Marin Marais
Marais was the preeminent bass viol player in turn-of-the-seventeenth century France. Although he composed four operas, he is primarily remembered for his some 600 compositions for various combinations of bass viols. These works were in the French tradition of collections of various pieces, rather than the Italian concertos and sonatas. The collections, ranging from seven to 41 pieces each, consist primarily of dances, fantasies, chaconnes, rondeaux, tombeaux, and pièces de caractère. These last are short, colorful works including descriptive titles such as Les voix humaines and Cloche ou carillon. There is even one work that is meant to describe an operation for the removal of a bladder stone. Marais intended these pieces to be played on any instruments, but they are in fact idiomatically suited for the bass viol and represent the finest collection of pieces for that instrument. Among Marais' numerous other compositions, his Pieces en trio pour les flûtes, violon, et dessus de viole (Trios for flute, violin and highest viol) of 1692 was the first published set of trio sonatas in France.
Marais spent his entire life in Paris. Little is known of his childhood other than his having studied with Sainte-Colombe, the most prominent violist and teacher at the time. In 1679, he became the "Regular Violist for the King," a position he held until his retirement in 1725. Marais also studied composition with Lully and subsequently worked with him throughout his career as a violist in his ensemble. Lully probably encouraged Marais to compose his four operas, Alcide (1693), Ariane et Bacchus (1696), Alcione (1706), and Sémélé (1709). All four are rather typical five-act tragedies very much in Lully's style, and seemed to have been considerably successful, Alcione being staged as late as 1771. It is as the greatest and most important composer for the bass viol, however, that Marais is remembered today.
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Discographie
8 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Marin Marais: Pièces de viole des Cinq Livres
Jordi Savall, Hopkinson Smith, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Alia Vox le 27 sept. 2011
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Marin Marais - Pièces de Viole
Classique - Paru chez Passacaille le 13 oct. 2009
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Marin Marais: Pièces de violes Cinquième livre
Leif Henrikson, Lars Erik Larsson
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Naxos Sweden - Daphne le 22 avr. 2016
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Marin Marais
Classique - Paru chez Marin Marais Classical Hits le 12 sept. 2022
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Les Foiles D'espagne & Tombeau for Lully and for Ste. Colombe
Classique - Paru chez Simax Classics le 1 janv. 1993
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Baroque Viola & Lute
Georg Philipp Telemann, Marin Marais, Denis Gaultier
Classique - Paru chez UME - Global Clearing House le 12 mars 2021
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Marin Marais: Pièces de violes Cinquième livre
Marin Marais, Leif Henrikson, Lars Erik Larsson
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Daphne Records le 22 avr. 2016
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Canciones de Amor y de Guerra
Classique - Paru chez Pneuma le 15 avr. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo