Haydn. The Seasons. Freiburger Barockorchester/jac
) | Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: HMC 971829 Format: CD Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, René JacobsComposed by: Haydn: The Seasons Available again at a special price, René Jacobs's acclaimed recording of Haydn’s oratorio The Seasons enables the listener to hear the work as it might have sounded at its premiere in April 1801. The dramatic changes in style brought about by The Enlightenment are perfectly captured in Haydn’s oratorio, with its decidedly Romantic word-painting. In this music, even though lambs frolic, fish teem and thunder booms, it is the question of Man’s place within Nature that is the central issue.  Price: $26.98 |