MÜnchner Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta - Haydn: Die SchÖpfung [2 CD digipack, 24-page booklet English & German]

Munich Phil

£18

Format: 2CD
ICPN: 0746935760168
Release Date: 23rd April 2021
Genre: Classical

MOJCA ERDMANN soprano (Gabriel & Eva)
DMITRY KORCHAK tenor (Uriel)
RENÉ PAPE bass (Raphael & Adam)
PHILHARMONISCHER CHOR MÜNCHEN
Chorus Master: Andreas Herrmann
MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER
ZUBIN MEHTA

The Creation is a milestone in the history of the oratorio, a work in which Haydn set new standards, going far beyond the confines of Viennese classicism. In it he describes the creation of the world with ebullient lightness,taking the first chapter of Genesis as his starting point. Scored for what at the time were novel forces, thework features picturesque tone-painting, celebratory arias and monumental choruses, all of which underlineHaydn’s timeless message and invite us to acknowledge and preserve the beauty and variety of Creation.

TRACK LIST
Joseph Haydn „Die Schöpfung“ Hob. XXI:2
Oratorium in drei Teilen für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester

ERSTER TEIL · PART ONE
1 1. Die Vorstellung des Chaos
2 2. Rezitativ (Raphael) mit Chor: »Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde«
3 3. Arie (Uriel) mit Chor: »Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle«
4 4. Rezitativ (Raphael): »Und Gott machte das Firmament«
5 5. Solo (Gabriel) mit Chor: »Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk«
6 6. Rezitativ (Raphael): »Und Gott sprach: Es sammle sich das Wasser«
7 7. Arie (Raphael): »Rollend in schäumenden Wellen«
8 8. Rezitativ (Gabriel): »Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor«
9 9. Arie (Gabriel): »Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün«
10 10. Rezitativ (Uriel): »Und die himmlischen Heerscharen«
11 11. Chor: »Stimmt an die Saiten, ergreift die Leier!«
12 12. Rezitativ (Uriel): »Und Gott sprach: Es sei’n Lichter«
13 13. Rezitativ (Uriel): »In vollem Glanze steiget jetzt die Sonne«
14 14. Chor mit Soli (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael): »Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes«
CD 2
ZWEITER TEIL · PART TWO
15 15. Rezitativ (Gabriel): »Und Gott sprach: Es bringe das Wasser«
16 16. Arie (Gabriel): »Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler«
17 17. Rezitativ (Raphael): »Und Gott schuf große Walfische«
18 18. Rezitativ (Raphael): »Und die Engel rührten ihr’ unsterblichen Harfen«
19 19. Terzett (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael): »In holder Anmut stehn«
20. Terzett (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael) und Chor: »Der Herr ist groß«
20 21. Rezitativ (Raphael): »Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde hervor«
21 22. Rezitativ (Raphael): »Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoß«
22 23. Arie (Raphael): »Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel«
23 24. Rezitativ (Uriel): »Und Gott schuf den Menschen«
24 25. Arie (Uriel): »Mit Würd’ und Hoheit angetan«
25 26. Rezitativ (Raphael): »Und Gott sah jedes Ding«
26 27. Chor: »Vollendet ist das große Werk« (I)
28. Terzett (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael): »Zu dir, o Herr, blickt alles auf«
29. Chor: »Vollendet ist das große Werk« (II)

DRITTER TEIL · PART THREE
27 30. Orchestereinleitung und Rezitativ (Uriel): »Aus Rosenwolken bricht«
28 31. Duett (Eva, Adam) mit Chor: »Von deiner Güt’, o Herr und Gott«
29 32. Rezitativ (Adam, Eva): »Nun ist die erste Pflicht erfüllt«
30 33. Duett (Adam, Eva): »Holde Gattin, dir zur Seite«
31 34. Rezitativ (Uriel): »O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort«
32 35. Schlusschor mit Soli: »Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen!«

RECORDING DATES June 22 – 24, 2019
LOCATION Philharmonie im Gasteig München
PRODUCER Johannes Müller
BALANCE ENGINEER Gerald Junge
EDITING ENGINEER Ephraim Hahn
MASTERING ENGINEER Christoph Stickel
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Münchner Philharmoniker

THE MPHIL LABEL

Over its 125-year history, the Munich Philharmonic has defined the sound of German music and performance. It has benefitted from close associations with numerous composers, premiering works by Bruckner and Mahler among others. It has worked with each generations’ greatest soloists and conductors and its most recent Music Directors include Rudolph Kempe, Sergiu Celibidache, James Levine, Christian Thielemann and Lorin Maazel. September 2015 saw the arrival of Valery Gergiev, as the Munich Philharmonic’s new Music Directors, coinciding with a launch of a major media programme.

Coinciding with Gergiev’s arrival, the orchestra has launched an extensive media programme. The orchestra is producing a broad range of video and digital media content, establishing partnerships across the TV and digital sectors to create and distribute thrilling performances globally. Working with partners including Warner Music Group, Mezzo and Medici.tv, as well as distributing video content widely on social platforms, the orchestra is increasing its audience and supporting its new recording label.

ZUBIN MEHTA
Zubin Mehta was born in Bombay (modern Mumbai) in 1936 and grew up in a musical family. He studied medicine for two semesters before focusing solely on music and studying conducting with Hans Swarowsky at Vienna’s Academy of Music. He went on to win the Liverpool International Conductors’ Competition and the Sergey Koussevitzky Competition in Tanglewood. By the age of twenty-five he had already conducted the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics. He was the music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967 and of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1962 to 1978. He became principal conductor of the Israel Philharmonic in 1977 and was named the orchestra’s conductor for life in 1981. He stepped down from this position in the autumn of 2019. He became music director of the New York Philharmonic in 1978 and held this post for the next thirteen years. From 1985 to 2017 he was also principal conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Zubin Mehta made his operatic debut in Montreal in 1963. Since then he has conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, Milan, and the Salzburg Festival. From 1998 to 2006 he was general music director of the Bavarian State Opera, of which he remains an honorary member. He opened the new Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia in 2006 and conducted the annual Festival del Mediterrani there until 2014. Among Zubin Mehta’s many honours and awards are the Arthur Nikisch Ring and the Ring of Honour of the Vienna Philharmonic. In recognition of his exceptional achievements with the Munich Philharmonic, he was named the orchestra’s first conductor emeritus in 2004.