A Virtuoso Faceoff = Virtuoosit Vastakkain
Petri Tapio Mattson (vln), Markku Mäkinen (organ), Eero Palviainen (archlute)
Alba, ABCD 311 [Hybrid SACD]

Biber: Sonata in A major for violin & basso continuo [C. 147]
1. Adagio-Presto-Adagio-Presto-Grave
2. Aria with variations 1–11
Muffat: from Apparatus musico-organisticus:
3. Toccata II for Organ
Biber: Sonata in C minor for violin & basso continuo [C. 107, from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/75]
4. Adagio
5. Passagagli adagissimo
Muffat: from Apparatus musico-organisticus:
6. Toccata VII for organ
Biber: Fantasia in D major for violin in scordatura & basso continuo [C. 77, from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/3]
7. (Adagio)—Presto
8. (Adagio)
9. Gigue—variation
10. Minuet
Muffat: from Apparatus musico-organisticus:
11. Passacaglia in G minor for organ
Muffat: Sonata in D major for violin and basso continuo (Prague, 1677)
12. Adagio—Allegro—Adagio—Allegro—Adagio

The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century Germany
London Baroque: Ingrid Seifert & Richard Gwilt (vlns), Charles Medlam (bass viol), Terence Charlston (harpsichord/organ)
BIS, BIS-CD-1545

1-4. Suite in A major (Johann Vierdanck)
5. Symphonia No. 2 'Dolorosa' (Nicolaus a Kempis)
6. Lanterly (Sonate a 3) (Johann Schmelzer)
7. Sonata No. 26 in A major from Sonaten und Suiten (Dietrich Becker)
8-12. Sonata in E minor (Johann Rosenmüller)
13. Sonata in G major (Matthias Weckmann)
14-20. Sonata No. 6 in D minor from Harmonia Parnassia (Carolus Hacquart)
21-25. Trio Sonata in G major (Dietrich Buxtehude)
26. Trio Sonata in F major (Johann Kaspar Kerll)
27-29. Partita No. 6 in D major from Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa (Heinrich Biber) [C. 67]

Rosenkranz Sonaten [C. 90-105]
Riccardo Minasi (vln) & Bizzarrie Armoniche
Arts Music, 47733-8, 2 CDs [SACD]

Disc 1
1. Sonata I
2. Sonata II
3. Sonata III
4. Sonata IV
5. Sonata V
6. Sonata VI
7. Sonata VII
8. Sonata VIII
9. Sonata IX
10. Sonata X

Disc 2
1. Sonata XI
2. Sonata XII
3. Sonata XIII
4. Sonata XIV
5. Sonata XV
6. Passagalia for solo violin

Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum [C.78-89]
Les Plaisirs du Parnasse, David Plantier (dir.)
Zig-Zag Territoires, ZZT080701

1. Sonate I
2. Sonate II
3. Sonate III
4. Sonate IV
5. Sonate V
6. Sonate VI
7. Sonate VII
8. Sonate VIII
9. Sonate IX
10. Sonate X
11. Sonate XI
12. Sonate XII

Mensa Sonora: Biber et ses Contemporains = Biber and his contemporaries
Masques, Olivier Fortin (dir.), Sophie Gent (vln)
Analekta, AN 2 9909

1. Biber: Sonata VIII a cinque en sol majeur (from Sonatae tam aris . . .) [C. 121]
2-10. Muffat: Sonata II en sol mineur (from Armonico Tributo)
11-13. Johann Michael Nicolai: Sonata a tre viol da gamba (extracts)
14-18. Biber: Pars III in A minor (from Mensa sonora) [C. 71]
19. Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata VII a cinque in A major (from Sacro-profanum concentus musicus)
20. Augustinus Kertzinger: Sonatina for viola da gamba and continuo
21. Biber: Sonata IX a cinque in B flat major (from Sonatae tam aris . . .) [C. 122]
22-28. Biber: Pars VI in G minor (from Mensa sonora) [C. 74]
29. Biber: Passacaglia for solo violin [C. 105]

Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa I-VI
Rebel, Jörg-Michael Schwarz (dir. & vln)
Bridge Records Inc., BRIDGE 9213

1-5. Partia I [C. 62]
6-10. Partia II [C. 63]
11-16. Partia III [C. 64]
17-23. Partia IV [C. 65]
24-28. Partia V [C. 66]
29-31. Partia VI [C. 67]

The Mystery Sonatas [C. 90-105]
Maya Homburger (vln), Camerata Kilkenny
Maya Recordings, MCD0603 (2 CDs)

Disc 1
1-3. The Annunciation
4-6. The Visitation
7-9. The Nativity
10. The Presentation in the Temple
11-14. The Finding in the Temple
15-17. The Agony in the Garden
18-19. The Scourging of Jesus
20-21. The Crowning with Thorns

Disc 2
1-3. The carrying of the cross
4-7. The Crucifixion
8-10. The Resurrection
11-14. The Ascension
15-18. The Descent of the Holy Ghost
19-20. The Assumption of the Virgin
21-24. The Coronation of the Virgin
25. The Guardian Angel, Passagalia

Violin Sonatas from the Kremsier Archive
Anton Steck (vln), Christian Rieger (harpsichord/organ), Lee Santana (archlute/chitarrone)
CPO, 777124-2 [SACD Hybrid]

1. Sonata in c (1681) [C. 143]
2. Sonata in D [Br. IV 174 / A 600 = anonymous]
3. Sonata in E [C. 108]
4. Sonata in g [Br. IV 136 / A 572 = anonymous]
5. Sonata in B [Br. IV 136 / A 572 = anonymous]
6. Ciacona in D [Br. XIV 255 / A 946 = anonymous]
7. Muffat: Sonata in D

Missa Christi resurgentis [C. 3]
The English Concert/Andrew Manze (vln & dir.)
Harmonia mundi usa, HMU 907397 & HMU 807397 [Hybrid SACD]; re-issused on Harmonia Mundi Gold in 2008, HMG 507397

1. Fanfare No.4 [from Sonatae, tam Aris, quam Aulis servientes, C. 129]
2. Sonata [C. 3]
3. Kyrie [C. 3]
4. Gloria [C. 3]
5. Sonata A 6 [C. 109]
6. Credo [C. 3]
7. Sonata XII [Schmelzer, Sacro-profanus concentus musicus, 1662]
8. Sanctus [C. 3]
9. Sonata XI [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 88]
10. Agnus Dei [C. 3]
11. Fanfare No.1 [from Sonatae, tam Aris, quam Aulis servientes, C. 126]
12. Sonata I [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 78]
13. Sonata V [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 82]
14. Sonata III [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 80]
15. Sonata VII [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 84]

Missa Christi resurgentis [C. 3]
The New York Collegium/Andrew Parrott (dir.)
Kleos Classics, KL5135 [SACD Hybrid]

1. Introit: Stadlmayr
2. Sonata [C. 3]
3. Kyrie [C. 3]
4. Gloria [C. 3]
5. Collect (Celebrant)
6. Epistle (Subdeacon)
7. At The Gradual: Sonata A5 [C. 121]
8. Gospel (Deacon)
9. Preamble: Kerll Toccata No.5
10. Credo [C. 3]
11. At The Offertory: Sonata A5 [C. 124]

12. Preface (Celebrant)
13. Sanctus [C. 3]
14. Benedictus [C. 3]
15. At The Elevation: Kerll Toccata No.4
16. Pater Noster (Celebrant)
17. Preamble: Poglietti Toccata Quinti Toni
18. Angus Dei [C. 3]
19. At The Communion: From Sonata a 6 [C. 109, excerpt]
20. Ite Missa Est (Deacon)
21. Sonata (Repeat Of Opening Sonata) [C. 3]
22. Mystery Sonata No.11 (Resurrection) [C. 100]

Vespro della Beata Vergine
La Capella Ducale/Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson (dir.)
Sony BMG, 82876709322

1. Dixit Dominus [C. 11, Vesperae à 32]
2. Sonata a 3 [Br. IV 215 / A 636 = attrib. Biber]
3. Laudate pueri [C. 20]
4. Sonata a 4 violis [C. App. 119 = anonymous]
5. Laetatus sum a 7 [C. 9]
6. Quo abiit dilectus tuus a 8 [C. 48]
7. Nisi Dominus a 2 violino e basso [C. 10]
8. Sonata a 3 [C. App. 117 = attrib. Biber]
9. Lauda Jerusalem [C. 23]
10. Sonata a 6 [C. 109]
11. Magnificat a 32 [C. 12, Vesperae à 32]
12. Salve Regina [C. 49]
13. Litaniae Lauretanae [C. 42]

Vesperae longiores ac breviores (1693)
Yale Schola Cantorum/Simon Carrington (dir.) with Yale Collegium Players/Robert Mealy (dir.)
Yale Institute of Sacred Music

1. Deus in adiutorium meum intende Domine ad adiuvandum me (Rupert Ignaz Mayr)
2. Dixit Dominus [C. 13]
3. Confitebor tibi Domine [C. 14]
4. Beatus vir [C. 15]
5. Laudate, pueri, Dominum [C. 16]
6. Laudate Dominum [C. 17]
7. Hymn: Ave maris stella (Emperor Leopold I)
8. Sancta Maria Dei (Rupert Ignaz Mayr)
9. Magnificat [C. 18]
10. Salve Regina (Giovanni Legrenzi (c.1620-1690))

Balletti & Sonatas for Trumpets and Strings
Clemencic Consort/René Clemencic (dir.)
Oehms Classics, OC 515

Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
1. A Due No. 1 [C. 126]
2-13. Balletti a 6 [C. 57]
Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
14. A Due No. 6 [C. 131]
Mensa sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis
15-21. Pars IV [C. 72]
Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
22. A Due No. 2 [C. 127]
Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa
23. Partia IV [C. 65]
Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
24. A Due No. 4 [C. 129]

Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
25. Sonata X [C. 123]
Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
26. A Due No. 10 [C. 135]
Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa
27. Partia VI [C. 67]
Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
28. A Due No. 3 [C. 128]
Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
29. Sonata VII [C. 120]
Sonatae tam Aris quam Aulis servientes
30. A Due No. 5 [C. 130]

Mysteriensonaten [C. 90-105]
Lyriarte
Oehms Classics, OC 514, 2 CDs

Disc 1
Sonatas 1-10

Disc 2
Sonatas 11-16

Missa Salisburgensis
La Stagione Armonica, Sergio Balestracci (dir.)
Amadeus, AM173-2

1. Kyrie [C. App. 101]
2. Gloria [C. App. 101]
3. Credo [C. App. 101]
4. Sanctus et Benedictus [C. App. 101]
5. Agnus Dei [C. App. 101]
6. Plaudite tympana (inno) [C. App. 106]

The Rosary Sonatas [C. 90-105]
Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln), Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo/archlute), David Roblou (harpsichord/organ), Richard Tunnicliffe (vla da gamba/violone), Timothy West (reader)
AVIE, AV0038, 2 CDs

Disc 1
1-11 The Five Joyful Mysteries
12-19 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries

Disc 2
1-2 Sonata 10 The Crucifixion
3-12 The Five Glorious Mysteries
13-14 The Guardian Angel [Passacaglia]

The Mystery Sonatas [C. 90-105]
Monica Huggett/Sonnerie
Gaudeamus, 2 vols: CD GAU 350 (vol. 1), CD GAU 351 (vol. 2)

Vol. 1:
1. [Mystery Sonata I]: Praeludium - Aria - Variatio - Adagio
2. [Mystery Sonata II]: Sonata - Allaman - Presto
3. [Mystery Sonata III]: Sonata - Courante - Double - Adagio
4. [Mystery Sonata IV]: Ciacona
5. [Mystery Sonata V]: Praeludium - Allaman - Guigue - Saraban - Double
6. [Mystery Sonata VI]: Lamento - Adagio - Presto - Adagio
7. [Mystery Sonata VII]: Allamanda - Variatio - Sarab - Variatio
8. [Mystery Sonata VIII]: Sonata - Guigue - Double Presto - Double
9. [Mystery Sonata IX]: Sonata - Courente - Double - Finale

Vol. 2:
1. [Mystery Sonata X]: Praeludium - Aria - Variatio
2. [Mystery Sonata XI]: Sonata - Surrexit Christus Hodie - Adagio
3. [Mystery Sonata XII]: Intrada - Aria Tubicinum - Allamanda - Courente - Double
4. [Mystery Sonata XIII]: Sonata - Gavott - Guigue - Sarabanda
5. [Mystery Sonata XIV]: Praeludium - Aria - Gigue
6. [Mystery Sonata XV]: Sonata - Aria - Canzon - Sarabanda
7. Passacaglia

A Requiem for Biber
Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (dir.)
Deutsche Grammophon, Archiv Produktion, 00289 474 7142

1. Prelude (Georg Muffat)
2. Kyrie (Biber, Missa ex B) [C. 4]
3. Gloria (Biber, Missa ex B) [C. 4]
4. Sonata XIII (Schmelzer)
5. Credo (Biber, Missa ex B) [C. 4]
6. Peccator et consolator a 2 (Abraham Megerle)
7. Sanctus (Biber, Missa ex B) [C. 4]
8. Praeludium legatura (anon.)
9. Agnus Dei (Biber, Missa ex B) [C. 4]
10. Ave verum corpus a 6 (Orlando di Lasso)

11. Sonata II (Schmelzer)
12. Praeludium (anon.)
13. Introit (Biber, Requiem ex F con terza minore) [C. 8]
14. Kyrie (Biber, Requiem ex F con terza minore) [C. 8]
15. Sequence (Biber, Requiem ex F con terza minore) [C. 8]
16. Offertory (Biber, Requiem ex F con terza minore) [C. 8]
17. Sanctus, Benedictus (Biber, Requiem ex F con terza minore) [C. 8]
18. Agnus Dei (Biber, Requiem ex F con terza minore) [C. 8]
19. Communion (Biber, Requiem ex F con terza minore) [C. 8]
20. Media vita in morte sumus a 6 (Orlando di Lasso)

The Rosary Sonatas [C. 90-105]
Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (organ & harpsichord)
Harmonia mundi usa, HMU 907321.22, 2 CDs

Disc: 1

Sonata I
1. Praeludium
2. Aria, Variato
3. Finale
Sonata II
4. Sonata
5. Allamanda
6. Finale
Sonata III
7. Sonata
8. Courette, Double
9. Finale
Sonata IV
10. Ciacona

Sonata V
11. Praeludium
12. Alamanda
13. Giugue
14. Sarabanda, Double
Sonata VI
15. Lamento
Sonata VII
16. Allamanda, Variatio
17. Sarabanda, Variatio
Sonata VIII
18. Sonata
19. Guigue, Double 1, Double 2
Sonata IX
20. Sonata
21. Courente, Double
22. Finale

Disc: 2

Sonata X
1. Praeludium
2. Aria
3. Variatio, Cont.
Sonata XI
4. Sonata
5. Surexit Christus Hodie
6. Adagio
Sonata XII
7. Intrada
8. Aria Tubicinum
9. Allamanda
10. Courente, Double

Sonata XIII
11. Sonata
12. Gavotta
13. Guigue
14. Sarabanda
Sonata XIV
15. Sonata
16. Aria
Sonata XV
17. Sonata
18. Aria, Variatio
19. Canzona
20. Sarabanda, Double

21. Passangalia For Unaccompanied Violin

22. Scordatura Briefly Explained

Der Türken Anmarsch
John Holloway (violin), Aloysia Assenbaum (organ), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
ECM Records, ECM New Series, 1837 472 4322

1. Sonata "Victori der Christen" [in] A minor [C. 99, from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/80]
2. Sonata I in A Major [from Sonatae violino solo, C. 138]
3. Sonata II in D Dorian [from Sonatae violino solo, C. 139]
4. Sonata V in E Minor [from Sonatae violino solo, C. 142]
5. Sonata VIII in A Major [from Sonatae violino solo, C. 145]
6. Sonata in D Major (Muffat) [Sonata violino solo, Prag, 1677]

Les Sonates du Rosaires [C. 90-105]
Patrick Bismuth (vln), L'Ensemble La Tempesta
Zig Zag Territoires, ZZT040801, 2 CDs

tbc

Soldiers, Gypsies, Farmers and a Night Watchman: Instrumental pieces by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend (vln & dir.)
Challenge Classics, SACC 72132 [Hybrid SACD]

1. Arien a 4 [C. 52]
2. Sonata a 6 'Die Pauernkirchfahrt genandt' [C. 110]
3. Balletto 'Die Werber' [C. 60]
4. Serenada a 5 'mit dem Nachtwächterlied' [C. 75]
5. Pars nr. III from Mensa Sonora [C. 71]
6. Balletti [C. 58]
7. Battalia [C. 61]
8. Sonata Jucunda [C. App. 121]

Harmonia artificioso-ariosa
Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel (vln & dir.)
Deutsche Grammophon, Archiv Production, 474 965-2, 2 CDs

Disc 1
1-5 Partia I in D minor for two violins and basso continuo [C. 62]
6-10 Partia II in B minor for two violini piccoli and basso continuo [C. 63]
11-16 Partia III in A major for two violins and basso continuo [C. 64]
17-23 Partia IV in E flat major for violin, viola and basso continuo [C. 65]

Disc 2
1-5 Partia V in G minor for two violins and basso continuo [C. 66]
6-8 Partia VI in D major for two violins and basso continuo [C. 67]
9-15 Partia VII in C minor for two viole d'amore and basso continuo [C. 68]

Mysterien Sonaten [C. 90-105]
Alice Piérot, Les Veilleurs de Nuit
Alpha, Alpha 038, 2 CDs

Disc 1
1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
3. The Nativity
4. The Presentation at the Temple
5. Finding Jesus in the Temple
6. Agony in the Garden
7. The Scourging at the Pillar
8. The Crown of Thorns

Disc 2
9. The Carrying of the Cross
10. The Crucifixion
11. The Resurrection
12. The Ascension
13. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
14. The Assumption of Mary
15. The Coronation of Mary
16. The Guardian Angel [Passacaglia]

Musique au dôme de Salzbourg
Arsys Bourgogne/Pierre Cao (dir.)
Ambroisie, AMB 9936

Requiem ex F con terza minore [C. 8]
1. Introitus
2. Te decet hymnus
3. Requiem
4. Kyrie
5. Dies irae
6. Domine Jesu Christe
7. Sanctus
8. Benedictus
9. Agnus Dei
10. Huc poenitentes [C. 46]
11. Ne cedite mentes [C. 47]
12. Quo abiit dilectus [= Offertorium in Festo 7 dolorum, C. 48]
13. Lux perpetua [C. 45]

Harmonia artificioso-ariosa/Tam aris quam aulis servientes
The Rare Fruits Council/Manfredo Kraemer (vln & dir.)
Naïve, Astrée, E 3002, 2 CDs. Previously issued as two separate discs by Auvidis Astrée (1998: Sonatae; 1996: Harmonia)

Disc 1
Harmonia artificioso-ariosa
01-06. Partia I [C. 62]
07-11. Partia II [C. 63]
12-17. Partia III [C. 64]
18-24. Partia IV [C. 65]
25-29. Partia V [C. 66]
30-32. Partia VI [C. 67]
33-39. Partia VII [C. 68]

Disc 2
Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
01. Sonate 1 [C. 114]
02. Sonate 2 [C. 115]
03. Sonate 3 [C. 116]
04. Sonate 4 [C. 117]
05. Sonate 5 [C. 118]
06. Sonate 6 [C. 119]
07. Sonate 7 [C. 120]
08. Sonate 8 [C. 121]
09. Sonate 9 [C. 122]
10. Sonate 10 [C. 123]
11. Sonate 11 [C. 124]
12. Sonate 12 [C. 125]

Unam Ceylum
John Holloway (violin), Aloysia Assenbaum (organ), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
ECM Records, ECM New Series, 1791 472 084-2

1. Sonata III F major [Sonatae violino solo, 1681, C. 140]
2. Sonata IV D major [Sonatae violino solo, 1681, C. 141]
3. Sonata No. 81 A major [C. 147. NB: 'No. 81' relates to an obsolete Kroměříž number and should not be used]
4. Sonata VI C minor [Sonatae violino solo, 1681, C. 143]
5. Sonata VII G major [Sonatae violino solo, 1681, C. 144]
6. Sonata No. 84 E major [C. 108, from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/84]

Battalia à 10, Requiem à 15 in Concerto
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (dir.)
Alia Vox, AV9825

Battalia à 10 [C. 61]
1. Sonata
2. Die liederliche Gesellschaft von allerey Humor: Allegro
3. Presto
4. Der Mars
5. Presto
6. Aria
7. Die Schlacht
8. Lamento der Verwundten Musquetirer: Adagio

Requiem à 15 in Concerto [C. 7]
9. Marcia Funebre
10. Introitus-Requiem aeternam
11. Kyrie eleison
12. Sequentia-Dies Irae, dies illa
13. Offertorium
14. Sanctus
15. Benedictus
16. Agnus Dei
17. Communio

Virtuoso in the Making
Ricordo
Linn Records, CKD 195

1. Pastorella [C. 106]
2-3. Sonata in E major [C. 108, from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/84]
4. Sonata à 3, per 2 violini e trombone [C. App. 117 = attrib. Biber]
5-6. Fantasia [C. 77, from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/3]
7. Passacaglia for solo lute [Arrangement of Passacaglia from Sonata VI, Sonatae violino solo, 1681. MS in the Benedictine Monastery at Kremsmünster, Austria.]
8. Pastorella à 2 violini (Schmelzer)
9. Sonata in C minor [from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/75]
10-11. Sonata in A major [C. 147]

Rosenkranz-Sonaten [C. 90-105]
Veronika Strehlke (vln), Gerhart Darmstadt ('cello), Egino Klepper (organ),
Cavalli Records, CCD 245, 2 CDs

Disc 1
Sonatas 1-9

Disc 2
Sonatas 10-16

Violin Masters of the 17th Century
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)
Hyperion, CDA67238

1. Passacaglia (Mystery Sonata), for violin solo (Biber) [C. 105]
2. Sonata unarum fidium No. 4 in D major (Schmelzer)
3. Suite (Partita) for solo violin No. 1 in G minor (Westhoff)
4. Suite (Partita) for solo violin No. 2 in G major (Westhoff)
5. Suite (Partita) for solo violin No. 4 in B flat major (Westhoff)
6. Suite (Partita) for solo violin No. 5 in C minor (Westhoff)
7. Suite (Partita) for solo violin No. 6 in C major (Westhoff)
8. Musica grave (from Ayrs for the Violin) (Nicola Matteis)
9. Andamento malinconico (Nicola Matteis)
10. Fantasia for solo violin in B flat major (from Ayrs for the Violin) (Nicola Matteis)
11. Alemanda facile (from Ayrs for the Violin) (Nicola Matteis)
12. Scaramuccia (from Ayrs for the Violin) (Nicola Matteis)

Tracks 2, 8, 9, 11 and 12 are all arranged for unaccompanied violin by Elizabeth Wallfisch.

The Mystery Sonatas [C. 90-105]
Walter Reiter (vln), Cordaria
Signum Records, SIGCD021, 2 CDs

Disc 1
1-3. Sonata no. 1 (The Annunciation)
4-6. Sonata no. 2 (The Visitation)
7-9. Sonata no. 3 (The Nativity)
10. Sonata no. 4 (The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple)
11-14. Sonata no. 5 (The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple)
15. Sonata no. 6 (Christ on the Mount of Olives)
16-17. Sonata no. 7 (The Scourging at the Pillar)
18-19. Sonata no. 8 (The Crown of Thorns)
20-22. Sonata no. 9 (Jesus Carries the Cross)

Disc 2
1-4. Sonata no. 10 (The Crucifixion)
5. Sonata no. 11 (The Resurrection)
6-9. Sonata no. 12 (The Ascension)
10-13 Sonata no. 13 (Pentecost)
14-15. Sonata no. 14 (The Assumption of the Virgin)
16-19. Sonata no. 15 (The Beatification of the Virgin)
20. Passagalia

Les Mystères du Rosaire [C. 90-105]
Odile Edouard (vln), Alain Gervreau (cello), Pascale Boquet (theorbo), Angélique Mauillon (harp), Freddy Eichelberger (organ)
K617, K617119/2, 2 CDs

Disc 1
Les cinq Mystères joyeux
1. L'Annonciation
2. La Visitation
3. La Nativité
4. La Présentation de Jésus au Temple
5. Jésus retrouvé au Temple

Les cinq Mystères douloureux
6. L'Agonie de Notre-Seigneur
7. La Flagellation
8. Le Couronnement d'épines

Disc 2
1. Le Portement de Croix
2. L Crcifixion

Les cinq Mystères Glorieux
3. La Résurrection
4. L'Ascension
5. La Pentecôte
6. L'Assomption de la Trés Sainte Vierge
7. Le Couronnement de la Trés Sainte Vierge dans le ciel

8. Passacaglia

Biber: Violin Sonatas, 1681; Nisi Dominus; Passacaglia
Thomas Guthrie (bass), Monica Huggett, Ensemble Sonnerie
Gaudeamus/ASV, CD GAU 203

1. Sonata I [C. 138]
2. Sonata VII [C. 144]
3. Nisi Dominus [C. 10]
4. Sonata II [C. 139]
5. Sonata III [C. 140]
6. Passacaglia (from the Mystery Sonatas) [C. 105]

Virtuoses Barock - Süddeutsche Violinkunst im 17. Jahrhundert
Bell' Arte Salzburg, Annegret Siedel (vln and dir.)
ram, 50310

1. Sonata in D (Georg Muffat)
2. Ciacona in D (Samuel Capricornus)
3. Sonata in a (Johann Erasmus Kindermann)
4. Sonata in F (Gottfried Finger)
5. Sonata in d (Philipp Friedrich Böddecker
6. Sonata in D (Rupert Ignaz Mayr)
7. Suite in a (Theodor Schwartzkopff)
8. Sylferte Aria in d (Valentin Molitor)
9. Sonata in a (Johann Baal)
10. Sonata in A (Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber) [C. 147]

Sonatae à Violino Solo of 1681 [nos. I-III, V-VI and VIII only]
Carol Lieberman (vln), Mark Kroll (harpsichord), Alice Robbins (vla da gamba)
Centaur Records, CRC 2463

1. Sonata V [C. 142]
2. Sonata III [C. 140]
3. Sonata II [C. 139]
4. Sonata VI [C. 143]
5. Sonata I [C. 138]
6. Sonata VIII [C. 145]

Missa Salisburgensis
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir/Ton Koopman (dir.)
Erato, 3984-25506-2

1. Kyrie [C. App. 101]
2. Gloria in excelsis Deo [C. App. 101]
3. Sonata a 7 [C. 111]
4. Credo [C. App. 101]
5. Sonata Sancti Polycarpi a 9 [C. 113]
6. Sanctus [C. App. 101]
7. Agnus Dei [C. App. 101]
8. Plaudite tympana [C. App. 106]

Missa Bruxellensis [C. App. 100]
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (dir.)
Alia Vox, AV9808

1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei

Litaniae Sancto Josepho, G. Muffat: Missa in labore requies
Cantus Cölln, Concerto Palatino/Konrad Junghänel (dir.)
Harmonia mundi s.a., HMC 901667

1. Litaniae de Sancto Josepho [C. 44]
2. Sonata Sancti Polycarpi [C. 113]
Georg Muffat: Missa in labore requies
3. Kyrie
4. Gloria
5. Sonata a 13 (Antonio Bertali)
6. Credo
7. Biber: Sonata XI (Fidicinium sacro-profanum) [C. 88]
8. Sanctus
9. Sonata Sancti Placidi (Antonio Bertali)
10. Agnus Dei

Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes [C. 114-125]
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir.)
Bona Nova, PCCC-10001 (1999; re-released, Challenge Classics, CC 72129, 2004)

1. Sonata a otto
2. Sonata a sei
3. Sonata a sei
4. Sonata a cinque
5. Sonata a sei
6. Sonata a cinque
7. Sonata a cinque
8. Sonata a cinque
9. Sonata a cinque
10. Sonata a cinque
11. Sonata a cinque
12. Sonata a otto

Biber Sonatas for Trumpets, Strings and Continuo
Gabriele Cassone (trumpet), Ensemble "Pian & Forte"/Antonio Frigé (org./dir.)
Dynamic, CDS 234

C.H. von Biber:
1-3. Sonata (for clarino, 4 trumpets, strings, timpani and continuo)
H.I.F. von Biber:
4-8. Sonata IV à 5 (for trumpet, strings and continuo) [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 117]
9. Sonata representativa à violino solo e basso continuo [C. 146]
C.H. von Biber:
10-11. Sonata Paschalis (for 4 trumpets, strings and continuo)
12-14. Sonata à clarino solo (for trumpet, strings and continuo)
15-17. Sonata à clarino solo (for trumpet, strings and continuo)
18-20. Sonata à clarino solo (for trumpet, strings and continuo)
H.I.F. von Biber:
21-25. Partia V (for 2 violins and continuo) [excerpt from Harmonia artificioso arioso, C. 66]
26. Sonata VII à 5 (2 trumpets, 2 violins and continuo) [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 120]
C.H. von Biber:
27-28. Sonata (for 4 trumpets, strings, timpani and continuo)

Biber: Sonaeæ a Violino solo; Muffat: Sonata D-Dur
Marianne Rônez (vln), Arno Jochem (vla da gamba), Paolo Cherici (lute), Ernst Kubitscheck (harpsichord & organ)
Cavalli Records, CCD 210, 2 CDs

1. Sonata No. 1 in A major (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 1) [C. 138]
2. Sonata No. 2 in D minor (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 2) [C. 139]
3. Sonata No. 3 in F major (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 3) [C. 140]
4. Sonata No. 4 in D major (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 4) [C. 141]
5. Sonata No. 5 in E minor (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 5) [C. 142]
6. Sonata No. 6 in C minor (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 6) [C. 143]
7. Sonata No. 7 in G minor (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 7) [C. 144]
8. Sonata No. 8 in G major (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 8) [C. 145]
9. Pastorella in A major [C. 106]
10. Sonata, for solo violin in A major [C. 147]
11. Sonata in D major (Muffat)
12. Sonata violino solo representativa (Representatio Avium) [C. 146]

Seventeenth Century Music and Dance frome the Viennese Court (Biber and Schmelzer)
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor (dir.)
Chesky Records, CD173

1. Sonata pro tabula in G major (Biber) [C. 112]
2-7. Balletti à 4 in G major (Biber)
8. Sonata à 5 in C major (Anon. attrib. Biber)
9. Partita ex Vienna (Anon.)
10-16. Ballettae à 4 in D major
17-19. Sonata ad tabulam in G major (Schmelzer)
20-27. Balletto 1. di zingari in D minor (Schmelzer, from No. 3 Balletti duplices)
28-30. Sonata per chiesa e per camera in G major (Schmelzer)
31-35. Balletti Francesi in A minor (Schmelzer, Balletmusik M.A. Cestis 'Nettuno e Flora feseggianti' 1669)
36-38. Sonata à doi chori in G major (Schmelzer)
39-45. Arie con la mattacina [in] D major (Schmelzer)

Mysterien Sonaten [C.90-105]
Marianne Rônez (vln), Affetti Musicali
Winter&Winter, 910 029-2, 2 CDs

Disc 1
[1-10. Sonatas I-X]

Disc 2
[1-6. Sonatas XI-XVI]

Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
The Rare Fruits Council/Manfredo Kraemer (vln & dir.)
Auvidis Astrée, AS 128630 (Reissued 2003 with Harmonia artificioso arioso on Naïve, Astrée, E 3002, 2 CDs.)

01. Sonate 1 [C. 114]
02. Sonate 2 [C. 115]
03. Sonate 3 [C. 116]
04. Sonate 4 [C. 117]
05. Sonate 5 [C. 118]
06. Sonate 6 [C. 119]
07. Sonate 7 [C. 120]
08. Sonate 8 [C. 121]
09. Sonate 9 [C. 122]
10. Sonate 10 [C. 123]
11. Sonate 11 [C. 124]
12. Sonate 12 [C. 125]

Missa Salisburgensis
Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel (dir.) & Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (dir.)
Deutsche Grammophon, Archiv Produktion, 457 611-2 (re-released as SACD Hybrid, 2003)

1. Ein Langer und schöner Aufzug (Bartholomäus Riedl); Ein schöner Aufzug (Pater Ignatius Augustiner)
2. Kyrie [C. App. 101]
3. Gloria [C. App. 101]
4. Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes: Sonata XII [C. 125]
5. Credo [C. App. 101]
6. Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes: Sonata V [C. 118]
7. Sanctus, Benedictus [C. App. 101]
8. Sonata Sancti Polycarpi [C. 113]
10. Motet "Plaudite tympana" [C. App. 106]

Sonaten über die Mysterien des Rosenkranzes [C. 90-105]
Gunar Letzbor (vln), Lorenz Duftschmid (bass violin), Wolfgang Zerer (org.), Wolfgang Glüxam (harpsichord), Axel Wolf (lute)
Arcana, A 401 1-2, 2 CDs

Disc 1 [A 401-1]
1-3. Sonata I
4-6. Sonata II
7-9. Sonata III
10. Sonata IV
11-14. Sonata V
15-17. Sonata VI
18-19. Sonata VII
20-21. Sonata VIII
22-24. Sonata IX

Disc 2 [A 401-2]
1-2. Sonata X
3-5. Sonata XI
6-9. Sonata XII
10-13. Sonata XIII
14-16. Sonata XIV
17-20. Sonata XV
21. Sonata XVI [Passagalia]

Mystery Sonatas (II)
Gabriela Demeterová (vln), Jaroslav Tuma (org.)
Supraphon Records, SU 3279-2 131

1-7. VIII. B dur. Die Dornenkrönung [C. 97]
8-12. IX. A moll. Die Kreuztragung [C. 98]
13-14. X. G moll. Die Kreuzigung [C. 99]
15-17. XI. G dur. Die Auferstehung [C. 100]
18-23. XII. C dur. Christi Himmelfahrt [C. 101]
24-27. XIII. D moll. Die Ausgiessung des heiligen Geistes [C. 102]
28-30. XIV. D dur. Marias Himmelfahrt [C. 103]
31-35. XV. C dur. Marias Krönung [C. 104]

Sonata Pro Tabula
Musica Antiqua Köln/Flanders Recorder Quartet/Reinhard Goebel (dir.)
Archiv 453 442-2 A H

1. A due no. 1 (Biber) [C. 126]
2. Sonata, 'pro tabula' in C (Giovanni Valentini)
3. A due no. 5 (Biber) [C. 130]
4. Sonatella in G (Antonio Bertali)
5. A due no. 6 (Biber) [C. 131]
6. Sonata 'a doi Chori' in G (Johann Heinrich Schmelzer)
7. A due no. 10 (Biber) [C. 135]
8. Sonata 'per chiesa e per camera' in G (Johann Heinrich Schmelzer)
9. A due no. 3 (Biber) [C. 128]
10. Sonata in G (Johann Heinrich Schmelzer)
11. A due no. 8 (Biber) [C. 133]
12. Sonata 'ad tabulam' in G (Johann Heinrich Schmelzer)
13. A due no. 4 (Biber) [C. 129]
14. Sonata a 6 in C (Anonymous)
15. A due no. 11 (Biber) [C. 136]
16. Sonata in D (Johann Christoph Pezel)
17. A due no. 2 (Biber) [C. 127]
18. Sonata 'pro tabula' a 10 in C (Biber) [C. 112]
19. A due no. 7 (Biber) [C. 132]

NB. The 'A due' are the trumpet duos appended to the collection Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes

Biber: Battalia; Locke: The Tempest
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (dir.), Trompeten-Consort Innsbruck
Teldec, 3984-21464-2

1. Fanfare in D major (Jan Dismas Zelenka)
2-9. Battalia (Biber) [C. 61]
10. Passacaglia in C minor (Biber) [Arrangement for solo lute of Passacaglia from Sonata VI, Sonatae violino solo, 1681. MS in the Benedictine Monastery at Kremsmünster, Austria.]
11. Tune for the Woodlark (anon.)
12-22. Sonata violino solo representativa (Biber) [C. 146]
23. Ricercare (composed by Enrico Onofri)
24-30. Partia VII in C minor (Biber) [C. 68]
31. Canon 4 in 2 (Matthew Locke)
32-42. Music for The Tempest (Matthew Locke)

Un Carnevale a Kremsier
Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (vln & dir.)
Symphonia, SY 95143

1-5. Trombet-undt Musicalischer Taffeldienst à 4 [C. 76]
6-7. Arien à 4 [C. 53]
8-10. Harmonia Romana [C. App. 111]
11-12. Balletti [C. 60] [NB: Track 12 is the Ciacona from the Serenada à 5, The Nightwatchman's Serenade]
13. Arien à 4 [C. 52]
14-18. Balletti [C. 58]
19-24. Balletti Lamentabili à 4 [C. 59]

Music at the Salzburg Court: Biber, Muffat, Mozart
Salzburg Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner (dir.)
CPO, 999 469-2

Steffano Bernadi
1. Canzona op. 12/2
Heinrich Biber
2. Sonata for violin and b.c. in C minor (1681) [C. 143]
Carl Heinrich Biber
3. Sonata à 3 in G major
4. Sonata à 3 in E minor
Georg Muffat
5. Sonata for violin and b.c. in D major

Carl Heinrich Biber
6. Sonata à Pastorale
Georg Muffat
7. Toccata Undecima
Giuseppe Francesco Lolli
8. Sonata in B flat major
9. Sonata in B flat major
Leopold Mozart
10. "Für den Merz"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
11. "Church Sonata" KV 68 in B flat major

Sacro-profanum
The Purcell Quartet with Richard Wistreich and Peter Harvey
Chandos Records, Chaconne, CHAN 0605(2), 2 CDs

Disc 1
1. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata I [C. 78]
2. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata II [C. 79]
3. Nisi Dominus [C. 10]
4. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata III [C. 80]
5. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata IV [C. 81]
6. Battalia à 10 [C. 61]
7. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata V [C. 82]
8. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata VI [C. 83]
9. Laetatus sum [C. 9]

Disc 2
1. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata VII [C. 84]
2. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata VIII [C. 85]
3-8. Balletti lamentabili [C. 59]
9. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata IX [C. 86]
10. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata X [C. 87]
11-16. Serenada 'Nightwatchman's Call' [C. 75]
17. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata XI [C. 88]
18. Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonata XII [C. 89]
19. Passacaglia [C. 105]

Harmonia artificioso-ariosa
The Rare Fruits Council/Manfredo Kraemer (vln & dir.)
Auvidis Astrée, E8572 (Reissued 2003 with Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes on Naïve, Astrée, E 3002, 2 CDs.)

1. Partia I [C. 62]
2. Partia II [C. 63]
3. Partia III [C. 64]
4. Partia IV [C. 65]
5. Partia V [C. 66]
6. Partia VI [C. 67]
7. Partia VII [C. 68]

Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
The Purcell Quartet with Mark Bennett and Michael Laird (trumpets), Katherine McGillvray, Jane Rogers & Tim Cronin (violas)
Chandos, Chaconne, CHAN 0591

1. Sonata I a otto [C. 114]
2. Sonata II a sei [C. 115]
3. Sonata III a sei [C. 116]
4. Sonata IV a cinque [C. 117]
5. Sonata V a sei [C. 118]
6. Sonata VI a cinque [C. 119]
7. Sonata VII a cinque [C. 120]
8. Sonata VIII a cinque [C. 121]
9. Sonata IX a cinque [C. 122]
10. Sonata X a cinque [C. 123]
11. Sonata XI a cinque [C. 124]
12. Sonata XII a otto [C. 125]

Barocke Messen und Arien aus dem Salzburger Dom
St. Florianer Sängerknaben/Franz Farnberger (dir.)
Balance, BAL-9415-1

Stefano Bernardi: Missa primi toni octo vocum
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei
Abraham Megerle: from Ara Musica:
6. Tristitia vestra
7. Gaudete et exsultate
8. Peccator et consolator
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Missa ex B [C. 4]
9. Kyrie
10. Gloria
11. Credo
12. Sanctus
13. Agnus Dei

Vejvanovský, Rittler, Biber
Musica Florea/Marek Štryncl (dir.)
Studio Matouš, MK 0028-2 931

1. Serenada (P. J. Vejvanovský)
2. Sonata Campanarum, vulgò Glockeriana (F. J. Rittler)
3. Regina coeli (I.) (P. J. Vejvanovský)
4. Sonata à 3 (H. I. F. Biber (?))[Br. IV 7 / A 467 = anonymous]
5. Congregati sun inimici nostri (P. J. Vejvanovský)
6. Sonata tribus quadrantibus (P. J. Vejvanovský)
7. Regina coeli (II.) (P. J. Vejvanovský)
8. Sonata vespertina (P. J. Vejvanovský)
9. Alma redemptoris mater (F. J. Rittler)
10-12. Offertur ad duos choros (P. J. Vejvanovský)
13. Sonata sancti Petri et Pauli (P. J. Vejvanovský)
14. Salve regina (P. J. Vejvanovský)
15. Ciaccona à 7 (F. J. Rittler)
16-21. Balletti per il carnuale (P. J. Vejvanovský)

Biber
Musica Florea/Marek Štryncl (dir.)
Studio Matouš, MK 0031-2 931

1. Sonata à 6 (Biber) [C. 109]
2. Laetatus sum à 7 (Biber) [C. 9]
3-6. Sonata à 6 "Die pauern kirchfartt genandt" (Biber) [C. 110]
7. Sonata à 3 (?) [Br. IV 210 / A 632 = anonymous]
8. Sonata à 3 ("AB") [C. App. 118]
9. In sole posuisti à 2 (?) [Br. II 171 / A 294 = anonymous]
10. Sonata à 3 "AB" [C. App. 117]
11-17. Battalia à 10 (Biber) [C. 61]
18-23. Balletti Lamentabili à 4 (Biber) [C. 59]
24. Sonata à 4 ("H.B.") [C. App. 119 = anonymous]
25-30. Serenada à 5 (Biber) [C. 75]

Schmelzer Violin Sonatas
Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin), Nigel North (theorbo), John Toll (harpsichord & organ)
Harmonia mundi USA, HMU 907143, 2 CDs

[VI] Sonatae unarum fidium, 1664
1. Sonata IV
2. Sonata V
3. Sonata VI
4. Sonata 'Cucù'
5-11. Sonata 'Victori der Christen' (Biber) [C. 99, from Minoritenkonvent MS 726/80]
12. Sonata I
13. Sonata II
14. Sonata III

Mystery Sonatas [I]
Gabriela Demeterová (vln), Jaroslav Tuma (org.)
Supraphon Records, SU 3155-2 131

1-3. I. (Dorisch). Ankundigung der Geburt Christi durch den Erzengel Gabriel [C. 90]
4-6. II. A dur. Marias Besuch bei Elisabeth in A major [C. 91]
7-11. III. H moll. Christi Geburt Anbetung der Hirten in B flat [C. 92]
12. IV. (Dorisch). Christi Darstellung im Tempel, Simson [C. 93]
13-18. V. A dur. Der zwofjahrige Jesus im Tempel in A major [C. 94]
19-20. VI. C moll. Leiden Christi am Olberg in C flat [C. 95]
21-23. VII. F dur. Christi Geisselung in F major [C. 96]
24. Passacaglia, violin solo [C. 105]

Biber: Requiem a 15/Steffani: Stabat Mater
Koor en barokorkest van der Nederlandse Bachvereniging/Gustav Leonhardt (dir.)
Deutsche harmonia mundi, 05472 77344 2 (1995; re-released Deutsche harmonia mundi, 2004)

Biber: Requiem a 15 [C. 7]
1. Introitus: Requiem aeternam dona eis
2. Kyrie eleison
3. Sequenz: Dies Irae, dies illa
4. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
5. Sanctus
6. Agnus Dei
7. Communio: Lux aeterna luceat eis

Steffani: Stabat Mater
8. Stabat mater
9. Cujus animam
10. Quis est homo
11. Pro peccatis
12. Vidit suum dulcem
13. Eja mater
14. Fac me vere
15. Virgo virginum
16. Fac ut portem
17. Fac me plagis
18. Inflammatur
19. Quando corpus

Der Salzburger Klang: Biber, Mozart, Haydn: Werke Salzburger Komponisten auf historischen Musikinstrumenten des Salzburger Museums Carolino Augusteum
Salzburger Museums Verein, SMCA 0695 [1995]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
1-7. Partia VII für zwei Violen d'amore und B.c. in c-moll [from Harmonia artificioso arioso, C. 68]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
8. Zwei Menuette für Klavier in G-Dur und C-Dur, KV 1 (1e und 1f)
9. Zwölf Variationen für Klavier in C-Dur über "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman", KV 265
Johann Michael Haydn
10-13. Quartett Nr. 5 für zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncello in F-Dur
Joseph Haydn
14. Andante con variazioni für Klavier in F-moll, Hob XVII/6

Biber: Missa Alleluja, Schmelzer: Vesperae sollennes
Gradus ad Parnassum/Konrad Junghänel (dir.)
Deutsche harmonia mundi, 05472 77326 2 (1995, re-released on same label, 05472 77856 2, 2002)

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
1. Sonata per Chiesa et Camera
2. Introitus: Terribilis est locus iste [Chant]
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Missa Alleluja à 36 [C. 1]
3. Kyrie [C. 1]
4. Gloria [C. 1]
5. Alleluja [Chant]
6. Credo [C. 1]
7. Offertorium: Stetit Angelus iuxta aram templi [Chant]
8. Sanctus-Osanna-Benedictus-Osanna [C. 1]
9. Agnus Dei [C. 1]
10. Communio: Passet invenit sibi domum [Chant]
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
11. Sonata XII aus "Sacroprofanus concentus musicus"
12. Deus in adiutorium intende [Chant]

Vesperae sollennes (Schmelzer)
13. Dixit Dominus
14. Domus mea [Chant]
15. Confitebor
16. Haec est domus Domini [Chant]
17. Beatus vir
18. Bene fundata est [Chant]
19. Laudate pueri
20. Lapides pretiosi [Chant]
21. Laudate Dominum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
22. Hymnus "Coelestis urbs Jerusalem"
Johann Jakob Froberger
23. Fantasia II (0rgano)
Palestrina
24. Hymnus "Coelestis urbs Jerusalem"
25. O quam metuendus [Chant]
Schmelzer
26. Magnificat

Arminio, chi la dura la vince. Dramma musicale in three acts [C. 51]
Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner (dir.)
CPO, 999 258-2, 3 CDs

CD 1: Act I
CD 2: Act II
CD 3: Act III

Biber [&] Schmelzer: Sonatas
Freiburger Barockorchester Consort
Deutsche harmonia mundi, 05472 77348 2

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
1. Sonata No. 1 a otto [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 114]
2. Sonata No. 6 a cinque [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 119]
3. Sonata No. 4 a cinque [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 117]
Johann Heinrich Schmelzerr
4. Sonata (Lamento) a tre con Organo et Violone
5. Sonata a due con Basso continuo
6. Lamento "sopra la morte Ferdinandi a tre" con Organo et Basso
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
7. Sonata No. 8 a cinque [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 121]
8. Sonata No. 10 a cinque [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 123]
9. Sonata No. 7 a cinque [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 120]
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
10. Sonata a due con Basso continuo
11. Lamento a tre con Basso continuo
12. Harmonia a cinque con Basso continuo
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
13. Sonata No. 12 a otto [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 125]

Biber/Kerll: Requiem
Capella Sancti Michaelis/Ricercar Consort/Erik van Nevel (dir.)
Ricercar 81063

1. Kerll: Missa pro defunctis
2. Biber: Requiem a 15 [C. 7]

Biber Violin Sonatas [Sonatae violino solo, 1681]
Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin), Nigel North (lute & theorbo), John Toll (harpsichord & organ)
Harmoni mundi usa, HMU 907134.35, 2 CDs (1994; re-released harmonia mundi usa, HMX2907344.45, 2002)

Disc 1
1-2. Sonata I (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 138]
3. Sonata II (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 139]
4-5. Sonata III (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 140]
6-7. Sonata IV (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 141]
8. Passacaglia for solo lute in C minor [Arrangement of Passacaglia from Sonata VI, Sonatae violino solo, 1681. MS in the Benedictine Monastery at Kremsmünster, Austria.]
9-17. Sonata violino solo representativa in A major [C. 146]

Disc 2
1-3. Sonata V (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 142]
4-5. Sonata VI (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 143]
6-7. Sonata VII (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 144]
8-9. Sonata VIII (Sonatae violino solo) [C. 145]
10. Sonata "La Pastorella" [sic] [C. 106] [Headed 'Pastorella' in the only MS]
11. Passacaglia for solo violin (from the Mystery Sonatas) [C. 105]

Requiem
New London Consort/Philip Pickett (dir.)
Decca, Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 436 460-2

Requiem in F minor [C. 8]
1.Introitus
2. Kyrie
3. Dies irae
4. Domine Jesu Christe
5. Sanctus
6. Agnus Dei
7-13. Ballettae à 4 [C. 55]
14-20. Battalia à 10 [C. 61]
21-26. Serenada 'Der Nachtwächter' [C. 75]
27-30. Sonata à 6 'Die Pauern Kirchfarth genandt' [C. 110]

Requiem à 15 (A-Dur), Vesperae à 32
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman (dir.)
Erato, 4509-91725-2

Requiem à 15 [C. 7]
1. Introitus
2. Kyrie
3. Sequenz
4. Offertorium
5. Sanctus
6. Agnus Dei
7. Communio
Vesperae à 32 [C. 11-12]
8. Dixit Dominus [C. 11]
9. Magnificat [C. 12]

Ensemble Saga. Maria Lindal Plays Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
BIS, BIS-CD608

1-6. Partia No. 3 in A major (Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa No. 3) [C. 64]
7. Sonata No. 6 in C minor (Sonatae Violino Solo No. 6) [C. 143]
8. Sonata violino solo representativa (Representatio Avium) [C. 146]
9-13. Partia No. 5 in G minor (Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa No. 5) [C. 66]
14. Mystery Sonata No. 10 in G minor ("The Crucifixion") [C. 99]
15. Passacaglia (Mystery Sonata), for violin solo in G minor [C. 105]

Biber, Finger, Neruda, Vejvanovský [instrumental works]
Virtuosi di Praga, Richard Steuart (trumpet), Oldrich Vlcek (dir.)
Discover International, DICD 920244

H. I. Franz von Biber
1. Sonata No. 4 in C major for Trumpet, Strings & Basso Continuo [from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 117]
Godfrey Finger
2. Sonata in C for Trumpet, Violin & Basso Continuo
3. Sonata for Trumpet, Violin, Oboe & Basso Continuo
J. K. Jiri Neruda
4-6. Concerto in E flat major for Trumpet and String Orchestra
P. J. Vejvanovský
7-13. Harmonia romana [C. App. 111; possibly by Biber?]
14. Sonata à 4
H. I. Franz von Biber
15. Sonata à 6 for Solo Trumpet, 2 Violins, cello & Basso Continuo [C. 109]

Music for Trumpet and Orchestra
Crispian Steele-Perkins, Jeanne Lemon, Tafelmusik
Sony, CBS 53365

1. Sonata for trumpet, 8 viols [sic] & continuo in D major (Alessandro Stradella)
2. Sonata tam Aris à 6, for 2 violins, 3 violas & continuo in E minor (Sonatae No. 5) (Biber) [C. 118]
3. Sonata tam Aris à 8, for 2 trumpets, 2 violins, 2 violas & continuo (Sonatae No. 1) (Biber) [C. 114]
Trumpet Duos (12), for 2 trumpets (Nos. 13-24 of Sonatae, tam Aris) (Biber)
4. No 01 in C major [C. 126]
5. No 11 in G minor [C. 136]
6. No 05 in C major [C. 130]
7. No 13 [sic] in A minor [unable to identify this work]
8. Sonata tam Aris à 5, for trumpet, violin, 2 violas & continuo (Sonatae No. 10) (Biber) [C. 123]
9. Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C Major, RV 537 (Antonio Vivaldi)
10. Concerto (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
11. Concerto for trumpet & 2 oboes in D (Georg Philipp Telemann)
12. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40 Caro Voi Siete All'Alma, aria (George Frideric Handel)
13. Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22 Aria: Se L'arco Avessi (George Frideric Handel)
14. Scipione (Publio Cornelio Scipione), HWV 20 March (George Frideric Handel)
15. Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 Act 3: See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes (March)
(George Frideric Handel)
16. Atalanta, opera, HWV 35 Overture (George Frideric Handel)

Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa
Purcell Quartet, Richard Boothby
Chandos Records, CHAN 575, 2 CDs

Disc 1
1-6. Partita I in D minor for 2 scordatura violins & bass in d-Moll [C. 62]
7-11. Partita II in B minor for 2 scordatura violins & bass in h-Moll [C. 63]
12-17. Partita III in A major for 2 scordatura violins & bass in A-Dur [C. 64]
18-24. Partita IV in E flat major for scordatura violin, scordatura viola di braccio & bass in Es-Dur [C. 65]

Disc 2
1-4. Partita V in G minor for 2 scordatura violins & bass in g-Moll [C. 66]
6-8. Partita VI in D major for 2 violins & bass in D-Dur [C. 67]
9-15. Partita VII in C minor for 2 violas d'amore & bass in c-Moll [C. 68]

Harmonia artificioso-ariosa
Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (vln & dir.)
Sony Classical, SK 58 920

1-5. Partia I [C. 62]
6-10. Partia II [C. 63]
11-16. Partia III [C. 64]
17-23. Partia IV [C. 65]
24-28. Partia V [C. 66]
29-31. Partia VI [C. 67]
32-38. Partia VII [C. 68]

Valls: Missa Scala Aretina, Biber: Requiem
Koor & Barokorkest van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging/Gustav Leonhardt (dir.)
Deutsche harmonia mundi (1993; re-released 2002 as 05472 77842 2)

Francisco Valls (1665-1747): Missa Scala Aretina
1-3. Kyrie
4-8. Gloria
9-14. Credo
15. Sanctus
16. Agnus Dei
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Requiem f-moll/F minor [C. 8]
17. Requiem aeternam dona eis (Introitus)
18. Dies irae, dies illa
19. Domine Jesu Christe (Offertorium)
20. Sanctus
21 Agnus Dei

Mensa Sonora
La Follia Salzburg
Lyrichord Discs, Lyrichord Early Music Series, LEMS 8017

1-5. Arien à 4 [C. 53]
6-12. Pars I [C. 69]
13-18. Pars II [C. 70]
19-23. Pars III [C. 71]
24-30. Pars IV [C. 72]
31-37. Pars V [C. 73]
38-44. Pars VI [C. 74]
45-50. Balletti Lamentabili à 4 [C. 59]

Rosenkranz-Sonaten [C. 90-105]
Reinhard Goebel (vln), Musica Antiqua Köln
Deutsche Grammophon, Archiv Label, 431 656-2, 2 CDs

Disc 1:
1. Mystery Sonata I
2. Mystery Sonata II
3. Mystery Sonata III
4. Mystery Sonata IV
5. Mystery Sonata V
6. Mystery Sonata VI
7. Mystery Sonata VII
8. Mystery Sonata VIII

Disc 2:
9. Mystery Sonata IX
10. Mystery Sonata X
11. Mystery Sonata XI
12. Mystery Sonata XII
13. Mystery Sonata XIII
14. Mystery Sonata XIV
15. Mystery Sonata XV
16. Passacaglia

The Mystery Sonatas [C. 90-105]
John Holloway (vln), Davitt Moroney (chamber organ/harpsichord), Tragicomedia
Virgin Classics, 0777 75955125, 2 CDs (1990; re-released, Virgin Classics, 7243 5 62062 2 9, 2 CDs, 2002)

Disc 1
1-4. Mystery Sonata I
5-8. Mystery Sonata II
9-12. Mystery Sonata III
13. Mystery Sonata IV
14-18. Mystery Sonata V
19-21. Mystery Sonata VI
22-25. Mystery Sonata VII
26-30. Mystery Sonata VIII
31-34. Mystery Sonata IX
35-39. Mystery Sonata X

Disc 2
1-3. Mystery Sonata XI
4-8. Mystery Sonata XII
9-12. Mystery Sonata XIII
13-15. Mystery Sonata XIV
16-19. Mystery Sonata XV
20. Passagalia

Mensa Sonora, Sonata Representativa
Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel (vln & dir.)
Polydor International, Archiv Production, 423 701-2 (1998; re-released on Archiv, 028947750017, 2004)

1-6. Pars I [C. 69]
7-12. Pars II [C. 70]
13-17. Pars III [C. 71]
18-26. Sonata violino solo representativa [C. 146]
27-33. Pars IV [C. 72]
34-40. Pars V [C. 73]
41-47. Pars VI [C. 74]

Fidicinium sacro-profanum [C.78-89]
Clemencic Consort/René Clemencic (dir.)
Accord, 465 931-2 (1988; re-released 2000)

1. Sonate I
2. Sonate II
3. Sonate III
4. Sonate IV
5. Sonate V
6. Sonate VI
7. Sonate VII
8. Sonate VIII
9. Sonate IX
10. Sonate X
11. Sonate XI
12. Sonate XII

Marienvesper 1693
Salzburger Bachchor und Barockensemble/Howard Arman (dir.)
Freiburger Musik Forum, Essence, AME 3022-2 (1986; re-released on CD, 1996)

1. Sonata VIII [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 85]
2. Antiphon "Dum esset rex"
3. Dixit Dominus [C. 19]
4. Antiphon "Dum esset rex"
5. Antiphoon "Laeva ejus"
6. Laudate pueri [C. 20]
7. Antiphon "Laeva ejus"
8. Antiphon "Jam hiems"
9. Laetatus sum [C. 21]
10. Antiphon "Jam hiems"

11. Antiphon "Nigra sum"
12. Nisi Dominus [C. 22]
13. Antiphon "Nigra sum"
14. Antiphon "Speciosa facta es"
15. Lauda Jerusalem [C. 23]
16. Antiphon "Speciosa facta es"
17. Ad Magnificat "Beatam me dicent"
18. Magnificat [C. 24]
19. Ad Magnificat "Beatam me dicent"
20. Sonata IX [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 86]

Sonatae tam aris, quam aulis servientes
The Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman & Peter Holman (dir.)
Hyperion, CDA66145 (1985; re-released, Helios, CDH55041, 2000)

1. Sonata I in C [C. 114]
2. Sonata II in D [C. 115]
3. Sonata III in G minor [C. 116]
4. Sonata IV in C [C. 117]
5. Sonata V in E minor [C. 118]
6. Sonata VI in F [C. 119]
7. Sonata VII in C [C. 120]
8. Sonata VIII in G [C. 121]
9. Sonata IX in B flat [C. 122]
10. Sonata X in G minor [C. 123]
11. Sonata XI in A [C. 124]
12 Sonata XII in C [C. 125]

Die Rosenkranz-Sonaten [C. 90-105]
Franz Josef Maier (violin), Franz Lehrndorfer (organ), Max Engel (violoncello & viola da gamba), Konrad Junghänel (theorbo)
EMI/Deutsche harmonia mundi, 1C 3LP 157 1999913, 3 LPs (1983; re-released, Harmonia mundi, CDS 7492448, 2 CDs)

Disc 1
1-3. Sonata I
4-6. Sonata II
7-9. Sonata III
10. Sonata IV
11-14. Sonata V
15-17. Sonata VI
18-19. Sonata VII
20-21. Sonata VIII
22-24. Sonata IX

Disc 2
1-2. Sonata X
3-4. Sonata XI
5-8. Sonata XII
9-12. Sonata XIII
13-15. Sonata XIV
16-19. Sonata XV
20. Sonata XVI [Paassacaglia]

Missa Sancti Henrici, Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
Regensburger Domspatzen, Collegium Aureum/Georg Ratzinger (dir.)
Deutsche harmonia mundi, C067-99956 (1983; re-released on CD, Deutsche harmonia mundi, 05472 77449 2, 1996)

Missa Sancti Henrici [C. 6]
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus et Benedictus
5. Agnus Dei

Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientis
6-8. Sonata I a otto [C. 114]
8-11. Sonata XII a otto [C. 125]

Missa Salisburgensis
Escolania de Montserrat, Tölzer Knabenchor/P. Ireneu Segarra OSB (dir.)
Deutsche harmonia mundi, 25 22073-7 (1974; re-released on CD, Deutsche harmonia mundi, 05472 77845 2 (2002; re-released on CD, Deutsche harmonia mundi, 2005)

Missa Salisburgensis [C. App. 101]
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus/Benedictus
5. Agnus Dei
6. Hymnus "Plaudite Tympana" [C. App. 106]

Battalia, Pauern Kirchfahrt, Ballettae, Sonatae
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (dir.)
Teldec, SAWT 9579-B, 6.41134 AS (1971, released on CD, 4509-97914-2, 1996; re-released on APEX 2564 620312, 2005)

1. Sonata III à 5 Violae [Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 116]*
2. Sonata prima à 8, 2 Clarini, 6 Violae [Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 114]*
3. Ballettae à 4 Violettae [C. 55]
4. Battalia [C. 61]
5. Sonata à 7, 6 Tromb, Tramburin con Organo Ao. 1668 [C. 111]
6. Sonata IV à 5 Violae [Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 117]*
7. Sonata seconda à 8, 2 Clarini, 6 Violae [Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, C. 115]*
8. Sonata à 6 die Pauern Kirchfahrt genandt [C. 110]

*These performances are based on the MSS of these works in Kroměříž which pre-date the 1676 publication of this collection.

Biber Requiem, Sacred Works
Wiener Sängerknaben/Hans Gillesberger (dir.), Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (dir.)
Teldec, Das Alte Werk, SAWT 9537-A Ex (1969; released on CD, 1998, 3984-21798-2 with recording of the Sonata violino solo representativa added; re-released on CD again, APEX 2564 620312, 2005)

1. Sonata St. Polycarpi à 9 [C. 113]
2. Laetatus sum à 7 [C. 9]
3. In Festo Trium Regium, Muttetum Natale à 6 [C. 43]
Requiem [C. 8]
4. Introitus
5. Dies irae
6. Domine Jesu Christe
7. Sanctus
8. Agnus Dei
9. Sonata Violino Solo representativa [C. 146] [not on original LP release]

Rosenkranz-Sonaten/Mystery Sonatas [C. 90-105]
Eduard Melkus (violin), Huguette Dreyfus (harpsichord), Lionel Rogg (organ), Karl Scheit (lute)
Archiv Production (1968), 198 422/23, 2 LPs (1968; re-released on CD, Archiv Production, Codex, 453 173-2, 2 CDs)

Disc 1
1-2. Sonata I
3-5. Sonata II
6-8. Sonata III
9. Sonata IV
10-13. Sonata V
14. Sonata VI
15-16. Sonata VII
17-18. Sonata VIII
19-21. Sonata IX

Disc 2
1-2. Sonata X
3-5. Sonata XI
6-8. Sonata XII
9-12. Sonata XIII
13-15. Sonata XIV
16-19. Sonata XV
20. Passacaglia

Muffat [&] Biber: Suiten & Sonaten
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (dir.)
Polydor International, Archiv Produktion 2547 004 (1966; re-released on CD, 437 081-2, 1995)

Georg Muffat
1-9. Suite: Indissolubilis Amicitia
10-14. Concerto I: Bona Nova
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
15-17. Sonata a 6 "die Pauern Kirchfahrt genandt" [C. 110]
18-26. Sonata a 2 violini, trombone, violone [C. App. 117]
27-29. Sonata VIII [from Fidicinium sacro-profanum, C. 85]
30-37. Battalia a 10 [C. 61]

Rosary Sonatas [C. 90-105]
Susanne Lautenbacher (vln), Rudolph Ewerhart (Positiv, harpsichord & Regal), Johannes Koch (vla da gamba)
Vox Box, SVBX 552, 3 LPs (1962; re-released on 2 CDs, Vox Box, CDX 5171, 2002)

Disc 1
1-3. Sonata No. 1 in D Minor
4-6. Sonata No. 2 in A
7-9. Sonata No. 3 in B Minor
10. Sonata No. 4 in D Minor (Ciacona)
11-14. Sonata No. 5 in A
15-17. Sonata No. 6 in C Minor
18-19. Sonata No. 7 in F
20-21. Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat
22-24. Sonata No. 9 in A Minor

Disc 2
1-2. Sonata No. 10 in G Minor
3-5. Sonata No. 11 in G
6-9. Sonata No. 12 in C
10-13. Sonata No. 13 in D Minor
14-16. Sonata No. 14 in D
17-20. Sonata No. 15 in C
21. Sonata No. 16 "Sonata of the Guardian Angel" (Passacaglia in G Minor)