Search - Marin Marais, Christophe Rousset, Christophe Coin :: Marais - Suite d'un goût étranger / Coin, Rousset, Ghielmi, Monteilhet

Great playing, but who hired the techies?

Thomas Jocks | Oberlin, OH | 06/16/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have listened to this cd countless times, and I still have not gotten bored of it. Coin's sound, especially in the high register, is mesmerizing and bold, never sounding fluffy even in the faster movements, like Savall sometimes gets. Rousset's playfulness in the continuo is refreshing, and hardly ever distracting. The continuo gamba is also present, but sometimes struggles to be heard as opposed to the theorbo, which is almost always too loud. The interpretations are mostly stock, but there are many refreshing moments, especially in the choice of tempi. Overall I would have liked a more realistic balance between the instruments, but somehow Coin makes me forget the recording technical aspects."