Here is something unusual among the growing number of recordings of Heinrich von Biber's Rosary Sonatas; in Arts two-disc SACD set featuring violinist Riccardo Minasi and Bizzarrie Armoniche, Biber's set of 15 Sonatas realized with a full, Italian style continuo and Italian violin ornamentation. The accepted standard, for decades, was continuo realization with organ alone, and eventually the notion of a cello or theorbo joining the band gained acceptance. The group of eight instruments that supplies the continuo here -- not ...
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Here is something unusual among the growing number of recordings of Heinrich von Biber's Rosary Sonatas; in Arts two-disc SACD set featuring violinist Riccardo Minasi and Bizzarrie Armoniche, Biber's set of 15 Sonatas realized with a full, Italian style continuo and Italian violin ornamentation. The accepted standard, for decades, was continuo realization with organ alone, and eventually the notion of a cello or theorbo joining the band gained acceptance. The group of eight instruments that supplies the continuo here -- not necessarily all at once -- may seem like overkill to those who are attracted to the austere, ascetic trappings associated with this piece. In addition, that the whole continuo plays all the way through is not necessarily the rule; both continuo and soloist conspicuously hold back in the "Jesus in the Temple" sonata. Arts' recording is well defined and clearly stated, if a little lacking in bass response and, as is often the case in such a long work, the quality of the performance is...
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