The Seven Last Words of Christ

Album by Joseph Haydn & Zsombor Tóth-Vajna

The Seven Last Words of Christ is an orchestral work by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1786. Structured as a series of contemplative movements framed by an introduction and a final meditative movement, it features austere, hymn-like textures, expressive harmonic shifts and dramatic silences, and Haydn later arranged it as a string quartet (1787) and adapted it into a choral-orchestral oratorio (1796), reflecting his engagement with sacred forms in his late career.

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  1. 1.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: L’Introduzione
    5:08
  2. 2.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: Sonata I. Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt
    7:25
  3. 3.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: Sonata II. Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso
    9:47
  4. 4.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: Sonata III. Mulier ecce filius tuus
    9:40
  5. 5.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: Sonata IV. Deus, meus, Deus meus utquid dereliquisti me?
    8:18
  6. 6.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: Sonata V. Sitio
    6:44
  7. 7.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: Sonata VI. Consummatum est
    8:32
  8. 8.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: Sonata VII. In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum
    10:06
  9. 9.
    The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1C: II Terremoto
    2:25

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