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Special offer. Biber: The Rosary Sonatas

Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (organ and harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (cello Sonata XII)

Biber: The Rosary Sonatas

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Special offer. Biber: The Rosary Sonatas

Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (organ and harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (cello Sonata XII)

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The Rosary Sonatas is one of the most unusual collections of violin music ever assembled and it is this work on which Biber's present-day fame rests. Calling for a different violin tuning (scordatura) in each of its 15 Sonatas - all played here on the same Amati instrument - the full set is a triumph of Baroque invention and 17th-century virtuoso style. The Gramophone Award winning partnership of Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr meets this challenge with dazzling results.

Contents and tracklist

Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 1 in D Minor 'The Annunciation'
Work length6:01
I. Praeludium
Track length2:17
II. Aria, Variatio
Track length2:24
III. Finale
Track length1:20
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 2 in A Major 'The Visitation'
Work length6:49
I. Sonata
Track length2:07
II. Allamanda
Track length3:42
III. Finale
Track length1:00
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 3 in B Minor 'The Nativity'
Work length7:23
I. Sonata
Track length1:41
II. Courente, Double
Track length3:25
III. Finale
Track length2:17
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 4 in D Minor 'The Presentation in the Temple'
Work length9:01
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 5 in A Major 'The Finding in the Temple'
Work length7:23
I. Praeludium
Track length1:09
II. Allamanda
Track length1:22
III. Guigue
Track length1:15
IV. Sarabanda, Double
Track length3:37
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 6 in C Minor 'The Agony in the Garden'
Work length9:21
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 7 in F Major 'The Scourging of Jesus'
Work length10:50
I. Allamanda, Variatio
Track length5:14
II. Sarabanda, Variatio
Track length5:36
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major 'The Crowning with Thorns'
Work length6:12
I. Sonata
Track length2:28
II. Guigue, Double 1, Double 2
Track length3:44
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 9 in A Minor 'Jesus Carrying the Cross'
Work length9:23
I. Sonata
Track length2:32
II. Courente, Double
Track length4:51
III. Finale
Track length2:00
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 10 in G Minor 'The Crucifixion'
Work length9:41
I. Praeludium
Track length1:22
II. Aria
Track length3:56
III. Variatio
Track length4:23
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 11 in G Major 'The Resurrection'
Work length7:28
I. Sonata
Track length2:26
II. Surexit Christus hodie
Track length3:50
III. Adagio
Track length1:12
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 12 in C Major 'The Ascension'
Work length8:38
I. Intrada
Track length0:51
II. Aria Tubicinum
Track length1:24
III. Allamanda
Track length3:17
IV. Courente, Double
Track length3:06
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 13 in D Minor 'The Descent of the Holy Ghost'
Work length8:14
I. Sonata
Track length3:19
II. Gavotta
Track length1:33
III. Guigue
Track length1:49
IV. Sarabanda
Track length1:33
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 14 in D Major 'The Assumption of the Virgin'
Work length9:36
I. [Sonata]
Track length2:27
II. Aria
Track length7:09
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 15 in C Major 'The Coronation of the Virgin'
Work length12:07
I. Sonata
Track length1:54
II. Aria, [Variatio]
Track length5:53
III. Canzona
Track length1:55
IV. Sarabanda, [Double]
Track length2:25
Biber: Passacaglia for violin solo in G minor (from Mystery Sonatas)
Work length9:20
Biber: Scordatura briefly explained
Work length3:44

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