Vilsmaÿr: 6 Partitas for Solo Violin - Pisendel: Sonata in A Minor - Biber: Passacaglia in G Minor
12/4/2015, 62 Tracks, 1:57:58
Featuring
Vaughan Jones
Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr
Johann Georg Pisendel
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
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Compositional Technique
Vilsmaÿr's Six Partitas for Solo Violin extensively use scordatura, a technique of retuning the strings to create different harmonic or resonant timbres, influenced by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.
Composition History
Biber's Mystery Sonatas, also known as Rosary Sonatas, are believed to date from 1676 and fit a scheme for accompanying the Mysteries of the Rosary, a 13th-century custom.
Composer Biography
Johann Georg Pisendel, a violinist and composer, was universally admired for his playing, with Vivaldi, Telemann, and Tomaso Albinoni dedicating concertos to him.
Recording & Production
The violin used on this recording is a modern, handmade instrument by luthier Martin McClean, played with a replica snakewood baroque bow, creating a hybrid setup.
Composer Biography
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, a renowned Baroque composer, illegally left the employ of the Prince-Bishop of Kremsier to work for the Archbishop of Salzburg, where his career flourished.
Composition History
The title of Vilsmaÿr's Six Partitas, Artificiosus Concentus Pro Camera, was long thought to imply a lost bass part, but the polyphonic violin writing makes them complete without one.
Composer Biography
Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr, a violinist at the Salzburg Court, was also chamberlain to Francisco Antonio, the Archbishop of Salzburg.
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