Oh! Trio Marchand: Suites CD

In 1707 Joseph Marchand published his seven Suites de pi?ces m?l?e[s] de sonates pour le violon et la basse. Now completely forgotten, Marchand was one of the king's musicians under Louis XIV, playing the basse de violon in the prestigious Chapelle Royale, the 24 Violons and the Petits Violons du Roi. He was renowned as a teacher, and as a musician he was gifted with a "very singular playing style". His suites were the first in the repertoire to make use of the perilous double trill. In some respects, his music bears witness to the Italianisation of musical tastes, but in the sheer abundance of his musical ideas, the beauty of his harmonies, his virtuosity, particularly in the bass parts, and his concern for the balance of forms and voices, Marchand is not so much an epigone as an heir to the art of Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe or Fran?ois Couperin. Playing the violin, the pardessus de viole (the highest-pitched member of the viol family), the positive organ, the viola da gamba or the harpsichord, the {oh!} trio - Martyna Pastuszka and Krzysztof and Anna Firlus - revive here a gem of the early eighteenth century, with all it's poetry and refinement of expression.

1. Vol.1-Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Fantaisie 2. Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Sonate I Lentement 3. Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Vite 4. Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Rondeau Tendrement 5. Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Vite 6. Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Air Grave 7. Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Gavotte Tendrement 8. Marchand: Premi?re Suite in a Air Gay 9. Marchand: Deuxi?me Suite in B Sonate Lentement 10. Marchand: Deuxi?me Suite in B Vite. Lentement 11. Marchand: Deuxi?me Suite in B Rondeau Gay 12. Marchand: Deuxi?me Suite in B Vite 13. Marchand: Deuxi?me Suite in B Air Lour? 14. Marchand: Deuxi?me Suite in B Air Gay 15. Marchand: Deuxi?me Suite in B Dessein de Basse 16. Marchand: Troisi?me Suite in C Allemande 17. Marchand: Troisi?me Suite in C Sarabande 18. Marchand: Troisi?me Suite in C Rondeau 19. Marchand: Troisi?me Suite in C Air Lent 20. Marchand: Troisi?me Suite in C Premi?re Et Deuxi?me Gavottes 21. Vo.2-Marchand: Quatri?me Suite in D Sonate 22. Marchand: Quatri?me Suite in D Fugue 23. Marchand: Quatri?me Suite in D Adagio 24. Marchand: Quatri?me Suite in D Air Tendre 25. Marchand: Quatri?me Suite in D Air Gay 26. Marchand: Quatri?me Suite in D Air Par Accords Lentement 27. Marchand: Quatri?me Suite in D Air Vite 28. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Sonate 29. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Fugue 30. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Air I 31. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Air II 32. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Gigue 33. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Air Tendre 34. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Air Gay 35. Marchand: Cinqui?me Suite in E Air Vite 36. Vol.3-Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Sonate 37. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Fugue 38. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Air I 39. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Air II 40. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Vivement 41. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Allemande 42. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Pr?lude Ou Dessein de Basse 43. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Chaconne 44. Marchand: Sixi?me Suite in F Sicilienne 45. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Sonate 46. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Air Tendre 47. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Rondeau 48. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Allemande 49. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Air Grave 50. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Rondeau Et Double 51. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Air Tendre Lentement 52. Marchand: Septi?me Suite in G Chaconne