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~ Sonnerie (Artist), Monica Huggett (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (11 Sep 2008)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B0002EQFLW
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 161,881 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Praeludium - Aria - Variatio - Adagio
2. Sonata - Allaman - Presto
3. Sonata - Courante - Double - Adagio
4. Ciacona
5. Praeludium - Allaman - Guigue - Saraban - Double
6. Lamento - Adagio - Presto - Adagio
7. Allamanda - Variatio - Sarab - Variatio
8. Sonata - Guigue - Double Presto - Double
9. Sonata - Courente - Double - Finale
On this CD:
  1. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  2. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  3. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  4. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  5. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  6. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  7. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  8. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

  9. Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia
    Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performed by Ensemble Sonnerie
    with Monica Huggett

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful subtle Biber, 3 May 2007
By rc_rc (Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
You'll have to excuse my review is not as comparative as would be ideal, and also I do not know these works tremendously well anyway.

My first aquaintance with Biber's Mystery Sonatas was the old DG Eduard Melkus set. It didn't do too much for me, like his corelli was over-grandiose and affected. I soon sold it 2nd hand.

Then I found the celebrated John Holloway / Tragicomedia recording on budget veritas 2cd set. Much more subtle, but hard not to notice the constant orchestra of continuo instruments backing him up. The Holloway set is recommendable but falls foul, I feel, of the trend in period music making of rock-n-roll rhythm sections, aggressively played chamber organs and lutes, etc. A bit far fetched, and not, I feel in keeping with violinistic beauty and musical line (this can be effective, for example Biondi or carmignola, but it can get out of hand with some others).

Anyway, onto the current set, apparently unreviewed so far - and please accept my review for the honest enthusiast's review that it is; I bought Huggett's set of the Biber mystery sonatas because they were exceptionally cheap via an amazon reseller, allied to my enjoyment of other of Huggett's recordings.

Huggett is a wonderful baroque violinist, full of subtle shading and sweetness, like her contemporary Elizabeth Wallfisch. I have some vivaldi concertos and superb corelli sonatas by Huggett and thus went for her Biber based on this highly positive experience.

A sensible continuo group subtley supports Huggett's musical and sensitive playing. The mystery sonatas display virtuosity but also oh-so-subtle spell-binding atmosphere. I feel that huggett performs this superbly, causing me to remain connected to the music right through both CDs. Perhaps a Goebel (which I intend to get also) or a Manze might be more direct, and the music will support mixed interpretations, but the headline-grabbing fireworks of more excitable (and apparently more celebrated) wannabe Nigel Kennedies of baroque violin playing should not detract from the real sensibility and easy virtuosity of Monica Huggett. A real keeper this, to return to time and again.

On two separate ASV Gaudeamus CDs.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nicely played - badly recorded., 25 May 2007
By A. Chapman - See all my reviews
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I feel sorry for the artists here. I really enjoyed the playing and interpretation. The sonatas are rhythmically alive and invested at times with a dancing quality which I liked. Violin tone is warm and there is no screeching here. Continuo I thought judged nicely. I owned previously the Goebel/MAK version to which I never really warmed. Whether these performances are authentic in supposedly devotional music I know not but it sounds fine to me.
There is a real problem for me ,however, in that the recording is too close. Violin sounds great but there is extraneous respiration which I personally dislike though others may like the " live " effect. Were it not for that I would have rushed out to purchase the other volume. I know many modern chamber records are too close but I think ASV is up there with the worst ( the ASV Lindsay Quartet recordings are similarly afflicted ) If you do not mind " breathing" I recommend this.
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