The Fifteen "Mystery" Sonatas / The Passacaglia for Solo Violin

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & Evan Johnson & Loretta O'Sullivan & Eric Milnes

This release is a recording of solo violin works by Heinrich Biber, composed in the 1670s. The music is firmly rooted in the Baroque, employing scordatura tunings, virtuosic technique and programme-driven expression, and it occupies a pivotal place in Biber's oeuvre and in the evolution of violin technique and instrumental expressiveness in the late 17th century.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Joyful Mysteries: Sonata I: Annunciation
    5:50
  2. 2.
    Joyful Mysteries: Sonata II: Mary's Visit to Elizabeth
    4:31
  3. 3.
    Joyful Mysteries: Sonata III: Birth of Christ
    5:47
  4. 4.
    Joyful Mysteries: Sonata IV: Circumcision
    4:07
  5. 5.
    Joyful Mysteries: Sonata V: The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple
    6:20
  6. 6.
    Sorrowful Mysteries: Sonata VI: On the Mount of Olives
    9:48
  7. 7.
    Sorrowful Mysteries: Sonata VII: Flagellation
    5:22
  8. 8.
    Sorrowful Mysteries: Sonata VIII: Crowning With Thorns
    5:06
  9. 9.
    Sorrowful Mysteries: Sonata IX: Carrying the Cross
    6:57

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sorrowful Mysteries: Sonata X: Crucifixion
    7:14
  2. 3.
    Glorious Mysteries: Sonata XI: Resurrection
    7:07
  3. 4.
    Glorious Mysteries: Sonata XII: Ascension Into Heaven
    4:30
  4. 5.
    Glorious Mysteries: Sonata XIII: Pentecost
    7:50
  5. 6.
    Glorious Mysteries: Sonata XIV: Assumption of Mary
    8:31
  6. 7.
    Glorious Mysteries: Sonata XV: Crowning of Mary
    7:09
  7. 8.
    Passacaglia for Solo Violin
    10:08

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