Christina Day Martinson - Biber: The Mystery Sonatas (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 120:04 minutes | 2.46 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 120:04 minutes | 2.46 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet
Heinrich Biber’s astonishingly powerful and deeply emotional Mystery Sonatas represent a triumph of Baroque invention. Boston Baroque’s Christina Day Martinson delivers a technical tour de force, as she navigates the virtuosic challenges presented by the fiendishly demanding changing scordatura.
Boston Classical Review described her live performance as ‘a flourish of technical complexity and musical wizardry’, whilst the Boston Globe wrote, ‘Day Martinson…didn't just survive, she triumphed.’
The adventurous use of six baroque violins in fifteen different tunings creates otherworldly soundscapes that result in a deeply moving and glorious listening experience.
This highly disorientating practice reaches its pinnacle in Sonata XI (The Resurrection) where the middle two strings are crossed over each other both in the peg box and behind the bridge, so that one can literally see a cross on the violin.
The fifteen sonatas have been traditionally grouped into three sets of five: five joyful mysteries, five sorrowful mysteries, and five glorious mysteries.
Boston Baroque’s founder Martin Pearlman plays organ and harpsichord, with Michael Leopold on theorbo and guitar and Michael Unterman on cello.
Tracklist:
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Disc: 1
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1. Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, 'The Annunciation'
2. Sonata No. 2 in a Major, 'The Visitation'
3. Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, 'The Nativity'
4. Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, 'The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple'
5. Sonata No. 5 in a Major, 'The Finding of Jesus in the Temple'
6. Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, 'The Agony in the Garden'
7. Sonata No. 7 in F Major, 'The Scourging of Jesus'
8. Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, 'The Crowning With Thorns'
9. Sonata No. 9 in a Minor, 'The Carrying of the Cross'
10. Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, 'The Crucifixion'
Disc: 2
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1. Sonata No. 11 in G Major, 'The Resurrection'
2. Sonata No. 12 in C Major, 'The Ascension'
3. Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, 'The Descent of the Holy Ghost'
4. Sonata No. 14 in D Major, 'The Assumption of the Virgin'
5. Sonata No. 15 in C Major, 'The Coronation of the Virgin'
6. Passacaglia in G Minor
Personnel:
Christina Day Martinson (violin)
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman
foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-04-26 21:36:40
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Analyzed: Boston Baroque / Biber: The Mystery Sonatas
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -2.12 dB -16.74 dB 5:31 01-Sonata I in D minor ‘The Annunciation’: Praeludium – Aria and 2 variations – Finale
DR14 0.00 dB -17.39 dB 4:55 02-Sonata II in A major ‘The Visitation’: [Sonata] / Presto – Allamanda – Presto
DR12 -2.01 dB -16.43 dB 6:54 03-Sonata III in B minor ‘The Nativity’: [Sonata] / Presto – Courente and double – Adagio
DR14 -0.51 dB -17.98 dB 8:05 04-Sonata IV in D minor ‘The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple’: Ciacona with 12 variations
DR14 -1.63 dB -19.32 dB 7:09 05-Sonata V in A major ‘The Finding of Jesus in the Temple’: Praeludium – Allamanda – Gigue – Sarabande and double
DR12 -1.80 dB -17.98 dB 8:13 06-Sonata VI in C minor ‘The Agony in the Garden’: Lamento
DR14 -0.51 dB -18.09 dB 9:05 07-Sonata VII in F major ‘The Scourging of Jesus’: Allamanda and variation – Sarabanda and 3 variations
DR12 -0.51 dB -15.26 dB 6:31 08-Sonata VIII in B flat major ‘The Crowning with Thorns’: Sonata: Adagio / Presto – Gigue and 2 doubles
DR13 -3.38 dB -19.93 dB 7:15 09-Sonata IX in A minor ‘The Carrying of the Cross’: Sonata – Courente and 2 doubles – Final
DR15 -0.56 dB -18.86 dB 8:58 10-Sonata X in G minor ‘The Crucifixion’: Praeludium – Aria and 5 variations
DR12 -0.51 dB -16.27 dB 8:05 11-Sonata XI in G major ‘The Resurrection’: Sonata – Hymn ‘Surrexit Christus hodie’ and variations
DR12 -0.51 dB -14.97 dB 7:01 12-Sonata XII in C major ‘The Ascension’: Intrada – Aria tubicinum – Allemanda – Courante and double
DR12 -1.07 dB -15.89 dB 7:45 13-Sonata XIII in D minor ‘The Descent of the Holy Ghost’: Sonata – Gavotte – Gigue – Sarabanda
DR11 -0.51 dB -14.79 dB 8:23 14-Sonata XIV in D major ‘The Assumption of the Virgin’: [Sonata] – Arias 1 and 2 – Gigue
DR14 -0.54 dB -18.65 dB 8:37 15-Sonata XV in C major ‘The Coronation of the Virgin’: Sonata – Aria with 3 doubles – Canzona – Sarabanda and double
DR14 -1.05 dB -20.53 dB 7:48 16-Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2849 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2018-04-26 21:36:40
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Analyzed: Boston Baroque / Biber: The Mystery Sonatas
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -2.12 dB -16.74 dB 5:31 01-Sonata I in D minor ‘The Annunciation’: Praeludium – Aria and 2 variations – Finale
DR14 0.00 dB -17.39 dB 4:55 02-Sonata II in A major ‘The Visitation’: [Sonata] / Presto – Allamanda – Presto
DR12 -2.01 dB -16.43 dB 6:54 03-Sonata III in B minor ‘The Nativity’: [Sonata] / Presto – Courente and double – Adagio
DR14 -0.51 dB -17.98 dB 8:05 04-Sonata IV in D minor ‘The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple’: Ciacona with 12 variations
DR14 -1.63 dB -19.32 dB 7:09 05-Sonata V in A major ‘The Finding of Jesus in the Temple’: Praeludium – Allamanda – Gigue – Sarabande and double
DR12 -1.80 dB -17.98 dB 8:13 06-Sonata VI in C minor ‘The Agony in the Garden’: Lamento
DR14 -0.51 dB -18.09 dB 9:05 07-Sonata VII in F major ‘The Scourging of Jesus’: Allamanda and variation – Sarabanda and 3 variations
DR12 -0.51 dB -15.26 dB 6:31 08-Sonata VIII in B flat major ‘The Crowning with Thorns’: Sonata: Adagio / Presto – Gigue and 2 doubles
DR13 -3.38 dB -19.93 dB 7:15 09-Sonata IX in A minor ‘The Carrying of the Cross’: Sonata – Courente and 2 doubles – Final
DR15 -0.56 dB -18.86 dB 8:58 10-Sonata X in G minor ‘The Crucifixion’: Praeludium – Aria and 5 variations
DR12 -0.51 dB -16.27 dB 8:05 11-Sonata XI in G major ‘The Resurrection’: Sonata – Hymn ‘Surrexit Christus hodie’ and variations
DR12 -0.51 dB -14.97 dB 7:01 12-Sonata XII in C major ‘The Ascension’: Intrada – Aria tubicinum – Allemanda – Courante and double
DR12 -1.07 dB -15.89 dB 7:45 13-Sonata XIII in D minor ‘The Descent of the Holy Ghost’: Sonata – Gavotte – Gigue – Sarabanda
DR11 -0.51 dB -14.79 dB 8:23 14-Sonata XIV in D major ‘The Assumption of the Virgin’: [Sonata] – Arias 1 and 2 – Gigue
DR14 -0.54 dB -18.65 dB 8:37 15-Sonata XV in C major ‘The Coronation of the Virgin’: Sonata – Aria with 3 doubles – Canzona – Sarabanda and double
DR14 -1.05 dB -20.53 dB 7:48 16-Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2849 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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