Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, 1840 version for Flute & String Quartet by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
Details
- Composer
- Joseph Haydn
- Artist
- Rafael Ruiberriz De Torres, La Spagna, Irene Benito, Marta Mayoral, Rosa San Martin, Alejandro Maria
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Brilliant Classics
- Released
- Nov 18, 2022
- Catalog #
- BRI96659
- UPC
- 5028421966595
About
After Haydn composed The Seven Last Words for chamber orchestra as a devotional accompaniment to the Good Friday liturgy at Cadiz Cathedral in 1786, several other arrangements were made during his lifetime, by himself and others, all of them familiar to us now: as an oratorio with soloists and chorus, and in string quartet and solo keyboard transcriptions. The cycle continued to attract arrangers after Haydn’s death. In the course of researching them, the flautist Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres turned up a manuscript by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, who transcribed it for flute and string quartet in 1840 – perhaps as a compositional exercise at the behest of his teacher, Ramon Carnicer, who had recently produced a flute quintet of his own. In any case, Barbieri’s arrangement presents a Romantic-era conception of Haydn’s work in which the flute part acquires the same importance as the other instruments, lending color and brilliance to the quartet parts. At points the flute line plays in unison with one or other of the strings (almost throughout Sonata II, for example), but elsewhere his melodic and contrapuntal contributions are woven into the fabric of Haydn’s score with masterly technique and no small measure of creative inspiration.
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 Introduction: Maestoso ed adagio 05:45
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Introduction: Maestoso ed adagio
- Duration
- 05:45
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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2 Sonata 1: Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt 07:12
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Sonata 1: Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt
- Duration
- 07:12
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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3 Sonata 2: Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso 09:18
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Sonata 2: Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso
- Duration
- 09:18
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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4 Sonata 3: Mulier, ecce filius tuus 11:52
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Sonata 3: Mulier, ecce filius tuus
- Duration
- 11:52
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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5 Sonata 4: Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me? 02:22
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Sonata 4: Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me?
- Duration
- 02:22
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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6 Sonata 5: Sitio 09:34
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Sonata 5: Sitio
- Duration
- 09:34
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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7 Sonata 6: Consummatum est! 10:02
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Sonata 6: Consummatum est!
- Duration
- 10:02
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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8 Sonata 7: In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum 10:05
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Sonata 7: In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum
- Duration
- 10:05
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna
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9 Il terremoto 10:07
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Il terremoto
- Duration
- 10:07
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres
- Ensemble
- La Spagna