Marais 1689 Amélie Chemin

• Marin Marais (1656-1728): Suite en sol majeur (à deux violes)
• 1I. Prelude02:43
• 2II. Allemande03:13
• 3III. Courante01:25
• 4IV. Sarabande02:27
• 5V. Gigue02:12
• 6VI. Gavotte en rondeau01:51
• 7VII. Menuet01:52
• 8VIII. Gavotte00:52
• 9IX. Fantaisie en Echo01:41
• 10X. Chaconne06:47
• Prélude en ré mineur (à une viole)
• 11Pieces de viole, Book 4: Prelude in D Minor03:37
• Suite en ré mineur no 5 (à deux violes)
• 12I. Prelude04:10
• 13II. Allemande02:42
• 14III. Courante02:13
• 15IV. Sarabande03:33
• 16V. Gigue01:37
• 17VI. Gavotte01:27
• 18VII. Menuet01:40
• 19Sujet diversitez13:44
• 20Rondeau in G Minor01:55
• 21Pieces de violes, Book 1: Suite in G Major: II. Tombeau de Mr. Meliton10:01
• Total Runtime01:11:42

Info for Marais 1689

That the viola da gamba music of Marin Marais represents a treasure trove of expressive and technical possibilities is just reason for Paolo Pandolfo’s eagerly-awaited return to the composer’s works with his new Marais 1689 recording for Glossa. Pandolfo’s style of playing is apt for this music: meticulousness and sensitivity, and a technical strength which allows him to demonstrate the instrument’s versatility and gives him a sense of rare freedom.

To follow a recent sequence of recordings which has seen him approach the music of Couperin and De Machy, but which also includes the Pièces de viole by Marais’ teacher Sainte Colombe, Pandolfo now turns to the year 1689, when Marais (surrounded by constant arguments as to the true way of doing justice to the gamba) had published the continuo accompaniment for his earlier Pièces à une et à deux violes – this was quite a revolutionary move on the young composer’s part.

To reflect this transition effected by Marais – from the gamba being an instrument heard by itself to one operating within a chamber ensemble environment – Paolo Pandolfo has chosen from this First Book works for one or two gambas, with or without continuo support, in the form of a pair of Suites and various individual pieces, including the Tombeau de Mr Méliton and the rarely recorded set of variations Sujet & Diversitez.

Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba
Amélie Chemin, viola da gamba
Thomas Boysen, theorbo, Baroque guitar
Markus Hünninger, harpsichord

Recorded in Franc-Warêt (Église Saint-Rémi), Belgium, in June 2015
Engineered and produced by Manuel Mohino
Executive producer: Carlos Céster

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