Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & Amandine Beyer & Gli Incogniti

The Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas are a set of violin sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composed around 1676. Written in the Baroque idiom for violin and continuo, the cycle uses varied scordatura tunings and extended violin techniques to illustrate the devotional Mysteries and occupies a distinctive place in the development of the solo violin repertoire in the late 17th century.
First released: 17th February 2023

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 1 in D Minor “The Annunciation”: I. Praeludium
    2:01
  2. 2.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 10 in G Minor “The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus”: I. Praeludium
    1:08
  3. 3.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 10 in G Minor “The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus”: II. Aria - Variatio - [Variatio]
    2:58
  4. 4.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 1 in D Minor “The Annunciation”: II. Variatio - Aria allegro - Variatio - Adagio - [Variatio]
    2:01
  5. 5.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 1 in D Minor “The Annunciation”: III. Finale
    0:58
  6. 6.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 10 in G Minor “The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus”: III. Adagio - [Variatio] - [Variatio]
    3:33
  7. 7.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 2 in A Major “The Visitation”: I. Sonata - Presto
    1:29
  8. 8.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 11 in G Major “The Resurrection”: I. Sonata
    2:27
  9. 9.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 11 in G Major “The Resurrection”: II. Surexit Christus hodie
    4:13
  10. 10.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 2 in A Major “The Visitation”: II. Allaman[da]
    2:00
  11. 11.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 11 in G Major “The Resurrection”: III. Adagio
    1:08
  12. 12.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 2 in A Major “The Visitation”: III. Presto
    0:40
  13. 13.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 3 in B Minor “The Nativity”: I. Sonata - Presto - Adagio
    1:11
  14. 14.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 12 in C Major “The Ascension”: I. Intrada
    0:36
  15. 15.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 3 in B Minor “The Nativity”: II. Courente - Double
    2:22
  16. 16.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 12 in C Major “The Ascension”: II. Aria Tubicinum
    1:13
  17. 17.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 3 in B Minor “The Nativity”: III. Adagio
    1:27
  18. 18.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 12 in C Major “The Ascension”: III. Allamanda
    1:39
  19. 19.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 4 in D Minor “The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple”: Ciacona - Adagio
    6:20
  20. 20.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 12 in C Major “The Ascension”: IV. Courente - Double
    2:20
  21. 21.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 5 in A Major “The Finding of Jesus in the Temple”: I. Praeludium - Presto
    0:50
  22. 22.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 13 in D Minor “The Descent of the Holy Spirit”: I. Sonata
    3:02
  23. 23.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 13 in D Minor “The Descent of the Holy Spirit”: II. Gavott[a]
    1:19
  24. 24.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 5 in A Major “The Finding of Jesus in the Temple”: II. Allaman[da]
    1:20
  25. 25.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 5 in A Major “The Finding of Jesus in the Temple”: III. Guigue
    1:09
  26. 26.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 13 in D Minor “The Descent of the Holy Spirit”: III. Guigue
    1:26
  27. 27.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 13 in D Minor “The Descent of the Holy Spirit”: IV. Sarabanda
    1:35
  28. 28.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 5 in A Major “The Finding of Jesus in the Temple”: IV. Saraban[da] - Double
    3:04
  29. 29.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 14 in D Major “The Assumption of Mary into Heaven”: I. [Praeludium]
    1:57
  30. 30.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 6 in C Minor “The Agony in the Garden”: I. Lamento - Presto
    2:52
  31. 31.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 14 in D Major “The Assumption of Mary into Heaven”: II. Aria - Guigue
    5:29
  32. 32.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 6 in C Minor “The Agony in the Garden”: II.
    2:07
  33. 33.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 6 in C Minor “The Agony in the Garden”: III. Adagio
    0:40
  34. 34.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 15 in C Major “The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth”: I. Sonata
    1:22
  35. 35.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 6 in C Minor “The Agony in the Garden”: IV.
    0:50
  36. 36.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 15 in C Major “The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth”: II. Aria - [Variatio] - [Variatio] - [Variatio]
    4:03
  37. 37.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 7 in F Major “The Scourging at the Pillar”: I. Allamanda - Variatio
    2:58
  38. 38.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 15 in C Major “The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth”: III. Canzon[a]
    1:21
  39. 39.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 15 in C Major “The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth”: IV. Sarabanda - [Double]
    2:47
  40. 40.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 7 in F Major “The Scourging at the Pillar”: II. Sarab[anda] - Variatio - [Variatio] - [Variatio]
    4:16
  41. 41.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 16 in G Minor “The Guardian Angel”: Passacaglia
    7:50
  42. 42.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 8 in B‐Flat Major “The Crowning with Thorns”: I. Adagio - Presto - [Adagio]
    1:55
  43. 43.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 8 in B‐Flat Major “The Crowning with Thorns”: II. Guigue - Double I [Presto] - Double II
    3:27
  44. 44.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 9 in A Minor “The Carrying of the Cross”: I. Sonata
    1:50
  45. 45.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 9 in A Minor “The Carrying of the Cross”: II. Courente - Double - [Double]
    2:58
  46. 46.
    Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: No. 9 in A Minor “The Carrying of the Cross”: III. Finale
    1:19

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