H.I.F. Biber
Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum
Ars Antiqua Austria
Gunar Letzbor
Gunar Letzbor Violine 1 & Leitung
Friedrich Kircher Violine 2 (Sonaten 1-6)
Barbara Konrad Viola 1 (Sonaten 7-12)
Markus Miesenberger Viola 1 (Sonaten 1-6) und Viola 2 (Sonaten 7-12)
Jan Krigovsky Violone
Hubert Hoffmann Laute
Wolfgang Zerer Orgel, Cembalo
H.I.F. BIBER: a genius, whose life story is for the most part unresearched, a violin virtuoso who raised the technique of violin playing in Austria to an incredibly high level, a man of incredible powers of imagination and the courage to venture on abstraction.
The complexity of his work is astonishing, his oeuvre encompasses a range from richly orchestrated church music, artfully elaborated chamber music, to virtuoso music for his personal solo instrument, the violin.Astonishingly, his work has only recently attained recognition on the professional concert scene. Moreover, the scientific and critical treatment of his works is limping far behind the significance of this remarkable Austrian musician.
Biber was born in 1644 in Wartenberg (Str.z) Bohemia. His baptismal certificate was issued on 12 August. His father, Martin Biber, worked as a hunter at the Wartenberg Court and was thus a subject of the dynasty of the Counts of Liechtenstein. This noble family originated in Tyrol (Castel Corn, near Bozen/Bolzano) and came to Bohemia and Moravia during the sixteenth century. We can only guess how and where Heinrich Ignaz received his first music lessons. During his schooldays, two teachers – which is to say musicians – were active in Wartenberg/Str.z. Wiegand Knüffel, a notorious drunkard and ruffian, was appointed cantor and organist in 1656. He died in Wartenberg in 1675 as “former cantor”. It is verified that Johann Georg Teifel had been invested as church musician since 1670; the date when he succeeded his bibulous predecessor can no longer be specified. Whatever, Biber must have been in the aforementioned Wiegand Knüffle’s tutorship for some time.
Tracklist
Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.Total time: 00:46:56
Additional information
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| SKU | CC72575 |
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| Cables | Siltech Mono Crystal |
| Digital Converters | dCS |
| Mastering Engineer | Bert van der Wolf |
| Mastering Equipment | Avalon Acoustic monitoring |
| Microphones | Sonodore |
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| Producer | Bert van der Wolf |
| Recording location | St. Florian bei Linz an der Donau |
| Recording Software | Pyramix |
| Recording Type & Bit Rate | DSD64 |
| Release Date | July 10, 2014 |
Press reviews
Positive Feedback
In the first piece, Biber composes a richly colored, five-part setting in which he artfully weaves a polyphonic texture that allows one or more parts to alternate and come to the fore. Coming 6 years after the Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, the first sonata in this set presents a complexity that demonstrates true mastery of composition for this five-part string ensemble: 2 violins, 2 violas, violone and basso continuo. Each of the sonatas in the Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum has a unique character. In the later part of this collection, Biber pares the instrumental parts to just four, but more than compensates by the introduction of virtuoso passages for each. ” The artful interweaving of parts becomes more transparent in the polyphonic sections and lets the individual parts occasionally take centre stage as solos.” And the whole is tremendously engaging, made doubly so by Ars Antiqua Austria’s total commitment and robust playing. These are not delicately “nice” performances—they are performances that drive, dance, thunder, and weave with the utmost virtuosity. What a joy to hear!
Fono Forum
Biber wird daran Gefallen finden.
Concerto
Mit hoher Transparenz und präziser Dramaturgie der Spielweisen, Temporelationen und Ausdrucksspären verleiht die prächtig präsent klingende Aufnahme just diesem Binnengeflecht der Werke eine geradezu theatralische Plastizität.
BBC Music Magazine
Gunar Letzbor and his Ars Antiqua Austria are among pre-eminent artists in bringing to life the Austrian and Bohemian music of the 17th century. This disc leaves us in no doubt about their disciplined ensemble playing and their feeling for lively characterisation.
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