Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1:
• 1Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 1a, Die Vorstellung des Chaos05:58
• 2Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 1b, Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde03:04
• 3Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 2, Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle04:21
• 4Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 3, Und Gott machte das Firmament02:02
• 5Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 4, Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk02:15
• 6Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 5, Und Gott sprach "Es sammle sich das Wasser"00:40
• 7Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 6, Rollend in schäumenden Wellen04:09
• 8Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 7, Und Gott sprach "Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor"00:35
• 9Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 8, Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün05:44
• 10Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 9, Und die himmlischen Heerscharen verkündigten den dritten Tag00:12
• 11Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 10, Stimmt an die Saiten02:17
• 12Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 11, Und Gott sprach "Es sei'n Lichter an der Feste des Himmels"00:41
• 13Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 12, In vollem Glanze steiget jetzt die Sonne strahlend auf02:26
• 14Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 13, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes04:50
• Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2:
• 15Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 14, Und Gott sprach "Es bringe das Wasser in der Fülle hervor"00:30
• 16Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 15, Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler stolz08:42
• 17Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 16, Und Gott schuf große Walfische02:12
• 18Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 17, Und die Engel rührten ihr' unsterblichen Harfen00:21
• 19Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 18, In holder Anmut stehn07:03
• 20Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 19, Der Herr ist groß in seiner Macht00:25
• 21Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 21, Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoß03:15
• 22Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 22, Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel03:26
• 23Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 23, Und Gott schuf den Menschen00:39
• 24Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 24, Mit Würd' und Hoheit angetan03:55
• 25Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 25, Und Gott sah jedes Ding00:24
• 26Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 26, Vollendet ist das große Werk08:40
• 27Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 27, Zu dir, o Herr, blickt alles auf03:57
• 28Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 28, Vollendet ist das große Werk11:02
• Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3:
• 29Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3: No. 29, Aus Rosenwolken bricht03:13
• 30Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3: No. 30, Von deiner Güt', o Herr und Gott08:00
• 31Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3: No. 33, O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort00:28
• 32Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3: No. 34, Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen04:26
• Total Runtime01:49:52

Info for Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2

Inspired by hearing performances of Handel’s oratorios during his visits to London, Haydn composed Die Schöpfung (‘The Creation’) in 1798. Through a series of accompanied recitatives, arias, duets and choruses, the music depicts the creation of the universe and the carefree existence of Adam and Eve. Haydn drew on the full complement of his symphonic and vocal prowess which reach peaks of almost operatic intensity. With rich harmonies and sonic magnificence in abundance, Die Schöpfung represents the apex of the Viennese oratorio tradition.

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
Michael Volle, baritone
Veta Pilipenko, mezzo-soprano
Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta, conductor

Zubin Mehta
was born in 1936 in Bombay and received his first musical education under his father’s Mehli Mehta’s guidance who was a noted concert violinist and the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. After a short period of pre-medical studies in Bombay, he left for Vienna in 1954 where he eventually entered the conducting programme under Hans Swarowsky at the Akademie für Musik. Zubin Mehta won the Liverpool International Conducting Competition in 1958 and was also a prize-winner of the summer academy at Tanglewood. By 1961 he had already conducted the Vienna, Berlin and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras and has recently celebrated 50 years of musical collaboration with all three ensembles.

Zubin Mehta was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967 and also assumed the Music Directorship of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in 1962, a post he retained until 1978.

In 1969 he was appointed Music Adviser to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and was made Music Director of that orchestra in 1977. In 1981 the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra awarded him the title of Music Director for life. Zubin Mehta has conducted over three thousand concerts with this extraordinary ensemble including tours spanning five continents. Zubin Mehta will end his tenure with the IPO 50 years after his debut in October 2019.

In 1978 he took over the post as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic commencing a tenure lasting 13 years, the longest in the orchestra's history. From 1985 to 2017 he has been chief conductor of the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence.

Zubin Mehta made his debut as an opera conductor with “Tosca” in Montreal in 1963. Since then he has conducted at the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, La Scala Milano, and the opera houses of Chicago and Florence as well as at the Salzburg Festival. Between 1998 and 2006 he was Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. In October 2006 he opened the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia and was the President of the annual Festival del Mediterrani in Valencia until June 2014 where he conducted the celebrated “Ring” cycle with the Fura del Baus in coproduction with the Florence opera house. Other “Ring” cycles were completed at the Chicago Opera and the Bavarian State Opera.

Zubin Mehta’s list of awards and honours is extensive and includes the Nikisch-Ring bequeathed to him by Karl Böhm. He is an honorary citizen of both Florence and Tel Aviv and was made an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera in 1997, of the Bavarian State Opera in 2006 and of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien in 2007. The title of “Honorary Conductor” was bestowed to him by the following orchestras: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (2001), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (2004), Los Angeles Philharmonic (2006), Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (2006), Staatskapelle Berlin (2014) and Bavarian State Orchestra (2006), with whom he performed in Srinagar, Kashmir in September 2013. In 2016 the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples appointed Zubin Mehta as Honorary Music Director and the Los Angeles Philharmonic honoured him in 2019 as Conductor Emeritus.

In October 2008 Zubin Mehta was honoured by the Japanese Imperial Family with the “Praemium Imperiale”. In March 2011 Zubin Mehta received a special distinction, in getting a star on the Hollywood Boulevard. The Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany was bestowed to him in July 2012. The Indian Government honoured him in September 2013 with the “Tagore Award for cultural harmony” which a year earlier was awarded to Ravi Shankar.

Zubin Mehta continues to support the discovery and furtherance of musical talents all over the world. Together with his brother Zarin he is a co-chairman of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation in Bombay where more than 200 children are educated in Western Classical Music. The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv develops young talent in Israel and is closely related to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, as is a new project of teaching young Arab Israelis in the cities of Shwaram and Nazareth with local teachers and members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

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