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BIBER PURCELL QUARTET WISTREICH HARVEY - SACRO - SACRO-PROFANUM CD

BIBER PURCELL QUARTET WISTREICH HARVEY - SACRO - SACRO-PROFANUM CD

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BIBER / PURCELL QUARTET / WISTREICH / HARVEY

Title:

SACRO -PROFANUM

Genre:

CLASSICAL / CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS

SKU:

095115060520

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This marvellous collection of Biber's works, played brilliantly by the Purcell Quartet, interposes the 12 sonatas of the "Fidicinium sacro-profanum" (circa 1682) with other short programmatic works, much as was done when he worked for Prince-Bishop Karl at Kromeriz. The "Fidicinium" sonatas for string quartet were revolutionary in their form and their emphasis on harmony, and were created for the 1100th anniversary of the founding of the archdiocese of Salzburg by Saint Rupert. The quick alternation of tempi do indeed contrast a "sacred", sustained, church atmosphere with lively dances of jubilee and joy. Sonata I, for example, quickly moves from Allegro to Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Grave, Adagio. After the first two sonatas, the remarkable "Nisi Dominus" for solo violin with its multiple stops, spectacular flourishes and arpeggiations negotiated around a scared vocal style is played. The next interpolation is the "Battalia 10", a programmatic pece depicting the batlefield before and after with amazing effects: col legno battutta (hitting the strings with the wood of the bow), a drunken section in which 8 different tunes in different keys (!) are all played at once, and paper attached to a string of the violin to imitate a drum. The "Laetatus Sum" is like the "Nisi Dominus" in its virtuosity. The "Balletti lamentabili" (1670) is a suite of four secular dances that begins with a lament turning into a positive tone with a triple meter forte (unusual for the 17th century). The Serenada "Nightwatchman's Call" is a wonderful programmatic piece for bass vocalist announcing the time of day in friendly little poems accompanied by the strings played like lutes. The famous "Passacaglia" for solo violin with its 65 repeats of a descending figure ends the ensemble.

1. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata I: Allegro Adagio Allegro Adagio Allegro Adagio Grave Adagio
2. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata Ii: Adagio Allegro Presto Allegro Adagio
3. Nisi Dominus: Sonata Nisi Dominus Aedificaverit Domum...
4. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata Iii: Grave Allegro Presto Adagio Presto Adagio
5. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata Iv: Alla Breve Adagio Alla Breve
6. Battalia A 10: Presto Allegro Presto The March Presto Aria The Battle Lament Of The Wounded Musketeers: Adagio
7. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata V: Allegro Grave Piu Presto Allegro
8. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata Vi: Allegro Adagio Allegro Presto Adagio Allegro Adagio
9. Laetatus Sum: Laetatus Sum In His Quae Dicta Sunt Mihi...
10. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata Vii: Adagio Presto Allegro Presto Allegro Presto
11. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum Sonata Viii: Allegro Presto Adagio
12. Ballett
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