Marais: Alcione - Suites des airs à joüer (1706)
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
Marais: Alcione - Suites des airs à joüer (1706)
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
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very fine.
About
Together with 'Sémélé', 'Alcione' is the only opera composed by Marin Marais. The first first performance took place at the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris on February 18, 1706. Shortly after that, Marin Marais decided to gather the most beautiful tunes, including the famous 'Tempest', into four suites.
Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall fully reveal the colours of this vivid score. As you might expect, Alia Vox have granted this Heritage reissue a state-of-the-art multichannel remastering and a richly documented booklet.
Contents and tracklist
Awards and reviews
Early Music Review April 2014
very fine.
9th April 2014
These four suites show that Marais was a fine orchestrator and knew how to write descriptive music. These qualities come off very well in this 1993 recording.
Early Music Today Autumn 2014
Few readers will be able to resist either the graceful charm of this music or the elegant gestures of the members of Le Concert Des Nations.