Jerome Hantai is a ... master of his instrument
J. Burton | 01/31/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Virgin 45448 (2001) - Total Time 63:08
A new selection, by Jerome Hantai, of works from Marin Marais' 5 volumes of Pieces de viole, published between 1686 and 1725. For this second collection, Hantai has grouped pieces from Books 2 to 4 into four loosely defined `suites'. "Jerome Hantai is a wonderful gambist... his fast passages are clean and fiery... rest assured that this disc is played by a master of his instrument." (THE AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE)
The works on this recording:
Pieces in D minor from the second livre
1. Prelude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
5. Menuet
6. Gigue
7. Prelude
8. Bourasque
9. Sarabande grave
10. Fantaisie luthie
Pieces in D major from the third livre
11. Sarabande
12. Gigue
13. Plainte
14. Charivary
Pieces in G major from the third and fourth livres
15. Prelude
16. Caprice
17. Allemande
18. Double
19. Courante
20. Sarabande grave
21. Gigue a l'angloise
22. Gigue la Petite
23. Muzette
24. Muzette et Double
25. Menuet Muzette
Pieces in D major from the second and third livres
26. Prelude
27. Fantaisie
28. Gigue a l'angloise
29. Gigue
30. Chaconne"