Casals Quartet | Goya and the “Spanish“ Haydn · MarchVivo

In the internationalization of Joseph Haydn’s music, Spain played a relevant role. It was in the 1780s when a brotherhood from Cadiz commissioned one of his most popular works (The Seven Last Words of Christ). At the same time, he was in contact with the Duke of Alba, for whom he supposedly composed two quartets (one is his Op. 42). The Duke’s appreciation for Haydn’s music is clearly reflected in the portrait he had Goya paint (ca. 1795), posing with a score by the Austrian composer in his hands. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in D Minor Op. 42, Hob. III:43 00:00 Andante ed innocentemente 04:53 Minuetto 07:41 Adagio 10:57 Finale Anonymous String Quartet in B flat Major * 13:46 Poco Andante — Polacca. Allegretto 20:31 Adagio 27:17 Finale * Unpublished work based on quartet movements by Joseph Haydn, preserved in a Spanish manuscript from Casa de Navascués (edited by ICCMU, 2023) Joseph Haydn The Seven Last Words of Christ on the C