BBC Music, Volume 10, Number 4: The Creation: Part I / Part II, Scene I

Album by Joseph Haydn & BBC Philharmonic & BBC Singers & Harry Christophers

The Creation is an oratorio by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, completed in 1798 and first performed in 1798-1799. Rooted in Classical-era orchestration and choral writing, it combines English-language biblical-inspired text with vivid orchestral colour, solo arias and large-scale choruses, and is a late-career work that reflects Haydn's engagement with dramatic sacred narrative and contributes to the development of the oratorio repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Prelude "Die Vorstellung des Chaos"
    5:58
  2. 2.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, I. Recitative "Im Anfange shuf Gott Himmel und Erde" (Raphael) / Chorus "Und der Geist Gottes schwebte auf der Fläche der Wasser" (Uriel)
    3:05
  3. 3.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, II. Aria "Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle" (Uriel) / Chorus "Verzweiflung, Wut and Schrecken"
    3:45
  4. 4.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, III. Recitative "Und Gott machte das Firmament" (Raphael)
    1:59
  5. 5.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, IV. Solo With Chorus "Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk" (Gabriel)
    1:50
  6. 6.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, V. Recitative "Und Gott sprach: Es sammle sich das Wasser" (Raphael)
    0:37
  7. 7.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, VI. Aria "Rollend in schäumenden Wellen" (Raphael)
    4:01
  8. 8.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, VII. Recitative "Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor" (Gabriel)
    0:31
  9. 9.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, VIII. Aria "Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün" (Gabriel)
    4:59
  10. 10.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, IX. Recitative "Und die himmlischen Heerscharen" (Uriel)
    0:11
  11. 11.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, X. Chorus "Stimmt an die Saiten" (Chorus)
    2:05
  12. 12.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, XI. Recitative "Und Gott sprach: Es sei'n Lichter an der Feste des Himmels" (Uriel)
    0:41
  13. 13.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, XII. Recitative "In vollem Glanze steiget jetzt die Sonne strahlend auf" (Uriel)
    3:04
  14. 14.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I, XIII. Trio and Chorus "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes"
    4:01
  15. 15.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part II, XIV. Recitative "Und Gott sprach: Es bringe das Wasser" (Gabriel)
    0:27
  16. 16.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part II, XV. Aria "Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget" (Gabriel)
    6:59
  17. 17.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part II, XVI. Recitative "Und Gott schuf große Walfische" (Raphael)
    1:59
  18. 18.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part II, XVII. Recitative "Und die Engel rührten ihr' unsterblichen Harfen" (Raphael)
    0:17
  19. 19.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part II, XVIII. Trio "In holder Anmut stehn"
    4:12
  20. 20.
    The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part II, XIX. Trio and Chorus "Der Herr ist groß"
    2:43

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