Heinrich Biber: Twelve Sonatas For Trumpets, Strings, Timpani And Continuo
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Discs in very good condition, cases in very good condition. Sleeve in very good condition. Tracks:- Side One [1] Sonata I In C 4:35 [2] Sonata II In D 4:12 [3] Sonata III In G Minor 5:21 [4] Sonata IV In C 4:22 [5] Sonata V In E Minor 5:46 [6] Sonata VI In F 4:51 Side Two [1] Sonata VII In C 5:26 [2] Sonata VIII In G 5:24 [3] Sonata IX In B Flat 4:40 [4] Sonata X In G Minor 5:01 [5] Sonata XI In A 4:08 [6] Sonata XII In C 4:48 The music of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber has never been entirely forgotten in the centuries following his death in 1704. In 1789 Charles Burney wrote that 'of all the violin players of the last century Biber seems to have been the best, and his solos are the most difficult and most fanciful of any music I have seen of the same period'. In the nineteenth century Biber was remembered mainly as a precursor of Bach; his virtuoso violin writing using chords and scordatura was held, rather dubiously, to have influenced Bach's unaccompanied violin music. Today, with the availability of more of Biber's music in modern editions, a more rounded portrait of the man and his music is beginning to emerge. Burney was right in observing that his solo violin music is the 'most difficult and fanciful of the period', but we are beginning to see that some of his best work is to be found in his relatievly straightforward consort sonatas; music that displays a mastery of counterpoint and a fondness for heartfelt melody more than a battery of virtuoso effects.
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