The Mystery Sonatas

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & Walter Reiter & Cordaria

The Mystery Sonatas is a set of violin sonatas by Bohemian-Austrian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed circa 1674-1676. The works exemplify High Baroque chamber music, featuring scordatura tunings and virtuosic, often programmatic violin writing that reflects devotional themes tied to the Catholic Rosary, and they occupy a distinctive place in the development of the solo violin repertoire.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 (The Annunciation): Praeludium
    2:54
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 (The Annunciation): Variatie
    2:26
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 (The Annunciation): Untitled
    1:39
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 2 (The Visitation): Untitled
    1:25
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 2 (The Visitation): Allaman
    2:13
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 2 (The Visitation): Presto
    0:52
  7. 7.
    Sonata no. 3 (The Nativity): Untitled
    1:54
  8. 8.
    Sonata no. 3 (The Nativity): Courente
    2:54
  9. 9.
    Sonata no. 3 (The Nativity): Adagio
    2:49
  10. 10.
    Sonata no. 4 (The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple): Ciacona
    9:03
  11. 11.
    Sonata no. 5 (The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple): Præludium
    1:26
  12. 12.
    Sonata no. 5 (The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple): Allaman
    1:22
  13. 13.
    Sonata no. 5 (The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple): Gigue
    1:07
  14. 14.
    Sonata no. 5 (The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple): Saraban
    2:16
  15. 15.
    Sonata no. 6 (Christ on the Mount of Olives): Lamento
    9:59
  16. 16.
    Sonata no. 7 (The Scourging at the Pillar): Allamanda
    3:24
  17. 17.
    Sonata no. 7 (The Scourging at the Pillar): Saraband, variatio
    5:20
  18. 18.
    Sonata no. 8 (The Crown of Thorns): Untitled
    3:18
  19. 19.
    Sonata no. 8 (The Crown of Thorns): Gigue & Double presto, Double
    4:30
  20. 20.
    Sonata no. 9 (Jesus Carries the Cross): Untitled
    2:58
  21. 21.
    Sonata no. 9 (Jesus Carries the Cross): Courente, Double
    3:45
  22. 22.
    Sonata no. 9 (Jesus Carries the Cross): Finale
    1:49

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sonata no. 10 (The Crucifixion): Præludium
    1:24
  2. 3.
    Sonata no. 10 (The Crucifixion): Aria
    1:46
  3. 4.
    Sonata no. 10 (The Crucifixion): Variatio
    5:25
  4. 5.
    Sonata no. 10 (The Crucifixion): Untitled
    2:08
  5. 6.
    Sonata no. 11 (The Resurrection): Untitled
    10:47
  6. 7.
    Sonata no. 12 (The Ascension): Intrada
    0:44
  7. 8.
    Sonata no. 12 (The Ascension): Aria Tubicinum
    1:26
  8. 9.
    Sonata no. 12 (The Ascension): Allamanda
    2:03
  9. 10.
    Sonata no. 12 (The Ascension): Courente
    2:33
  10. 11.
    Sonata no. 13 (Pentecost): Untitled
    4:58
  11. 12.
    Sonata no. 13 (Pentecost): Gavott
    1:46
  12. 13.
    Sonata no. 13 (Pentecost): Gigue
    1:35
  13. 14.
    Sonata no. 13 (Pentecost): Sarabanda
    0:58
  14. 15.
    Sonata no. 14 (The Assumption of the Virgin): Untitled
    3:52
  15. 16.
    Sonata no. 14 (The Assumption of the Virgin): Aria, Aria, Gigue
    6:42
  16. 17.
    Sonata no. 15 (The Beatification of the Virgin): Untitled
    1:33
  17. 18.
    Sonata no. 15 (The Beatification of the Virgin): Aria
    4:45
  18. 19.
    Sonata no. 15 (The Beatification of the Virgin): Canzon
    1:43
  19. 20.
    Sonata no. 15 (The Beatification of the Virgin): Sarabanda
    2:20
  20. 21.
    Passacaglia
    10:51

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