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Jordi Savall
Tous les matins du monde [Bande Originale du Film] [Hybrid SACD]
Genres: Special Interest, Soundtracks

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Le bourgeois gentilhomme, comédie-ballet, LWV 43: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs
2. Couplets de folies (Les folies d'Espagne), for viola da gamba & continuo in D minor (Pièces de viole, Book II, No. 20): Extraits
3. Prélude pour Mr. Vauquelin, improvisation for bass viol (after de Sainte Colombe le fils' Prelude in G minor)
4. Gavotte du Tendre
5. Une jeune fillette
6. Les Pleurs, for solo basse de viole
7. Concert in D major for 2 equal bass viols No. 41 ('Le retour')
8. La Reveuse, for viola da gamba & continuo in F minor (Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 82)
9. Leçon de Ténèbres 3, for 2 treble voices & continuo
10. L'Arabesque, for viola da gamba & continuo in F major (Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 80)
11. Fantaise for viol in E minor (after de Sainte Colombe le fils)
12. Les Pleurs for 2 viols
13. La Badinage, for viola de gamba & continuo in F sharp minor (Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 87)
14. Tombeau pour M. de Sainte-Colombe, for viola da gamba & continuo in E minor (Pièces de viole, Book II, No. 109)
15. Pièces de viole, Book III, for viola da gamba & continuo: Muzettes I - II
16. La Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont à Paris, for violin, viola da gamba & continuo in D minor

CD Details

All Artists: Jordi Savall
Title: Tous les matins du monde [Bande Originale du Film] [Hybrid SACD]
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Alia Vox Spain
Release Date: 3/6/2006
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import, Soundtrack
Genres: Special Interest, Soundtracks
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Whether or not you saw the film Tous les matins du monde, you owe it to yourself to either discover or revisit its soundtrack, which features the music of two great figures of 17th-century France: Saint Colombe and his pupil Marin Marais. Saint Colombe, about whom little is known, was a great viol player who was acclaimed for his improvisations. Marais became a member of the famed court orchestra under Lully (some of whose music also appears on the disc) at a very young age. One of the joys of this recording is the sound of the bass viol, an instrument rarely played by itself, especially in such a virtuoso manner. Jordi Savall is the undisputed modern master of the instrument, and he shows us why on this program. As an added bonus, two outstanding vocal pieces are sung with endearing purity, flawless technique, and impeccable intonation by two perfectly matched sopranos. --David Vernier

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CD Reviews

"Tous les matins du monde sont sans retour"

Sanpete | in Utah | 08/10/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the soundtrack from a French film, a fictionalized account of a real-life master of the viola da gamba (a precursor of the cello) who figuratively sells his soul for temporal success. The line I've quoted from the film, from which the title derives, translates literally, "All the mornings of the world are without return," meaning they never come back. The movie centers on the regret that line can imply, and that may explain in part the overall mood of this music, much of which is easy to interpret as full of regret and longing. Whether you experience it that way or simply as meditative and intense, as performed here it's some of the most ravishingly beautiful music on record.

The rich, pungent tones of the viola da gamba, played by Jordi Savall, are the main feature of this CD. Savall is an acknowledged master of the instrument, and of this music. In quick passages he plays effortlessly; in the more expansive passages he caresses each note like it too will never return. The music is varied, including a celebratory introduction, but the more meditative mood predominates. Savall is joined on about half the tracks by a few other choice players in various combinations, with harpsichord, theorbo (a lute-like instrument of low range), violin, and/or second viola da gamba. The first track is the only one to include an entire (small) orchestra. Two tracks include vocals by Savall's wife Montserrat Figueras and Maria Cristina Kiehr.

The music is mostly by the two composers whose relationship is the focus of the movie, the mysterious Sainte-Colombe (c 1630-c 1700) and Marin Marais (1656-1728), with a few pieces by near contemporaries, and one by Savall.

This recording was a surprise hit, selling hundreds of thousands of copies, very unusual for a classical album. People who had never heard of music like this fell in love with it right alongside afficionados.

There is now a 2-disc remastered reissue of this CD with more recently recorded music along the same lines on the second disc (here--there are also samples from the music at that link)."