Biber: The Mystery Sonatas

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & John Holloway

The Mystery Sonatas is a set of 15 sonatas for violin and continuo by the Bohemian-Austrian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composed circa 1674. The works exemplify Baroque instrumental music with distinctive scordatura tunings, contrasting sonata movements and devotional programme elements, and occupy a distinctive place in Biber's output and in the development of violin technique in the late 17th century.

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  1. 1.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, C. 90, "The Annunciation" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): I. Praeludium - Variatio
    2:26
  2. 2.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, C. 90, "The Annunciation" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): II. Aria (Allegro) - Variatio
    1:25
  3. 3.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, C. 90, "The Annunciation" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): III. Adagio
    1:32
  4. 4.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, C. 90, "The Annunciation" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): IV. Finale
    1:10
  5. 5.
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, C. 91, "Mary's Visit to Elizabeth" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): I. Sonata
    1:06
  6. 6.
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, C. 91, "Mary's Visit to Elizabeth" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): II. Presto
    0:59
  7. 7.
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, C. 91, "Mary's Visit to Elizabeth" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): III. Allemande
    2:15
  8. 8.
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, C. 91, "Mary's Visit to Elizabeth" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): IV. Presto
    0:49
  9. 9.
    Violin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, C. 92, "The Nativity" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): I. Sonata
    1:39
  10. 10.
    Violin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, C. 92, "The Nativity" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): II. Courante
    1:45
  11. 11.
    Violin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, C. 92, "The Nativity" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): III. Double
    1:40
  12. 12.
    Violin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, C. 92, "The Nativity" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): IV. Adagio
    2:11
  13. 13.
    Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, C. 93, "The Presentation" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): Ciacona
    8:26
  14. 14.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in A Major, C. 94, "Child Jesus in the Temple" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): I. Praeludium - Presto
    1:20
  15. 15.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in A Major, C. 94, "Child Jesus in the Temple" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): II. Allemande
    1:37
  16. 16.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in A Major, C. 94, "Child Jesus in the Temple" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): III. Gigue
    1:23
  17. 17.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in A Major, C. 94, "Child Jesus in the Temple" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): IV. Sarabande
    1:21
  18. 18.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in A Major, C. 94, "Child Jesus in the Temple" (from "The Joyful Mysteries"): V. Double
    1:31
  19. 19.
    Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 95, "The Agony in the Garden" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): I. Lamento -
    3:47
  20. 20.
    Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 95, "The Agony in the Garden" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): II. (Aria)
    2:51
  21. 21.
    Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 95, "The Agony in the Garden" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): III. Adagio
    1:36
  22. 22.
    Violin Sonata No. 7 in F Major, C. 96, "The Scourging of Jesus" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): I. Allemande -
    2:33
  23. 23.
    Violin Sonata No. 7 in F Major, C. 96, "The Scourging of Jesus" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): II. Variatio
    2:30
  24. 24.
    Violin Sonata No. 7 in F Major, C. 96, "The Scourging of Jesus" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): III. Sarabande
    1:17
  25. 25.
    Violin Sonata No. 7 in F Major, C. 96, "The Scourging of Jesus" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): IV. Variatio
    3:35
  26. 26.
    Violin Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, C. 97, "The Crown of Thorns" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): I. Sonata (Adagio)
    1:13
  27. 27.
    Violin Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, C. 97, "The Crown of Thorns" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): II. Presto
    1:11
  28. 28.
    Violin Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, C. 97, "The Crown of Thorns" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): III. Gigue
    0:46
  29. 29.
    Violin Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, C. 97, "The Crown of Thorns" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): IV. Double (Presto)
    0:35
  30. 30.
    Violin Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, C. 97, "The Crown of Thorns" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): V. Double 2
    1:01
  31. 31.
    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, C. 98, "Carrying the Cross" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): I. Sonata
    2:24
  32. 32.
    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, C. 98, "Carrying the Cross" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): II. Courante
    1:10
  33. 33.
    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, C. 98, "Carrying the Cross" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): III. Double
    2:07
  34. 34.
    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, C. 98, "Carrying the Cross" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): IV. Finale
    1:32
  35. 35.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, C. 99, "The Crucifixion" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): I. Praeludium
    1:21
  36. 36.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, C. 99, "The Crucifixion" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): II. Aria
    1:17
  37. 37.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, C. 99, "The Crucifixion" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): III. Variatio 1 - IV. Variatio 2
    2:20
  38. 38.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, C. 99, "The Crucifixion" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): V. Variatio 3 (Adagio)
    2:37
  39. 39.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, C. 99, "The Crucifixion" (from "The Sorrowful Mysteries"): VI. Variatio 4 - VII. Variatio 5
    2:16
  40. 40.
    Violin Sonata No. 11 in G Major, C. 100, "The Resurrection" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): I. Sonata
    2:47
  41. 41.
    Violin Sonata No. 11 in G Major, C. 100, "The Resurrection" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): II. Surrexit Christus hodie
    4:15
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    Violin Sonata No. 11 in G Major, C. 100, "The Resurrection" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): III. Adagio
    1:21
  43. 43.
    Violin Sonata No. 12 in C Major, C. 101, "The Ascension" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): I. Intrada
    0:37
  44. 44.
    Violin Sonata No. 12 in C Major, C. 101, "The Ascension" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): II. Aria tubicinum
    1:19
  45. 45.
    Violin Sonata No. 12 in C Major, C. 101, "The Ascension" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): III. Allemande
    1:58
  46. 46.
    Violin Sonata No. 12 in C Major, C. 101, "The Ascension" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): IV. Courante
    1:22
  47. 47.
    Violin Sonata No. 12 in C Major, C. 101, "The Ascension" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): V. Double
    1:32
  48. 48.
    Violin Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, C. 102, "The Holy Ghost" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): I. Sonata
    3:19
  49. 49.
    Violin Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, C. 102, "The Holy Ghost" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): II. Gavotte
    1:36
  50. 50.
    Violin Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, C. 102, "The Holy Ghost" (from "The Glorious Mysteries"): III. Gigue
    1:56

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