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Biber: Rosary Sonatas

Meret Lüthi, Les Passions de l'Âme

Biber: Rosary Sonatas
a comparatively light, sharp-edged tone from Lüthi is indeed one of the distinguishing features throughout (compared to Podger’s more sonorous tonal depth or Beyer’s more cloaked nuttiness),...

Gramophone Magazine, August 2023

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Biber: Rosary Sonatas

Meret Lüthi, Les Passions de l'Âme

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a comparatively light, sharp-edged tone from Lüthi is indeed one of the distinguishing features throughout (compared to Podger’s more sonorous tonal depth or Beyer’s more cloaked nuttiness),...

Gramophone Magazine, August 2023

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After having devoted many years to the instrumental ensemble music of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, the Swiss early music ensemble Les Passions de l'?me, together with its artistic director Meret L?thi, also turned to his opus magnum, the 15 Rosary Sonatas, in a marathon of three concerts. They then went into the studio and recorded all the sonatas for a double album in co-production with Bayern 4 Klassik, which is now published by PROSPERO in a splendid edition with many illustrations and informative texts on the work.

Contents and tracklist

Biber: Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, "The Annunciation"
Work length5:53
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Praeludium
Track length2:07
II. Variatio
Track length2:25
III. Finale
Track length1:21
Biber: Sonata No. 2 in A Major, "The Visitation"
Work length5:25
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Sonata
Track length1:54
II. Allamanda
Track length2:25
III. Presto
Track length1:06
Biber: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, "The Nativity"
Work length6:15
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Sonata
Track length1:28
II. Courente
Track length1:32
III. Double
Track length1:22
IV. Adagio
Track length1:53
Biber: Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, "The Presentation in the Temple": Ciacona
Work length8:35
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
Biber: Sonata No. 5 in A Major, "The Finding in the Temple"
Work length7:31
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Praeludium
Track length0:58
II. Allamanda
Track length1:32
III. Guigue
Track length1:04
IV. Sarabanda – Double
Track length3:57
Biber: Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, "The Agony in the Garden"
Work length7:10
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Lamento
Track length3:35
II. Aria
Track length2:12
III. Adagio
Track length1:23
Biber: Sonata No. 7 in F Major, "The Scourging"
Work length9:37
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Allamanda – Variatio
Track length4:56
II. Sarabanda – Variatio
Track length4:41
Biber: Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, "The Crowning with Thorns"
Work length5:38
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Sonata
Track length2:02
II. Guigue
Track length1:12
III. Double I
Track length0:54
IV. Double II
Track length1:30
Biber: Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, "The Carrying of the Cross"
Work length7:57
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Sonata
Track length2:32
II. Courente – Double
Track length3:54
III. Finale
Track length1:31
Biber: Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, "The Crucifixion"
Work length9:45
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Praeludium
Track length1:25
II. Aria – Variatio
Track length8:20
Biber: Sonata No. 11 in G Major, "The Resurrection"
Work length8:18
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Sonata
Track length2:45
II. Surrexit Christus hodie
Track length4:15
III. Adagio
Track length1:18
Biber: Sonata No. 12 in C Major, "The Ascension"
Work length7:19
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Intrada
Track length0:45
II. Aria Tubicinum
Track length1:26
III. Allamanda
Track length2:23
IV. Courente – Double
Track length2:45
Biber: Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, "The Descent of the Holy Spirit"
Work length8:31
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Sonata
Track length3:34
II. Gavott
Track length1:21
III. Guigue
Track length1:35
IV. Sarabanda
Track length2:01
Biber: Sonata No. 14 in D Major, "The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin"
Work length9:13
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Praeludium
Track length2:31
II. Aria
Track length6:42
Biber: Sonata No. 15 in C Major, "The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin"
Work length11:51
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme
I. Sonata
Track length1:24
II. Aria
Track length4:52
III. Canzon
Track length2:03
IV. Sarabanda
Track length3:32
Biber: Passacaglia in G Minor "Guardian Angel"
Work length9:20
  • Meret Lüthi
  • Les Passions de l'Âme

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August 2023

a comparatively light, sharp-edged tone from Lüthi is indeed one of the distinguishing features throughout (compared to Podger’s more sonorous tonal depth or Beyer’s more cloaked nuttiness), as is a generous acoustic, and an enjoyably varied ensemble sound from Les Passions de l’Âme, its players nicely present in the balance alongside Lüthi and its many colours including that of the zither.
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