7619990104099

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Rosary Sonatas

Ars Antiqua Austria; Gunar Letzbor

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: PC10409

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Release Date:  13 March 2020

Label:  Pan Classics

Packaging Type:  Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  7619990104099

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Eduard Melkus brought Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's (1644-1704) Rosary Sonatas (Rosenkranzsonaten) to new life with his groundbreaking 1967 recording. In the five decades that have passed since then, the pieces, which are as virtuoso as they are meditative in mood, have conquered a firm place in the discographies of ambitious baroque violinists.

    The Austrian violinist Gunar Letzbor has been considered one of the leading interpreters of this famous cycle since he recorded his interpretation on CD for the Arcana label in 1996.

    The success was overwhelming: the critics were enthusiastic and the recording is still today available in the label's catalogue. Letzbor gave countless concerts with sonatas from Biber's epochal work, earning himself a reputation as the Biber expert.

    In 2019, more than two decades later, richer in experience, in life and as an artist, Letzbor again dares to record Biber's Rosary Sonatas. The new recording is not only more than 20 minutes longer than the 1996 recording, it also incorporates the latest research results, such as the "Salzburger Lautensatz", an instrumentation of the lute continuo typical of Biber's Salzburg days.

    In a detailed, highest readable booklet text Letzbor gives detailed information about his new approach.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Die Geheimnisse Des Freudenreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata I
      • 4. Die Geheimnisse Des Freudenreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata II
      • 7. Die Geheimnisse Des Freudenreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata III
      • 10. Die Geheimnisse Des Freudenreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata IV
      • 11. Die Geheimnisse Des Freudenreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata V
      • 15. Die Geheimnisse Des Schmerzhaften Rosenkranzes - Sonata VI
      • 18. Die Geheimnisse Des Schmerzhaften Rosenkranzes - Sonata VII
      • 20. Die Geheimnisse Des Schmerzhaften Rosenkranzes - Sonata VIII
      • 22. Die Geheimnisse Des Schmerzhaften Rosenkranzes - Sonata IX
      • 25. Die Geheimnisse Des Schmerzhaften Rosenkranzes - Sonata X

      Disc 2

      • 1. Die Geheimnisse Des Glorreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata XI
      • 4. Die Geheimnisse Des Glorreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata XII
      • 8. Die Geheimnisse Des Glorreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata XIII
      • 12. Die Geheimnisse Des Glorreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata XIV
      • 14. Die Geheimnisse Des Glorreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata XV
      • 18. Die Geheimnisse Des Glorreichen Rosenkranzes - Sonata XVI