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The essential Biber, a selective list of must-have CDs
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	Biber: Violin Sonatas Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $14.99 The award-winning 2-CD set that started it all. This is one of the great Baroque recordings of all time. If you are a music lover you should own this disc.
	Biber: The Rosary Sonatas Buy new: $34.98 / Used from: $21.00 Manze's long-awaited followup to the above disc--just issued. Haven't heard it yet but it's already received accolades as possibly Manze's best recording to date.
	Biber: Harmonia Artificioso - Ariosa; Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes Manfredo Kraemer and his superb Rare Fruits Council. Kraemer is right behind Manze and coming on strong. The Artificioso-Ariosa disc won the Diapason d'Or and is magical--truly a desert island disc.
	Biber: Unam Ceylum /Holloway * Assenbaum * Mortensen by Lars Ulrik Mortensen Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $12.49 Recently I've actually come to prefer this CD to Manze's version. And this disc contains performances of two unpublished Biber sonatas, making it truly essential. The ECM recording is spectacular!
	Biber; Muffat: Der Turken Anmarsch /Holloway * Assenbaum * Mortensen by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Buy used from: $10.16 Holloway's long-awaited ECM followup to the preceding disc, and it disappoints in no way. Mandatory for Biber lovers. ECM's engineering is faultless.
	Biber: The Mystery Sonatas Buy used from: $46.88 I was slightly less impressed with this Holloway disc, although it's garnered a Gramophone Award and a Penguin Guide rosette.
	Biber: Vespro Della Beata Vergine [Germany] Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $51.31 The best CD of Biber's vocal music. Use the ASIN to search for the CD on Amazon.de, which has sound clips. The high notes in Laudate Pueri are spine-tingling!!
	Biber: Missa Bruxellensis Buy used from: $54.99 Another Penguin Guide rosette disc, and rightfully so! The recording catches the cathedral acoustic wonderfully. A jubilant, life-enhancing disc.
	Biber: Missa Salisburgenis /Musica Antiqua Koln * Goebel * Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.45 Another sonic feast. No one can say that Biber didn't know how to write music for trumpets.
	Biber Requiem Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $7.00 McCreesh's followup to the preceding disc. Not yet available as of this writing.
	Biber: Litaniae Sancto Josepho; Muffat: Missa in Labore Requies / Junghanel by Georg Muffat Buy used from: $39.49 Hard to find. This CD is listed in the Gramophone Guide. Biber's sacred music doesn't disappoint: Think angelic hosts playing trumpets and you'll get the idea...