All mystery articles

Review

Book review: The Hardanger Riddle

2021-05-25T20:00:00Z

Julian Haylock reviews the third novel in Paul Adam’s Cremona Mysteries series

Review

Christina Day Martinson, Boston Baroque: Biber Mystery Sonatas

2018-07-06T16:20:00Z

Capturing the glory, joy and sorrow of these mysterious works  

Video

Rachel Podger plays Biber's Rosary Sonata no.16, Passacaglia

2017-08-24T16:03:00Z

English Baroque specialist Rachel Podger plays one of the earliest known works for solo violin, the Passacaglia from Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s Rosary Sonatas (also known as the Mystery Sonatas).

Article

Could Mittenwald be sitting on a fortune in Nazi treasure?

2013-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mittenwald, the violin making hub in southern Germany, could be the last resting place of a cache of gold and diamonds belonging to Adolf Hitler, according to a Dutch film-maker. Leon Giesen, 51, has carried out three excavations in the Bavarian town and is seeking funding for a fourth, using ...