Marin Marais - La Gamme (The Scale)

Marin Marais
La Gamme, en forme de petit opéra
I. Ut - Ré - Mi - Fa - Sol - La - Si - Ut - Si - La - Sol
II. Fa - Mi - Ré - Ut
London Baroque (on Period-Instruments
Charles Medlam, viola da gamba, direction
Ingrid Seifert, baroque violin
William Hunt, viola da gamba
John Toll, harpsichord
Musique d'abord (Harmonia Mundi)
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*Painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau "La Gamme d'amour" c. 1717
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"Mr Marin Marais surprised musical connoisseurs with his pieces 'La Gamme' which is a pièce de symphonie that imperceptibly ascends the steps of the octave; one then descends, thereby going through harmonious songs and melodious tones, the various sounds of music."
(Titon du Tillet, in Le Parnasse Français)