Haydn - The Creation
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle presents an altogether vivid and engrossing account of Haydn’s g reat oratorio, making the most out of its famous dramatic and pictorial effects...This must surely take its place... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Choral
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung
RecommendedAnna Lucia Richter (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
Antonini has a fine line-up of soloists, and they clearly enjoy themselves: the soprano Anna Lucia Richter and the tenor Maximilian Schmidt both have attractively light-toned voices, and Richter’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung
RecommendedKatharina Konradi, Julian Habermann, Tobias Berndt, Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann
From the very start it ’s clear that we’re in for an exceptionally dramatic performance, as Hans-Christoph Rademann and his musicians bring out all the intensity and eeriness of the ‘Representation... —
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Record Review, 19th November 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Building A Library, January 2024, Recommended Recording
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Haydn: The Creation
Recommended(sung in English)
Sandrine Piau (Gabriel), Miah Persson (Eve), Ruth Massey (alto), Mark Padmore (Uriel), Neal Davies (Raphael), Peter Harvey (Adam)
Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players & Chetham's Chamber Choir, Paul McCreesh
The sheer magnificence of the choruses that provide the oratorio's structural pillars has rarely been so effectively realised on disc. McCreesh also has an exceptional set of soloists. The... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th March 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2008, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Choral
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Haydn: The Creation
(sung in German)
Sun Hae Im (soprano), Jan Kobow (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass)
VokalEnsemble Köln, Capella Augustina, Andreas Spering
Recorded in Cologne in July 2003 by German Radio, this issue offers a first-rate period performance of Haydn's masterpiece, lively and well sung. Since other issues of Die Schöpfung in the super-budget... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Haydn: The Creation
Sarah Tynan (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers
an exceptional account of the oratorio from all points of view…but what is wholly exceptional is the diction of both soloists and choir; you can hear every word without referring to the text... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Haydn: The Creation
RecommendedDorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schönberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
The void evoked in the first few bars is bleak and barren, chilly vibrato-less strings and coldly gleaming brass, with winds bubbling away like some kind of primordial soup....one of the most... —
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Building a Library, July 2004, First Choice
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Special offer. Haydn: The Creation
Yeree Suh (soprano), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (baritone)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
Savall’s view of the music feels unerringly right throughout, with tempos always judiciously chosen, and Haydn’s famous moments all vividly conveyed...Savall has assembled a fine cast of soloists,... —
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Record Review, 20th November 2021, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) & Rudolf Rosen (baritone)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
[the music] bursts from the speakers with the same combination of vigour, technical accomplishment and, above all, unforced pleasure in Haydn's cornucopian invention that should make even the... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Haydn: The Creation
Recommended(sung in German)
Sylvia McNair, Donna Brown, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley & Rodney Gilfry
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
With Gardiner's first down-beat it's obvious that Chaos's days are numbered.
Not that 'days' (strictly speaking) are in question till the mighty words have been spoken, and then, in this performance,... —Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Choral
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