Biber: The Rosary Sonatas

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Release Date: 28th Aug 2015
Catalogue No: BIS2096
Label: BIS
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 1 in D Minor 'The Annunciation'

Work length5:48

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Praeludium

Track length2:12

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II. Aria allegro - Variations

Track length2:37

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III. Finale

Track length0:59

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 2 in A Major 'The Visitation'

Work length4:55

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Track length1:37

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II. Allaman

Track length2:26

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III. Presto

Track length0:52

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 3 in B Minor 'The Nativity'

Work length6:14

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Sonata

Track length1:27

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II. Courante - Double

Track length2:36

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III. Adagio

Track length2:11

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 4 in D Minor 'The Presentation in the Temple'

Work length7:08

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 4, "The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple"

Track length7:08

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 5 in A Major 'The Finding in the Temple'

Work length7:21

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Praeludium

Track length0:58

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II. Allaman

Track length1:31

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III. Gigue

Track length1:18

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IV. Sarabande - Double

Track length3:34

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 6 in C Minor 'The Agony in the Garden'

Work length8:39

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 6, "Christ on the Mount of Olives"

Track length8:39

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 7 in F Major 'The Scourging of Jesus'

Work length8:32

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Allamanda - Variatio

Track length3:33

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II. Sarabanda - Variatio

Track length4:59

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major 'The Crowning with Thorns'

Work length6:03

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Track length2:17

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II. Gigue and Double Presto, Double

Track length3:46

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 9 in A Minor 'Jesus Carrying the Cross'

Work length7:00

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Sonata

Track length2:13

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II. Courante - Double

Track length3:18

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III. Finale

Track length1:29

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 10 in G Minor 'The Crucifixion'

Work length8:45

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Prelude

Track length1:12

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II. Aria - Variations

Track length7:33

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 11 in G Major 'The Resurrection'

Work length7:39

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Sonata

Track length2:33

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II. Surrexit Christus Hodie

Track length3:42

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III. Adagio

Track length1:24

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 12 in C Major 'The Ascension'

Work length6:58

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Intrada

Track length0:31

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II. Aria Tubicinum

Track length1:10

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III. Allemande

Track length2:33

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IV. Courante - Double

Track length2:44

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 13 in D Minor 'The Descent of the Holy Ghost'

Work length7:30

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

I. Sonata

Track length3:03

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II. Gavotte

Track length1:09

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III. Gigue

Track length1:38

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IV. Sarabande

Track length1:40

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 14 in D Major 'The Assumption of the Virgin'

Work length8:00

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Track length2:20

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II. Aria - Gigue

Track length5:40

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Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 15 in C Major 'The Coronation of the Virgin'

Work length10:25

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Track length1:26

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II. Aria

Track length4:40

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III. Canzon

Track length1:41

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IV. Sarabanda

Track length2:38

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Biber: Rosary Sonatas, No. 16

Work length8:10

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Mystery (Rosary) Passacaglia in G Minor

Track length8:10

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Muffat, Georg: Violin Sonata in D Major

Work length13:03

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Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Ensemble Vintage Köln
Recorded: September 2013
Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

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Biber’s ‘Rosary Sonatas’ for violin and basso continuo stand alone in the violin literature and in music history, offering a unique combination of programmatic material and the use of scordatura. The cycle consists of fifteen sonatas for violin and basso continuo, and a closing Passacaglia for solo violin, composed c.1687. Through the copper engravings inserted at the head of each sonata in the manuscript depicting key moments in the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary, the music has become associated with the Catholic Mysteries of the Rosary. Through the use of fifteen different tunings of the violin – one for each of the fifteen sonatas before the return to standard tuning in the closing Passacaglia – Biber achieves a variety of timbres that, when combined with his highly imaginative treatment of the violin, makes for absorbing listening. Appearing for the first time on BIS, the Greek-American violinist Ariadne Daskalakis has made a number of previous recordings, on baroque as well as modern violin. She is here supported by her fellow members in Ensemble Vintage Köln, a Cologne-based group of musicians specialized in baroque music. As a coupling to Biber's Rosary Sonatas – with a duration of almost 120 minutes – the ensemble has chosen to include the only extant violin sonata by George Muffat, Biber's colleague in the service of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg.

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