Biber: Sonatae Violino Solo 1681 / Nikitassova, Les Élémens

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CPO
Release Date
October 21, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
    • PERFORMER
      Plamena Nikitassova, Les Elemens
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 21, 2022
    • UPC
      761203548125
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555481-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    3. III. [—] - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    4. IV. Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    5. V. Variatio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    6. VI. Finale

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    7. VII. Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    8. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    9. II. Aria - Variatio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    10. III. Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    11. IV. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    12. V. Finale

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    13. I. Adagio - Presto - Adagio - Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    14. II. Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    15. III. Aria - Variatio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    16. IV. Presto - Adagio - Allegro - [—] - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    17. V. Variatio - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    18. VI. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    19. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    20. II. Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    21. III. Gigue - Double - Double 2

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    22. IV. Adagio - [—] - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    23. V. Aria - Variatio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    24. VI. Finale - Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    25. I. [—] - Adagio - [—] - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    26. II. Variatio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    27. III. Adagio - Presto - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    28. IV. Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    29. V. Aria - Variatio - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    30. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    31. II. Passacaglia

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    32. III. Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    33. IV. [—] - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    34. V. Gavotte

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    35. VI. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    36. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    37. II. Aria: Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    38. III. Adagio - Presto - Grave

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    39. IV. Ciacona

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    40. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    41. II. Aria

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    42. III. Sarabanda

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    43. IV. [—] - Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    44. V. Allegro

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    45. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    46. II. Aria

      Composer: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    47. III. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    48. IV. Passagalia

      Composer: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    49. V. Presto

      Composer: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    50. VI. Menuett

      Composer: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova

    51. VII. Finale

      Composer: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

      Ensemble: Les Élémens

      Performer: Plamena Nikitassova


The opus most decisive for Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's fame and widely used into the 18th century are the eight sonatas for violin and basso continuo published in 1681. Since the Sonatae unarum fidium by the Viennese violin virtuoso Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, published in 1664, no violin solos of comparable extraordinary compositional and technical ambition had appeared. With his sonatas of 1681, Biber succeeded in setting new standards and achieving a previously unattained synthesis of equally high virtuoso demands, artistic content and compositional technical level. Our exceptional violinist Plamena Nikitassova uses a historical playing technique for her interpretation - a technique that is hardly cultivated any more even among baroque violinists. The instrument is not placed on the shoulder and, if necessary, held with the chin, but is placed against the left breast. This also requires a different posture of the bow: the right arm is not raised very high, the thumb is placed on the hair and contributes to the tension. The sound is noticeably removed from the late Baroque aesthetic, but develops its own charm, especially in the execution of the rapid passagework.