Quatuor Terpsycordes - Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (2009)

Tracklist

01. Introduzione: Maestoso Ed Adagio
02. Sonata I: «Pater, Dimitte Illis; Non Enim Sciunt Quid Faciunt» (Largo)
03. Sonata II: «Amen Dico Tibi: Hodie Mecum Eris In Paradiso» (Grave e Cantabile)
04. Sonata III: «Mulier, Ecce Filius Tuus, Et Tu, Ecce Mater Tua» (Grave)
05. Sonata IV: «Eli, Eli, Lama Asabthani» (Largo)
06. Sonata V: «Sitio » (Adagio)
07. Sonata VI: «Consumatum Est» (Lento)
08. Sonata VII: «Pater, In Tuas Manus Commendo Spiritum Meum» (Largo)
09. Il Terremoto: Presto e Con Tutta la Forza


Given the interest caused by Viennese performances of the oratorio, in July 1787 the publisher Artaria also brought out two instrumental versions of the work, one for string quartet and the other for piano.The result was a piece unique in the classical chamber music repertoire; seven slow movements preceded by an introduction and concluded with a tempestuous evocation of the earthquake that struck at the time of Christ's death.

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