Haydn's magnificent Creation marks something akin to the "birth" of the German oratorio, in view of the fact that this work – which is popular all over the world – stands as a landmark between the great oratorios of Händel and Mendelssohn. The composition of the Creation was particularly associated with the music of Händel since Haydn, on his two trips to England in the first half of the 1790s, had been profoundly impressed by monumental performances in Westminster Abbey. The choral parts are not particularly difficult; however, in order to most effectively attain the effortlessness and vivaciousness of Haydn's music, each part should be perfectly rehearsed.
The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio or MP3 containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:
- Original recording
- Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
- Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.
Performers: Julia Kleiter (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenore),
Johannes Weisser (basso) – RIAS-Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester –
René Jacobs
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Composer
Joseph Haydn
| 1732-1809As Kapellmeister to Prince Esterházy, Haydn composed numerous instrumental works and various operas, as well as making important contributions to the genre of church music, including fourteen Latin masses, of which only twelve are authentic or complete; these are complemented by motets and offertories, two important Te Deum settings, two Salve Reginas, a Stabat Mater, and the different versions of the Sieben Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze. The masses were composed continually between 1749 and 1802, except for the years 1783–1795, and therefore constitute the genre with which Haydn was occupied over the longest period of time. The six (authentic or complete) masses composed before 1782 are stylistically very different, and as well as short Missae breves there are more extended masses with rich orchestral scoring; by contrast the six so-called late masses, written from 1796 onwards, form a comparatively homogeneous group of more extensive works scored for large forces. With his two great oratorios Die Schöpfung (The Creation) (1798) and Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) (1801) Haydn established the tradition of the German oratorio for middle-class music making. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Gottfried von Swieten
| 1733-1803
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Ensemble
Freiburger Barockorchester Consort
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Ensemble
RIAS Kammerchor
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Conductor
René Jacobs
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Soloist - soprano
Julia Kleiter
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Soloist - tenor
Maximilian Schmitt
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor, discovered his love for music as a choirboy with the Regensburger Domspatzen. He studied singing at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1999. In 2005 and 2006 he was a member of the ‘Junges Ensemble’ at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, during which period he made his solo debut at the Salzburg Landestheater as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. Maximilian Schmitt has been engaged by the Staatstheater Mannheim from the 2008-09 season. As well as his passion for opera, he is in increasing demand as a concert singer. He has performed with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Concerto Köln, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Bavarian Radio and Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk [Central German Broadcasting] Symphony Orchestras and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2009 he will once again tour with Helmuth Rilling and the Bachakademie, and will be working with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester under Riccardo Chailly. Personal details
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Soloist - bass
Johannes Weisser
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