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Marin Marais, "chamber viola player to the King", and a talented composer is the author of this rich work full of contrasts, which forms the bridge, in the French viola tradition, between the generation of pioneers (with Saint-Colombe at their head) and the generation of the last French viola players (such as Forqueray or Caix d'Hervelois). This selection gives us an insight into the art of Marais - who was recognised in his own time as a technically gifted and brilliant musician - by way of his two Livres de viole, published in 1717 and 1725 respectively. It was in this period, which was both especially artistically fruitful but also unstable and subject to all sorts of political, economic and social turmoil, that Marais brought out his two last works. This album brings together a good number of strikingly original pieces, in particular from the Suite d’un goût étranger, a real introduction to the world of tonalities. The viola responds very differently to different tones: each tonality has its own very particular effect in terms of musical rhetoric: the Paraza in D minor sounds opulent and full, the Badinage in F sharp minor fragile and uncertain. Special mention should also go to a rare and stunning piece called Le Tact, which requires a curious sort of left-handed pizzicato without any help from the right (which he calls "tact", a forerunner of very modern techniques). This is where Marais shows his particular genius, because he loves the instrument's sensitive, vulnerable instrument, which he explores with great poetry. Founded by theorbist Benjamin Perrot and the viola player Florence Bolton, La Rêveuse (taking its name from the final piece of this album) is an ensemble which specialises in the artistic heritage of the 17th and 18th Centuries, periods which are rich in experiences and artistic inventions of all kinds. © SM/Qobuz
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Pièces de viole, Livre III (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Pièces de viole, Livre V (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre VI
Benjamin Perrot, theorbo - François Couperin, Composer - Benjamin Perrot, Arrangement for theorbo
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Pièces à une et à trois violes, Livre IV (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Pièces de viole, Livre V (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Pièces à une et à trois violes, Livre IV (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Pièces de viole, Livre V (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar, viola da gamba - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre XV (François Couperin)
Benjamin Perrot, theorbo - François Couperin, Composer - Benjamin Perrot, Arrangement for theorbo
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Pièces de viole, Livre V (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Pièces à une et à trois violes, Livre IV (Marin Marais)
La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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La Rêveuse (Florence Bolton, basse de viole / viola da gamba - Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar - Carsten Lohff, clavecin/harpsichord - Robin Pharo, basse de viole / viola da gamba) - Marin Marais, Composer
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Album review
Marin Marais, "chamber viola player to the King", and a talented composer is the author of this rich work full of contrasts, which forms the bridge, in the French viola tradition, between the generation of pioneers (with Saint-Colombe at their head) and the generation of the last French viola players (such as Forqueray or Caix d'Hervelois). This selection gives us an insight into the art of Marais - who was recognised in his own time as a technically gifted and brilliant musician - by way of his two Livres de viole, published in 1717 and 1725 respectively. It was in this period, which was both especially artistically fruitful but also unstable and subject to all sorts of political, economic and social turmoil, that Marais brought out his two last works. This album brings together a good number of strikingly original pieces, in particular from the Suite d’un goût étranger, a real introduction to the world of tonalities. The viola responds very differently to different tones: each tonality has its own very particular effect in terms of musical rhetoric: the Paraza in D minor sounds opulent and full, the Badinage in F sharp minor fragile and uncertain. Special mention should also go to a rare and stunning piece called Le Tact, which requires a curious sort of left-handed pizzicato without any help from the right (which he calls "tact", a forerunner of very modern techniques). This is where Marais shows his particular genius, because he loves the instrument's sensitive, vulnerable instrument, which he explores with great poetry. Founded by theorbist Benjamin Perrot and the viola player Florence Bolton, La Rêveuse (taking its name from the final piece of this album) is an ensemble which specialises in the artistic heritage of the 17th and 18th Centuries, periods which are rich in experiences and artistic inventions of all kinds. © SM/Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recorded September 2016 in France, Château de Chambord & 13 June 2017 in Belgium, Eglise de Franc-Waret (Tracks 6 & 15)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:21
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: La Rêveuse Benjamin Perrot Florence Bolton
- Composer: Marin Marais
- Label: Mirare
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
- Period: Baroque Music
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