New Music Albums: PIECES EN SOLITUDE (Caroline Nicolas)

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Artist:
Caroline Nicolas

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
67:28

Record Label:
Avie

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CD, Amazon Music,
Apple Music, Spotify

Release Date
June 19, 2026

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Product Description: New York City-based viola da gambist Caroline Nicolas is one to watch - a captivating performer and "one of the finest gambists working today" (Gotham Early Music Scene). With her star rapidly in the ascendent, Caroline has performed with ensembles including The English Concert, Kammerorchester Basel, and Philharmonia Baroque, and collaborated with the likes of Jordi Savall, William Christie, and Kristian Bezuidenhout.For her solo debut recording, Caroline brings out the big guns of the viola da gamba repertoire from France's defining era of the instrument - the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Pièces de viole were integral to the French instrumental baroque, and Caroline's programme leads with selections by the master of the genre, Marin Marais. For contrast, Caroline juxtaposes the first Suite by the iconoclastic Antoine Forqueray, and in between offers a pair of amuse-bouche: an intricate Chaconne by Marais' tutor, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, and a Prelude by the pedagogue Le Sieur de Machy. In keeping with French viol music's nuance and relative restraint, Caroline is accompanied solely by theorbo, it's complementary timbre reflecting the repertoire's aesthetic.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 .in G Major: No. 92, Prelude (02:12)

2 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 .in G Major: No. 94, Allemande & No. 95, Double (04:12)

3 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 .in G Major: No. 99, Sarabande Grave (03:56)

4 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 .in G Major: No. 105, La musette (03:05)

5 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Le Badinage in F-Sharp Minor: No. 87 . (04:54)

6 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in D Minor: I. Prelude Caroline Nicolas (03:34)

7 . Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 4 .in D Major: No. 55, Plainte (04:34)

8 . Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in A Minor: No. 11, Prelude (03:20)

9 . Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in A Minor: No. 1, Fantaisie (01:08)

10 . Pieces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in A Minor: II. Allemande (02:26)

11 . Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in A Minor: No. 3, Courante (01:41)

12 . Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in A Minor: No. 8, Minuet & No. 9, Autre (02:07)

13 . Pièces de viole, Livre III: Chaconne in D Minor, Tounus 49 . Caroline Nicolas (04:23)

14 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in D Minor: I. Allemande (La borde) (05:23)

15 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in D Minor: II. La Forqueray (02:42)

16 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in D Minor: III. La Cottin (03:29)

17 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in D Minor: IV. La Bellemont (03:46)

18 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in D Minor: V. La Portugaise (03:10)

19 . Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 .in D Minor: VI. La Couperin (03:10)

20 .Pièces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 3 .in D Major: No. 63, Les Voix humaines (04:24)

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