Pieces en solitude: Music for Bass Viol | Avie AV2861

Pieces en solitude: Music for Bass Viol

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Label: Avie

Cat No: AV2861

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 19th June 2026

Contents

Works

Forqueray, Antoine

Suite no.1 in D minor

Machy, Sieur de

Prelude

Marais, Marin

Pieces de viole, Book 2
» Suite no.3 in D major: Les Voix humaines
Pieces de viole, Book 3
» Suite no.1 in A minor (excerpts)
» Suite no.7 in G major (excerpts)
Pieces de viole, Book 4
» Suite no.7 'D'un gout etranger': Le Badinage
Plainte

Sainte-Colombe, Monsieur de

Chaconne

Artists

Caroline Nicolas (viola da gamba)
Kevin Payne (theorbo)

Works

Forqueray, Antoine

Suite no.1 in D minor

Machy, Sieur de

Prelude

Marais, Marin

Pieces de viole, Book 2
» Suite no.3 in D major: Les Voix humaines
Pieces de viole, Book 3
» Suite no.1 in A minor (excerpts)
» Suite no.7 in G major (excerpts)
Pieces de viole, Book 4
» Suite no.7 'D'un gout etranger': Le Badinage
Plainte

Sainte-Colombe, Monsieur de

Chaconne

Artists

Caroline Nicolas (viola da gamba)
Kevin Payne (theorbo)

About

New York City-based viola da gambist Caroline Nicolas is one to watch - a captivating performer and "one of the finest gambists working today" (Gotham Early Music Scene). With her star rapidly in the ascendent, Caroline has performed with ensembles including The English Concert, Kammerorchester Basel and Philharmonia Baroque, and collaborated with the likes of Jordi Savall, William Christie and Kristian Bezuidenhout.

For her solo debut recording, Caroline brings out the big guns of the viola da gamba repertoire from France's defining era of the instrument - the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Pièces de viole were integral to the French instrumental baroque, and Caroline's programme leads with selections by the master of the genre, Marin Marais. For contrast, Caroline juxtaposes the first Suite by the iconoclastic Antoine Forqueray, and in between offers a pair of amuse-bouches, an intricate Chaconne by Marais's tutor, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, and a Prélude by the pedagogue Le Sieur de Machy. In keeping with French viol music's nuance and relative restraint, Caroline is accompanied solely by theorbo, its complementary timbre reflecting the repertoire's aesthetic.

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