Episode 5
Donald Macleod focuses on Delalande and Marais's varied interests in their final years.
Donald Macleod concludes this week's series with a look at Marais and Delalande's varied interests in their final years. Once his days of royal patronage were over Marais returned to Paris, moving eventually to the area in which he'd been born. There he tended his garden, played backgammon, gave concerts and promoted the sales of his published music. Blessed with several generous pensions, Delalande lived very comfortably, revising his church music while gradually relinquishing his royal duties to a younger generation of musicians.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Cantate Domino, S72 Notum Fecit
Performers: Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra Jeffrey Skidmore (director)
- ASV: CD GAU 141.
- 16.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Memor erit in saeculum (excerpt)
Performers: Les Arts Florissants William Christie (director)
- Harmonia Mundi: HMC 901351.
- 27.
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Marin Marais
Pieces De Viole Du Cinquieme Livre (extract)
Performer: Jordi Savall (bass viol)
- Alia vox: AVSA 9872 A/E.
- 18.
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Marin Marais
Viol pieces, Book 5 published in 1725 - Dialogue
Performers: Sophie Watillon (Bass Viola da gamba), Luca Guglielmi (Harpsichord), Evangelina Mascardi (Guitar), Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Theorbo), Friederike Heumann (Bass Viola da gamba)
- Alpha: 036.
- 9.
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Marin Marais
Viol pieces, Book 3 - Plainte
Performer: Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Theorbo), Friederike Heumann (Bass Viola da gamba), Sophie Watillon (Bass Viola da gamba), Luca Guglielmi (Harpsichord), Evangelina Mascardi (Guitar)
- Alpha: 036.
- 10.
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Marin Marais
Viol pieces, Chaconne (extr. Ve Livre, 1725)
Performer: Luca Guglielmi (Harpsichord), Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Theorbo), Friederike Heumann (Bass Viola da gamba), Evangelina Mascardi (Guitar), Sophie Watillon (Bass Viola da gamba)
- Alpha: 036.
- 11.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Exaltabo te domine (S.66)
Performers: Thomas van Essen (tenor) Stéphanie Révidate (soprano) Stephan van dyck (counter-tenor) Alain Buet (bass) La maîtrise de bretagne Le parlement de musique Martin Gester
- OPUS 111: OP30217.
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Marin Marais
Alcione
Performers: Le Concert Des Nations Jordi Savall (director)
- Astree: ES9945.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Cantate Domino, S72 Notum Fecit
Performers: Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra Jeffrey Skidmore (director)
- ASV: CD GAU 141.
- 16.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Memor erit in saeculum (excerpt)
Performers: Les Arts Florissants William Christie (director)
- Harmonia Mundi: HMC 901351.
- 27.
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Marin Marais
Pieces De Viole Du Cinquieme Livre (extract)
Performer: Jordi Savall (bass viol)
- Alia vox: AVSA 9872 A/E.
- 18.
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Marin Marais
Viol pieces, Book 5 published in 1725 - Dialogue
Performers: Sophie Watillon (Bass Viola da gamba), Luca Guglielmi (Harpsichord), Evangelina Mascardi (Guitar), Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Theorbo), Friederike Heumann (Bass Viola da gamba)
- Alpha: 036.
- 9.
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Marin Marais
Viol pieces, Book 3 - Plainte
Performer: Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Theorbo), Friederike Heumann (Bass Viola da gamba), Sophie Watillon (Bass Viola da gamba), Luca Guglielmi (Harpsichord), Evangelina Mascardi (Guitar)
- Alpha: 036.
- 10.
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Marin Marais
Viol pieces, Chaconne (extr. Ve Livre, 1725)
Performer: Luca Guglielmi (Harpsichord), Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Theorbo), Friederike Heumann (Bass Viola da gamba), Evangelina Mascardi (Guitar), Sophie Watillon (Bass Viola da gamba)
- Alpha: 036.
- 11.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Exaltabo te domine (S.66)
Performers: Thomas van Essen (tenor) Stéphanie Révidate (soprano) Stephan van dyck (counter-tenor) Alain Buet (bass) La maîtrise de bretagne Le parlement de musique Martin Gester
- OPUS 111: OP30217.
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Marin Marais
Alcione
Performers: Le Concert Des Nations Jordi Savall (director)
- Astree: ES9945.
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