CDH55235 - Disc 1 Track 5 - Suite in C major

Suite in C major

composer

Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Pièces en trio pour les flûtes, violons et dessus de viole, 1692

Recordings

Marais: La Folia & other works

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Buy by post £6.99 CDH55235 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Prelude

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 1 on CDH55235 [2'05] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Sarabande

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 2 on CDH55235 [1'37] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 3: Sarabande

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 3 on CDH55235 [1'38] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 4: Fantaisie

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 4 on CDH55235 [1'56] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 5: Gavotte

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 5 on CDH55235 [1'26] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 6: La bagatelle

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 6 on CDH55235 [0'55] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 7: Rondeau

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 7 on CDH55235 [1'15] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 8: Chaconne

The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (viola da gamba)

Track 8 on CDH55235 [8'23] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Suite in C major

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The Suite in C major starts with a Lullian French overture—majestic dotted notes and then a quicker three-time section—and ends with the traditional conclusion of the Lullian opera, the Chaconne, the signal for all those in the audience hitherto not paying attention to get to the front of their boxes in preparation for the applause, and in which all those characters on the stage still alive at the end of the drama join in a joyous dance. In its chamber music form, however, it becomes like the whole drama in miniature, with a dark and passionate minor section in the middle and many contrasting moods, affording Marais almost unending possibilities to display his invention.