Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation), Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen! (Sir Colin Davis, LSO)

Sir Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, Sally Matthews, Ian Bostridge, Dietrich Henschel and the London Symphony Chorus performing Haydn's Die Schöpfung. http://bit.ly/1l5W0P Recorded in October 2007.

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[Lso]

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[PhiliptheFace]

Sir Colin Davis was 80 years old when he conducted this. its absolutely incredible

[Hormi1]

There's a english text too, but it sounds in german much better:

"Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen! Dankt ihm, dankt ihm alle seine Werke! Lasst zu Ehren seines Namens Lob in Wettgesang erschallen!"

"Des Herren Ruhm, er bleibt in Ewigkeit. Amen."

Would be:

"Sing the Lord, ye voices all! Utter, utter thanks, ye all his works! Celebrate his pow'r and glory! Let his name re-sound on high!"

"The Lord is great;his praise shall last for aye. Amen."

And that's all of the text. The last part is repeating

[gradwhan]

2:43-end is definitely one of the greatest moments of classical music

[Adri58]

This is PERFECT.

Real music, not the garbage nowadays

[DomspatzenRegensburg]

Domspatzen!!!!!!

[71259mark]

@AdventuresofMon The only thing I find amusing at 2:31-2:34 is the fact that the soprano, tenor, and bass soloists are singing, but due to the proximity of the microphones, you can hardly hear the bass at all. Too bad.

[71259mark]

I find it particularly amusing that in London, of all places, they would be singing this work in German. Haydn, while visiting England, and witnessing the love and admiration the people had for the music of Handel, very much hoped that he might be able to someday earn that kind of devotion for a work of his. He purposefully published “The Creation” simultaneously in both English and German, so that it could be sung in English when performed for English speaking audiences. (cont)

[71259mark]

Many (including previous posters here) choose to dismiss the English version because of the seeming “oddness” of some passages, and attribute this oddness to the translation. I contend it to be, instead, more a product of the time it was written, rather than the quality of the translation. There are no shortage 19th century works that we sing with texts equally odd by today’s standards that we accept unquestioningly, because they were initially written in English only. (cont)

[71259mark]

In the end, though, what the heck ?

To each his own.

[oldschoolcaddilac]

This oratorio is amazing when you learn the music and hear what's all going on. I didn't think much of Haydn before I was in the chorus for a performance my university put on, but when we did it and that last "Amen" rang out so triumphantly it was a brilliant experience.

[JWPhoto]

This 16X9 image seems to have been processed as an anamorphic image. You would think the LSO would have uploaded this properly. Other than that, a terrific performance.

[etiterum]

@65renaissanceman , Hi, I have learned that Mr. Mccreesh attmpted to tranlsate it in good English. Don't know about the details.