Rosary sonatas / Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.



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Title from disc label. Compact disc. Program notes by Rachel Podger and Mark Seow in English, German, and French, and biographical notes on the performers (31 pages : portraits) inserted in container. Recorded in January, 2015, The Church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London. Rachel Podger, violin ; David Miller, theorbo, archlute ; Marcin Świątkiewicz, harpsichord, organ ; Jonathan Manson, cello, viola da gamba.

Title
Rosary sonatas / Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
Artist
Podger, Rachel, instrumentalist.
Subjects
Language
English, German, French
Type
Sound Recording
Abstract
Considered the most extensive example of scordatura, a technique whereby the strings are purposefully tuned differently from their usual arrangement. In these works, the violin's usual G-D-A-E tuning is only used for the opening sonata and the closing Passacaglia.
Year
2015
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