Biber / Manson, Jonathan / Miller, David: Rosary Sonatas - SUPER-AUDIO CD

Biber / Manson, Jonathan / Miller, David: Rosary Sonatas - SUPER-AUDIO CD

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Title:

Rosary Sonatas

Artist:

Biber / Manson, Jonathan / Miller, David

Label:

Channel Classics

Product Type:

SUPER-AUDIO CD

UPC:

723385373155

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2015-10-09

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

DIRECT STREAM DIGITAL, HYBRID SACD, MULTICHANNEL/STEREO SACD

Biber's Rosary Sonatas are considered the most extensive example of scordatura - a technique whereby the strings are purposefully tuned differently from their usual arrangement. In these works, the violin's usual G-D-A-E tuning is only used for the opening sonata and the closing Passacaglia. The other fourteen sonatas each have a different configuration of tuning. Compositionally, this allowed Biber to obtain unusual chords, opening up a whole new spectrum of harmonic and textural possibilities. This fundamentally altered what a violin was and could be; it's physicality as well as it's voice was transformed. On this recording, the incomparable Rachel Podger reveals all the mysteries and glories of these amazing works.

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