Haydn: Seasons 1801

DISC 1

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!

DISC 2

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