Biber: Violin Sonatas (1681)

Biber: Violin Sonatas
Romanesca
Harmonia Mundi 907134/35 (2 CDs)
Harmonia Mundi "2-for-1" 2907344/45 (2 CDs)

Excerpts released as single budget CD: Harmonia Mundi USA 2907225

Contents:

  1. Sonata I (violin & basso continuo)
  2. Sonata II (violin & basso continuo)
  3. Sonata III (violin & basso continuo)
  4. Sonata IV (violin & basso continuo)
  5. Passacaglia (solo lute)
  6. Sonata representativa (violin & basso continuo)
  1. Sonata V (violin & basso continuo)
  2. Sonata VI (violin & basso continuo)
  3. Sonata VII (violin & basso continuo)
  4. Sonata VIII (violin & basso continuo)
  5. Sonata La pastorella (violin & basso continuo)
  6. Passacaglia (solo violin)

Performers: Andrew Manze (violin), Nigel North (lute, theorbo), John Toll (harpsichord, organ)

Playing time: 126'

Recording date: September 1993 & January 1994

The eight Sonatas which form the bulk of this recording were published by Biber in 1681. They represent the best of his violin writing as judged by Biber himself.

Manze's next Biber recording:

Biber: The Mystery of the Rosary
Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr
Harmonia Mundi USA 907321/7322 (2 CDs)

Other recordings specifically of these sonatas:

Biber: Violin Sonatas / Nisi Dominus / Passacaglia
Monica Huggett / Sonnerie
AS&V Gaudeamus 203
Biber: Sonatæ Violino Solo (1681)
Ars Antiqua Austria - Gunar Letzbor
Symphonia 94D28 (2 CDs)
Biber: Sonatas for Solo Violin (1681)
Marianne Rônez / Affetti Musicali
Cavalli 210 (2 CDs)
Biber: Sonatæ à Violino Solo of 1681
Carol Liebermann / Mark Kroll / Alice Robbins
Centaur 2463

Other recordings of Biber's violin music:

Biber: Unam Ceylum
John Holloway et al.
ECM 1791
Biber: Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa
The Rare Fruits Council - Manfredo Kraemer
Astrée 8572
Biber: Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa
Seven Partitas
Purcell Quartet - Elizabeth Wallfisch
Chandos Chaconne 0575 (2 CDs)
Biber: Mensa Sonora
Musica Antiqua Köln - Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 423 701
Biber: Music for Violin
Maria Lindal / Ensemble Saga
Bis "Baroque" 310 608
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Violin Sonatas
Ryo Terakado / Siebe Henstra / Kaori Uemura
Denon "Aliare" 78946
Biber: Mensa Sonora / Battalia
Baroque Band - Garry Clarke
Çedille 90000 116
Biber: Mensa Sonora
La Follia Salzburg
Lyrichord LEMS 8017
Biber: Sonatas for Strings
Seattle Baroque - Ingrid Matthews
Centaur 2615

Programs including winds:

Biber: Twelve Sonatas for trumpets, strings, timpani & continuo
Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
Parley of Instruments - Roy Goodman & Peter Holman
Hyperion 66145
Biber: Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Challenge Classics 72129
Biber: Battaglia / Locke: The Tempest
Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini
Teldec 21464

A recording by the present ensemble devoted to Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680), Biber's most important German predecessor in the violin sonata genre:

Schmelzer: Violin Sonatas
Romanesca
Harmonia Mundi USA 907143

Other recordings by the present ensemble:

Marini: Curiose & Moderne Inventioni
Romanesca
Harmonia Mundi USA 907175
Vivaldi: Manchester Sonatas
Romanesca
Harmonia Mundi USA 907089.90
Uccellini: Sonatas
Romanesca
Harmonia Mundi USA 907196
Phantasticus
17th-century Italian Violin Music
Romanesca
Harmonia Mundi USA 907211

And other recordings featuring Manze:

Tartini: The Devil's Sonata
Andrew Manze
Harmonia Mundi USA 907213
Rebel: Violin Sonatas
Manze / Egarr / Linden
Harmonia Mundi USA 907221
Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
The Academy of Ancient Music - Andrew Manze
Harmonia Mundi USA 907228/29 (2 CDs)
Pandolfi: Complete Violin Sonatas
Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr
Harmonia Mundi USA 907241
Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas
Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr
Harmonia Mundi USA 907259
Geminiani: Concerti Grossi after Correlli Op. 5
The Academy of Ancient Music - Andrew Manze
Harmonia Mundi USA 907261/62 (2 CDs)
Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5
Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr
Harmonia Mundi USA 907298/99 (2 CDs)
Scheibe: Sinfonias
Concerto Copenhagen - Andrew Manze
Chandos "Chaconne" 0696

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