Variety - The Art of Variation. Works for Violin by Biber, Fux & Schmelzer
9/13/2019, 22 Tracks, 1:01:50
Featuring
Meret Lüthi
Les Passions de l’Ame
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Johann Joseph Fux
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
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Composer's Artistic Vision
The composers on this album — Schmelzer, Biber, and Fux — used variation as a key principle, balancing artistic freedom with public taste to create music that was demanding yet accessible.
Instruments
The album features several historical instruments, including violins by Jacobus Stainer from 1659 and a harpsichord by Markus Krebs after Mietke from 2007.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in November 2018 at Propstei St. Gerold, with Michaela Wiesbeck as the recording producer and balance engineer.
Compositional Technique
A technique called scordatura, the deliberate retuning of an instrument's strings, was used by composers like Biber to facilitate technical difficulties and create spectacular effects.
Performer Biography
Meret Lüthi, the violinist and director, is a noted specialist in early music who teaches baroque violin at the Bern University of the Arts and was awarded the Music Prize of the Canton of Berne in 2017.
Composer Biography
The three composers featured, Schmelzer, Biber, and Fux, were all 'self-made men' who achieved rapid social advancement through their exceptional musical talents, despite humble origins.
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