| Management number | 254554801 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$7.85 | Model Number | 254554801 | ||
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Back in April 2014 at Carnegie's Zankel Hall, Augustin Hadelich's performance of David Lang's 'mystery sonatas' was praised by the New York Times as a riveting display of "magisterial poise and serene control." That same magic penetrates this starkly beautiful recording of the work, played by Hadelich on the exquisite 1723 "ex-Kiesewetter" Stradivari, on loan to him by it's current owners since 2011. Lang based his 'mystery sonatas' on the famous pieces by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, but with a modern twist. "I decided to make my own virtuosic pieces about my most intimate, most spiritual thoughts," he explains, "[but] mine are not about Jesus, and the violin is not retuned between movements. I did keep one of Biber's distinctions. He divides Jesus's life into three phases-the joyous, the sorrowful, and the glorious. The central pieces of my mystery sonatas are called 'joy,' 'sorrow,' and 'glory,' but these are all quiet, internal, reflective states of being."
| Performer | David Lang |
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| Music genre | Classical |
| Media format | LP |
| Original release date | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | Joy 5:10, After Joy 5:28, Before Sorrow 6:53, Sorrow 8:53, After Sorrow 4:40, Before Glory 4:00, Glory 8:17 |
| Record label | Cantaloupe |
| Composer | David Lang |
| Track name | Mystery Sonatas~Joy, Mystery Sonatas~After Joy, Mystery Sonatas~Before Sorrow, Mystery Sonatas~Sorrow, Part 1, Part 2, Mystery Sonatas~After sorrow, Mystery Sonatas~Before glory, Mystery Sonatas~Glory |
| Music media format | Vinyl Record |
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