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Set contents2
Release date29.01.2018
Catalog no.SOMMBEECHAM16
EAN0748871251625
AvailabilityBack in stock soon
SOMM Recordings
Composers: Haydn, Franz Joseph
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 | 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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