Biber’s Rosary Sonatas are one of the masterpieces of the early German Baroque. Completed in the 1670s, this very important collection of violin repertoire was not re-explored until the beginning of the 20th century, specifically 1905, with the revaluation of the early Baroque repertoire, when its musical, technical and conceptual complexity once again caught the attention of scholars and music fans.
It is estimated that they were composed around 1676, and they are known as the Mystery Sonatas, Biblical Sonatas or Rosary Sonatas. Whoever compiled the works introduced at the beginning of each of them a small engraving, made especially for the occasion, with an image alluding to each of the fifteen mysteries, five joyful, five painful and five glorious.
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ROSARY SONATAS, the misteries
Sonata 1: The Annunciation
Prelude
Aria and variations
Adagio
Final
Sonata 2: The Visitation
Sonata
Presto Allemanda
Presto
Sonata 14: The Assumption of the Virgin
Prelude
Chaconne (Aria)
Giga
Sonata 4: The Presentation in the Temple
Chaconne
Sonata 10: The Crucifixion and death of Jesus
Prelude
Aria
Variation 1 and 2
Variation 3 (Adagio)
Variation 4 and 5
