Biber: The Mystery Sonatas
Sonatas 1 - 15 & Passacaglia

 

Walter Reiter with Cordaria

-  Two CD Set  -


Performance Notes

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: 17th 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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