Advantages: Excellent recording and product Disadvantages: Pricey - but very much worth every penny!
I am the proud owner of this recording and it has pride of place in my collection. There's a lot to say about this, so I will hopefully cover as much as I can!
HAYDN
Franz Joseph Haydn is the father of classical music in its true sense. He lived in Austria between 1732 and 1809, and invented the symphony and the string quartet. during his life, he composed over 100 symphonies, and dozens of other works, including concertos, string quartets, quintets, ... ...person, and it may be because of this that his greatest works include masses and oratorios (religious themes set to music). There is so much to say about him, but more information can be found on various websites and books.
THE ORCHESTRA AND PERIOD MUSIC
The work is performed by the Academy of Ancient Music, a leading orchestra which performs music as it would have been heard at the time it was written. The Academy is over 40 years old, and is ...
rwjkelly 27.05.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Haydn: The Creation
This classic performance of Haydn's greatest choral masterpiece was beloved tenor Fritz ... more
Wunderlich's last recording. He sings all of the arias, but he died before finishing the recitatives, which are here taken by Werner Krenn. The recording is, in add...
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