The harpsichord featured on this album was built by Colin Booth in 2013, based on a 1738 instrument by Christian Vater.
Recording & Production
This recording of Biber's 1681 Violin Sonatas was made in St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire, from March 24-28, 2024.
Instruments
The theorbo used in this recording was made by Klaus Jacobsen in 1992, modeled after Italian instruments.
Instruments
Bojan Čičić, the violinist on this album, plays a violin made by Giovanni Grancino in Milan in 1703.
Performer Biography
Bojan Čičić, the violinist, was inspired to pursue baroque music after hearing Andrew Manze's 1994 recording of Biber's 1681 Violin Sonatas.
Compositional Technique
Biber's 1681 sonatas often feature improvisatory praeludia, which are musical musings that take the listener into the performer's inner world.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Biber's 1681 Sonatae violino solo connect the individual with faith through complex thought, rather than through the church, by immersing oneself in the music.
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