Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Performer: Lina Tur Bonet, Musica Alchemica
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Glossa
Catalogue: GCD924701
Release: 2022
Size: 1.36 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Violin Sonata III in F Major, C. 140
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Aria
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Variation
Violin Sonata V in E Minor, C. 142
05. I. —
06. II. Variation
07. III. Aria
Violin Sonata I in A Major, C. 138
08. I. —
09. II. Presto
10. III. Variation
11. IV. Finale
Violin Sonata VI in C Minor, C. 143
12. I. —
13. II. Passacagli
14. III. —
15. IV. Gavotte
16. V. Adagio
Violin Parthia No. 7 in C Minor “Artificioso-ariosa”
17. I. Praeludium
18. II. Allamande
19. III. Sarabande
20. IV. Gigue
21. V. Aria
22. VI. Trezza
23. VII. Arietta variata
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber is the most dazzling figure among the violin virtuosos of the 17th century, comparable to a Paganini in the 19th, even though Biber did not travel around and spent most of his life permanently employed as a Kapellmeister in Salzburg. Biber’s pieces are bursting with virtuoso elements, new techniques, bizarreness and endless ingenuity – the “stylus phantasticus” at the height of the age. His collection of Violin Sonatas, printed in Nuremberg in 1681, became a standard work and spread throughout Europe. Lina Tur Bonet has selected four of the eight Sonatas for Solo Violin with Basso Continuo and added a Parthia for two viola d’amore.
The Spanish violinist Lina Tur Bonet is a pronounced specialist for virtuoso violin music of the early Baroque and has already recorded several albums with her ensemble Musica Alchemica on the Pan Classics label. Her complete recording of Biber’s Rosary Sonatas was celebrated by critics and audiences alike, and she received the “Diapason d’or” in France for her album “La Bellezza”. Her two albums with Vivaldi Concertos and Sonatas also received great acclaim.