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  1. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 1 in D minor ("The Annunciation"), C. 90
  2. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 2 in A major ("The Visitation"), C. 91
  3. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 3 in B minor ("The Nativity"), C. 92
  4. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 4 in D minor ("The Presentation"), C. 93
  5. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 5 in A major ("Jesus in the Temple"), C. 94
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  1. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 1 in D minor ("The Annunciation"), C. 90
  2. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 2 in A major ("The Visitation"), C. 91
  3. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 3 in B minor ("The Nativity"), C. 92
  4. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 4 in D minor ("The Presentation"), C. 93
  5. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 5 in A major ("Jesus in the Temple"), C. 94
  6. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 6 in C minor ("The Agony in the Garden"), C. 95
  7. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 7 in F major ("The Scourging"), C. 96
  8. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 8 in B flat major ("The Crowning with Thorns"), C. 97
  9. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 9 in A minor ("The Carrying of the Cross"), C. 98
  10. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 10 in G minor ("The Crucifixion"), C. 99
  11. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 11 in G major ("The Resurrection"), C. 100
  12. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 12 in C major ("The Ascension"), C. 101
  13. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 13 in D minor ("The Descent"), C. 102
  14. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 14 in D major ("The Assumption"), C. 103
  15. Mystery Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 15 in C major ("The Coronation"), C. 104
  16. Passacaglia (Mystery Sonata), for violin solo in G minor, C. 105
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber's Mystery Sonatas, composed in the 1670s and 1680s, have almost as many interpretations as there are violinists. They're sometimes known as the "Rosary Sonatas," for the "mysteries" involved are the so-called Mysteries of the Rosary, episodes from the life of Christ that furnish material for meditative prayers undertaken with the devotional aid of Rosary prayer beads. Engravings of these episodes appear in Biber's original presentation manuscript of these works (whose cover is missing), and ...

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Biber: Mystery Sonatas 2011, Dorian Sono Luminus

UPC: 053479212726

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