( VII) F. J. Haydn The Creation Oratorio, Die Schöpfung, Oratorium ( Christopher Hogwood)

Franz Joseph Haydn (17321809) The Creationoratorio, Hob. XXI:2 (1798) English version, Vienna 1800 (Part 2, Scene 2, The Sixth Day) 20. Recitative And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature 21. Recitative Straight opening her fertile womb 22. Aria Now heaven in fullest glory shone Emma Kirkby (soprano, Gabriel) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor, Uriel) Michael George (bass, Raphael) Choir of New College, Oxford The Chorus of Academy of Ancien