Kevin Sutton <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Welllll, Creation was written for a London audience as I recall.  It is
>after all modeled on Handel, so I think that you would be fine with a
>version in either language and be correct.  I would recommend the Shaw
>recording (in English).

No, The Creation was written for Vienna.  Van Swieten translated an English
text of unknown authorship, which may have been intended for Handel, which
Haydn then set.  The work was later re-translated back into English.
Regards

 Leroy Curtis           mailto:[log in to unmask]