Biber: The Rosary Sonatas / Daskalakis, Ensemble Vintage Cologne

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Release Date
September 11, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BIBER, HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Vintage Cologne
    • PERFORMER
      Daskalakis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 11, 2015
    • UPC
      7318599920962
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2096
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Praeludium

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    2. II. Aria allegro - Variations

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    3. III. Finale

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    4. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    5. II. Allaman

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    6. III. Presto

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    7. I. Sonata

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    8. II. Courante - Double

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    9. III. Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

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

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    11. I. Praeludium

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    12. II. Allaman

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    13. III. Gigue

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    14. IV. Sarabande - Double

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

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

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    16. I. Allamanda - Variatio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    17. II. Sarabanda - Variatio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    18. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    19. II. Gigue and Double Presto, Double

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    20. I. Sonata

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    21. II. Courante - Double

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    22. III. Finale

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    23. I. Prelude

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    24. II. Aria - Variations

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    25. I. Sonata

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    26. II. Surrexit Christus Hodie

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    27. III. Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    28. I. Intrada

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    29. II. Aria Tubicinum

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    30. III. Allemande

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    31. IV. Courante - Double

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    32. I. Sonata

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    33. II. Gavotte

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    34. III. Gigue

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    35. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    36. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    37. II. Aria - Gigue

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    38. I. —

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    39. II. Aria

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    40. III. Canzon

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    41. IV. Sarabanda

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    42. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: Passacaglia in G Minor

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis

    43. Violin Sonata in D Major

      Composer: Georg Muffat

      Ensemble: Ensemble Vintage Köln

      Performer: Ariadne Daskalakis


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 (tuning a string instrument differently than the standard tuning). Consisting of fifteen sonatas for violin and basso continuo, and a closing Passacaglia for solo violin, the cycle was presented by Biber to his employer, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, in a handsome manuscript sometime before 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. As the manuscript is missing its title page, the collection has become known under a variety of names: the Rosary, Mystery, Biblical or even Copper-Engraving Sonatas. The moods and emotions of this highly expressive music range from Mary's wonderment at the Annunciation to the agony of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, the crucifixion and the subsequent resurrection, celebrated in a fantasy on the hymn Surrexit Christus hodie. 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, which 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.