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Joseph Haydn: The Seasons [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD] [SACD]

~ Dietrich Henschel (Baritone), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Rene Jacobs (Conductor), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (Orchestra), Marlis Petersen (Soprano), et al.

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Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Rene Jacobs
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Audio CD (9 Nov 2004)
Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: Hybrid SACD, SACD
Label: Harmonia Mundi
ASIN: B0002SKT4M

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 112,751 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On this CD:

(Die) Jahreszeiten
Composed by Joseph Haydn
Performed by Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
with Dietrich Henschel, Werner G�ra, Marlis Petersen
Conducted by Ren� Jacobs

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The Seasons was Haydn's followup to his successful The Creation. In four parts, each musically depicting a season, it offers plentiful opportunities for all the participants to shine and conductor Jacobs, his splendid orchestra and chorus, and three outstanding soloists deliver a committed performance that's a delight from the first note to the last. Jacobs is known for his gutsy interpretations and this set is no exception; tempos are lively, the few passages of second-drawer Haydn (still preferable to most composer's top-drawer stuff) retain interest, and the period orchestra delivers crisp, lively playing. Haydn's genius transforms many genre scenes: a summer storm, hunting episodes, daybreak, the gloomy winter fog, peasant dances, and imitations of nature, like frog croaks that will bring a smile to your face. Special kudos for the RIAS singers, who bring a finely blended sound and colorful word painting to the choral numbers. Güra's mellifluous tenor makes his solos a joy, but Petersen's light soprano and Henschel's firm baritone are as effective. This is The Seasons to get if you're having only one. --Dan Davis

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5.0 out of 5 stars Joyful celebration of life (SACD), 28 Jul 2009

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This recording is made in co production with the Innsbruck Festival, where Jacobs is artistic director, to my ears it is far superior to those made with WDR (Mozart's Marriage of Figaro) and it benefits from some nicely judged choral and orchestral surround effects.

Vitality and excitement of this period orchestra performance is fantastic. Jacobs treats the score theatrically, singers providing not just voices, but colouring and changing their characters with the development of the piece. I find the relatively small choral forces perfectly in tune with the conductor's approach, very flexible and agile, highlight for me being the autumn's hunt scene, sharp and almost manic, with the horns and voices coming from all over the place. This scene is also a fine example for clever use of the back channels, and if sometimes the recording lacks the sense of natural perspective and the space of the recording venue, it is hugely compensated by the crystal clear and voluminous sound. Solo singers have an almost palpable physical presence, their contributions generally on the light side, but perfectly complementing dynamism, theatricality and excitement of the choir and the orchestra.

The Seasons presents the conductor with some tricky musical sound-paintings of flowers, fish, meadows and plethora of other natural elements. Jacobs opts for more humorous approach, never letting the music to end up sounding mundane or purely descriptive. The performance is generally on the fast side, and while he generally misses all the grandeur and sublime spirituality of Boehm's version, this recording is genuinely humane and especially in two last sections teams with pastoral vigour and peasant verve, this is everyman's down-to-earth celebration of the nature and its powers. I'm not sure the same would work equally well with the Creation, but for the Seasons, Jacobs and his band sound like truly excited and vital bunch of peasants singing and glorifying all the small and simple things in life.

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