The Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & Les Passions de l’Âme & Meret Lüthi

The Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas is a collection of violin sonatas by Bohemian-Austrian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed around 1674. The works employ varied Baroque styles and extensive scordatura tunings to create distinctive sonorities and a programme-like devotional character, occupying a unique place in Biber's output and in the development of late 17th-century violin technique and repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, "The Annunciation": I. Praeludium
    2:07
  2. 2.
    Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, "The Annunciation": II. Variatio
    2:25
  3. 3.
    Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, "The Annunciation": III. Finale
    1:21
  4. 4.
    Sonata No. 2 in A Major, "The Visitation": I. Sonata
    1:54
  5. 5.
    Sonata No. 2 in A Major, "The Visitation": II. Allamanda
    2:25
  6. 6.
    Sonata No. 2 in A Major, "The Visitation": III. Presto
    1:06
  7. 7.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, "The Nativity": I. Sonata
    1:28
  8. 8.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, "The Nativity": II. Courente
    1:32
  9. 9.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, "The Nativity": III. Double
    1:22
  10. 10.
    Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, "The Nativity": IV. Adagio
    1:53
  11. 11.
    Ciacona in D Minor "The Presentation in the Temple"
    8:35
  12. 12.
    Sonata No. 5 in A Major, "The Finding in the Temple": I. Praeludium
    0:58
  13. 13.
    Sonata No. 5 in A Major, "The Finding in the Temple": II. Allamanda
    1:32
  14. 14.
    Sonata No. 5 in A Major, "The Finding in the Temple": III. Guigue
    1:04
  15. 15.
    Sonata No. 5 in A Major, "The Finding in the Temple": IV. Sarabanda – Double
    3:57
  16. 16.
    Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, "The Agony in the Garden": I. Lamento
    3:35
  17. 17.
    Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, "The Agony in the Garden": II. Aria
    2:12
  18. 18.
    Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, "The Agony in the Garden": III. Adagio
    1:23
  19. 19.
    Sonata No. 7 in F Major, "The Scourging": I. Allamanda – Variatio
    4:56
  20. 20.
    Sonata No. 7 in F Major, "The Scourging": II. Sarabanda – Variatio
    4:41
  21. 21.
    Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, "The Crowning with Thorns": I. Sonata
    2:02
  22. 22.
    Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, "The Crowning with Thorns": II. Guigue
    1:12
  23. 23.
    Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, "The Crowning with Thorns": III. Double I
    0:54
  24. 24.
    Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, "The Crowning with Thorns": IV. Double II
    1:30
  25. 25.
    Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, "The Carrying of the Cross": I. Sonata
    2:32
  26. 26.
    Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, "The Carrying of the Cross": II. Courente – Double
    3:54
  27. 27.
    Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, "The Carrying of the Cross": III. Finale
    1:31
  28. 28.
    Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, "The Crucifixion": I. Praeludium
    1:25
  29. 29.
    Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, "The Crucifixion": II. Aria – Variatio
    8:20
  30. 30.
    Sonata No. 11 in G Major, "The Resurrection": I. Sonata
    2:45
  31. 31.
    Sonata No. 11 in G Major, "The Resurrection": II. Surrexit Christus hodie
    4:15
  32. 32.
    Sonata No. 11 in G Major, "The Resurrection": III. Adagio
    1:18
  33. 33.
    Sonata No. 12 in C Major, "The Ascension": I. Intrada
    0:45
  34. 34.
    Sonata No. 12 in C Major, "The Ascension": II. Aria Tubicinum
    1:26
  35. 35.
    Sonata No. 12 in C Major, "The Ascension": III. Allamanda
    2:23
  36. 36.
    Sonata No. 12 in C Major, "The Ascension": IV. Courente – Double
    2:45
  37. 37.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, "The Descent of the Holy Spirit": I. Sonata
    3:34
  38. 38.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, "The Descent of the Holy Spirit": II. Gavott
    1:21
  39. 39.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, "The Descent of the Holy Spirit": III. Guigue
    1:35
  40. 40.
    Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, "The Descent of the Holy Spirit": IV. Sarabanda
    2:01
  41. 41.
    Sonata No. 14 in D Major, "The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin": I. Praeludium
    2:31
  42. 42.
    Sonata No. 14 in D Major, "The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin": II. Aria
    6:42
  43. 43.
    Sonata No. 15 in C Major, "The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin": I. Sonata
    1:24
  44. 44.
    Sonata No. 15 in C Major, "The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin": II. Aria
    4:52
  45. 45.
    Sonata No. 15 in C Major, "The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin": III. Canzon
    2:03
  46. 46.
    Sonata No. 15 in C Major, "The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin": IV. Sarabanda
    3:32
  47. 47.
    Passagalia in G Minor "Guardian Angel"
    9:20

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