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Just Biber

Baroque Virtuosic Spiritual Dramatic Exotic
$20.99

Details

Composer
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Artist
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Format
CD
Label
Channel Classics
Released
Jul 04, 2025
Catalog #
CCS48525
UPC
723385485254

About

Following up her critically acclaimed recording of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber's Rosary Sonatas (CCSSA37315), violinist and musical director Rachel Podger leads Brecon Baroque on Just Biber, an album of Sonatas from Biber's 1681 collection Sonatae Violino Solo and his theatrical Sonata Representivo. These works are extremely virtuosic with extensive multiple stopping and dazzling passages of stylus fantasticus. In Biber's time, harmony was something cosmic, vibrating in a God-given resonance between human, instrumental and celestial bodies. Dedicated to Archbishop Maximilian Gandolf, the sonatas were not only designed to delight, but also potentially to balm and heal; Biber described the sonatas as a kind of prayer for the Archbishop's longevity and good health.

Tracklist 34 tracks

  1. 1 I. — 02:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  2. 2 II. Variatio - Allegro 03:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Variatio - Allegro
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  3. 3 III. Presto 01:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  4. 4 III. Aria e Variatio 03:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Aria e Variatio
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  5. 5 I. — 01:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  6. 6 II. Adagio 01:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  7. 7 III. — 00:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  8. 8 IV. Variatio 05:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Variatio
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  9. 9 V. Finale 01:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Finale
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  10. 10 I. — 01:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  11. 11 II. Aria 00:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Aria
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  12. 12 III. Variatio 02:40
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Variatio
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  13. 13 IV. Adagio 01:04
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  14. 14 V. — 01:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    V. —
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  15. 15 VI. Finale 01:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    VI. Finale
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  16. 16 I. Allegro 02:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  17. 17 II. Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale) 01:53
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  18. 18 III. Cucu 00:46
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Cucu
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  19. 19 IV. Der Frosch (The Frog) 01:22
    Track
    19
    Title
    IV. Der Frosch (The Frog)
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  20. 20 V. Die Henne und der Hann 00:40
    Track
    20
    Title
    V. Die Henne und der Hann
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  21. 21 VI. Die Vachtel 01:07
    Track
    21
    Title
    VI. Die Vachtel
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  22. 22 VII. Die Katz 00:53
    Track
    22
    Title
    VII. Die Katz
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  23. 23 VIII. Musquetier Mars 01:31
    Track
    23
    Title
    VIII. Musquetier Mars
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  24. 24 IX. Allamande 02:18
    Track
    24
    Title
    IX. Allamande
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  25. 25 I. — 01:05
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  26. 26 II. Passacaglia 04:35
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Passacaglia
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  27. 27 III. [—] - Adagio 01:58
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. [—] - Adagio
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  28. 28 IV. Gavotte 01:38
    Track
    28
    Title
    IV. Gavotte
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  29. 29 V. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio 03:20
    Track
    29
    Title
    V. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  30. 30 I. Adagio - Presto 01:38
    Track
    30
    Title
    I. Adagio - Presto
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  31. 31 II. Aria - Variatio 02:40
    Track
    31
    Title
    II. Aria - Variatio
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  32. 32 III. Presto - Adagio 00:58
    Track
    32
    Title
    III. Presto - Adagio
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  33. 33 IV. Allegro 02:15
    Track
    33
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque
  34. 34 V. Variatio 05:00
    Track
    34
    Title
    V. Variatio
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Rachel Podger
    Ensemble
    Brecon Baroque