Composer: Marin Marais
Performer: L’Achéron, François Joubert-Caillet
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ricercar
Catalogue: RIC432
Release: 2021
Size: 4.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Première suite à 3 violes in D Major
01. No. 1, Prélude
02. No. 2, Allemande
03. No. 3, Courante
04. No. 4, Sarabande
05. No. 5, Gigue
06. No. 6, Menuet
07. No. 7, Gavotte
08. No. 8, Petite paysanne
09. No. 9, Rondeau
Quatrième suite in A Minor
10. No. 1, Prélude
11. No. 2, Allemande
12. No. 3, Gavotte
13. No. 4, Gigue
14. No. 5, Caprice
15. No. 6, Muzette
16. No. 7, Muzette II
17. No. 8, La sautillante – Double
18. No. 9, Rondeau louré
Troisième suite in F Major
19. No. 1, Prélude
20. No. 2, Allemande
21. No. 3, Gavotte
22. No. 4, Gigue
23. No. 5, Menuet
24. No. 6, Menuet
25. No. 7, La provençale
26. No. 8, Chaconne
Premiere suite in D Minor
27. No. 1, Prélude
28. No. 2, Allemande
29. No. 3, La mignonne
30. No. 4, Caprice
31. No. 5, Menuet
32. No. 6, Gigue “La petite”
33. No. 7, Rondeau
CD 02
Suite d’un goût étranger
01. No. 1, Marche tartare
02. No. 2, Allemande
03. No. 3, Sarabande
04. No. 4, La tartatine
05. No. 5, Gavotte
06. No. 6, Feste champêtre
07. No. 7, Gigue “La fleselle”
08. No. 8, Rondeau “Le bijou”
09. No. 9, Le tourbillon
10. No. 10, L’uniforme
11. No. 11, Suite
12. No. 12, Suite
13. No. 13, L’amériquaine
14. No. 14, Allemande pour le sujet – Gigue pour la basse
15. No. 15, Allemande pour le sujet et basse différente pour l’allemande
16. No. 16, Allemande “L’asmatique”
17. No. 17, La tourneuse
18. No. 18, Muzette
19. No. 19, Caprice ou Sonate
CD 03
Suite d’un goût étranger
01. No. 20, Le labyrinthe
02. No. 21, La sauterelle
03. No. 22, La foucade
04. No. 23, Allemande “La bizarre”
05. No. 24, La minaudiere
06. No. 25, Allemande “La singuliere”
07. No. 26, L’arabesque
08. No. 27, Allemande “La superbe”
09. No. 28, La rêveuse
10. No. 29, Marche
11. No. 30, Gigue
12. No. 31, Piece luthée
13. No. 32, Gigue “La caustique”
14. No. 33, Le badinage
Cinquième suite in A Major
15. No. 1, Prélude
16. No. 2, Caprice
17. No. 3, Allemande “L’enfantine”
18. No. 4, Sarabande “La gracieuse”
19. No. 5, Le bout entrain – Double
20. No. 6, Le basque & Double
21. No. 7, Branle de village
22. No. 8, Rondeau “L’agréable”
23. No. 9, Menuet
24. No. 10, Menuet
CD 04
Deuxième suite in D Major
01. No. 1, Prélude
02. No. 2, Allemande “La guinebault”
03. No. 3, Allemande “La familière”
04. No. 4, Boutade
05. No. 5, Gavotte “La favorite”
06. No. 6, La petite brillante
07. No. 7, Rondeau “Le gracieux”
Sixième suite in E Minor
08. No. 1, Prélude
09. No. 2, Fantaisie
10. No. 3, Allemande
11. No. 4, Sarabande à l’espagnol
12. No. 5, Gigue “La piquante”
13. No. 6, Gavotte
14. No. 7, Rondeau paysan
15. No. 8, Menuet
16. No. 9, Menuet
17. No. 10, La matelotte
18. No. 11, La biscayenne
Deuxième suite à 3 violes in G Major
19. No. 1, Caprice
20. No. 2, Allemande
21. No. 3, Courante
22. No. 4, Sarabande
23. No. 5, Gigue
24. No. 6, Paysanne gracieuse
25. No. 7, Gavotte
26. No. 8, Rondeau
27. No. 9, Muzette
28. No. 10, Muzette – Double
29. No. 11, Menuet muzette
Marin Marais published his Quatrième Livre de pièces de viole two years after the death of Louis XIV, establishing himself as the undisputed master of the genre and providing pieces not only for musicians who had achieved some skill on the viol but also for the most virtuoso players. Here Marais reshaped the classical forms, altering the traditional sequence for the suites and making an increasing use of character pieces. The sometimes whimsical imagery and the new freedom of form that these pieces contain reach their peak in the astonishing Suitte d’un goût étranger; these thirty or so pieces employ as yet unheard-of keys and offer a multitude of characters and representations that can tend towards the exotic. Breaking further new ground, and somewhat influenced by the Italian trio, Marais ended the Quatrième Livre with two suites for three viols, a genre he claimed to be new to France.