Leroy Curtis wrote: >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. I'll get Die Schopfung then. And Kevin I am sure appreciates your frankness in setting him straight. I am sure he is grateful for your help in curbing his spouting. (I am sorry, I could not resist.) David Stewart [log in to unmask]