Rosary Sonatas

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & Susanne Lautenbacher & Rudolf Ewerhart & Johannes Koch

Rosary Sonatas is a collection of sonatas for solo violin and continuo by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed circa 1676. The works make extensive use of scordatura tuning and descriptive, programme-like movements tied to the mysteries of the rosary, combining demanding virtuosic techniques and varied affective characterisation that illustrate innovations in late 17th-century Central European Baroque violin writing.
First released: 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonata No. 1 in D Minor - Praeludium
    2:35
  2. 2.
    Sonata No. 10 in G Minor - Praeludium
    1:37
  3. 3.
    Sonata No. 10 in G Minor - Aria/variatio
    8:52
  4. 4.
    Sonata No. 1 in D Minor - Aria allegro/variatio
    2:40
  5. 5.
    Sonata No. 1 in D Minor - Finale
    0:51
  6. 6.
    Sonata No. 11 in G - Sonata
    2:34
  7. 7.
    Sonata No. 11 in G - Surrexit Christus Hodie
    5:45
  8. 8.
    Sonata No. 2 in A - Sonata
    1:44
  9. 9.
    Sonata No. 2 in A - Allemande
    2:20
  10. 10.
    Sonata No. 11 in G - Adagio
    1:24
  11. 11.
    Sonata No. 12 in C - Intrada
    0:38
  12. 12.
    Sonata No. 2 in A - Presto
    1:05
  13. 13.
    Sonata No. 12 in C - Aria Tubicinum
    2:06
  14. 14.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Sonata
    1:29
  15. 15.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Courante/Double
    3:40
  16. 16.
    Sonata No. 12 in C - Allemande
    2:03
  17. 17.
    Sonata No. 12 in C - Courante/Double
    3:30
  18. 18.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Adagio
    1:57
  19. 19.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Sonata No. 4 in D Minor (Ciacona)
    8:38
  20. 20.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Sonata
    3:04
  21. 21.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Gavotte
    1:21
  22. 22.
    Sonata No. 5 in A - Praeludium
    1:17
  23. 23.
    Sonata No. 5 in A - Allemande
    1:53
  24. 24.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Gigue
    1:59
  25. 25.
    Sonata No. 5 in A - Gigue
    1:35
  26. 26.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Sarabande
    1:36
  27. 27.
    Sonata No. 5 in A - Sarabande/Double
    3:22
  28. 28.
    Sonata No. 14 in D - Grave
    2:16
  29. 29.
    Sonata No. 6 in C Minor - Lamento
    1:54
  30. 30.
    Sonata No. 14 in D - Aria
    5:54
  31. 31.
    Sonata No. 14 in D - Gigue
    2:02
  32. 32.
    Sonata No. 6 in C Minor - Presto
    1:31
  33. 33.
    Sonata No. 15 in C - Sonata
    1:35
  34. 34.
    Sonata No. 6 in C Minor - Adagio
    4:08
  35. 35.
    Sonata No. 7 in F - Allemande/variatio
    4:15
  36. 36.
    Sonata No. 15 in C - Aria
    6:35
  37. 37.
    Sonata No. 15 in C - Canzone
    2:00
  38. 38.
    Sonata No. 7 in F - Sarabande/variatio
    5:54
  39. 39.
    Sonata No. 15 in C - Sarabande
    3:42
  40. 40.
    Sonata No. 8 in B-flat - Sonata
    2:38
  41. 41.
    Sonata No. 16 "Sonata of the Guardian Angel" (Passacaglia in G Minor)
    8:51
  42. 42.
    Sonata No. 8 in B-flat - Gigue/Double 1/Double 2
    5:01
  43. 43.
    Sonata No. 9 in A Minor - Sonata
    2:12
  44. 44.
    Sonata No. 9 in A Minor - Courante/Double
    4:20
  45. 45.
    Sonata No. 9 in A Minor - Finale
    1:24