SOMM Recordings

Composers: Haydn, Franz Joseph

Haydn: The Seasons (sung in English)

Artists: Beecham Choral Society · Beecham, Thomas · Langdon, Michael · Morison, Elsie · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Young, Alexander

Number Title Duration 1 The Seasons Hob. XXI:3 (Oratorio) (Complete Recording) 1 . 1 Overture (Spring) 00:04:36 listen 2 . 2 Recitative: O see where cruel winter 00:02:39 listen 3 . 3 Chorus: Come, gentle Spring! 00:03:08 listen 4 . 4 Recitative: From Aries rolls at last 00:00:40 listen 5 . 5... Read more

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Number Title Duration
1 The Seasons Hob. XXI:3 (Oratorio) (Complete Recording)
1 . 1 Overture (Spring) 00:04:36 listen
2 . 2 Recitative: O see where cruel winter 00:02:39 listen
3 . 3 Chorus: Come, gentle Spring! 00:03:08 listen
4 . 4 Recitative: From Aries rolls at last 00:00:40 listen
5 . 5 Aria: Now fairly runs the farmer's boy 00:04:02 listen
6 . 6 Recitative: The farmer has his work achieved 00:00:40 listen
7 . 7 Trio - Chorus: Be now gracious, smiling heaven! 00:05:36 listen
8 . 8 Recitative: Now heard are all our prayers 00:01:03 listen
9 . 9 Trio - Chorus: O how lovely gleams 00:05:08 listen
10 . 10 Chorus - Trio: Ageless! Powerful! Bountiful God! 00:05:38 listen
11 . 11 Recitative: In dove-grey mantle (Summer) 00:03:55 listen
12 . 12 Aria: The lively swain is gathering 00:02:01 listen
13 . 13 Recitative: The rosy morning now breaks forth 00:00:48 listen
14 . 14 Trio - Chorus: He's mounting up, the sun 00:04:52 listen
15 . 15 Recitative: Now all are astir 00:00:44 listen
16 . 16 Recitative: The midday sun is burning 00:01:14 listen
17 . 17 Cavatina: Oppress'd succumbs all Nature now 00:04:06 listen
18 . 18 Recitative: Oh welcome now, you shadier grove 00:04:44 listen
19 . 19 Aria: So reviving to the senses 00:05:13 listen
20 . 20 Recitative: Oh see! Now rising in the sultry air 00:02:11 listen
21 . 21 Chorus: Hark the tempest drawing nigh! 00:04:16 listen
22 . 22 Trio - Chorus: The gloomy clouds now part aside 00:04:26 listen
1 . 23 Overture (Autumn) 00:01:55 listen
2 . 24 Recitative: All that trough her blossom 00:01:09 listen
3 . 25 Trio - Chorus: So Nature gives reward to Zeal 00:08:32 listen
4 . 26 Recitative: Now see! To hazel bushes 00:01:17 listen
5 . 27 Duet: You beaties of the town 00:08:18 listen
6 . 28 Recitative: Now see, on new-stripp'd harvest field 00:01:03 listen
7 . 29 Aria: There look across the open fields! 00:03:12 listen
8 . 30 Recitative: Here beaters, closing in 00:00:59 listen
9 . 31 Chorus: Hark! The clamorous noise 00:03:26 listen
10 . 32 Recitative: On all the vines are glist'ning 00:01:16 listen
11 . 33 Chorus: Cheer now! 00:06:15 listen
12 . 34 Introduction (Winter) 00:03:05 listen
13 . 35 Recitative: Now sinks the pale declining year 00:02:33 listen
14 . 36 Cavatina: Light and life are both enfeebled 00:02:42 listen
15 . 37 Recitative: All fetter'd lies the open lake 00:01:47 listen
16 . 38 Aria: Here stands the wand'rer now 00:05:06 listen
17 . 39 Recitative: At his approach rings in his ear 00:01:21 listen
18 . 40 Chorus: Purring, whirring, purring 00:02:34 listen
19 . 41 Recitative: The flax has now been spun 00:00:31 listen
20 . 42 Chorus: A maid who kept her honour fair 00:03:29 listen
21 . 43 Recitative: From barren East now trust 00:00:47 listen
22 . 44 Aria: Before thee here 00:04:36 listen
23 . 45 Recitative: Remains, alone 00:00:26 listen
24 . 46 Trio - Chorus: Then breaks the glorious day 00:05:17 listen

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SOMM Recordings
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NAXOS Germany Music & Video Distribution GmbH
Street
Gruber St. 46b
City
Poing
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85586
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