附註:Oratorio; performed on period instruments.
"Original 1797 English text;" libretto by Gottfried van Swieten, based on Milton's Paradise Lost.
Compact disc.
CD 1. Part I. Introduction: Chaos (4:30) ; acc. recit.: In the beginning (2:37) ; tenor air & chorus: Now vanish (4:09) ; recit.: And God made (2:01) ; soprano solo & chorus: The marv'lous work (2:17) ; bass recit.: And God said (0:42) ; bass air: Rolling in the foaming billows (4:26) ; soprano recit.: And God said (0:27) ; soprano air: With verdure clad (5:39) ; recit./chorus: And the heavenly/Awake (2:39) ; tenor recit.: And God said (0:41) ; chorus & trio: The heavens are telling (5:18) -- Part II. Acc. recit.: And God said (0:34) ; soprano air: On mighty pens (8:30).
CD 2. Acc. recit.: And God created (2:02) ; recit. & trio: And the angels/Most beautiful (5:26) ; chorus & trio: The Lord is great (2:35) ; acc. recit.: And God said (3:51) ; bass air (3:42) ; tenor recit.: And God created man (0:43) ; tenor air: In native worth (4:19) ; bass recit.: And God saw (0:22) ; chorus: Achieved is the glorious work (1:38) -- Part III. Introduction: In rosy mantle (4:26) ; duet & chorus: By thee with bliss (11:13) ; tenor recit.: O happy pair (0:26) ; final chorus: Sing the Lord (4:24).
Text and program notes by Johannes Somary in English (15 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
