The main work here is Marin Marais's glorious La gamme et autres morceaux de symphonie pour violon, viole et clavecin of 1723. This includes the famous La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris – with its famous circular motion, once heard, never forgotten – the sonata La Marésienne

, and the fluidly virtuosic La gamme , where the starting point is a scale. Antoine Forqueray's Suite in D minor, split between the versions for gamba with continuo and solo harpsichord, is a showpiece of technique and sonority, whether it's spread between 10 fingers on a keyboard or features the acrobatic leaps and multiple stopping effects of the gamba. In Trio Sonnerie's fine performa nces this is a delight from start to finish.
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