The Seasons: Salzburg Festival (2013)

The Seasons, a late work of Haydn's and the last oratorio he wrote, is a musical manifesto addressed to nature and countryfolk, breaking ground with it's hitherto unexplored subject-matter as it heralds the dawning Romantic era in music, thus occupying a special place in Haydn's oeuvre. Nikolaus Harnoncourt brings out the simplicity of the work. "Jubilation!" in the Great Festival Hall in Salzburg for Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and for Michael Schade, Florian Boesch and Dorothea Roschmann in the solo parts, enhanced by the well-rehearsed choir of the Vienna State Opera.