HAYDN: THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST - RICCARDO MINASI & ENSEMBLE RESONANZ

Ensemble Resonanz

Riccardo Minasi - Conductor

Following an acclaimed disc of cello concertos and symphonies by C. P. E. Bach, the musicians of the Ensemble Resonanz continue their exploration of eighteenth-century orchestral music. For several years now, under the direction of its inspired conductor Maestro Riccardo Minasi, the ensemble has taken up the challenge of playing contemporary instruments with complete mastery of historically informed performance practice. Forty years after what has been called ‘the Baroque revolution’, what a pleasure to rediscover these nine orchestral movements literally inhabited by the last words of Christ on the cross – and displaying that rhetorical skill of which Joseph Haydn was a peerless exponent!



1Introduzione. Maestoso ed adagio 5'28
2Sonata I. Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt. Largo 6'46
3Sonata II. Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso. Grave e cantabile 8'36
4Sonata III. Mulier, ecce filius tuus. Grave 10'01
5Sonata IV. Deus meus, Deus meus, ut quid dereliquisti me ? Largo 7'22
6Sonata V. Sitio. Adagio 8'57
7Sonata VI. Consummatum est ! Lento 7'34
8Sonata VII. In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum. Largo 7'39
9Il Terremoto. Presto e con tutta la forza 1'40