Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Instrumental Music on the Seven Last Words of our Redeemer on the Cross
LAETITIA-Quartett
Rudolf Conrad, Violine
Kathrin Pantzier, Violine
Dietrich Hagel, Viola
Günter Krause, Violoncello
Joseph Haydn wrote this Passion music as a commission from the bishops of Cadiz, Spain. To be heard after each reading of the individual bible passages is a piece of music that helps internalize “The Seven Last Words of Our Redeemer on the Cross.” Because of the meditative nature, it was a challenge for Haydn to compose varied and characteristic movements. However, he succeeded in a subtle manner. Haydn himself considered the work to be one of his most successful, and even during the last stages of composing it, he made an arrangement of the original orchestral work for string quartet. The latter version is to be heard on this new TALANTON release by Leipzig’s Laetitia Quartet, which is made up of musicians from the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the MDR Symphony Orchestra. The biblical texts are read by Johannes Jenichen. A welcome change from the numerous Baroque Passion settings, yet, at the same time, a Haydn rediscovery for the whole year!
1 L’introduzione MAESTOSO ED ADAGIO 6'33"
2 Sonata I Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt LARGO 7'18"
3 Sonata II Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso GRAVE E CANTABILE 6'58"
4 Sonata III Mulier ecce fi lius tuus GRAVE 11'30"
5 Sonata IV Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me? LARGO 8'59"
6 Sonata V Sitio ADAGIO 8'48"
7 Sonata VI Consummatum est LENTO 9'51"
8 Sonata VII In manus tuas Domine, commendo spiritum meum LARGO 8'49"
9 Il terremoto PRESTO E CON TUTTA LA FORZA 2'11"
