Biber & Fux: Chamber Works

Featuring

René Clemencic
Clemencic Consort
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Johann Joseph Fux

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Critical Reception

Paul Hindemith, a 20th-century composer, emphatically referred to Biber as the most important Baroque composer before Bach.

Cultural Impact

Fux's famous counterpoint method, Gradus ad Parnassum, published in 1725, was used, treasured, copied, and edited until the present day and was significant for composers of the Vienna classic.

Composer Biography

Johann Joseph Fux, another composer on this album, was born a peasant's son in 1660 and became Kapellmeister at the Emperor's court in Vienna, a position he held for over 25 years.

Compositional Technique

Biber, a composer on this album, was a virtuoso violinist who used intricate double stop technique and scordatura (re-tuning of strings) in an unsurpassed manner.

Composer Biography

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, a composer on this album, was born in Bohemia in 1644 and became a member of the archiepiscopal orchestra in Salzburg in 1670.

Composer Biography

Biber, a composer featured on this album, was granted the title of nobility 'von Bibern' by Emperor Leopold I in 1690 after nine years of waiting.

Compositional Technique

The Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis by Biber, featured on this album, were intended for both sacred and secular occasions and show a thriving openness and diversity of form, unlike the standardized sonata form of the late Baroque.