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.
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Disc 1
- 1.Sonata No. 1 in D Minor - Praeludium2:35
- 2.Sonata No. 1 in D Minor - Aria allegro/variatio2:40
- 3.Sonata No. 1 in D Minor - Finale0:51
- 4.Sonata No. 2 in A - Sonata1:44
- 5.Sonata No. 2 in A - Allemande2:20
- 6.Sonata No. 2 in A - Presto1:05
- 7.Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Sonata1:29
- 8.Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Courante/Double3:40
- 9.Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Adagio1:57
- 10.Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Sonata No. 4 in D Minor (Ciacona)8:38
- 11.Sonata No. 5 in A - Praeludium1:17
- 12.Sonata No. 5 in A - Allemande1:53
- 13.Sonata No. 5 in A - Gigue1:35
- 14.Sonata No. 5 in A - Sarabande/Double3:22
- 15.Sonata No. 6 in C Minor - Lamento1:54
- 16.Sonata No. 6 in C Minor - Presto1:31
- 17.Sonata No. 6 in C Minor - Adagio4:08
- 18.Sonata No. 7 in F - Allemande/variatio4:15
- 19.Sonata No. 7 in F - Sarabande/variatio5:54
- 20.Sonata No. 8 in B-flat - Sonata2:38
- 21.Sonata No. 8 in B-flat - Gigue/Double 1/Double 25:01
- 22.Sonata No. 9 in A Minor - Sonata2:12
- 23.Sonata No. 9 in A Minor - Courante/Double4:20
- 24.Sonata No. 9 in A Minor - Finale1:24
Disc 2
- 2.Sonata No. 10 in G Minor - Praeludium1:37
- 3.Sonata No. 10 in G Minor - Aria/variatio8:52
- 4.Sonata No. 11 in G - Sonata2:34
- 5.Sonata No. 11 in G - Surrexit Christus Hodie5:45
- 6.Sonata No. 11 in G - Adagio1:24
- 7.Sonata No. 12 in C - Intrada0:38
- 8.Sonata No. 12 in C - Aria Tubicinum2:06
- 9.Sonata No. 12 in C - Allemande2:03
- 10.Sonata No. 12 in C - Courante/Double3:30
- 11.Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Sonata3:04
- 12.Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Gavotte1:21
- 13.Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Gigue1:59
- 14.Sonata No. 13 in D Minor - Sarabande1:36
- 15.Sonata No. 14 in D - Grave2:16
- 16.Sonata No. 14 in D - Aria5:54
- 17.Sonata No. 14 in D - Gigue2:02
- 18.Sonata No. 15 in C - Sonata1:35
- 19.Sonata No. 15 in C - Aria6:35
- 20.Sonata No. 15 in C - Canzone2:00
- 21.Sonata No. 15 in C - Sarabande3:42
- 22.Sonata No. 16 "Sonata of the Guardian Angel" (Passacaglia in G Minor)8:51







