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Johann Kuhnau, Bach’s predecessor at Leipzig, composed biblical sonatas depicting stories– such as David and Goliath – in abstract, worldless, keyboard pieces. Biber’s MysterySonatasare quite different because they form part of a linked meditation on the life ofJesus and therefore present remarkable potential for the interpreter as a kind of ‘Evangelist’.Uniquely, these celebrated works employ fourteen different scordatura tunings where thealtered intervals on the four strings create extraordinarily different ‘sound worlds’ to describeeach event. Singers aside, performers are rarely presented with such heady subject matter tomotivate their interpretations, apart from the usual movement titles indicating tempi, pulseand character.Some pieces may have meaningful titles with a dedication, perhaps to another composer orfriend, and we also come across specific instructions to ‘imitate’ various animals. For instance,Biber’s Battalia – a work which employs fashionable programmatic elements in the besttraditions of a sonata rappresentativa) – portrays both the battle and the lament for the deadin a fashion which requires no further explanation. Likewise, in the case of C.P.E. Bach’s triosonata Sanguineus and Melancholicus, a whole scene is described with meticulous and detailedinstructions for expression, ranging from stubbornness and anger to laughter and ridicule, andeven irony!
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - David Miller , MainArtist - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer - Marcin Świątkiewicz, MainArtist
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
Album review
Johann Kuhnau, Bach’s predecessor at Leipzig, composed biblical sonatas depicting stories– such as David and Goliath – in abstract, worldless, keyboard pieces. Biber’s MysterySonatasare quite different because they form part of a linked meditation on the life ofJesus and therefore present remarkable potential for the interpreter as a kind of ‘Evangelist’.Uniquely, these celebrated works employ fourteen different scordatura tunings where thealtered intervals on the four strings create extraordinarily different ‘sound worlds’ to describeeach event. Singers aside, performers are rarely presented with such heady subject matter tomotivate their interpretations, apart from the usual movement titles indicating tempi, pulseand character.Some pieces may have meaningful titles with a dedication, perhaps to another composer orfriend, and we also come across specific instructions to ‘imitate’ various animals. For instance,Biber’s Battalia – a work which employs fashionable programmatic elements in the besttraditions of a sonata rappresentativa) – portrays both the battle and the lament for the deadin a fashion which requires no further explanation. Likewise, in the case of C.P.E. Bach’s triosonata Sanguineus and Melancholicus, a whole scene is described with meticulous and detailedinstructions for expression, ranging from stubbornness and anger to laughter and ridicule, andeven irony!
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 02:13:19
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Rachel Podger
- Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
- Label: Channel Classics
- Genre: Classical
2015 Channel Classics Records 2015 Channel Classics Records
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