Marin Marais
Deuxième livre de Pièces de viole
Harmonia Mundi - 2024
In this new album, Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot revisit the composer who gave their ensemble its delightful name, “La Rêveuse”.
Drawing on his heritage (Sainte-Colombe), his friendships (Robert de Visée) and his own visionary genius, Marin Marais blazed new trails for his instrument in his second book of viol pieces (1701).
Alongside the customary danses and sets of variations, he invented the “character pieces” that were to become so popular in the eighteenth century.
- Florence Bolton, viola da gamba
- Emily Audouin, viola da gamba
- Carsten Lohff, harpsichord
- Benjamin Perrot, theorbo and baroque guitar
Production La Rêveuse | with the support of the Région Centre-Val de Loire, the CNM-Centre National de la Musique and the SPPF.
Harmonia Mundi
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