Die Rosenkranzsonaten

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

Die Rosenkranzsonaten is a cycle of sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composed c.1676. The set, written for violin and continuo, features extensive scordatura tunings and programme-based movements that draw on Baroque sacred and chamber idioms, and it occupies a distinctive place in Biber's output as an example of instrumental virtuosity and expressive experimentation in the late Baroque.

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  1. 1.
    Sonata I d-moll: Praeludium
    2:36
  2. 2.
    Sonata I d-moll: Arai allegro - Varatio
    2:39
  3. 3.
    Sonata I d-moll: Finale
    1:07
  4. 4.
    Sonata II A-dur: Sonata - Presto
    2:21
  5. 5.
    Sonata II A-dur: Allemande
    2:52
  6. 6.
    Sonata II A-dur: Presto
    1:04
  7. 7.
    Sonata III h-moll: Sonata - Presto
    1:52
  8. 8.
    Sonata III h-moll: Courante - Double
    4:50
  9. 9.
    Sonata III h-moll: Adagio
    1:58
  10. 10.
    Sonata IV d-moll: Ciacona
    7:05
  11. 11.
    Sonata V A-dur: Praeludium - Presto
    1:15
  12. 12.
    Sonata V A-dur: Allemande
    2:10
  13. 13.
    Sonata V A-dur: Gigue
    2:36
  14. 14.
    Sonata V A-dur: Sarabande - Double
    3:39
  15. 15.
    Sonata VI c-moll: Lamento - Adagio
    2:40
  16. 16.
    Sonata VI c-moll: Presto - Adagio
    5:27
  17. 17.
    Sonata VI c-moll: Adagio
    1:45
  18. 18.
    Sonata VII F-dur: Allemande - Variatio
    4:02
  19. 19.
    Sonata VII F-dur: Sarabande- Variatio
    6:28
  20. 20.
    Sonata VIII B-dur: Sonata: Adagio - Presto
    3:15
  21. 21.
    Sonata VIII B-dur: Gigue - Double 1 (Presto) - Double 2
    5:15
  22. 22.
    Sonata IX a-moll: Sonata
    2:35
  23. 23.
    Sonata IX a-moll: Courante - Double
    2:21
  24. 24.
    Sonata IX a-moll: Finale
    1:15

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