Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Zsombor Tóth-Vajna
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hungaroton
Catalogue: HCD32867
Release: 2022
Size: 243 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. L’Introduzione
02. Sonata I. Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt
03. Sonata II. Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso
04. Sonata III. Mulier ecce filius tuus
05. Sonata IV. Deus, meus, Deus meus utquid dereliquisti me?
06. Sonata V. Sitio
07. Sonata VI. Consummatum est
08. Sonata VII. In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum
09. II Terremoto
The genesis of the oratorio The Seven Last Words of Christ is one of the most exciting stories in music history. In 1786, Haydn (who by then was already a famous composer throughout Europe) was commissioned by José Saluz de Santamaria, a priest from Cadiz, to write a piece of purely instrumental music for Holy Week. The maestro himself considered the piece to be one of his finest achievements.
The instrument on this recording is a copy of an instrument made in 1805 by Viennese fortepiano maker Anton Walter.