Marais Pièces de Violes
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Composer or Director: Marin Marais
Label: Gaudeamus
Magazine Review Date: 5/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 50
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDGAU112

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Prelude |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Caprice |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Allemande La magnifique |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Double |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Courante |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Sarabande grave |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Gigue à l'angloise |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 4 Parts 2 and 3, Movement: Le labyrinthe |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 2 Part 1, Movement: Couplets de folies: Les folies d'Espagne. (Suite i: |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 2 Part 2, Movement: Tombeau pour M de Lully |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Composer or Director: Marin Marais
Label: Gaudeamus
Magazine Review Date: 5/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: GAU112

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Prelude |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Caprice |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Allemande La magnifique |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Double |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Courante |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Sarabande grave |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Gigue à l'angloise |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 4 Parts 2 and 3, Movement: Le labyrinthe |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 2 Part 1, Movement: Couplets de folies: Les folies d'Espagne. (Suite i: |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 2 Part 2, Movement: Tombeau pour M de Lully |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Composer or Director: Marin Marais
Label: Gaudeamus
Magazine Review Date: 5/1989
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ZCGAU112

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Prelude |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Caprice |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Allemande La magnifique |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Double |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Courante |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Sarabande grave |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 3 Part 2, Movement: Gigue à l'angloise |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 4 Parts 2 and 3, Movement: Le labyrinthe |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 2 Part 1, Movement: Couplets de folies: Les folies d'Espagne. (Suite i: |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Pièces de viole, Livre 2 Part 2, Movement: Tombeau pour M de Lully |
Marin Marais, Composer
Ariane Maurette, Viola da gamba Marin Marais, Composer Mitzi Meyerson, Harpsichord Sarah Cunningham, Viola da gamba |
Author:
The G major Suite from the third book of Pieces de viole is beautifully played, though for my taste there could have been more rhetoric in the Prelude, more panache in the double of the Allemande, more wistfulness in the petite reprise of the Courante and also more dance-like articulations before the strong second beats of the otherwise seemless Sarabande. The Tombeau pour M de Lully might have been even more eloquently delivered had there been more breaths of silence. (No one could have pretended to grieve much for Lully, but his death held profound implications for his contemporaries and would have inspired the awe infused in this work.) These, perhaps, are the quibbles of a fellow player.
More disconcerting by far is the accompaniment (indeed, throughout the recording), which calls too much attention to itself, giving the impression of understudies discontent in the wings. To be fair, the engineers may have contributed to this misinterpretation of textural balance, but it is ironic that Cunningham should be hampered by it when one recalls her own tactful and appropriate accompaniments on the behalf of other soloists.
The Labyrinthe and the Couplets de Folies are long and demanding works which amply demonstrate Cunningham's virtuosity, strength and musicianship. She gives unfailingly scrupulous readings of the text, though she might have infused more wit and abandon here and there in the Labyrinthe, whose gravement might have been enhanced by an attitude of mock pathos. Only in the couplets, which are so deeply gratifying to play, does she seem really to enjoy herself.'
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