Release Date: 12 January 2015
Label: Somm / Somm Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 748871015524
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Mompou
Description
The request for Haydn to write The Seven Last Words came from a priest in Cádiz to mark Good Friday. Setting the words of Christ gave Haydn the basis for the construction of seven slow and meditative movements to be played by the orchestra as the Bishop descended from the pulpit to pray. The following year Haydn arranged the work for string quartet and a version for keyboard was prepared. To this version, which he did not prepare himself, Haydn gave his wholehearted approval noting that it was 'very good and made with particular care'.
Tracklisting
Emma Halnan; Ulster Orchestra; Jac van Steen
Rebeca Omordia
NDR Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic; Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; Volkmar Andreae
Maria Narodytska
Tessa Uys; Ben Schoeman
Sonoro; Katherine Bicknell; Michael Higgins; Neil Ferris
Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin; Berlin Philharmonic; Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam;
BBC Northern Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux
Clelia Iruzun
Clelia Iruzun
