John Holloway, Davitt Moroney, Tragicomedia - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: The Mystery Sonatas / Die Rosenkranz-Sonaten (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 722 Mb | Total time: 74:52+55:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 5 62062 2 | Recorded: 1989
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 722 Mb | Total time: 74:52+55:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 5 62062 2 | Recorded: 1989
Biber's 15 Mystery Sonatas with their additional Passacaglia for unaccompanied violin were written in about 1678 and dedicated to his employer, the Archbishop of Salzburg. Each Sonata is inspired by a section of the Rosary devotion of the Catholic Church which offered a system of meditation on 15 Mysteries from the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. The music isn't, strictly speaking, programmatic, though often vividly illustrative of events which took place in the life of Christ.