Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Let - Biber Violin Sonatas (1681) [CD]

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Gunar Letzbor and his ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria have been working with violin music from the Habsburg Empire for decades, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's violin sonatas from 1681 were, as Letzbor himself says, 'a milestone in his artistic development'. The first recording was made in 1994 and since then Ars Antiqua Austria has regularly performed this repertoire in concerts. While Biber was still largely unknown at that time, the composer and his work are now considered by audiences to be among the greats of the Baroque era. Biber was highly acclaimed by his contemporaries as a violin virtuoso and as a composer.

His portrait shows a noble man with great charisma and a dignified, proud bearing. However, after many years of studying the violin sonatas, Gunar Letzbor has now gained a completely different impression of Biber's personality, namely that of a daredevil and avant-garde composer. His violin sonatas are full of wild ideas, formal boundaries are dissolved, the technical demands go beyond all the limits of violin playing of his time. And most importantly, the emotions reach the limits of the emotional range. Gunar Letzbor puts all this experience into his new recording of Biber's violin sonatas from 1681 and, as with his recording of Biber's rosary sonatas (see PC 10409), once again presents a reference recording.

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Bieber: Violon Sonata I: [...]

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Presto

Variatio

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Finale

Violon Sonata II: [...]

Aria

Variatio

Adagio

Forte

Finale

Violon Sonata III: Adagio

Aria

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Variatio

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Violon Sonata IV: [...]

Presto

Gigue

Double

Piu presto

Adagio

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Violon Sonata V: [...]

Allegro, Variatio

Adagio

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Violon Sonata VI: [...]

Passacagli

Harpeggio

Gavotte

Adagio

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Violon Sonata VII: [...]

Aria, presto

Piu presto

Adagio

Piu presto

Ciacona

Violon Sonata VIII: [...]

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Aria

Forte

Sarabanda

Forte, piano

Allegro

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Bieber: Violon Sonata I: [...]

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Adagio

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Presto

Variatio

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Presto

Finale

Violon Sonata II: [...]

Aria

Variatio

Adagio

Forte

Finale

Violon Sonata III: Adagio

Aria

Forte Presto

Variatio

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Violon Sonata IV: [...]

Presto

Gigue

Double

Piu presto

Adagio

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Adagio

Aria

Finale

Violon Sonata V: [...]

Allegro, Variatio

Adagio

Presto

Aria

Violon Sonata VI: [...]

Passacagli

Harpeggio

Gavotte

Adagio

Allegro

Violon Sonata VII: [...]

Aria, presto

Piu presto

Adagio

Piu presto

Ciacona

Violon Sonata VIII: [...]

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Aria

Forte

Sarabanda

Forte, piano

Allegro

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