(1644-1704). With Donald Macleod.
Biber was the dominant musical figure in Salzburg in the last 30 years of the 17th century. The leading violin virtuoso of his day, he was also a prolific composer of instrumental and church music, with a penchant both for using enormous forces and for breaking the rules.
Sonata Sancti Polycarpi Gabrieli Players, conductor Paul McCreesh
Sonata a 6 (1668) Michael Laird (trumpet), New London Consort, director Philip Pickett
Sonata XI in A; Sonata X in G minor (Sonatae Tam Aris Quam A ulis Ser vientes, 1676)
Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman Agnus Dei ; Plaudite Tympana (Missa Salisburgensis, 1682) Amsterdam
Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conductor Ton
Koopman Balletti Lamentabili in E minor (1670) Purcell Quartet
Sonata a 7 (1668) Vienna Concentus
Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt Producer Piers Burton-Page