Thomas Beecham - Haydn: The Seasons (The Beecham Collection) (2014)
BAND/ARTIST: Alexander Young, Beecham Choral Society, Elsie Morison, Michael Langdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham
- Title: Haydn: The Seasons (The Beecham Collection)
- Year Of Release: 2014
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
- Total Time: 143:16 min
- Total Size: 695 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Spring: Overture
02. Spring: Recitative: O see where cruel Winter (Simon)
03. Spring: Come, gentle Spring! (Chorus)
04. Spring: Recitative: From Aries rolls at last (Simon)
05. Spring: Air: Now fairly runs the farmer's boy (Simon)
06. Spring: Recitative: The farmer has his work acheived (Lukas)
07. Spring: Be now gracious, smiling heaven! (Nancy, Lukas, Simon, Chorus)
08. Spring: Recitative: Now heard are all our prayers (Nancy)
09. Spring: O how lovely gleams (Nancy, Lukas, Simon, Chorus)
10. Spring: Ageless! Powerful! Bountiful God! (Chorus, Nancy, Lukas, Simon)
11. Summer: Recitative: In dove-grey mantle (Lukas)
12. Summer: Air: The lively swain is gathering (Nancy)
13. Summer: Recitative: The rosy morning now breaks forth (Nancy)
14. Summer: He's mounting up, the Sun (Lukas, Nancy, Simon, Chorus)
15. Summer: Recitative: Now all are a stir (Simon)
16. Summer: Recitative: The midday sun is burning now (Lukas)
17. Summer: Cavatina: Oppress'd succumbs all Nature now (Lukas)
18. Summer: Recitative: Oh welcome now, you shadier grove (Nancy)
19. Summer: Air: So reviving to the senses (Nancy)
20. Summer: Recitative: Oh see! Now rising in the sultry air (Simon)
21. Summer: Hark the tempset drawing nigh! (Chorus)
22. Summer: The gloomy clouds now part aside (Lukas, Nancy, Simon, Chorus)
CD2:
01. Autumn: Overture
02. Autumn: Recitative: All that through her blossom (Nancy)
03. Autumn: So Nature gives reward to Zeal (Lukas, Nancy, Simon, Chorus)
04. Autumn: Recitative: Now see! To hazel bushes (Nancy)
05. Autumn: Duet: You beauties of the town (Lukas)
06. Autumn: Now see, on new-stripp'd harvest field (Simon)
07. Autumn: Air: There look across the open fields! (Simon)
08. Autumn: Recitative: Here beaters, closing in (Lukas)
09. Autumn: Hark! Hear the clamorous noise (Chorus)
10. Autumn: Recitative: On all the vines are glist'ning (Nancy)
11. Autumn: Cheer now! (Chorus)
12. Winter: Introduction
13. Winter: Recitative: Now sinks the pale declining year (Simon)
14. Winter: Cavatina: Light and life are both enfeeled (Nancy)
15. Winter: Recitative: All fetter'd lies the open lake (Lukas)
16. Winter: Aria: Here stands the wand'rer now (Lukas)
17. Winter: Recitative: As his approach rings in his ear (Lukas)
18. Winter: Purring, whirring, purring (Nancy, Chorus)
19. Winter: Recitative: The flax has now been spun (Lukas)
20. Winter: Song and Chorus: A maid who kept her honour fair (Chorus)
21. Winter: Recitative: From barren East noe thrust (Simon)
22. Winter: Before thee here (Simon)
23. Winter: Recitative: Remains, alone (Simon)
24. Winter: Trio and Finale: Then breaks the glorious day (Simon, Lukas, Chorus, Nancy)
CD1:
01. Spring: Overture
02. Spring: Recitative: O see where cruel Winter (Simon)
03. Spring: Come, gentle Spring! (Chorus)
04. Spring: Recitative: From Aries rolls at last (Simon)
05. Spring: Air: Now fairly runs the farmer's boy (Simon)
06. Spring: Recitative: The farmer has his work acheived (Lukas)
07. Spring: Be now gracious, smiling heaven! (Nancy, Lukas, Simon, Chorus)
08. Spring: Recitative: Now heard are all our prayers (Nancy)
09. Spring: O how lovely gleams (Nancy, Lukas, Simon, Chorus)
10. Spring: Ageless! Powerful! Bountiful God! (Chorus, Nancy, Lukas, Simon)
11. Summer: Recitative: In dove-grey mantle (Lukas)
12. Summer: Air: The lively swain is gathering (Nancy)
13. Summer: Recitative: The rosy morning now breaks forth (Nancy)
14. Summer: He's mounting up, the Sun (Lukas, Nancy, Simon, Chorus)
15. Summer: Recitative: Now all are a stir (Simon)
16. Summer: Recitative: The midday sun is burning now (Lukas)
17. Summer: Cavatina: Oppress'd succumbs all Nature now (Lukas)
18. Summer: Recitative: Oh welcome now, you shadier grove (Nancy)
19. Summer: Air: So reviving to the senses (Nancy)
20. Summer: Recitative: Oh see! Now rising in the sultry air (Simon)
21. Summer: Hark the tempset drawing nigh! (Chorus)
22. Summer: The gloomy clouds now part aside (Lukas, Nancy, Simon, Chorus)
CD2:
01. Autumn: Overture
02. Autumn: Recitative: All that through her blossom (Nancy)
03. Autumn: So Nature gives reward to Zeal (Lukas, Nancy, Simon, Chorus)
04. Autumn: Recitative: Now see! To hazel bushes (Nancy)
05. Autumn: Duet: You beauties of the town (Lukas)
06. Autumn: Now see, on new-stripp'd harvest field (Simon)
07. Autumn: Air: There look across the open fields! (Simon)
08. Autumn: Recitative: Here beaters, closing in (Lukas)
09. Autumn: Hark! Hear the clamorous noise (Chorus)
10. Autumn: Recitative: On all the vines are glist'ning (Nancy)
11. Autumn: Cheer now! (Chorus)
12. Winter: Introduction
13. Winter: Recitative: Now sinks the pale declining year (Simon)
14. Winter: Cavatina: Light and life are both enfeeled (Nancy)
15. Winter: Recitative: All fetter'd lies the open lake (Lukas)
16. Winter: Aria: Here stands the wand'rer now (Lukas)
17. Winter: Recitative: As his approach rings in his ear (Lukas)
18. Winter: Purring, whirring, purring (Nancy, Chorus)
19. Winter: Recitative: The flax has now been spun (Lukas)
20. Winter: Song and Chorus: A maid who kept her honour fair (Chorus)
21. Winter: Recitative: From barren East noe thrust (Simon)
22. Winter: Before thee here (Simon)
23. Winter: Recitative: Remains, alone (Simon)
24. Winter: Trio and Finale: Then breaks the glorious day (Simon, Lukas, Chorus, Nancy)
Ben Horsfall, a violinist who played under Beecham in the Hallé Orchestra, recalled: Haydn was among the composers Beecham “relished” and went onto say … whether Haydn was an eighteenth century Beecham or Beecham a twentieth century Haydn I don’t know but they were kindred spirits.
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, Bart., C.H.
Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Elsie Morison, Nancy, soprano
Alexander Young, Lucas, tenor
Michael Langdon, Simon, bass
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, Bart., C.H.
Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Elsie Morison, Nancy, soprano
Alexander Young, Lucas, tenor
Michael Langdon, Simon, bass
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