The Creation

Album by Joseph Haydn & Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

The Creation is an oratorio by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, first performed in 1798. Written in the Classical style, it combines expansive choral forces, solo vocal writing and illustrative orchestral tone-painting, and it occupies an important place among Haydn's late works and in the development of the oratorio repertoire in the late 18th century.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Creation: Part I. Overture. The Representation of Chaos
    5:08
  2. 2.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene I. Recitative "In the beginning God created the heaven" (Raphael) - Chorus "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters"
    2:36
  3. 3.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene I. Aria "Now vanish for the holy beams" (Uriel) - Chorus "Despairing, cursing rage"
    3:51
  4. 4.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene II. Recitative "And God made the firmament" (Raphael)
    1:47
  5. 5.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene II. "The marv'lous work beholds amazed" (Gabriel, Chorus)
    1:56
  6. 6.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene III. Recitative "And God said: Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together" (Raphael)
    0:40
  7. 7.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene III. Aria "Rolling in foaming billows" (Raphael)
    3:50
  8. 8.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene III. Recitative "And God said: Let the earth bring forth grass" (Gabriel)
    0:28
  9. 9.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene III. Aria "With verdure clad the fields appear" (Gabriel)
    4:55
  10. 10.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene III. Recitative "And the heavenly hosts proclaimed" (Uriel)
    0:11
  11. 11.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene III. Chorus "Awake the harp"
    2:04
  12. 12.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene IV. Recitative "And God said: Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven" (Uriel)
    0:34
  13. 13.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene IV. Recitative "In splendour bright is rising now the sun" (Uriel)
    2:38
  14. 14.
    The Creation: Part I, Scene IV. "The heavens are telling the Glory of God" (Chorus, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael)
    3:47

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene I. Recitative "And God said: Let the waters bring forth" (Gabriel)
    0:29
  2. 3.
    The Creation, Part II, Scene I. Aria "On mighty pens uplifted soars the eagle aloft" (Gabriel)
    7:11
  3. 4.
    The Creation, Part II, Scene I. Recitative "And God created great whales" (Raphael)
    2:10
  4. 5.
    The Creation, Part II, Scene I. Recitative "And the angels struck their immortal harps" (Raphael)
    0:16
  5. 6.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene I. "Most beautiful appear" (Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Chorus)
    6:40
  6. 7.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene II. Recitative "And God said: Let the earth bring forth" (Raphael)
    0:22
  7. 8.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene II. Recitative "Straight opening her fertile womb" (Raphael)
    3:16
  8. 9.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene II. Aria "Now heaven in fullest glory shone" (Raphael)
    3:17
  9. 10.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene II. Recitative "And God created Man" (Uriel)
    0:33
  10. 11.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene II. Aria "In native worth and honour clad" (Uriel)
    3:39
  11. 12.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene II. Recitative "And God saw everything" (Raphael)
    0:24
  12. 13.
    The Creation: Part II, Scene II. Chorus and trio "Achieved is the glorious work"
    8:27
  13. 14.
    The Creation: Part III, Scene I. Recitative "In rosy mantle appears" (Uriel)
    3:56
  14. 15.
    The Creation: Part III, Scene II. "By Thee with bliss, o bounteous Lord" (Adam, Eve, Chorus)
    9:38
  15. 16.
    The Creation: Part III, Scene III. Recitative "Our duty we performed now" (Adam, Eve)
    2:18
  16. 17.
    The Creation: Part III, Scene III. Duet "Graceful consort! At thy side" (Adam, Eve)
    8:00
  17. 18.
    The Creation: Part III, Final Scene. Recitative "O happy pair" (Uriel)
    0:20
  18. 19.
    The Creation: Part III, Final Scene. Chorus "Sing the Lord ye voices all!"
    3:23

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