Product Description No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: HAYDN,J. Title: CREATION Street Release Date: 01/27/1998 … More >>
The orchestra and chorus are really good but that’s all this recording has. This work performed by Solti/Chicago Symphony in 1980s (DECCA, not the 1993’s live recording) is more touching. That one is really brilliant.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a performance to die for. The pace of the music is what sets this appart. Every movement is set at just the right tempo so you can completely enjoy this cast of stars.
Rating: 5 / 5
Moving, dramatic rendition of “Paradise Lost” transformed into choral work by van Swieten and Hadyn that has been appreciated over the years by audiences everywhere.
Here exhibited in one of essential recordings of this work by Berlin Philharmonic and Karajan supplemented by fine soloists and Viennese Choir make this a clean, exuberant effort.
The sensitivity to “Chaos” and the wide range of dynamics of this piece force utmost sensitivities from composer, performer and conductor. Especially appreciated the decision concerning death of Wunderlich and subsequent addition of Fischer-Dieskau.
Awe inspiring work of master performed magnificently and recorded with clarity.
Rating: 5 / 5
Karajan and company radiate affection in every bar of this glorious music. Despite the sophistication of the playing, the rustic, Germanic roots of Haydn’s invention are not lost. The commitment of the singing erases any suspicions that this line-up of soloists is too high-powered. Janowitz sings with an innocent purity that is disarming and the male soloists make fervent contributions too. I can’t comment on this latest remastering but the earlier “Galleria” reissue sounds marvellous. The orchestra glows in the spacious acoustic; the sound of the flutes, in particular, gives me great pleasure. The only possible reservation is that the choral focus is slightly less than ideal (a bit ’scattered’ at times). No matter, consider this recording essential.
Rating: 5 / 5
This recording brings all the finest voices of the twentieth century together with one of the finest conductors and orchestras.The sound quality is quite good, however, the overall intonation is quite sharp–a problem we used to have to deal with with LPS. That might also have made the tempi a bit faster than they were at the original performances. Aside from the pitch, the recording serves to remind us of the highest caliber of music making, just one step away from the German romanticist performers of the 19th century.
Rating: 5 / 5
The orchestra and chorus are really good but that’s all this recording has. This work performed by Solti/Chicago Symphony in 1980s (DECCA, not the 1993’s live recording) is more touching. That one is really brilliant.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a performance to die for. The pace of the music is what sets this appart. Every movement is set at just the right tempo so you can completely enjoy this cast of stars.
Rating: 5 / 5
Moving, dramatic rendition of “Paradise Lost” transformed into choral work by van Swieten and Hadyn that has been appreciated over the years by audiences everywhere.
Here exhibited in one of essential recordings of this work by Berlin Philharmonic and Karajan supplemented by fine soloists and Viennese Choir make this a clean, exuberant effort.
The sensitivity to “Chaos” and the wide range of dynamics of this piece force utmost sensitivities from composer, performer and conductor. Especially appreciated the decision concerning death of Wunderlich and subsequent addition of Fischer-Dieskau.
Awe inspiring work of master performed magnificently and recorded with clarity.
Rating: 5 / 5
Karajan and company radiate affection in every bar of this glorious music. Despite the sophistication of the playing, the rustic, Germanic roots of Haydn’s invention are not lost. The commitment of the singing erases any suspicions that this line-up of soloists is too high-powered. Janowitz sings with an innocent purity that is disarming and the male soloists make fervent contributions too. I can’t comment on this latest remastering but the earlier “Galleria” reissue sounds marvellous. The orchestra glows in the spacious acoustic; the sound of the flutes, in particular, gives me great pleasure. The only possible reservation is that the choral focus is slightly less than ideal (a bit ’scattered’ at times). No matter, consider this recording essential.
Rating: 5 / 5
This recording brings all the finest voices of the twentieth century together with one of the finest conductors and orchestras.The sound quality is quite good, however, the overall intonation is quite sharp–a problem we used to have to deal with with LPS. That might also have made the tempi a bit faster than they were at the original performances. Aside from the pitch, the recording serves to remind us of the highest caliber of music making, just one step away from the German romanticist performers of the 19th century.
Rating: 5 / 5