tracks

Introduction & Accompagnato: See Winter, Stern And Gloomy, Flees
Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring!
Recitative: From Aries Shines The Bright’ning Sun
Song: With Eagerness The Countryman Sets Forth
Recitative: The Countryman Has Paid His Dues
Chorus With Solos: Heav’n Be Gracious, Heav’n Be Bounteous
Introduction & Accompagnato: Our Fervent Pray’rs Are Heard
Duet: O What Charming Sights Delight Us
Introduction & Accompagnato: In Darkness Shrouded
Song: The Wakeful Herdsman
Chorus With Solos: Behold The Sun!
Recitative: The Village Lads And Lasses
Cavatina: Exhausted Nature, Fainting, Sinks
Accompagnato: How Welcome Now, Ye Shady Groves!
Song: How Refreshing To The Senses
Recitative: Behold, Arising Through The Sultry Air
Chorus With Solos: Ah!The Storm Approaches Near!
Introduction, Accompagnato & Recitative: That Which Spring Has Promis’d
Trio: Thus Nature Rewards Our Toil!
Recitative: See How A Bunch Of Eager Lads
Duet: Fine Ladies Of The Town
Recitative: On Ravag’d Hills
Song: See Lo On Yonder Open Field
Recitative & Accompagnato: A Tight’ning Circle Of Hunters
Chorus: Hark, Hear The Sounds Of The Chase
Recitative: On Vines, The Grapes Are Glistening
Chorus: Drink Up, Drink Up, The Wine Is Here!
Introduction & Accompagnato: The Jaded Year Now Fades Away
Cavatina: Light And Life Are Enfeebl’d
Recitative & Accompagnato: The Lake Lies Lock’d In Frosty Grip
Song: The Wand’rer Stands Perplex’d
Recitative & Accompagnato: And Drawing Near The Welcome Sight
Song With Chorus: Whirring,whirring,whirring!
Recitative: Now The Flax Has All Been Spun
Song With Chorus: A Noble Squire, Of Great Renown
Recitative: And From The East There Blows An Icy Blast
Song & Accompagnato: Consider Then, Misguided Man
Double Chorus With Solos: Then Dawns That Morn So Glorious

notes

Recording: National Forum of Music, Wrocław, Poland, 20–23 June 2016

2017 © Signum Records
2017 ℗ Winged Lion

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credits

Bass-Baritone Vocals – Andrew Foster-Williams
Choir – National Forum Of Music Choir
Composed By – Joseph Haydn
Conductor – Paul McCreesh
Conductor [Assistant Conductor] – Ben Palmer (7)
Directed By [NFM Choir] – Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny
Directed By [Wrocław Baroque Orchestra] – Jarosław Thiel,
Engineer – Jonathan Stokes, Neil Hutchinson
Ensemble – Gabrieli Consort & Players,
Libretto By – Gottfried Van Swieten
Orchestra – Wrocław Baroque Orchestra,
Producer – Nicholas Parker
Soprano Vocals – Carolyn Sampson
Tenor Vocals – Jeremy Ovenden
Translated By [Libretto] – Paul McCreesh

companies

Recorded At – National Forum of Music, Wrocław
Copyright (c) – Signum Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Winged Lion

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