Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3

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What clinches my preference for this new version is the trio of soloists, led by the soaring, sensuous soprano of Marlis Petersen. Petersen's timing and her knowing humour are delightful, both... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2004, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: HMC971829/30
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

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Haydn: The Seasons: Spring

Work length28:39

$9.00

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Marlis Petersen (soloist), Werner Güra (soloist), Dietrich Henschel (soloist)
Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor
René Jacobs

"Seht, wie der strenge Winter flieht!"

Track length6:00

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"Komm, holder Lenz!"

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"Vom Widder strahlet jetzt"

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"Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann"

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"Der Landmann hat sein Werk vollbracht"

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"Sei uns gnädig, milder Himmel!"

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"Erhört ist unser Flehn"

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"O wie lieblich ist der Anblick"

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"Ewiger, mächtiger, gütiger Gott"

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Haydn: The Seasons: Summer

Work length33:36

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Marlis Petersen (soloist), Dietrich Henschel (soloist), Werner Güra (soloist)
Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor
René Jacobs

"Im grauen Schleier rückt heran"

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"Der munt're Hirt versammelt nun"

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"Sie steigt herauf, die Sonne"

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"Nun regt und bewegt sich"

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"Die Mittagssonne brennt jetzt"

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"Dem Druck erliegt die Natur"

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"Willkommen jetzt, o dunkler Hain"

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"Welche Labung für die Sinne

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"O seht! Es steiget in der schwülen Luft"

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"Ach, das Ungewitter naht"

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"Die düst'ren Wolken trennen sich"

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Haydn: The Seasons: Autumn

Work length31:25

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Werner Güra (soloist), Marlis Petersen (soloist), Dietrich Henschel (soloist)
Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor
René Jacobs

"Was durch seine Blüte"

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"Den reichen Vorrat führt er nun"

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"So lohnet die Natur den Fleiß"

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"Seht, wie zum Haselbusche dort"

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"Ihr Schönen aus der Stadt"

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"Nun zeiget das entblößte Feld"

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"Seht auf die breiten Weisen hin"

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"Hier treibt ein dichter Kreis"

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"Hört, das laute Getön"

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"Am Rebenstocke blinket jetzt"

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"Juchhe, der Wein ist da

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Haydn: The Seasons: Winter

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Dietrich Henschel (soloist), Werner Güra (soloist), Marlis Petersen (soloist)
Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor
René Jacobs

Einleitung

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"Nun senket sich das blasse Jahr"

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"Licht und Leben sind geschwächet"

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"Gefesselt steht der breite See"

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"Hier steht der Wandrer nun"

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"Sowie er naht, schallt in sein Ohr"

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"Knurre, schnurre, knurre"

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"Abgesponnen ist der Flachs"

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"Ein Mädchen, das auf Ehre hielt"

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"Vom dürren Osten dringt"

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"Erblicke hier, beetörter Mensch"

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"Die bleibt allein und leitet uns"

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"Dann bricht der große Morgen an"

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Haydn's The Seasons is a two-hour vocal work that praises God and nature and orchestrally imitates croaking frogs and lambs that gambol. It could easily seem slightly out of kilter with the times in which we live, but its proto-ecological message has perhaps never been more relevant, its sublimely fresh and vernal musical language a painful reminder of lost environmental innocence.

And this recording of the piece is notably successful in communicating that message. Beautifully conducted by René Jacobs, it offers elasticity of rhythm and a bright alfresco atmosphere. The three soloists have just the right plenitude of tone and timbre (as in Summer, their mellifluous hymn to the sun) while the RIAS Kammerchor's singing combines technical precision with a striking ease of utterance (the closing chorus of Spring is typical of their outstanding contribution).

This is a fresh and articulate Seasons for an era that most definitely needs it.

“Front runners among recordings of The Seasons have long been the ins

Reviews

November 2004

What clinches my preference for this new version is the trio of soloists, led by the soaring, sensuous soprano of Marlis Petersen. Petersen's timing and her knowing humour are delightful, both in her tale of seduction outwitted and in her love duet with Werner Güra's ardent, graceful tenor.

Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3

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