Baroque Band, Garry Clarke - Biber - Mensa Sonora & Battalia (2010)

• Title: Biber - Mensa Sonora & Battalia
  
• Year Of Release: 2010
  
• Label: Cedille Records
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
  
• Total Time: 00:56:46
  
• Total Size: 285 mb
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

Tracklist

01. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 1 in D major: I. Sonata: Grave - Allegro
02. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 1 in D major: II. Allemanda
03. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 1 in D major: V. Gavotte
04. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 1 in D major: III. Courante
05. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 1 in D major: IV. Sarabanda
06. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 1 in D major: VI. Gigue
07. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 1 in D major: VI. Sonatina: Allegro
08. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 2 in F major: I. Intrada
09. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 2 in F major: II. Balletto
10. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 2 in F major: III. Sarabanda
11. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 2 in F major: IV. Balletto
12. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 2 in F major: V. Sarabanda
13. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 2 in F major: VI. Balletto
14. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Partita No. 3 in A minor: I. Gagliarda: Allegro
15. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Partita No. 3 in A minor: II. Sarabanda
16. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Partita No. 3 in A minor: III. Aria
17. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Partita No. 3 in A minor: III. Ciacona
18. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Partita No. 3 in A minor: V. Sonatina
19. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 4 in B flat major: I. Sonata
20. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 4 in B flat major: II. Allemanda
21. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 4 in B flat major: III. Courante
22. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 4 in B flat major: IV. Balletto
23. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 4 in B flat major: V. Sarabanda
24. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 4 in B flat major: VI. Gigue: Presto
25. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 4 in B flat major: VII. Sonatina: Adagio
26. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 5 in E major: I. Intrada: Allegro
27. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 5 in E major: II. Balletto
28. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 5 in E major: III. Trezza
29. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 5 in E major: IV. Gigue
30. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 5 in E major: V. Gavotte: Alla breve
31. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 5 in E major: VI. Gigue
32. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 5 in E major: VII. Retirada
33. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 6 in G minor: I. Sonata
34. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 6 in G minor: II. Aria
35. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 6 in G minor: III. Canario: Presto
36. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 6 in G minor: IV. Amener
37. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 6 in G minor: V. Trezza
38. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 6 in G minor: VI. Ciacona
39. Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis: Sonata No. 6 in G minor: VII. Sonatina: Adagio - Presto
40. Battalia "Sonata di marche": I. Allegro
41. Battalia "Sonata di marche": II. Die liederliche Gesellschaft von allerley Humor
42. Battalia "Sonata di marche": III. Presto
43. Battalia "Sonata di marche": IV. Der Mars
44. Battalia "Sonata di marche": V. Presto
45. Battalia "Sonata di marche": VI. Aria: Andante
46. Battalia "Sonata di marche": VII. Die Schlacht
47. Battalia "Sonata di marche": VIII. Lamento Verwundten Musquetirer

Chicago’s “stylish and exciting period-instrument group” (Chicago Tribune), Baroque Band presents works by the Bohemian-Austrian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, “the most important Baroque composer before Bach” according to Paul Hindemith, and unquestionably one of the most innovative and influential composers of the second half of the seventeenth century.

Biber’s Mensa Sonora (meaning “Harmonious Table”) was music composed for aristocratic dining, though it is anything but superficial background music. The disc closes with the 10-part Battalia for strings, which uses several unique devices for the time: hitting the strings with the wood of the bow, placing paper on the strings of the basses to imitate a snare drum, snap pizzicatos (à la Bartók!), and folk songs rendered simultaneously in eight different keys to portray drunken soldiers.

Early music specialist Garry Clarke, hailed by the Oxford Times as “one of the finest exponents of baroque music in the [UK],” leads Baroque Band through the feats of virtuosity necessary to execute these exciting pieces. His Baroque pedigree (Academy of Ancient Music, The Sixteen, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The King’s Consort, The Hanover Band, and the Scholars; plus work with Christopher Hogwood, John Elliot Gardener, and William Christie) led him to found and develop an ensemble with “an abundance of style, a crisp esprit de corps, and a palpable affection for its repertoire.” (Chicago Tribune)

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