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| Tous Les Matins du Monde/Dix Ans Apres | 
 enlarge | Creators: Christophe Coin, Jerome Hantai, Jordi Savall, Josep Borras, Anonymous, French Anonymous, Francois Couperin, Jean-baptiste Forqueray, Jean-baptiste Lully, Marin Marais, Sainte-colombe Le Fils, Jean De Sainte-colombe, Rolf Lislevand, Michael Behringer, Pierre Hantai, Marcel Ponseele, Le Concert Des Nations, Pedro Estevan
Label: Alia Vox Spain
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $16.14
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Buy New/Used from $11.45
Avg. Customer Rating:  (16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 36059
Format: Import, Limited Edition, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 713746267322
EAN: 7619986098210
ASIN: B00005S0MD
Release Date: March 12, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hauntingly Beautiful June 11, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was introduced to this utterly, utterly gorgeous soundtrack via a "friend of a friend", to whom I am eternally grateful. I listened to this on cassette tape too many times to count. The music is hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric, dark and moody, tragic and deep. This is music from the Baroque period but nothing like Bach, or Purcell, or Handel.
Vive Savall and M. Sainte Colombe April 27, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw the film and was enthralled by the portrayals of Sainte Colombe and Marin Marais. (Depardu was superb as always.) Some reviewers thought the film dull or tedious. I suppose in today's film culture where there is so much action without much substance there are those who would concur. I thought is was an excellent study of the characters and the music, which is rarity even in films about musicians.
French Baroque Performed by The Absolute Master of the Viola Da Gamba October 9, 2005
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
In addition to French Baroque being generally and wrongly relegated to secondary status compared to Italian or German Baroque, there are probably less than 200 professional players who specialize in the viola da gamba as an instrument which was used mostly by French Baroque composers. Out of those few 200 performers, Jordi Savall is the undisputed master of his craft not only in performing French Baroque but really any Baroque piece for the viola da gamba. This soundtrack is a fine example on the diversity and depth of not only the viola's range but on works of various composers during the French Baroque period: especially the works of Marais and Sainte-Colombe. This album is also a great sample of the simply exemplary talent of Jordi Savall as a violist.
The double album primarily contains solos or duets for viola da gamba by Marais and Sainte-Colombe but has pieces by other contemporaries such as Lully. This album is a great sample of the variety of works and composers of the unique French Baroque tradition that continued to use the viola while other musical styles in Europe had virtually abandoned it for the cello. The viola da gamba has a lot more range, depth, and resonance than the cello and so the music is moodier and more contemplative than cello works such as Bach's magnificent cello suites. Solo music for viola from the French Baroque also allows freer interpretation than conventional compositions for orchestra or other chamber pieces. The jewel in this album is Marais' haunting but divine Sonnerie de Ste-Genevieve in which the dynamics of the violas and violins are truly a spiritual voyage into one's soul; at points serenely docile to demonically ferocious as if phantasms both luring and forbidding the listener to follow. The intricate complexity and resonance of this exquisite piece makes it one of the most spiritually moving Baroque sonet variations I have ever heard and it's one of my personal favorites. Both Marais and Sainte-Colombe were probably the pinnacle of achievement in terms of expressive techniques for the viola da gamba during the French Baroque period while later contemporaries such as Forqueray and Couperin became more formulaic although no less accomplished.
Jordi Savall has many priceless performances apart from this soundtrack and he is really the only competent artist for both viola da gamba specifically and primarily all French Baroque interpretations. There are no other viola players who can even compare to Savall as they really sound as little else than amateurs in comparison to his applied skills and passion of playing. I strongly recommend for anyone looking for music for viola da gamba or really any French Baroque to buy Savall/Le Concert Des Nations' performances exclusively as there's simply nothing else to look for or find that's in his caliber. Apart from a few other performnances by groups such as Les Arts Florissants, I guarantee you that the performances of all others in this style will rise to no further than being mediocre at best such as Harncourt or even Koopman who often plays with Savall. Most other viola performers quickly descend to atrocious standards in comparison to those of Savall. Even though Savall's recordings tend to be on the more expensive side, he's worth every penny take my word for it: you won't regret it! What you will regret is having bought a mediocre viola peformance after you hear Savall's as the differences will be very significant.
Sensuous Saval October 5, 2005
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
If ever there were a disc to save in case of global catastrophe, this should be one of them. How many recordings in classical music catalogs can be called both indispensible and popular? Certainly enough of them, but few in the early music genre can. The sensuous splendor of French Baroque music is well-represented in this disc that serves as both an anthology of the literature, and a soundtrack to the superb film of the same name. Jordi Saval, the gambist and director, is a first-rate musician, as are the other musicians featured on the disc. "Tous Les Matins du Monde," or "All the Mornings of the World," will convert the average Joe to a love of this kind of music. It is a "must-have."
Even better than the original October 1, 2005
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
The nice thing about this edition of the soundtrack to Tous les Matins du Monde is the bonus disc! It has a few tunes from the original soundtrack that are arranged differently plus some entirely new music which is delightful all on its own. Still a terrific recording -- both discs are full of great music that make you want to listen to them all the way through every time.
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