Marin Marais - Dialogues: The Suites for Two Viols & Basso Continuo - Mieneke van der Velden & Wieland Kuijken (2015) {Outhere}
Marin Marais - Dialogues: The Suites for Two Viols & Basso Continuo - Mieneke van der Velden & Wieland Kuijken (2015) {Outhere}
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Classical / Baroque / Chamber Music / Suite
A noteworthy fact: Marais, in his five books of Pièces de viole, published only two suites for two viols and continuo. Aside from the two suites for three viols (Book IV), all the other pieces are intended for the solo instrument with accompaniment of harpsichord, theorbo or a second viol in different combinations.
These two particular suites are both found in Book I (1686). The addition of a second solo viol reinforces the character of the various parts: especially in the slow sections, Marais ideally emphasizes the sound of the two viols with long sostenuto lines and poignant dissonances. The Tombeau pour Mr. Meliton constitutes the absolute height of this.
After Mieneke van der Velden’s recordings Hommages and Images, Dialogues completes the picture of the imposing sound world of Marin Marais’s music, magnified by the collaboration with the master Wieland Kuijken.
Marin Marais - Dialogues: The Suites for Two Viols & Basso Continuo - Mieneke van der Velden & Wieland Kuijken (2015) {Outhere}
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Personnel:
Mieneke van der Velden - Viola da gamba
Wieland Kuijken - Viola da gamba
Fred Jacobs - French theorbo
Marin Marais - Dialogues: The Suites for Two Viols & Basso Continuo - Mieneke van der Velden & Wieland Kuijken (2015) {Outhere}
tracklist:
01 - Pieces en Re mineur. Livre I - I. Prelude
02 - Pieces en Re mineur. Livre I - II. Allemande
03 - Pieces en Re mineur. Livre I - III. Courante
04 - Pieces en Re mineur. Livre I - IV. Sarabande
05 - Pieces en Re mineur. Livre I - V. Gigue
06 - Pieces en Re mineur. Livre I - VI. Gavotte
07 - Pieces en Re mineur. Livre I - VII. Menuet
08 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - I. Prelude
09 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - II. Allemande
10 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - III. Courante
11 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - IV. Sarabande
12 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - V. Gigue
13 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - VI. Gavotte en rondeau
14 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - VII. Menuet
15 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - VIII. Gavotte
16 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - IX. Fantaisie en echo
17 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - X. Chaconne
18 - Pieces en Sol majeur. Livre I - XI. Tombeau de M. Meliton
Marin Marais - Dialogues: The Suites for Two Viols & Basso Continuo - Mieneke van der Velden & Wieland Kuijken (2015) {Outhere}
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