Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Pietro Castrucci, Carlo Ambrogio Lonati, Biagio Marini, Giuseppe Tartini, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr
Performer: Mayumi Hirasaki, Michael Freimuth, Christoph Urbanetz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Passacaille
Catalogue: PAS1080
Release: 2020
Size: 789 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Biber: Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 143
01. I. (Without Tempo indication)
02. II. Passacagli
03. III. Harpeggio – Adagio
04. IV. Gavotto
05. V. Adagio – Allegro
Vilsmayr: Partita No. 5 for Solo Violin in G Minor
06. I. Prelude. Harpeggio
07. II. Gavott. Allegro
08. III. Saraband. Adagio
09. IV. Rigodon. Allegro
10. V. Guique. Allegro
11. VI. Menuett
12. VII. Boure
13. VIII. Retirada. Allegro
14. anon.: Toccata
Lonati: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major
15. I. Sostenuto – Largo
16. II. Alemanda. Adagio – Variatio
17. III. Spiritoso – Presto
18. IV. Vivace – Variatio
19. V. Menuet
anon.: Balletto for Solo Violin in G Minor
20. I. Allemanda
21. II. Corrente
22. III. Sarabanda
23. IV. Gigue
24. V. Variatio
25. VI. Double
26. anon.: Praeludio
Castrucci: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 1 No. 12
27. I. Adagio andantissimo
28. II. Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
29. III. Adagio
30. IV. Andante partite
Tartini: Pastorale in A Major, B. A16
31. I. Grave
32. II. Allegro
33. III. Largo – Presto – Largo – Presto – Andante
34. Marini: Sonata II d’inventione per il violino
With this recording, violinist Mayumi Hirasaki, who has been Concerto Köln’s concertmaster since 2011, explores the chameleon-like possibilities of her instrument: when playing with scordatura, instead of the usual fifths interval between the violin strings, an alternative is used in which at least one string is tuned to a different pitch. This results in completely new sonic and harmonic possibilities, which Mayumi Hirasaki presents in works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Biagio Marini and Giuseppe Tartini, among others – sometimes highly virtuosic, sometimes dance-like or cantabile. The colourful continuo group includes Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord), Christoph Urbanetz (viola da gamba), Michael Freimuth (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar) and Johannes Loescher (violone).