CD 1:
I. Die Freudenreichen Mysterien (The Joyful Mysteries):
Sonata I in D Minor - Die Verkündigung (The Annunciation)
Sonata II in A Major - Mariä Heimsuchung (The Visitation)
Sonata III in B Minor - Die Geburt Christi (The Nativity)
Sonata IV in D Minor - Die Darstellung im Tempel (The Presentation in the Temple)
Sonata V in A Major - Die Auffindung im Tempel (The Discovery in the Temple)

II. Die Schmerzhaften Mysterien (The Sorrowful Mysteries):
Sonata VI in C Minor - Christus am Ölberg (Christ on the Mount of Olives)
Sonata VII in F Major - Die Geißelung (The Scourging at the Pillar)
Sonata VIII in B flat Major - Die Dornenkrönung (The Crown of Thorns)
Sonata IX in A Minor - Die Kreuztragung (The Carrying of the Cross)
Sonata X in G Minor - Die Kreuzigung (The Crucifixion)

CD 2:
III. Die Glorreichen Mysterien (The Glorious Mysteries):
Sonata XI in G Major - Die Auferstehung (The Resurrection)
Sonata XII in C Major - Himmelfahrt Christi (The Ascension)
Sonata XIII in D Minor - Die Ausgießung des Heiligen Geistes (The Descent of the Holy Spirit)
Sonata XIV in D Major - Die Aufnahme Marias in den Himmel (The Assumption of the Virgin)
Sonata XV in C Major - Die Krönung Marias (The Coronation of the Virgin)

IV. Passagalia (Passacaille):
Sonata XVI in G Minor - Der Schutzengel (The Guardian Angel)

Biber's Rosary Sonatas are without doubt among the most colorful and brilliantly virtuosic works in the entire Baroque violin literature. Their distinctive feature is the scordatura, a tuning of the violin strings individually prescribed for each sonata, which allows a more colorful differentiation of the musical characters. For her meticulously prepared and well thought-out recording, scordatura specialist Mayumi Hirasaki has assembled a group of renowned specialists and thus presents one of the most remarkable recordings of this cycle, which never ceases to fascinate.

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Recording: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (Cologne, Germany), 14–18 September 2020 & 7–10 April 2021. Violins: Giuseppe Gaffino (Paris, c. 1750); Klotz Family (Mittenwald, late 18th century); Workshop environment of Tielke (Hamburg, c. 1700).