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Sir Colin Davis's live account is founded on purposive modern-instrument playing and the conductor's own irrepressible dynamism; in this early eighties, he continues to show a sharp-eared appreciation... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th May 2011
Catalogue No: LSO0708
Label: LSO Live
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3

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London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Foster-Williams, Jeremy Ovenden, London Symphony Chorus, Miah Persson
Sir Colin Davis

Der Fruhling: No. 1a - "Einleitung"

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Der Fruhling: No. 1b Rezitativ - "Seht, wie der strenge Winter flieht!"

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Der Fruhling: No. 2 Chor des Landvolks - "Komm, holder Lenz!"

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Der Fruhling: No. 3 Rezitativ - "Vom Widder strahlet jetzt"

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Der Fruhling: No 4 Arie - "Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann"

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Der Fruhling: No. 5 Rezitativ - "Der Landmann hat sein Werk vollbracht"

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Der Fruhling: No. 6 Terzett und Chor: Bittgesang - "Sei nun gnaedig, milder Himmel"

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Der Fruhling: No. 7 Rezitativ - "Erhoert ist unser Fleh'n"

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Der Fruhling: No. 8a Freudenlied, mit abwechselndem Chor der Jugend - "O wie lieblich"

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Der Fruhling: No. 8b Allegro - "Ehre, Lob und Preis sei dir"

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Der Sommer: No. 9 Einleitung und Rezitativ - "In grauem Schleier"

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Der Sommer: No. 10 Arie und Rezitativ - "Der munt're Hirt"

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Der Sommer: No 11 Terzett und Chor: "Sie steigt herauf"

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Der Sommer: No. 12a Rezitativ: "Nun regt und bewegt sich alles umher"

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Der Sommer: No. 12b Rezitativ - "Die Mittagssonne"

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Der Sommer: No. 13 Cavatine - "Dem Druck erlieget die Natur"

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Der Sommer: No 14 Rezitativ: "Willkommen jetzt"

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Der Sommer: No 15 Arie - "Welche Labung fuer die Sinne"

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Der Sommer: No 16 Rezitativ - "O seht!"

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Der Sommer: No. 17 Chor -"Ach! Das Ungewitter naht!"

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Der Sommer: No. 18a Terzett und Chor - "Die duest'ren Wolken trennen sich"

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Der Sommer: No 18b Allegro - "Von oben winkt der helle Stern"

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Der Herbst: No. 19, Einleitung und Rezitativ - "Was durch seine Bluete"

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Der Herbst: No. 20, Terzett mit Chor - "So lohnet die Natur den Fleiss"

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Der Herbst: No. 21, Rezitativ - "Seht, wie zum Haselbusche dort"

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Der Herbst: No. 22, Duett - "Ihr Schoenen aus der Stadt"

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Der Herbst: No. 23, Rezitativ - "Nun zeiget das entbloesste Feld"

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Der Herbst: No. 24, Arie - "Seht auf die breiten Wiesen hin!"

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Der Herbst: No. 25, Rezitativ: "Hier treibt ein dichter Kreis"

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Der Herbst: No. 26, Chor - "Hoert!"

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Der Herbst: No. 27, Rezitativ: "Am Rebenstocke blinket jetzt"

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Der Herbst: No. 28a, Chor - "Juchhe, Juchhe!"

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Der Herbst: No. 28b, Allegro assai - "Nun toenen die Pfeifen"

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Der Winter: No. 29a, Einleitung

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Der Winter: No. 29b, Rezitativ - "Nun senket sich das blasse Jahr"

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Der Winter: No. 30, Cavatine - "Licht und Leben"

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Der Winter: No. 31, Rezitativ - "Gefesselt steht der breite See"

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Der Winter: No. 32, Arie: "Hier steht der Wand'rer nun"

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Der Winter: No. 33, Rezitativ - "So wie er naht"

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Der Winter: No. 34, Lied mit Chor - "Knurre, schnurre"

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Der Winter: No. 35, Rezitativ - "Abgesponnen ist der Flachs"

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Der Winter: No. 36, Lied mit Cho - "Ein Maedchen"

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Der Winter: No. 37, Rezitativ - "Vom duerrem Oste"

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Der Winter: No. 38, Arie und Rezitativ - "Erblicke hier"

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Der Winter: No. 39, Terzett und Doppelchor - "Dann bricht der grosse Morgen an"

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DSD recording, live at the Barbican 26–27 June 2010

In 2009 LSO Live released an acclaimed recording of Haydn’s Creation conducted by Sir Colin Davis. For his next release Sir Colin returns to the music of Haydn with a superb cast of young singers for his later oratorio The Seasons.

Following the success of Die Schöpfung (The Creation), which had swiftly gained popularity throughout Europe, Haydn’s librettist Baron Gottfried van Swieten suggested another project, based on James Thomson’s pastoral epic, The Seasons. One of Haydn’s last major works, Die Jahreszeiten depicts the yearly cycle of life in the countryside through the eyes of three peasants, providing us with music of thrilling vitality and creativity.

Sir Colin’s recent LSO Live releases have included Nielsen’s Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (Editor’s Choice Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine Choice, Disc of the Month Hi-Fi News) and a disc featuring Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast and Symphony No 1.

CONCERT REVIEW:

“The sun had been shining all Sunday, but the LSO and Chorus had their own fount of light and life on hand; Colin Davis, injecting even more joy into Haydn’s last oratorio. It was happiness that above all characterised Davis’s ruddy-cheeked, rhythmically precise performance. In this monument to the Enlightenment, enlightenment began with the choice of soloists. Miah Persson, Jeremy Ovenden and Andrew Foster-Williams each had their own timbre, but stayed united in expressive clarity. The crowning glory was the London Symphony Chorus. With secure pitch, continuous glee and warmth they pounced upon everything that Haydn bequeathed” The Times

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August 2011

Sir Colin Davis's live account is founded on purposive modern-instrument playing and the conductor's own irrepressible dynamism; in this early eighties, he continues to show a sharp-eared appreciation of the characteristic detail of Haydn's writing...the performance displays clarity and precision: the sound articulates the complex texutres neatly, allowing Haydn's remarkable scoring and and highly effective vocal writing to register to delightful effect.

August 2011

From cheeky surface details to the underlying sense of optimism, Colin Davis is alive to every nuance of Haydn's late masterpiece. The conductor's lightness of touch allows the music to flow like quicksilver, albeit without undermining the work's long-range architecture...The soloists are also on beguiling form.

September 2011

he is as responsive as ever to both the zest and humour of this most joyous of oratorios...Fugues always unfold with cumulative power...[The LSO chorus] sing with spirit, crisp diction and plenty of punch at climaxes - impressive agility, too......All three soloists are well-chosen...this exhilarating and affectionate LSO performance can be recommended to anyone wanting The Seasons in German, performed with modern instruments

July/August 2011

how the LSO so instinctively finds the right kind of scale for playing Haydn is miraculous!...Miah Persson as Jane is all innocence and freshness, without the least diminution of tonal fullness; Jeremy Ovenden as Lucas reminds one with his flexibility and lovely open sound of Philip Langridge occasionally (there can be no higher praise); and Andrew Foster-Williams as Simon is a real bass, excelling as ploughman or huntsman and never turning cavernous.

29th May 2011

In The Seasons, as Robbins Landon says, old Haydn is “describing things — the first glow of dawn on the horizon, the hazy heat of midsummer, the ripe fields of autumn — which will soon retreat beyond his grasp”. Yet he does so with undiminished energy.

8th June 2011

For the unmistakable mark of Sir Colin Davis alone, and a performance under his direction of Haydn's extensive oratorio The Seasons that oozes operatic exuberance and nature-fed optimism at its broadest level, this latest LSO Live disc is genuinely attractive

Classical Review 30th May 2011

Davis’s affection is palpable at every turn of this handsomely balanced reading. The London Symphony Orchestra plays beautifully for him, supplying colorful detail for the music’s frequent descriptive effects...The soloists are also strong, especially the pure-voiced soprano Miah Persson...The London Symphony Chorus, 100-plus strong, musters ample sound for the big outbursts and also handles contrapuntal numbers with precision.

Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3

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