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Les Timbres

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A unique collection of late works by the viola da gamba master Marain.From the cutting edge of the French music scenethe pinnacle of vitality and sophistication!Malan Marais, one of the foremost masters of the French Baroque, was a virtuoso violist and conductor of the Royal Opera. His virtuositypraised as playing like an angelis clearly evident in the five collections of viol music he published intermittently from his youth through his later years. At the same time, two years before he retired from the music scene following the publication of his final viol collection in 1725, he also released a collection of chamber music comprising three substantial works: Scales, Sonatas in the Style of Marais, and The Bells of the Church of Sainte-Genevive-du-Mont in Paris. In contrast to the five viola da gamba collectionswhich were thoroughly French in style and strictly focused on the viola da gambathese