Artist: Cuarteto Casals
Album: Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:00:12
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 1,00 GB

Tracklist:

01. Cuarteto Casals – Introduzione. Maestoso ed adagio (05:18)
02. Cuarteto Casals – Sonata I. Vater, vergib ihnen. Largo (05:48)
03. Cuarteto Casals – Sonata II. Fürwahr, ich sag’ es dir. Grave e cantabile (08:21)
04. Cuarteto Casals – Sonata III. Frau, hier siehe deinen Sohn. Grave (09:24)
05. Cuarteto Casals – Sonata IV. Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen? Largo (06:38)
06. Cuarteto Casals – Sonata V. Jesus rufet: Ach, mich dürstet! Adagio (08:46)
07. Cuarteto Casals – Sonata VI. Es ist vollbracht. Lento (07:39)
08. Cuarteto Casals – Sonata VII. Vater, in deine Hände empfehle ich meinen Geist. Largo (06:30)
09. Cuarteto Casals – Terremoto. Presto e con tutta la forza (01:45)

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Haydn composed his orchestral version of the Seven Last Words for Good Friday devotions in Cádiz. The task of creating a purely instrumental ‘oratorio’ consisting of seven contemplative slow movements was by no means an easy one; but the outcome was a work of sublime nobility. In its day, it was quite popular and inspired several transcriptions, including the version for string quartet heard here in a performance by the Barcelona-based Cuarteto Casals that is both stylistically sensitive and emotionally compelling.