Biber Und Muffat: Begegnungen

The release at hand presents musical portraits of two influential composers of the Baroque era through a selection from their oeuvre for violin and harpsichord: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 - 1709) and Georg Muffat (1653 - 1704). Their first meeting in Salzburg was unfortunately not documented. However, it is known that both talents arrived with differing previous musical experiences before spending years in the service of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Thanks to economic growth and financial strength in this sovereign Catholic principality, all the arts, including music, enjoyed considerable support. Like in all other Baroque centers, music was an integral part of courtly representation, and in Salzburg, it also became an important channel of communication for the Counter-Reformation. A fabulous violinist, Biber preferred his favorite instrument in his compositions and wrote two sonata collections that belong to the basic repertoire of Baroque solo literature: the "Rosenkranz" or "Mystery" sonatas (c. 1674) and the Violin Sonatas (1681). Two pieces from each of these collections can be heard on the album at hand, rounded off with a passacaglia from Georg Muffat's collection "Apparatus Musico-Organisticus", which holds as much significance for Baroque keyboard literature as Biber's collections for the violin mentioned above, and last but not least a unique piece: Muffat's only surviving violin sonata. The instruments that meet in this recording come from two worlds: Flóra Fábri performs on a harpsichord built in 2015 by Detmar Hungerberg according to Italian models; the violin played by Dóra Szilágyi was built in 1765 by Sebastian Klotz in Mittenwald.

1: Sonata No. 3 in F Major
2: Sonata No. 10 in G Minor 'The Crucifixion'
3: Passacaglia No. 14 in G Minor
4: Passacaglia in G Minor
5: Sonata in D Major
6: Sonata No. 1 in a Major

Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat

Number of Discs: 1

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