Christina Day Martinson, Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque – Biber: The Mystery Sonatas (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Christina Day Martinson, Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque – Biber: The Mystery Sonatas (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:00:12 minutes | 2,46 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

Heinrich Biber’s astonishingly powerful and deeply emotional Mystery Sonatas represent a triumph of Baroque invention. Boston Classical Review described Christina Day Martinson’s live performance as ‘a flourish of technical complexity and musical wizardry’, whilst the Boston Globe wrote, ‘Day Martinson…didn’t just survive, she triumphed.’

The adventurous use of six baroque violins in fifteen different tunings creates otherworldly soundscapes that result in a deeply moving and glorious listening experience. This highly disorientating practice reaches its pinnacle in Sonata XI (The Resurrection) where the middle two strings are crossed over each other both in the peg box and behind the bridge, so that one can literally see a cross on the violin. The fifteen sonatas have been traditionally grouped into three sets of five: five joyful mysteries, five sorrowful mysteries, and five glorious mysteries.

Boston Baroque’s founder Martin Pearlman plays organ and harpsichord, with Michael Leopold on theorbo and guitar and Michael Unterman on cello.

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Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque – Haydn: The Creation (2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque - Haydn: The Creation (2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque – Haydn: The Creation (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:36:51 minutes | 4,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Linn Records

The three-time Grammy-nominated Boston Baroque, widely regarded as ‘one of the world’s premier period-instruments bands’, marks the beginning of its relationship with Linn with a two-disc recording of Haydn’s The Creation. The Creation remains one of the greatest works in the choral repertoire and has been astonishing audiences since its premiere in 1798.

Boston Baroque, conducted by Martin Pearlman recorded Haydn’s masterpiece at Mechanics Hall in Worchester, Massachusetts. The soloists Amanda Forsythe soprano, Keith Jameson tenor and Kevin Deas bass-baritone joined the ensemble for the performance of Haydn’s crowning achievement.

The ensemble’s previous performances of The Creation have received rave reviews, with the Boston Globe stating: ‘Boston Baroque performed Haydn’s Creation – with vibrant color and a fleet momentum…and made it a vivid, effervescent occasion’.
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