COUPERIN: PIECES DE VIOLES, 1728 - SAVALL, KOOPMAN, MAURETTE (HYBRID SACD)

Jordi Savall
Ton Koopman
Ariane Maurette
Possibly written as a homage to Marin Marais, the great master of the basse de viol who had recently passed away at the age of seventy-two, François Couperin’s Pièces de Violes, published in 1728, are today considered as one of the finest masterpieces of baroque chamber music and one of the absolute pinnacles of the viola da gamba repertoire, comparable in rank to J.S. Bach’s 3 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord.