Marin Marais: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

Marin Marais: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

HMM 905356 (Harmonia Mundi, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (30 August 2024)

Playing time: 66'48"
Tracks: 15
Booklet pages: 24
℗ 2024 Harmonia Mundi Musique SAS
© 2024 Harmonia Mundi Musique SAS
Main country of recording: Belgium
Country of manufacture: Netherlands
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Marin Marais: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe published on 12 August 2024

La Rêveuse - Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot:
Florence Bolton, bass viol
Emily Audouin, bass viol
Carsten Lohff, harpsichord
Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar

Marin Marais:

Pièces de viole du Deuxième livre (1701)

Suite pour viole et basse continue en mi mineur
1 Prélude
2 Allemande
3 Sarabande à l'Espagnol
4 Gigue
5 Tombeau pour M de Ste Colombe

6 Chaconne en rondeau

Suite pour viole et basse continue en ré mineur
7 Prélude
8 Ballet en rondeau
9 La Polonoise
10 Cloches ou Carillon

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c 1640-c 1700):

11 Concert XLIV : Tombeau Les Regrets

Marin Marais:

12 Fantaisie in A

Robert de Visée (c 1650-1730):

13 Chaconne in G

Marin Marais:

14 Couplets de Folies (Folies d'Espagne)

15 Les Voix Humaines

In this new album, Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot revisit the composer who gave their ensemble its delightful name, 'La Rêveuse'. Drawing on his heritage (Sainte-Colombe), his friendships (Robert de Visée) and his own visionary genius, Marin Marais blazed new trails for his instrument in his second book of viol pieces (1701). Alongside the customary dances and sets of variations, he invented the character pieces that were to become so popular in the eighteenth century.

Recorded in November 2022 at the Béguinage de St Trond, Limbourg, Belgium.