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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ / Stavy
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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ / Stavy

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Details

Composer
HAYDN, JOSEPH
Artist
Nicolas Stavy
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Jul 05, 2019
Catalog #
BIS-2429
UPC
7318599924298

About

The Seven Last Words of Christ refers to the seven short phrases uttered by Jesus on the cross, as gathered from the New Testament. Over the centuries the crucifixion has served as inspiration to countless composers, and settings of these utterances have become something of a subgenre, beginning in the Renaissance with early motets and continuing into our own time. By way of Cesar Franck and Sofia Gubaidulina, composers ranging from Heinrich Schutz to Tristan Murail have contributed versions using various combinations of voice and/or instruments. One of the best known of these settings is probably the one by Joseph Haydn. The one – or rather the four… A rather complicated story begins in 1785, when Haydn received a commission from Cadiz in Spain, at the other end of Europe. He was asked to compose seven slow movements, each ca 10 minutes long, to be played by an orchestra in alternation with the priest expounding on each of the seven words. Relishing this unusual challenge, Haydn accepted and ended up so pleased with the result that he immediately made a version for string quartet as well as authorising another one for keyboard. The work became so popular across Europe that ten years later the music was used one final time, in an oratorio for choir and orchestra. The work is here heard in the version for keyboard, performed by the French pianist Nicolas Stavy. He closes the disc with another unusual work in Haydn’s oeuvre, the Andante con variazioni, Hob. XVII/6, which has been described as ‘the deepest and most profound set of variations for piano composed between Bach and Beethoven’.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction: Maestoso ed adagio 05:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction: Maestoso ed adagio
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  2. 2 Sonata 1: Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt 06:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sonata 1: Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  3. 3 Sonata 2: Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso 05:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sonata 2: Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  4. 4 Sonata 3: Mulier, ecce filius tuus 06:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sonata 3: Mulier, ecce filius tuus
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  5. 5 Sonata 4: Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me? 04:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sonata 4: Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me?
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  6. 6 Sonata 5: Sitio 05:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sonata 5: Sitio
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  7. 7 Sonata 6: Consummatum est! 05:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sonata 6: Consummatum est!
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  8. 8 Sonata 7: In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum 05:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sonata 7: In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  9. 9 Il terremoto (The Earthquake) 01:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Il terremoto (The Earthquake)
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  10. 10 Theme: Andante - 04:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    Theme: Andante -
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  11. 11 [Variation 1] - 03:28
    Track
    11
    Title
    [Variation 1] -
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  12. 12 [Variation 2] - 03:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    [Variation 2] -
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy
  13. 13 [Coda] 03:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    [Coda]
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Nicolas Stavy