The Scale Knitters – Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:08:04 minutes | 2,33 GB | Genre: Classical
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It was between the publication of the Quatrieme Livre de Pieces de Violes in 1717 and the Cinquieme in 1725 that Marin Marais offered his public an exceptional collection of works that use both the violin and the viol. These works are very different from the earlier viol pieces, from the instruments used to the works’ formal structures: they include a sonata inspired by Italian models marked à la maresienne (in Marais’ own style), a piece on a three note basso ostinato that evokes the peals of bells in a Parisian church, and an astonishing monument of a piece – La Gamme – that Marais described as an example of a small opera for instruments.
Tracklist:
01. The Scale Knitters – Marais: La Gamme en forme de petit Opéra: I. Ut – Ré (02:30)
02. The Scale Knitters – Marais: La Gamme en forme de petit Opéra: II. Mi – Fa – Sol (09:27)
03. The Scale Knitters – Marais: La Gamme en forme de petit Opéra: III. La – Si – Ut (03:28)
04. The Scale Knitters – Marais: La Gamme en forme de petit Opéra: IV. Si – La – Sol (14:41)
05. The Scale Knitters – Marais: La Gamme en forme de petit Opéra: V. Sol – Fa – Mi – Ré (10:24)
06. The Scale Knitters – Marais: La Gamme en forme de petit Opéra: VI. Ré – Ut (03:42)
07. The Scale Knitters – Marais: Sonate à la Maresienne: I. Un peu grave (01:45)
08. The Scale Knitters – Marais: Sonate à la Maresienne: II. Légèrement – Très lent (01:45)
09. The Scale Knitters – Marais: Sonate à la Maresienne: III. Un peu gay (01:19)
10. The Scale Knitters – Marais: Sonate à la Maresienne: IV. Sarabande (02:37)
11. The Scale Knitters – Marais: Sonate à la Maresienne: V. Très vivement – Très doux (04:15)
12. The Scale Knitters – Marais: Sonate à la Maresienne: VI. Gigue (01:59)
13. The Scale Knitters – Marais: Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris (10:04)