Marais 1689: Pièces à une et à deux violes

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Few gambists are better versed in this repertoire than Paolo Pandolfo, whose playing is supple, poetic, effortless…[he] and fellow gambist Amélie Chemin dialogue and vie delightfully in the pieces... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 8th Jan 2016
Catalogue No: GCD920415
Label: Glossa
Length: 72 minutes

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Marais, M: Pièces de viole, Book 1, Suite in G Major for 2 Viols & Continuo

Work length25:15

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Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amélie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo), Markus Hünninger (harpsichord)
Recorded: June 2015
Recording Venue: Franc-Waret, Eglise Saint-Remi, Belgium

I. Prelude

Track length2:44

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II. Allemande

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III. Courante

Track length1:25

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IV. Sarabande

Track length2:27

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V. Gigue

Track length2:12

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VI. Gavotte en rondeau

Track length1:51

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VII. Menuet

Track length1:52

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VIII. Gavotte

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IX. Fantaisie en Echo

Track length1:42

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X. Chaconne

Track length6:57

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Marais, M: Pieces de viole, Book 1, Suite No. 1 in D Minor

Work length3:37

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Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
Recorded: June 2015
Recording Venue: Franc-Waret, Eglise Saint-Remi, Belgium

Pieces de viole, Book 4: Prelude in D Minor

Track length3:37

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Marais, M: Pièces de viole, Book 1, Suite in D Minor for 2 Viols & Continuo

Work length17:26

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Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amélie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo), Markus Hünninger (harpsichord)
Recorded: June 2015
Recording Venue: Franc-Waret, Eglise Saint-Remi, Belgium

I. Prelude

Track length4:10

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II. Allemande

Track length2:42

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III. Courante

Track length2:13

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IV. Sarabande

Track length3:33

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V. Gigue

Track length1:36

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VI. Gavotte

Track length1:27

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VII. Menuet

Track length1:45

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Marais, M: Basses continües des pièces, avec une augmentation de plusieurs pièces particulières en partition

Work length15:48

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Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amélie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo), Markus Hünninger (harpsichord)
Recorded: June 2015
Recording Venue: Franc-Waret, Eglise Saint-Remi, Belgium

Sujet diversitez

Track length13:50

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Rondeau in G Minor

Track length1:58

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Pièces de viole, Book 1, Suite in G Major for 2 Viols & Continuo

Work length10:02

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Recorded: June 2015
Recording Venue: Franc-Waret, Eglise Saint-Remi, Belgium

Pieces de violes, Book 1: Suite in G Major: II. Tombeau de Mr. Meliton

Track length10:02

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The viola da gamba music of Marin Marais represents a treasure trove of expressive and technical possibilities for Paolo Pandolfo’s eagerly-awaited return for Glossa. Pandolfo’s style of playing is apt for this music: meticulous and sensitive, with a technical strength that allows him to demonstrate the instrument’s versatility with a rare freedom.

To follow a recent sequence of recordings which has seen him approach the music of Couperin and De Machy, but which also includes the 'Pièces de viole' by Marais’ teacher Sainte Colombe, Pandolfo now turns to the year 1689, when Marais (surrounded by constant arguments as to the true way of doing justice to the gamba) had published the continuo accompaniment for his earlier 'Pièces à une et à deux violes'. This was quite a revolutionary move on the young composer’s part. To reflect this transition effected by Marais – from the gamba being an instrument heard by itself to one operating within a chamber ensemble environment – Paolo Pandolfo has chosen from this 'First Book' works for one or two gambas, with or without continuo support, in the form of a pair of 'Suites' and various individual pieces, including the 'Tombeau de Mr Méliton' and the rarely recorded set of variations 'Sujet & Diversitez'.

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March 2016

Few gambists are better versed in this repertoire than Paolo Pandolfo, whose playing is supple, poetic, effortless…[he] and fellow gambist Amélie Chemin dialogue and vie delightfully in the pieces for two viols, and Hünninger and Boysen's continuo realisations have all the finesse and sparkle of a Baroque jewel box

CD Review 13th February 2016

Pandolfo is one of the most elegant and expressive viol players around, and showcasing Marais individual genius in such sympathetic company, with such an immersive recording as well makes this a sublime experience to anyone whose soul is sensitive to the instruments plangent melancholy.

January 2016

there’s a cheerful conviviality in Markus Hünninger’s busy harpsichord lines, Thomas Boysen’s warm theorbo and a pliant, second gamba voice from Amélie Chemin. The group has fun with the Suite in G Major’s extravert Chaconne, but it’s the quiet moments that really show off the viol’s capacity to sing like a human voice

Classical Ear 26th July 2016

The full-rounded, warmly expressive continuo is here performed by Markus Hunninger (harpsichord) and Thomas Boysen (theorbo), with Amelie Chemin taking the second gamba part in the duo works. Paolo Pandolfo is very much primus inter pares, allowing the ensemble room to flourish and fill out the sound to good effect...An album of rich and subtle delights.

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