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Biber - Mystery Sonatas

Label: Sono Luminus
Released: 2011
Track listing: CD1: The Joyful Mysteries: Sonata No. 1 "The Annunciation;" Sonata No. 2 "The Visitation;" Sonata No.3 "The Nativity;" Sonata No. 4 "The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple;" Sonata No. 5 "Finding the 12-year Old Jesus in the Temple." The Sorrowful Mysteries: Sonata No. 6 "The Agony in the Garden;" Sonata No. 7 "The Scourging at the Pillar;" Sonata No.8 "The Crowning with Thorns;" Sonata No. 9 "Jesus Carrying the Cross;" Sonata No. 10 "The Crucifixion." CD2: The Glorious Mysteries: Sonata No. 11 "The Resurrection;" Sonata No. 12 "The Ascension;" Sonata No. 13 "Pentecost;" Sonata No. 14 "The Assumption of Mary Into Heaven;" Sonata No. 15 "The Coronation of Mary in Heaven."

Julia Wedman: Biber - Mystery Sonatas

by C. Michael Bailey
March 19, 2011

Before Perlman, Mutter and Mullova were Grumiaux, Heifetz and Stern. Preceding them were Berwald, Spohr and Paganini, and prior to them were Benda, Cannabich and Stamitz. Predating those composers were Vivaldi, Corelli and Bach. And, finally, before all of them was Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704). Biber was the foremost violinist and composer for the violin ...