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Marin Marais
Pièces de Viole du Cinquième Livre

ACC 10044 ; recorded 1987-03-01 ; published 2007-05-01

Tracklist

Marin Marais (1656 - 1728):

Suite g minor
1 Prélude
2 Fantasie
3 Allemande "La Marianne"
4 Sarabande
5 Gigue "La Pagode"
6 Le Tombeau pour Marais le Cadet

7 Chaconne G major

8 Dialogue
9 Le Jeu du Volant
10 Le Tableau de l'Operation de la Taille

Suite in a minor
11 Prélude "Le Soligni"
12 Petit Caprice
13 Allemande "La Facile"
14 Sarabande
15 Grande Gavotte
16 Menuet
17 "La Mariée"
18 Gigue "La Mutine"
19 La Bagatelle
20 Rondeau

21 La Poitevine

Wieland Kuijken, viola da gamba
Kaori Uemura, viola da gamba
Robert Kohnen, harpsichord

Suite in a minor

17 "La Mariée"

MOTETS
Petite Bande, La

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Challenge Classics
SACC 72160

DESCRIPTION

Vocal Ensemble
Soprani : Inge Van de Kerkhove, Marie Kuijken
Alti : Petra Noskaiová, Patrizia Hardt
Tenori : Stefan-Alexander Rankl, Jens Weber
Bassi : Jan Van der Crabben, Stephan Schreckenberger

Instrumental Ensemble
Strings :
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin & direction
Sara Kuijken, violin
Masanobu Tokura, violin/viola
Marleen Thiers, viola
Koji Takahashi, cello

Winds :
Patrick Beaugiraud, oboe
Natalia Alves Chahin, oboe da caccia
Ann Vanlancker, oboe da caccia
Rainer Johannsen, bassoon

Basso continuo :
Tom Devaere, violone
Frank Agsteribbe, organ

J.S. Bach's motets are the indisputable summit of his output. Traditionally the motets have been placed at the centre of his choral universe.Choirs can show off their technical brilliance, and moreover these scores are a joy to perform regardless of one's style of interpretation. However, for the last 25 years musicians and musicologists have subjected the importance of Bach's choirs to a fundamental review. The current research points out that Bach himself almost never had more than eight singers at his disposal (even for double-choir pieces). This is far away from the usual more or less large choirs for the great choral works. This research has been the source of inspiration for this production of the Bach motets to use only one singer per part. The result delivers an unusual transparency and clarity of the musical lines. (The 4-part Motet Lobet den Herren, alle Heiden has not been included in this recording because of serious doubts about authorship.)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartets

ACC 48225 ; recorded 1982-03-01 ; published 1994-07-10

Tracklist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Quartet D major KV 285

1 Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Rondeau

Quartet G major KV 285a

4 Andante
5 Tempo di menuetto

Quartet C major KV 285b

6 Allegro
7 Tema con variazioni

Quartet in A major KV 298

8 Tema con variazioni
9 Menuetto
10 Rondieaoux (Allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo adagio, pero non troppo adagio. Cosi cosi - non molto garbo ed espressione.)

Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
Lucy van Dael, viola
Wieland Kuijken, violoncello

8 Tema con variazioni

Vivaldi, Antonio
Le quattro stagioni/Concerto RV 403/Sonata RV 63

ACC 24179 ; recorded 2006-11-01 ; published 2007-04-01

Tracklist

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Concerto in D major for violoncello, strings and b. c. RV 403
1 Allegro
2 Andante e spirituoso
3 Allegro
Soloist: Sigiswald Kuijken, violoncello da spalla

Le quattro stagioni op.8 Nr.1-4

Concerto in E major for violin,strings and b.c. RV 269 "La primavera"
4 Allegro
5 Largo e pianissimo sempre
6 Danza pastorale
Soloist: Sara Kuijken, violin

Concerto in G minor for violin, strings and b.c. RV 315 "L'Estate"
7 Allegro non molto
8 Adagio
9 Presto tempestuoso d'estate
Soloist: Luis Otavio Santos, violin

Concerto in F major for violin, strings and b.c. RV 293 "L'Autumno"
10 Allegro
11 Adagio molto
12 Allegro: La Caccia
Soloist: Dmitry Badiarov, violin

Concerto in F minor for violin, strings and b.c. RV 297 "L'Inverno"
13 Allegro non molto
14 Largo
15 Allegro
Soloist: Sigiswald Kuijken

Sonata in D minor for two violin and b.c. op.1 No.12 RV 63 "La follia"
16 Twelve Variations
Luis Otavio Santos & Sara Kuijken, violins
Sigiswald Kuijken, violoncello da spalla
Frank Agsteribbe, harpsichord

La petite bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, leader, violoncello da spalla and violin

Concerto in F minor for violin, strings and b.c. RV 297 "L'Inverno"

13.Allegro non molto