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When this recording was released in 2021, conductor Zubin Mehta was 85; it was made over three days in 2019. There isn't an absolutely compelling novelty contained here, and this is very much an old-school Haydn performance with a full symphony orchestra and chorus (not that you'd want anything less in this work, whose rock-concert atmosphere at the initial performance is well described in the booklet). For those in search of the combination of Mehta and Haydn's Die Schöpfung, Mehta's performance some years ago with the Israel Philharmonic, with the sublime Barbara Hendricks as the soprano soloist, has a bit more of an edge. However, there is something satisfying about a maestro who continues to issue masterly performances at an advanced age. Part of the appeal is that all the musicians here made it their business to be at their best, not only the Münchner Philharmoniker, but the soloists, soprano Mojca Erdmann, tenor Dmitry Korchak, and bass René Pape, and the Philharmonischer Chor München. Everything comes off smoothly and nobly and certainly shows that Mehta is not done yet. The orchestra's engineers deliver superior sound from the Philharmonie im Gasteig; the recording's clarity enhances the enduring Enlightenment mood.
© TiVo
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Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - René Pape, Bass Vocals - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dmitry Korchak, Tenor Vocals
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andreas Herrmann, Chorus - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
Album review
When this recording was released in 2021, conductor Zubin Mehta was 85; it was made over three days in 2019. There isn't an absolutely compelling novelty contained here, and this is very much an old-school Haydn performance with a full symphony orchestra and chorus (not that you'd want anything less in this work, whose rock-concert atmosphere at the initial performance is well described in the booklet). For those in search of the combination of Mehta and Haydn's Die Schöpfung, Mehta's performance some years ago with the Israel Philharmonic, with the sublime Barbara Hendricks as the soprano soloist, has a bit more of an edge. However, there is something satisfying about a maestro who continues to issue masterly performances at an advanced age. Part of the appeal is that all the musicians here made it their business to be at their best, not only the Münchner Philharmoniker, but the soloists, soprano Mojca Erdmann, tenor Dmitry Korchak, and bass René Pape, and the Philharmonischer Chor München. Everything comes off smoothly and nobly and certainly shows that Mehta is not done yet. The orchestra's engineers deliver superior sound from the Philharmonie im Gasteig; the recording's clarity enhances the enduring Enlightenment mood.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 01:44:36
- Main artists: Münchner Philharmoniker Zubin Mehta
- Composer: Joseph Haydn
- Label: MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR
- Genre: Classical
© 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2021 Münchner Philharmoniker
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