The archbishopric of Salzburg supported a splendid musical establishment during much of the Baroque era and even up to the time of its most famous product, Mozart. For decades the music of this crucial city remained all but unknown until the discovery of the wildly experimental violin music of Salzburg kapellmeister Heinrich Ignaz von Biber. This release, featuring plenty of never-before-recorded music, broadens the listener's understanding of the period and includes some modest gems. There are several solo cantatas, a ...
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The archbishopric of Salzburg supported a splendid musical establishment during much of the Baroque era and even up to the time of its most famous product, Mozart. For decades the music of this crucial city remained all but unknown until the discovery of the wildly experimental violin music of Salzburg kapellmeister Heinrich Ignaz von Biber. This release, featuring plenty of never-before-recorded music, broadens the listener's understanding of the period and includes some modest gems. There are several solo cantatas, a Magnificat, and a Nisi Dominus featuring veteran British soprano Emma Kirkby, by the time this album was recorded well into her seventh decade. Although there have been a few missteps, Kirkby has done admirably at finding repertoire that fits her voice as it ages, and the music here works very well for her. Although Biber is represented, there's nothing of the imposing style of his choral music on the program; the music is of an intimate scale, and much of it has an almost folkish...
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