Joseph Haydn was commissioned by a canon of CÃ¡diz, JosÃ© SÃ¡enz de SantamarÃa, MarquÃ¨s de Valde-IÃ±igo, to compose a work for performance on Good Friday 1787 in the city's Oratorio de la Santa Cueva. The result was the orchestral version of The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, which Haydn arranged shortly afterwards for string quartet, a version that was to prove an enduring success. More recently, in 2008, the composer JosÃ© Peris Lacasa, a student of Milhaud, Boulanger and Markevitch, provided a version for string quartet and soprano voice, with the latter singing the Latin text originally written by Haydn under the first violin part. Far from distorting the original piece, this version, performed here by the Prazak Quartet with the Irish soprano Helen Kearns, sheds new light on one of Haydn's great masterpieces.

Tracklist:

Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): I. Introduzione. Maest
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): II. Sonata I (Largo. P
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): III. Sonata II (Grave
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): IV. Sonata III (Grave.
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): V. Sonata IV (Largo. D
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): VI. Sonata V (Adagio.
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): VII. Sonata VI (Lento.
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): VIII. Sonata VII (Larg
Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi (Arr. for String Quartet and Soprano By JosÃ© Peris Lacasa): IX. Il Terremoto (Pres

UPC: 5051083205443
Label: Praga
Release Date: 10.18.24
Format: CD

Prazak Quartet - Haydn: Seven Last Words (Arr. For String Qrt (CD)