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Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Cuarteto Casals, Joseph Haydn, None
Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Genre: Classical
 
Haydn composed his orchestral version of the Seven Last Words for Good Friday devotions in Cadiz. The task of creating a purely instrumental 'oratorio' consisting of seven contemplative slow movements was by no means an ea...  more »

     
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All Artists: Cuarteto Casals, Joseph Haydn, None
Title: Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Members Wishing: 0
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Release Date: 3/11/2014
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Haydn composed his orchestral version of the Seven Last Words for Good Friday devotions in Cadiz. 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.