Biber Mystery Sonatas

Biber: The Mystery Sonatas
Sonatas 1 - 15 & Passacaglia

Walter Reiter with Cordaria

- Two CD Set -

Artist track listing

Walter Reiter	(v)	Violin by Mathias Klotz (1727)
Timothy Roberts	(h)	Harpsichord by Adlam Burnett, after Ruckers (c.1700)
	(o)	Camber organ by Peter Collins
Elizabeth Kenny	(t)	Theorbo after Italian originals by Klaus T. Jacobsen (1992)
Joanna Levine	(c)	Cello by P. Walmsley (c.1750)
	(g)	Viola da gamba by R. Meares (c.1675)
Frances Kelly	(hp)	Double harp by Martin Haycock (1983), after Doppia
Mark Levy	(l)	Lirone by R. Hadaway (1971), after Italian originals
Kah-Ming Ng	(r)	Regal by Laukhoff

— Disc 1 —
Sonata no. 1 (The Annunciation)		v	o	t		hp
1	Praeludium								[2:56]
2	Variatie								[2:26]
3	untitled								[1:29]
Sonata no. 2 (The Visitation)		v	h		g
4	untitled								[1:35]
5	Allaman								[2:13]
6	Presto								[0:48]
Sonata no. 3 (The Nativity)		v		t		hp
7	untitled								[1:59]
8	Courente								[2:54]
9	Adagio								[2:24]
Sonata no. 4 (The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple)		v	h	t
10	Ciacona								[8:59]
Sonata no. 5 (The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple)		v	h	t
11	Praeludium								[1:36]
12	Allaman								[1:22]
13	Gigue								[1:07]
14	Saraban								[2:11]
Sonata no. 6 (Christ on the Mount of Olives)		v	o	t
15	Lamento								[9:56]
Sonata no. 7 (The Scourging at the Pillar)		v	h	t
16	Allamanda								[3:31]
17	Sarab: Variatio								[5:15]
Sonata no. 8 (The Crown of Thorns)		v	o		g			r
18	untitled								[3:23]
19	Gigue & Double Presto, Double								[4:26]
Sonata no. 9 Jesus carries the cross		v	o	t			l
20	untitled								[3:02]
21	Courente, Double								[3:45]
22	Finale								[1:49]

	Total running time:								[69:36]
— Disc 2 —
Sonata no. 10 (The Crucifixion)		v	h	t	c
1	Praeludium								[1:26]
2	Aria								[1:46]
3	Variatio								[5:25]
4	Variatio								[2:07]
Sonata no. 11 (The Resurrection)		v	o		g	hp
5	untitled								[10:45]
Sonata no. 12 (The Ascension)		v	h	t	c
6	Intrada								[0:48]
7	Aria Tubicinum								[1:26]
8	Allamanda								[2:03]
9	Courente
Sonata no. 13 (Pentecost)		v	h	t	c
10	untitled								[5:01]
11	Gavott								[1:46]
12	Gigue								[1:35]
13	Sarabanda								[0:55]
Sonata no. 14 (The Assumption of the Virgin)		v	h	t		hp
14	untitled								[3:56]
15	Aria, Aria, Gigue								[6:34]
Sonata no. 15 (The Beatification of the Virgin)		v	o	t	g	hp
16	untitled								[1:40]
17	Aria								[4:45]
18	Canzon								[1:43]
19	Sarabanda								[2:16]

20	Passacaglia	v							[10:55]

	Total running time:								[69:03]

Acknowlegements

Portrait of Walter Reiter by Zohar
Photo of Cordaria by Timothy Kraemer
Facsimile of the Mystery Sonatas by Kings Music

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Release date:	17^th September 2001
Order code:	SIGCD021
Barcode:	635212002124





Recorded: 7th-11th March and 5th-7th May 1999 at St Silas’ Presbytery, London 18th February, 2000 at Orford Parish Church, Suffolk Production, editing & engineering: Floating Earth Producer: Tony Harrison Sound Engineer: Mike Hatch Editors: Tony Harrison & Raphaël Mouterde Booklet Notes: Peter Holman Translations: French: Robert Bagur German: Margarete Forsyth Text and translation editor: Christine Darby Booklet cover design: ATX Design Associates Booklet layout and typesetting: Jan Hart Copyright: © Copyright 2001 Signum Records Ltd

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