The Seven Last Words

Album by Joseph Haydn & Emerson String Quartet

The Seven Last Words is an orchestral composition by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1786 and first performed in 1787. Musically it is a sombre, meditative large-scale work that employs slow tempi, expressive string writing, clear formal structures and striking harmonic contrasts to realise a liturgical programme, and it occupies a distinctive place in Haydn's output as a mature, programme-driven composition later adapted for string quartet and for a choral-orchestral setting.

The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn - album cover

First released: 2004

Classical

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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Introduzione [I]: Maestoso ed Adagio
5:09
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Sonata I: Largo (Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt)
6:38
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Sonata II: Largo (Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso)
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Sonata III: Grave (Mulier, ecce filius tuus)
9:09
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Sonata IV: Largo (Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me?)
8:07
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Introduzione [II]: Largo e cantabile
3:57
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Sonata V: Adagio (Sitio)
9:42
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Sonata VI: Lento (Consummatum est)
8:16
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Sonata VII: Largo (In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum)
8:49
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The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, op. 51: Il terremoto: Presto e con tutta la forza
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