lot of good music and has a more folksy character; Austrian folk music is never far away. It is also has a more leisurely pace with long stretches of admittedly beautiful but slow and restrained music. There are moments of drama also, for example the end of part II, Summer (CD1 tracks 16 – 18), where in the recitative the soloists build up the tension. This describes how the air changes, the sky turns black, “the muted roar from the valley that announces the furious tempest”. We hear the timpani murmuring in the distance and suddenly lightning flashes, the thunder rolls and the people (the chorus) are dismayed and frightened. Harnoncourt makes the most of this, rhythmically alert and backed up by the excellent Arnold Schönberg-Choir. Suddenly the thunderstorm is over, the sun looks out again and the soloists and the choir rejoice.
Part III, Autumn, is actually the season when things happen. Farmers delight in the rich harvest in the fugal choral setting at the end of the trio (CD2 track 2). The hunting chorus with its braying horns is another peak (CD2 track 8). Autumn ends with a lively drinking chorus (CD2 track 10) and a dancing finale. All of this is finely done with precision and high spirits.
As is his wont Harnoncourt works with contrasts. Sometimes these can sound over-done, as in some of his Mozart operas, but here his approach pays dividends and keeps the listener’s interest alive. His tempos are generally well judged.
…Josef Protschka is a fine lyrical tenor with a certain similarity to Schreier. He can sing ravishing pianissimos as in his cavatina Dem Druck erlieget die Natur (CD1 track 13) but he has also ringing power for the Winter-aria Hier steht der Wandrer nun (CD2 track 14). The soprano Angela Maria Blasi has a lovely lyrical voice, bright and light, singing very sensitively and with a good trill in her Summer-aria (CD1 tracks 14-15). Robert Holl has a strong darkish voice, prone to be a bit ungainly and adopting a slight beat when under pressure. He is however a sensitive artist, a renowned Lieder-singer, and can tone things down to a ravishing half-voice. He is at his very best in the largo near the end of Winter, Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch. There his voice rings out with greater freedom than in any of the earlier parts.–Göran Forsling
Performer:
Angela Maria Blasi, soprano (Hanne)
Josef Protschka, tenor (Lucas)
Robert Holl, bass (Simon)
Arnold Schönberg Chor
Wiener Symphoniker
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Track List:
CD1:
01. Der Frühling. Ouverture und Rezitativ: Seht wie der strenge Winter flieht
02. Chor des Landvolks: Komm, holder Lenz
03. Rezitativ: Vom Widder strahlet jetzt (Simon)
04. Arie: Schon eilet froh der Askersmann (Simon)
05. Rezitativ: Der Landman hat sein Werk vollbracht (Lukas)
06. Terzet und Chor (Bittgesang): Sei uns gnädig
07. Rezitativ Erhört ist unser Flehn (Hanne)
08. Freudenlied (mit abwechselndem Chor der Jugend): O wie lieblich ist der Anblick
09. Der Sommer. Einletung und Rezitativ: Im grauen Schleier… (Lukas, Simon)
10. Arie und Rezitativ: Der munt're Hirt versammelt nun (Simon, Hanne)
11. Terzett und Chor: Sie steigt herauf, die Sonne
12. Rezitativ: Nun Regt und bewegt sich (Simon, Lukas)
13. Kavatine: Dem Druck erlieget die Natur (Lukas)
14. Rezitativ: Willkommen jetzt, o dunkler Hain (Hanne)
15. Arie: Welche Labung für die Sinne (Hanne)
16. Rezitativ: O seht! Es steiget in der schwulen Luft (Simon, Lukas, Hanne)
17. Chor: Ach, das Ungewitter naht
18. Terzett und Chor: Die dust'ren Wolken trennen sich
CD2:
01. Der Herbst. Einleitung und Rezitativ: Was durch seine Blüte (Hanne, Lukas, Simon)
02. Terzett und Chor: So lohnet die Natur den Fleiß (Simon, Hanne, Lukas)
03. Rezitativ: Seht, wie zum Haselbusche dort (Hanne, Lukas, Simon)
04. Duett: Ihr Schönen aus der Stadt (Lukas, Hanne)
05. Rezitativ: Nun zeiget das entblößte Feld (Simon)
06. Arie: Seht auf die breiten Wiesen hin (Simon)
07. Rezitativ: Hier treibt ein dichter Kreis (Lukas)
08. Chor: Hört, das laute Getön (Landvolk und Jager)
09. Rezitativ: Am Rebenstocke blinket jetzt (Hanne, Lukas, Simon)
10. Chor: Juchhe, der Wein ist da
11. Der Winter. Einleitung und Rezitativ: Nun senket sich das blasse Jahr (Simon, Hanne)
12. Kavatine: Licht und Leben sind geschwächet (Hanne)
13. Rezitativ: Gefesselt steht der breite See (Lukas)
14. Arie: Hier steht der Wandrer nun (Lukas)
15. Rezitativ: Sowie er naht, schallt in sein Ohr (Lukas, Hanne, Simon)
16. Lied mit Chor: Knurre, schnurre, knurre
17. Rezitativ: Abgesponnen ist der Flachs (Lukas)
18. Lied mit Chor: Ein Mädchen, das auf Ehre hielt (Hanne, Chor)
19. Rezitativ: Vom dürren Osten dringt (Simon)
20. Arie und Rezitativ: Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch (Simon)
21. Terzett und Doppelchor: Dann bricht der große Morgen an
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schonberg-Chor - Joseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (2005)
