Haydn: The Seven Last Words Of Christ

1. Minasi, Riccardo - Die Sieben Letzten Worte Unsere
2. Introduktion
3. Sonate 1: Pater, Dimitte Illis, Quia Nesciunt, Qui
4. Sonate 2: Hodie Mecum Eris in Paradiso
5. Sonate 3: Mulier, Ecce Filius Tuus
6. Sonate 4: Deus Meus, Deus Meus, Ut Quid Dereliquis
7. Sonate 5: Sitio
8. Sonate 6: Consummatum Est!
9. Sonate 7: in Manus Tuas, Domine, Commendo Spiritum
10. Il Terremoto

Following a disc of cello concertos and symphonies by C. P. E. Bach (Diapason d'Or, ffff Télérama, etc.), the musicians of the Ensemble Resonanz continue their very personal exploration of eighteenth-century orchestral music. Personal? Because for several years now, under the direction of its inspired conductor Maestro Riccardo Minasi, the ensemble has taken up the challenge of playing instruments with a 'modern' setup (violins, violas and basses with metal strings) 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 divine words of Christ on the cross - and displaying that rhetorical skill of which Joseph Haydn was a peerless exponent!