Biber: The Rosary Sonatas

Biber: The Rosary Sonatas

Pavlo Beznosiuk et al.
Avie 0038 (2 CDs)

Contents:

The Five Joyful Mysteries

1. Reading - The Rosary
2. Reading 1: The Annunciation
3. Sonata 1: Praeludium - Aria Allegro / Variatio - Finale
4. Reading 2: The Visitation
5. Sonata 2: Sonata - Allaman - Presto
6. Reading 3: The Nativity
7. Sonata 3: Sonata - Courente / Double - Adagio
8. Reading 4: The Presentation in the Temple
9. Sonata 4: Ciacona
10. Reading 5: The Finding in the Temple
11. Sonata 5: Praeludium - Allaman - Guigue - Saraban

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries

12. Reading 6: The Agony in the Garden
13. Sonata 6: Lamento - Presto - Adagio - Adagio
14. Reading 7: The Scourging
15. Sonata 7: Allamanda / Variatio - Sarab / Variatio
16. Reading 8: The Crowning with Thorns
17. Sonata 8: Sonata - Guigue / Double / Double 2
18. Reading 9: The Carrying of the Cross
19. Sonata 9: Sonata - Courente / Double - Finale

1. Reading 10: The Crucifixion
2. Sonata 10: Praeludium - Aria / Variatio

The Five Glorious Mysteries

3. Reading 11: The Resurrection
4. Sonata 11: Sonata - Surexit Christus Hodie - Adagio
5. Reading 12: The Ascension
6. Sonata 12: Intrada - Aria Tubicinum - Allamanda - Courente / Double
7. Reading 13: The Descent of the Holy Ghost
8. Sonata 13: Sonata - Gavott - Guigue - Sarabanda
9. Reading 14: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
10. Sonata 14: Praeludium - Aria - Aria - Guigue
11. Reading 15: The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin
12. Sonata 15: Sonata - Aria - Canzon - Sarabanda

The Guardian Angel

13. Reading
14. Passagalia

Performers: Pavlo Beznosiuk (violins), David Roblou (harpsichord, chamber organ), Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo, archlute), Richard Tunnicliffe (viol, violone), Timothy West (reader)

Playing time: 157'

Recording date: November & December 2003 (Toddington, Gloucestershire)

Included are prefatory readings from the Rosary Psalter.

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