Marin Marais: Sonnerie De Sainte Geneviève (nikolaus Harnoncourt, 1973, Harmonia Mundi)

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi - 100 Great Recordings, Part 4 (2017)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Nov. 12, 2020
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi - 100 Great Recordings, Part 4 (2017)

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi - 100 Great Recordings, Part 4 (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 6,72 Gb | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 19075800702 | Recorded: 1960-2013

Since it's founding in Freiburg in 1958, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi has been one of the most important and ambitious labels for period performances. Over decades, globally-acclaimed recordings were created with outstanding musicians. The limited edition "Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 100 Great Recordings" contains 100 outstanding DHM recordings with some of the most important and best artists in their field: Nuria Rial, Dorothee Mields, Al Ayre Espanol, Hille Perl, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the Freiburger Barockorchester, Skip Sempé, Capriccio Stravagante, La Petite Bande, Gustav Leonhardt, Andrew Lawrence-King, Frieder Bernius, the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Thomas Hengelbrock and many others.
François Fernandez, Marc Hantaï, Philippe Pierlot, Kenneth Weiss - Marin Marais: La Gamme (2004)

François Fernandez, Marc Hantaï, Philippe Pierlot, Kenneth Weiss - Marin Marais: La Gamme (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 362 Mb | Total time: 59:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Flora | # FLORA 0603 | Recorded: 2003

La gamme is Marais’s instrumental chamber version of an opera, based on an ascending harmonic scale and employing a succession of tempi, ensemble textures and forms, linked together by skilfully wrought transitions.
Jordi Savall - Marin Marais: Pieces de viole du Second Livre, 1701 (2003)

Jordi Savall - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole du Second Livre, 1701 (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 422 Mb | Total time: 66:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: AliaVox | # AVSA9872 | Recorded: 2003

Like many of his contemporaries, Marin Marais has paid the price of his proximity to some outstandingly brilliant musicians. Between Lully and Rameau we can still cite Charpentier, Delalande, Campra and François Couperin. But what about the others? The Destouches, Mouret and Marais pale beside the stars of a fertile era which was rocked by controversy. The school of harpsichordists and organists, who were no match for Lully’s vocal art, are still represented in the repertoire of present-day performers: D’Anglebert, Lebègue, Dandrieu, Grigny and Clérambault are still played on our instruments. But Marin Marais had the misfortune not only to compose operas in Lully’s domain, but also to devote the bulk of his art to an instrument which was being eclipsed by the advance of the violin family… namely, the VIOLA DA GAMBA or the BASS VIOL. And it is only recently that we have rediscovered the specific manner of playing this instrument as well as the composers who wrote for it.
Jean-Louis Charbonnier - Marin Marais: Pièces de Viole, Troisième Livre (1711) - Deuxième Partie (2006)

Jean-Louis Charbonnier, Paul Rousseau, Mauricio Buraglia, Pierre Trocellier - Marin Marais: Pièces de Viole: Troisième Livre (1711) - Deuxième Partie (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 620 Mb | Total time: 71:24+50:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pierre Verany | # PV706011/12 | Recorded: 2004

Le Troisième Livre de Pièces de Viole (1711) « composées par M. Marais, Ordinaire de la musique de la Chambre du Roy » outre le fait qu’elles sont composées pendant les dix années les plus prolifiques de son compositeur, montre parfaitement le style français du début du XVIIIe siècle. Reconnu, il est joué dans toutes les cours d’Europe, où l’on s’imprègne du « goût français ». Si la majorité des morceaux sont issus de la danse, avec des sarabandes, menuets, gigues, allemandes, préludes ou fantaisies, s’y ajoutent des pièces plus originales ne provenant pas de ce domaine : une Fugue gay, le Moulinet, la Saillie du Café, les Contrefaiseurs…
Jérôme Hantaï, Pierre Hantaï, Alix Verzier - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (1997)

Jérôme Hantaï, Pierre Hantaï, Alix Verzier - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 413 Mb | Total time: 72:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 5 45266 2 | Recorded: 1997

There is nothing left wanting in these performances. Hantaï and Verzier both display adroit virtuosity, possess warm tones but distinctive approaches, and share a telepathic sense of interplay, all excellent qualities in these intimate chamber works. Brother Pierre Hantaï on the keyboard sticks with them throughout, following them even in the most tempo rubato-saturated Sarabande. The lion's share of the pieces here are in the standard stylized Baroque dance forms, but Marais' expressive melodies, pungent harmonies, and highly individual take on the forms make each piece unique.
Jean-Louis Charbonnier - Marin Marais: Pièces de Viole: Troisième Livre (1711) - Première Partie (2004)

Jean-Louis Charbonnier, Paul Rousseau, Mauricio Buraglia, Pierre Trocellier - Marin Marais: Pièces de Viole: Troisième Livre (1711) - Première Partie (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 753 Mb | Total time: 77:59+72:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pierre Verany | # PV 704101/02 | Recorded: 2003

Le Troisième Livre de Pièces de Viole (1711) « composées par M. Marais, Ordinaire de la musique de la Chambre du Roy » outre le fait qu’elles sont composées pendant les dix années les plus prolifiques de son compositeur, montre parfaitement le style français du début du XVIIIe siècle. Reconnu, il est joué dans toutes les cours d’Europe, où l’on s’imprègne du « goût français ». Si la majorité des morceaux sont issus de la danse, avec des sarabandes, menuets, gigues, allemandes, préludes ou fantaisies, s’y ajoutent des pièces plus originales ne provenant pas de ce domaine : une Fugue gay, le Moulinet, la Saillie du Café, les Contrefaiseurs.
Markku Luolajan-Mikkola - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole du second livre (1998)

Markku Luolajan-Mikkola - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole du second livre (1998)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 72:46 | 411 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-CD-909

The most substantial pieces here are the set of variations of La folia, and the Tombeau pour M-deSte Colombe in memory of Marais's mentor. His idiom embodies a paradox that's peculiarly French, in that it demands a very high technical standard, yet its proper expression requires the utmost restraint. The young Finnish viol-player, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, is a founder-member of Phantasm.
Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt - Musique à Versailles: Marais, d'Anglebert, A.Forqueray (1990)

Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt - Musique à Versailles: Marais, d'Anglebert, A.Forqueray (1990)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 46:30 | 336 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | Catalog: GD77145

Le violoniste Sigiswald Kuijken, issu d'une grande famille de musiciens, a déjà prouvé son talent dans de nombreux répertoires (Bach, Telemann, Haendel…). Le claveciniste Gustav Leonhardt, lui aussi spécialisé dans la musique baroque, a fait preuve chez DHM d'une remarquable cohésion dans la qualité de ses enregistrements. Les retrouver ensemble est donc un réel plaisir. Ce programme français dévoile les mille richesses de la musique à Versailles. Un régal pour tous les amateurs.
VA - Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien: Complete Vanguard and MHS Recordings (2022)

VA - Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien: Complete Vanguard and MHS Recordings (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 3.9 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.9 GB
12:45:56 | Classical | Label: Musical Concepts

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929-2016) was one of the most innovative and influential conductors of the second half of the 20th century, as he brought historical performance practice to a wide audience and popularized its principles. He made hundreds of recordings with his Concentus Musicus Wien, which he founded in 1953; still few people are aware of his early recordings for the VANGUARD and MHS labels, which were made between 1960 and 1970. This invaluable musical legacy is collected here for the first time.

La Rêveuse - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (2018)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at May 11, 2023
La Rêveuse - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (2018)

La Rêveuse - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (2018)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 63:30 | 320 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Mirare | Catalog: MIR 386

Marin Marais possesses the grace, elegance and wit so appealing in the goût français of the eighteenth century. The character pieces of his last two books depict portraits, landscapes and little genre scenes in painterly fashion, and are an unsurpassed highpoint of the viol repertory.