Alice Piérot - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Mysterien Sonaten (2002)
WEB | APE (tracks) - 672 MB | 119:44
Genre: Classical | Label: Alpha
WEB | APE (tracks) - 672 MB | 119:44
Genre: Classical | Label: Alpha
The field of performances competing for your CD purchase dollar has grown crowded in the case of Henrich Ignaz Franz Biber's Mystery Sonatas (or Rosary Sonatas), a set of 16 pieces for solo violin and continuo programatically linked to the Passion story. This performance by violinst Alice Piérot and Les veilleurs de Nuit is part of a remarkable series from France's Alpha label, pairing mostly Baroque works with paintings of the era. The package for this disc shows an image of Mary awaiting the Annunciation, painted around 1475 by the Neapolitan Antonello da Messina.