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Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
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Rachel Podger (violin), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord/organ), Jonathan Manson (cello/viola da gamba), David Miller (theorbo/archlute)
it stretches the instrument and the violinist to the limit. For this recording Rachel Podger uses the same instrument throughout, putting it through the pain, as part of the fascination for her... — More…
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Guardian Angel: Rachel Podger
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Music by Bach, Matteis, Tartini, Pisendel, Biber
Rachel Podger (violin)
Characteristically unforced and natural, the playing manages to sound endlessly considered yet spontaneous. There's a sureness to the placing of every note, whether poised or bristling with bite... — More…
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Biber: Baroque Splendor - Missa Salisburgensis
Recorded in Cardona (Catalunya) January 14-16, 2015 except for La Battalia à 10, recorded on February 11th, 2002
Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, Marianne Beate Kielland, Pascal Bertin, David Sagastume, Nicholas Mulroy, Lluis Vilamajó, Daniele Carnovich, Antonio Abete
La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
This is Biber in gargantuan mode … superbly recorded. Groups ranging from solo voices with a pair of recorders to the full ensemble complete with brass and drums are thrown across the huge spaces... — More…
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Tales of Sound and Fury
Karin Dahlberg (soprano)
Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen
Prepare yourself to embrace the bizarre and bonkers virtuosity of Restoration mad songs and works by Biber and Telemann in these arrangements by Terje Tønnesen and Mihkel Kerem…these are stylish... — More…
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Masters of the Lute
Matthew Wadsworth (lute)
This is Matthew Wadsworth’s finest release to date … a gem of an album, which exudes intelligence, sensitivity and sheer class … A richly painted recital that really shouldn’t be missed. — More…
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Offer, Biber: Sonatae Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes Nos. 1-12
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor
Period-instrument ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria takes the contrapuntal dexterity by the scruff of the neck and the musicians revel in readings that ooze brio and boisterous élan. Just occasionally... — More…
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Biber & Berio - Music for Violins
Rüdiger Lotter & Irvine Arditti (violins)
Lyriarte
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Offer, Trumpet Masque
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's playing is notable for the beauty and freedom of line of his lyrical phrasing, while the bravura is exhilarating. Daniel-Ben Pienaar's accompaniments are boldly supportive... — More…
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
Riccardo Minasi (violin)
Bizzarie Armoniche, Elena Russo
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Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
Helene Schmitt (violin – by Camillo Camilli early 18th century)
Schmitt’s reflections on performing the cycle are evocative and informative…that said, the tempi chosen throughout are far slower than the norm…all of this certainly presents the cycle in a differently... — More…