Biber: Mystery Sonatas Mayumi Hirasaki

• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 - 1704): Rosary Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, C. 90 "The Annunciation":
• 1Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, C. 90 "The Annunciation": Praeludium - Aria and Variations - Finale06:07
• Rosary Sonata No. 2 in A Major, C. 91 "The Visitation":
• 2Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 2 in A Major, C. 91 "The Visitation": Sonata - Allemanda - Presto04:54
• Rosary Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, C. 92 "The Nativity":
• 3Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, C. 92 "The Nativity": Sonata - Courente and Double - Adagio07:59
• Rosary Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, C. 93 "The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple":
• 4Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, C. 93 "The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple": Ciacona07:48
• Rosary Sonata No. 5 in A Major, C. 94 "The Discovery in the Temple":
• 5Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 5 in A Major, C. 94 "The Discovery in the Temple": Praeludium - Allemanda - Gigue - Sarabanda and Double06:54
• Rosary Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 95 "Christ on the Mount of Olives":
• 6Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 95 "Christ on the Mount of Olives": Lamento07:39
• Rosary Sonata No. 7 in F Major, C. 96 "The Scourging at the Pillar":
• 7Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 7 in F Major, C. 96 "The Scourging at the Pillar": Allamanda and Variatio - Sarabande and Variations07:48
• Rosary Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, C. 97 "The Crown of Thorns":
• 8Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, C. 97 "The Crown of Thorns": Sonata - Gigue and 2 Doubles06:19
• Rosary Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, C. 98 "The Carrying of the Cross":
• 9Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, C. 98 "The Carrying of the Cross": Sonata - Courente and 2 Doubles - Finale08:35
• Rosary Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, C. 99 "The Crucifixion":
• 10Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 10 in G Minor, C. 99 "The Crucifixion": Praeludium - Aria and 5 Variations - Adagio10:06
• Rosary Sonata No. 11 in G Major, C. 100 "The Resurrection":
• 11Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 11 in G Major, C. 100 "The Resurrection": Sonata - Surrexit Christus hodie - Adagio08:50
• Rosary Sonata No. 12 in C Major, C. 101 "The Ascension":
• 12Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 12 in C Major, C. 101 "The Ascension": Intrada - Aria tubicinum - Allamanda - Courente and Double07:10
• Rosary Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, C. 102 "The Descent of the Holy Ghost":
• 13Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 13 in D Minor, C. 102 "The Descent of the Holy Ghost": Sonata - Gavotte - Gigue - Sarabanda07:21
• Rosary Sonata No. 14 in D Major, C. 103 "The Assumption of the Virgin":
• 14Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 14 in D Major, C. 103 "The Assumption of the Virgin": Grave - Adagio - Aria and Variations - Gigue09:46
• Rosary Sonata No. 15 in C Major, C. 104 "The Coronation of the Virgin":
• 15Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 15 in C Major, C. 104 "The Coronation of the Virgin": Sonata - Aria and Variations - Canzon - Sarabanda12:38
• Rosary Sonata No. 16 in G Minor, C. 105 "Guardian Angel":
• 16Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 16 in G Minor, C. 105 "Guardian Angel": Passacaglia (Adagio - Allegro - Adagio)09:45
• Total Runtime02:09:39

Info for Biber: Mystery Sonatas

Mayumi Hirasaki, specialist in scordatura, presents this new album of works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Mayumi Hirasaki was born in Japan and initially studied modern violin at the Tokyo University of the Arts and Music. She then continued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik Nuremberg-Augusburg under Prof. Daniel Gaede and specialized in Baroque violin under Prof. Mary Utiger at the Hochschule für Music and Theater Munich. Further study programs followed under Prof. Giuliano Carmignola in Lucerne and under Prof. Christine Schornsheim in Munich, where the harpsichord was her field concentration. She taught Baroque violin and Baroque viola at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen from the winter term 2009 till 2018 and has held a professorship in Barock violin and viola at the University Mozarteum Salzburg since October 2017.

Mayumi Hirasaki, violin
Michael Freimuth, lute, theorbo
Christine Schornsheim, early keyboard instruments
Johannes Loescher, viola da gamba
Jan Freiheit, viola da gamba

Mayumi Hirasaki
began to study the violin in her homeland at the State University of the Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo. In 2001 she went to Germany to study with Professor Daniel Gaede at the Academy of Music in Nuremberg-Augsburg, where she gained her diploma with distinction and was also awarded her master-class diploma. While still studying she was given a teaching appointment at this institute.

Her enthusiasm for early music prompted her to study Baroque violin at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Munich under Professor Mary Utiger and subsequently at the Lucerne Academy of Music under Professor Giuliano Carmignola. She also passed the examination for church musicians in the archbishopric of Bamberg and then studied harpsichord as her main subject in Munich under Professor Christine Schornsheim.

Mayumi Hirasaki has won prizes at several competitions in Japan and Europe, including the International J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig and the Competition for Early Music in Bruges, Belgium. She has been leader of the Concerto Köln since 2011 where she has worked together with conductors and soloists such as Peter Dijkstra, Andrea Marcon, Pablo Heras-Casado, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Giuliano Carmignola, Dorothee Oberlinger, Midori Seiler, Simone Kermes, Vivica Genaux and Valer Sabadus. Mayumi Hirasaki also gives frequent guest appearances with various Baroque orchestras and ensembles such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Dresden Festival Orchestra, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Basle Chamber Orchestra, the Gaechinger Cantorey Stuttgart, The King’s Consort, the Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Collegium Cartusianum, La Divina Armonia, Il Suonar Parlante and Il Gardellino, performing in Europe, the USA and Japan.

Her partners in chamber music include artists such as Christine Schornsheim, Lorenzo and Vittorio Ghielmi, Francis Jacob, Naoki Kitaya, Marcel Ponseele, Maurice Steger and Jan de Winne.

Her extensive list of CDs includes recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach in romantischer Manier with Christine Schornsheim / Genuin), the Double Concerto with Giuliano Carmignola & Concerto Köln / DG-Archiv, the Violin Concerto in E major with Lorenzo Ghielmi and La Divina Armonia/Passacaille, the 6 Brandenburg Concertos with Concerto Köln / Berlin Classics), Antonio Vivaldi’s Barbarian Beauty with Vittorio Ghielmi and Il Suonar Parlante / Passacaille) as well as Charles Avison’s Concerti grossi after Scarlatti with Concerto Köln / Berlin Classics).

Since the winter semester 2009 she has had a teaching appointment for Baroque violin and viola at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and since October 2017 she has had a professorship for Baroque violin and viola at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

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