
Wydawnictwo: Bis
Nr katalogowy: BISSACD 2096
Nośnik: 2 SACD
Data wydania: czerwiec 2015
EAN: 7318599920962
Nr katalogowy: BISSACD 2096
Nośnik: 2 SACD
Data wydania: czerwiec 2015
EAN: 7318599920962
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas (Die Rosenkrantz Sonaten)
Bis - BISSACD 2096
Wykonawcy
Ariadne Daskalakis, baroque violin
Ensemble Vintage Köln:
Gerald Hambitzer, harpsichord & organ
Rainer Zipperling, viola da gamba
Simon Martyn-Ellis theorbo
Ariadne Daskalakis, baroque violin
Ensemble Vintage Köln:
Gerald Hambitzer, harpsichord & organ
Rainer Zipperling, viola da gamba
Simon Martyn-Ellis theorbo
Utwory na płycie:
Sonata 1. The Annunciation: Praeludium
Aria - Variatio
Finale
Sonata 2. The Visitation: Sonata
Allamanda
Presto
Sonata 3. The Nativity: Sonata
Courente - Double
Adagio
Sonata 4. The Presentation of Jesus: Ciacona
Sonata 5. The Finding of Jesus: Praeludium
Allamanda
Guigue
Sarabanda - Double
Sonata 6. The Agony in the Garden: Lamento
Sonata 7. The Scourging at the Pillar: Allamanda
Sarabanda - Variatio
Sonata 8. The Crowning with Thorns: Sonata
Guigue - Double 1 - Double 2
Sonata 9. The Carrying of the Cross: Sonata
Courente - Double
Finale
Sonata 10. The Crucifixion: Praeludium
Aria - Variatio
Sonata 11. The Resurrection: Sonata
Surrexit Christus hodie
Adagio
Sonata 12. The Ascension: Intrada
Aria Tubicinum
Allamanda
Courente - Double
Sonata 13. The Descent of the Holy Spirit: Sonata
Gavott
Guigue
Sarabanda
Sonata 14. The Assumption of the Virgin: Grave
Aria - Variatio - Guigue
Sonata 15. The Coronation of the Virgin: Sonata
Aria (Variatio)
Canzon
Sarabanda - Double
Passagalia (Sonata 16)
Sonata in D major
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber:
The Rosary Sonatas (Fifteen sonatas for violin and basso continuo
Passagalia for solo violin)
Georg Muffat:
Sonata in D major for violin and basso continuo
The Rosary Sonatas (Fifteen sonatas for violin and basso continuo
Passagalia for solo violin)
Georg Muffat:
Sonata in D major for violin and basso continuo
Biber’s ‘Rosary Sonatas’ for violin and basso continuo stand alone in the violin literature and in music history, offering a unique combination of programmatic material and the use of scordatura (tuning a string instrument differently than the standard tuning). Consisting of fifteen sonatas for violin and basso continuo, and a closing Passacaglia for solo violin, the cycle was presented by Biber to his employer, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, in a handsome manuscript sometime before 1687. Through the copper engravings inserted in the manuscript at the head of each sonata and depicting key moments in the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary, the music has become associated with the Catholic Mysteries of the Rosary. As the manuscript is missing its title page, the collection has become known under a variety of names: the Rosary, Mystery, Biblical or even Copper-Engraving Sonatas. The moods and emotions of this highly expressive music range from Mary's wonderment at the Annunciation to the agony of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, the crucifixion and the subsequent resurrection, celebrated in a fantasy on the hymn Surrexit Christus hodie. Through the use of fifteen different tunings of the violin – one for each of the fifteen sonatas before the return to standard tuning in the closing Passacaglia – Biber achieves a variety of timbres, which combined with his highly imaginative treatment of the violin makes for absorbing listening. Appearing for the first time on BIS, the Greek-American violinist Ariadne Daskalakis has made a number of previous recordings, on baroque as well as modern violin. She is here supported by her fellow members in Ensemble Vintage Köln, a Cologne-based group of musicians specialized in baroque music. As a coupling to Biber's Rosary Sonatas – with a duration of almost 120 minutes – the ensemble has chosen to include the only extant violin sonata by Georg Muffat, Biber's colleague in the service of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg.