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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