Biber: The Rosary Sonatas / Manze, Egarr
Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: HMG507321.22 Format: CD Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (organ and harpsichord) & Alison McGillivray (cello, Sonata XII)The 'Rosary' Sonatas are one of the most unusual collections of violin music ever assembled and it is these works on which Biber's present-day fame rests. Calling for a different violin tuning, scordatura, in each of the 15 Sonatas - all played here on the same Amati instrument - the full set is a triumph of Baroque invention and 17th-century virtuoso style. The Gramophone Award-winning partnership of Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr meets this challenge with dazzling results. Andrew Manze plays a violin by Amati, 1700; bow by Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1988, after an Italian model. Price: $16.98 |