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The Seasons, a late work of Haydn's and the last oratorio he wrote, is
a musical manifesto addressed to nature and the countryfolk, breaking
ground with its hitherto unexplored subject-matter as it heralds the
dawning Romantic era in music. 'Jubilation!' (Kronen Zeitung) in the
Great Festival Hall in Salzburg for Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons
with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and for
Michael Schade, Florian Boesch and Dorothea Röschmann in the solo
parts, enhanced by the well-rehearsed choir of the Vienna State Opera.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt tunes his 'Wiener' to peak performance and shows
as few others can how 'to coax the tenderest expressive pianissimo
shiver from the violins and violas into the almost inaudible', enthuses
the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Including the documentary Nikolaus
Harnoncourt rehearsing Joseph Haydns The Seasons by Eric Schulz. In the
succesful Salzburg Festival serial design and with luxury slipcase. |
