Joseph Haydn – Die sieben letzten Worte

After an acclaimed CD of cello concertos and symphonies by C.P.E. Bach, the musicians of Ensemble Resonanz continue their exploration of 18th-century orchestral music. For several years, the ensemble, directed by Riccardo Minasis, has been taking on the challenge of continuing the idea of historically informed performance practice on modern instruments.

Forty years after the so-called »Baroque Revolution« it is a pleasure to rediscover these nine orchestral movements, literally animated by the last words of the dying Jesus Christ - and which demonstrate the rhetorical eloquence with which Joseph Haydn excelled unrivalled!