(1644-1704). "Biber, the fellow who slipped away, played the violin, bass and viola da gamba; he also composed tolerably well." The words of Count
Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn of Olomouc, Biber's first employer, are a masterpiece of understatement; in fact
Biber was the greatest violin virtuoso of the 17th century and one of its most original composers. In the week of the 350th anniversary of his birth, Andrew Manze explores his varied output. Sonata a 7 Vienna Concentus Musicus, director Nikolaus
Harnoncourt
Sonata Campanarum; Sonata (La pastorella) MusicaAntiquaKoln, director Reinhard Goebel
Battalia
European Community
Baroque Orchestra, director Monica Huggett
Requiem in F minor
Chorus and Orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society, conductor Gustav Leonhardt
Producer Lindsay Kemp Discs