The Rosary Sonatas

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr

The Rosary Sonatas is a set of 15 sonatas for violin and continuo by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed around 1676. Employing varied scordatura tunings and Baroque idioms, the sonatas combine virtuosic technique with programme-like depictions of the Rosary's mysteries and occupy an important place in the development of the solo violin repertoire in the late 17th century.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 1 "The Annunciation", C. 90: I. Præludium
    2:17
  2. 2.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 1 "The Annunciation", C. 90: II. Aria - Variatio
    2:24
  3. 3.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 1 "The Annunciation", C. 90: III. [Finale]
    1:20
  4. 4.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 2 "The Visitation", C. 91: I. Sonata
    2:07
  5. 5.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 2 "The Visitation", C. 91: II. Allamanda
    3:42
  6. 6.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 2 "The Visitation", C. 91: III. [Finale]
    1:00
  7. 7.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 3 "The Nativity", C. 92: I. Sonata
    1:41
  8. 8.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 3 "The Nativity", C. 92: II. Courente - Double
    3:25
  9. 9.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 3 "The Nativity", C. 92: III. [Finale]
    2:17
  10. 10.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 4 "The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple", C. 93: I. Ciacona
    9:01
  11. 11.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 5 "The Finding of Jesus in the Temple", C. 94: I. Præludium
    1:09
  12. 12.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 5 "The Finding of Jesus in the Temple", C. 94: II. Allamanda
    1:22
  13. 13.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 5 "The Finding of Jesus in the Temple", C. 94: III. Guigue
    1:15
  14. 14.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Joyful Mysteries, No. 5 "The Finding of Jesus in the Temple", C. 94: IV. Sarabanda - Double
    3:37
  15. 15.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 1 "The Agony in the Garden", C. 95: I. Lamento
    9:21
  16. 16.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 2 "The Scourging at the Pillar", C. 96: I. Allamanda - Variatio
    5:14
  17. 17.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 2 "The Scourging at the Pillar", C. 96: II. Sarabanda - Variatio
    5:36
  18. 18.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 3 "The Crowning with Thorns", C. 97: I. Sonata
    2:28
  19. 19.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 3 "The Crowning with Thorns", C. 97: II. Guigue - Double 1 - Double 2
    3:44
  20. 20.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 4 "The Carrying of the Cross", C. 98: I. Sonata
    2:32
  21. 21.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 4 "The Carrying of the Cross", C. 98: II. Courente - Double
    4:51
  22. 22.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 4 "The Carrying of the Cross", C. 98: III. Finale
    2:00

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 5 "The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus", C. 99: I. Præludium
    1:22
  2. 3.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 5 "The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus", C. 99: II. Aria
    3:56
  3. 4.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, No. 5 "The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus", C. 99: III. Variatio
    4:23
  4. 5.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 1 "The Resurrection", C. 100: I. Sonata
    2:26
  5. 6.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 1 "The Resurrection", C. 100: II. Surexit Christus hodie
    3:50
  6. 7.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 1 "The Resurrection", C. 100: III. Adagio
    1:12
  7. 8.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 2 "The Ascension", C. 101: I. Intrada
    0:51
  8. 9.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 2 "The Ascension", C. 101: II. Aria tubicinum
    1:24
  9. 10.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 2 "The Ascension", C. 101: III. Allamanda
    3:17
  10. 11.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 2 "The Ascension", C. 101: IV. Courente - Double
    3:06
  11. 12.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 3 "The Descent of the Holy Spirit", C. 102: I. Sonata
    3:19
  12. 13.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 3 "The Descent of the Holy Spirit", C. 102: II. Gavotta
    1:33
  13. 14.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 3 "The Descent of the Holy Spirit", C. 102: III. Guigue
    1:49
  14. 15.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 3 "The Descent of the Holy Spirit", C. 102: IV. Sarabanda
    1:33
  15. 16.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 4 "The Assumption of Mary into Heaven", C. 103: I. [Sonata]
    2:27
  16. 17.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 4 "The Assumption of Mary into Heaven", C. 103: II. Aria
    7:09
  17. 18.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 5 "The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth", C. 104: I. Sonata
    1:54
  18. 19.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 5 "The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth", C. 104: II. Aria - [Variatio]
    5:53
  19. 20.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 5 "The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth", C. 104: III. Canzona
    1:55
  20. 21.
    Mystery Sonatas "Rosary Sonatas": The Five Glorious Mysteries, No. 5 "The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth", C. 104: IV. Sarabanda - [Double]
    2:25
  21. 22.
    Passagalia for unaccompanied violin, C. 105
    9:20
  22. 23.
    Scordatura briefly explained (by Andrew Manze)
    3:44

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