Marais: Suites à deux violes
A 2 Violes Esgales, Thomas Dunford (theorbo/lute)
there's a rich mahogany mellowness to the timbre, ideally complemented by the theorbo's burnished fleshing out of the D minor Prelude, and the added rhythmic kick it imparts to the G major's...
Marais: Suites à deux violes
A 2 Violes Esgales, Thomas Dunford (theorbo/lute)
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there's a rich mahogany mellowness to the timbre, ideally complemented by the theorbo's burnished fleshing out of the D minor Prelude, and the added rhythmic kick it imparts to the G major's...
About
Of all the French court composers Marin Marais is unparalleled. He illuminated the court of the most powerful king in seventeenth century Europe and has remained for three centuries as a monument, a source of elegant musical pleasure to musicians and music lovers alike.
In 1689 Marais published a premier in France: a “basso continuo” part for this first book. This is revolutionary work. Marais goes even further in his praise of the theorbo in his second book of Pièces de Viole (1701) mentioning the theorbo as being an instrument apt for performing the solo viol part.
Contents and tracklist
Marais, M:
Premier livre de pièces à une et deux violes, Suite à deux violes et basse continue en Sol Majeur
Work length24:29
- A 2 Violes Esgales
Marais, M:
Deuxième livre de pièces de violes, Suite à deux violes en Ré Majeur: Les voix humaines (Transcription pour archiluth de Thomas Dunford)
Work length4:08
Marais, M:
Premier livre de pièces à une et deux violes, Suite à deux violes et basse continue en Ré Mineur
Work length25:54
- A 2 Violes Esgales
Awards and reviews
February 2016
there's a rich mahogany mellowness to the timbre, ideally complemented by the theorbo's burnished fleshing out of the D minor Prelude, and the added rhythmic kick it imparts to the G major's sprightly Gigue
