(1656 - 1728) Komponist
"Marin Marais, player of the viola da gamba and pupil of Sainte-Colombe, has won much wider modern fame through the cinema (he and his music were strongly featured in the 1991 film Tous les matins du monde). In his own time he was accounted the principal virtuoso of the day on the instrument for which he wrote a number of compositions. He studied with Lully and, as a member of the French royal musical establishment, performed with him." [1]
Instrumental Music
The instrumental music of Marais consists chiefly of his various collections of pieces for one or more viols, which include the now well-known Variations on Les Folies d’Espagne.
Operas
The four operas of Marais were written under the influence of Lully and enjoyed contemporary success.
Diskographie[]
1995[]
- Viol Music for the Sun King - Spectre de la Rose (CD: Naxos 8.553081)
- Marin Marais
- Sonate a la Maresienne
- I. Un peu grave - legerement - un peu gai 00:04:24
- II. Sarabande 00:02:16
- III. Tres vivement - gravement 00:03:45
- IV. Gigue 00:02:06
- Pieces de Violes, 3me livre: Suite in D Major
- I. Prelude 00:01:39
- II. Fantaisie 00:00:46
- III. Allemande 00:02:29
- IV. Rondeau 00:02:16
- V. Plainte 00:04:48
- VI. Charivary 00:02:31
- Pieces de Violes, 2de livre: Les Voix humaines
- Les Voix humaines 00:06:30
- Pieces en Trio: Suite in C Minor
- I. Prelude 00:03:06
- II. Caprice 00:02:24
- III. Passacaille 00:03:50
- Pieces de Violes 1re livre: Tombeau de M. Meliton
- Tombeau de M. Meliton 00:09:30
- Pieces de Violes 2de livre: Couplets de folies
- Couplets de folies 00:16:34