Alexandre Tharaud - Marin Marais: Folies d'Espagne, La Reveuse (CD)

Details: Twenty years after his harmonia mundi recordings reviving the tradition of performing the great French harpsichord composers (Rameau, Couperin) on the piano, Alexandre Tharaud now joins forces with his longstanding partner Jean-Guihen Queyras to explore the works of Marin Marais on piano and cello. Drawing on their respective experiences in Baroque music, the two artists have taken up the challenge of presenting the essence of the master of the viola da gamba: timeless and even universal.

Tracklist:

1. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: XI. Prélude
2. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: VII. Gavotte
3. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 4 Suite in A Minor: VI. Musette
4. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 2 Suite in D Minor: XX. Couplets de Folies (Les Folies d'Espagne)
5. Marais: : Pièces de viole Book 4 Suite d'un goût étranger: XXVIII. La Rêveuse
6. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: I. Fantaisie
7. Marais: : Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: XIII. Grand Ballet
8. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: IV. Sarabande
9. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 5 Suite in E Minor: XVII. Le Tableau de l'Opération de la Taille
10. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: III. Courante
11. Anonymous: Les Regrets (Arr. for Solo Cello by Jean-Guihen Queyras)
12. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 2 Suite in D Minor: I. Prélude
13. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 2 Suite in D Minor: VII. Sarabande grave
14. Marais: Sonate à la Marésienne: V. Très vivement - VI. Gravement
15. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 4 Suite d'un goût étranger: XXXIII. Le Badinage (Arr. for Solo Piano by Alexandre Tharaud)
16. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: V. Gigue - VI. Double
17. Marais: Pièces de viole Book 3 Suite in A Minor: II. Allemande