ex Vienna Volume II: Scordato: Violin music in scordatura from Manuscript XIV 726 of the Minoritenkonvent in Vienna

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Release Date: 6th Apr 2015
Catalogue No: PC10322
Label: Pan Classics
Series: Gunar Letzbor ex Vienna
Length: 60 minutes

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Schmelzer: Violin Sonata, "Sonatina Amorosa" [Wiener Minoritenkonvent, Manuscript XIV 726: No. 1]

Work length4:22

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

Nikolaus Faber: Violin Sonata [Wiener Minoritenkonvent, Manuscript XIV 726: No. 2]

Work length7:05

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

anon.: Violin Sonata [Wiener Minoritenkonvent, Manuscript XIV 726: No. 6]

Work length6:13

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

Joan Voita: Violin Sonata No. 3 [Wiener Minoritenkonvent, Manuscript XIV 726: No. 72]

Work length6:04

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

Joan Voita: Violin Sonata No. 1 [Wiener Minoritenkonvent, Manuscript XIV 726: No. 70]

Work length9:36

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

anon.: Violin Sonata [Wiener Minoritenkonvent, Manuscript XIV 726: No. 89]

Work length7:59

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

Joan Voita: Violin Sonata No. 2 [Wiener Minoritenkonvent, Manuscript XIV 726: No. 71]

Work length9:19

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

Schmelzer: Violin Sonata in A Minor, "Victori der Christen" (after H.I.F. Biber's Tenth Rosary Sonata)

Work length9:29

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Gunar Letzbor (violin)
Ars Antiqua Austria
Recorded: 23-26 January 2014
Recording Venue: Augustinerstift St. Florian, Altomontesaal, Austria

Der Turken Anmarsch

Track length0:53

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Der Turken Belagerung der Stadt Wien

Track length1:14

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Der Turken sturmen

Track length1:47

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Anmarsch der Christen

Track length2:08

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Treffen der Christen

Track length1:15

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Durchgang der Turken

Track length0:57

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Victori der Christen

Track length1:15

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The violinist Gunar Letzbor is an established specialist in performing Austrian baroque music, in particular, he has intensively grappled with works by Biber, Muffat and Schmelzer, to name three examples. In so doing, he is constantly searching for a specifically Austrian baroque string sound. Manuscript XIV 726 of the Minoritenkonvent in Vienna is one of the most important sources of Austrian baroque music. From over 100 sonatas within it, Gunar Letzbor has compiled the series "ex Vienna" consisting of three programmes which shed light on various aspects of Austrian violin music. On this, the second CD of the series – Scordato – Gunar Letzbor has recorded violin works in which the instrument must be retuned, thus sounding in scordatura. It enables violinists to play more complex chord connections whilst creating additional sound effects through the loosening or tightening of the strings. This alters not only the range of the violin, but also its sound: when the instrument is tuned lower, it has a gentler, softer effect; when the strings are tuned higher, the violin sounds more brilliant and penetrating. Most present-day violinists are unaccustomed to playing in scordatura and tend to avoid compositions using this technique. Gunar Letzbor therefore merits special credit for having assigned himself this task, thus bringing to life previously unheard pieces of this important collection.

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