Description
Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ CD Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze / Oratorio, Orchestral, String Quartet
Hungaroton Classics HCD41009
Sung in German
Conductor: János Ferencsik
UPC 5991814100923
Hungaroton 2009
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross
CD 1 Orchestral version Hob. XX/1:A 65:17
CD 2 String Quartet version Hob. III:50-56 56:44
CD 3 Oratorio Hob. XX:2 69:14
Veronika Kincses (soprano)
Klára Takács (mezzo-soprano)
György Korondi (tenor)
József Gregor (bass)
Tátrai Quartet
Hungarian State Orchestra
János Ferencsik
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (German: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze) is an orchestral work by Joseph Haydn, commissioned in 1786 for the Good Friday service at Oratorio de la Santa Cueva (Holy Cave Oratory) in Cádiz, Spain. Published in 1787 and performed then in Paris, Berlin and Vienna, the composer adapted it in 1787 for string quartet and in 1796 as an oratorio (with both solo and choral vocal forces), and he approved a version for solo piano.
The seven main meditative sections—labelled "sonatas" and all slow—are framed by a slow Introduction and a fast "Earthquake" conclusion, for a total of nine movements.
7 last words of Christ | Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze | 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze
Hungaroton:
HCD 12358 (disc 1)
HCD 12036 (disc 2)
HCD 12199 (disc 3)
The 1st work for orchestra; 2nd work an arrangement of the orchestral version, for 2 violins, viola and violoncello; 3rd for SATB soloists, SATB chorus and orchestra. The oratorio version sung in German.
In the 1st & 3rd works: Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik
