Christina Day Martinson and Martin Pearlman play Biber

No, this is not music by Justin Bieber the 21st Century teen idol!  It's amazing and beautiful violin music by the 17th century violinist and composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.  Biber wrote 15 of these pieces to go with engravings showing the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary.  The Canadian violinist, now resident in Boston, Christina Day Martinson played them with harpsichordist Martin Pearlman.
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Biber: from the Mystery Sonatas, Sonata no. 9 (Jesus carries his cross); Sonata no. 10 (The Crucifixion); Sonata no. 11 (The Resurrection); Sonata no. 12 (The Ascension).
Christina Day Martinson, violin; Martin Pearlman, harpsichord.
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Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on April 6th, 2009.
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