MARIN MARAIS

(1656 - 1728)

Marin Marais, player of the viola da gamba and pupil of Sainte-Colombe, has won much wider modern fame through the cinema (he and his music were strongly featured in the 1991 film Tous les matins du monde). In his own time he was accounted the principal virtuoso of the day on the instrument for which he wrote a number of compositions. He studied with Lully and, as a member of the French royal musical establishment, performed with him.

Instrumental Music

The instrumental music of Marais consists chiefly of his various collections of pieces for one or more viols, which include the now well-known Variations on Les Folies d’Espagne.

Operas

The four operas of Marais were written under the influence of Lully and enjoyed contemporary success.

Box Set Release	Catalogue Number
Cinema Classics Box II (Vols 6-10)	Naxos 8.505027


Role: Classical Composer
Album Title	Catalogue No	Work Category

AITKEN: Romantic Flute (The)	BIS BIS-CD-183	Chamber Music, Instrumental
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Piano Quintet, Op. 16 / MOZART, W.A.: Horn Quintet, K. 407 / BRAHMS, J.: Horn Trio (Brain) (1957)	BBC Legends BBCL4048-2	Chamber Music
Chamber Music - LULLY, J.-B. / COUPERIN, F. / MARAIS, M. / REBEL, J.-F. / RAMEAU, J.-P. / LECLAIR, J.M. (A French Soiree) (Trio Settecento)	Cedille CDR90000-129	Chamber Music
Chamber Music (17th-18th Centuries) - FISCHER, J. / TELEMANN, G.P. / FUX, J.J. / MARAIS, M. / SCHMELZER, J.H. (Berliner Barock Compagney)	Capriccio C10502	Chamber Music, Instrumental
Chamber Music (Baroque) - FALCONIERI, A. / MERULA, T. / CABANILLES, J. / STORACE, B. / CASTELLO, D. / MARAIS, M. (Folias Festivals) (Belladonna)	Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-93228	Chamber Music, Instrumental
Chamber Music (French) - MARAIS, M. / RAMEAU, J.-P. / LALANDE, M.-R. de (Musik in Versailles) (Trio Marie-Antoinette)	Campanella Musica C130090	Concertos, Chamber Music
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	Naxos 8.551160	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Opera
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	Naxos 8.556630	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Opera
MARAIS / FRANCAIX / TOMASI: Solo Flute Music	BIS BIS-CD-459	Instrumental
MARAIS / SAINTE-COLOMBE: Greatest Masterworks (The)	Naxos 8.550750	Concertos, Chamber Music
MARAIS: Pieces de viole du second livre	BIS BIS-CD-909	Chamber Music
MARAIS: Viol Music for the Sun King	Naxos 8.553081	Chamber Music
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - PARIS: A Musical Tour of Paris, Chantilly, Versailles and Chartres (NTSC)	Naxos 2.110506	Opera DVD, Ballet DVD, Classical Concert
The Best of Naxos 8	Naxos 8.551201	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Opera
THE WORLD OF LULLY	Cedille CDR90000-043	Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Opera
TRIO SONATA IN 17th-CENTURY FRANCE	BIS BIS-CD-1465	Chamber Music

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