Marais: Viol Music for the Sun King

Marin Marais (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Bartolomeo Tromboncino (Composer), Spectre de la Rose (Performer, Orchestra), Timothy Roberts (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Spectre de la Rose, Timothy Roberts
• Orchestra: Spectre de la Rose
• Composer: Marin Marais, Anonymous, Bartolomeo Tromboncino
• Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B000001440
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,657 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For all moods, January 29, 2003

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Marie Bellu (Haddonfield, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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I'm not an expert on classical music, and my review will not be a technical one - all I know is if you enjoy baroque and/or the deep, affecting tones of the viol, you will really enjoy this. This is a CD which is alternately pensive and stirring. Great stuff if you want to think about nothing or everything.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, though some room for improvement, May 28, 2006

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This review is from: Marais: Viol Music for the Sun King (Audio CD)

This cd is generally very very nice. I think this is only my 2nd cd with Marais music on it so I was interested to see if it was as good as the Marais stuff on Jordi Savall's Tous les Matins du Monde. I would say that I liked it about as much as that cd, except for the Couplets de Folies. On that track I thought the viol was too low in the mix. It wasn't "front and centre" like it is in Savall's version. Of the rest of the pieces on the disc the D major suite (tracks 5-10) is definitely my favourite; it's mostly slow & simltaneously happy & sad somehow. I think the other two suites are almost as good.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Baroque Music, September 28, 2005

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John C. Hitchen "Music Lover" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marais: Viol Music for the Sun King (Audio CD)

This is another outstanding Naxos recording of hauntingly beautiful viola da gamba music from the era of great French kings and queens. Although the artists and recordings may not be the finest available, they are certainly fine enough for all but the most critical enthusiasts.If you really like these, search out the more expensive versions and double your pleasure!