Various Composers - Pièces en solitude (Caroline Nicolas)

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1. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 in G Major: No. 92, Prelude
2. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 in G Major: No. 94, Allemande & No. 95, Double
3. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 in G Major: No. 99, Sarabande Grave
4. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 7 in G Major: No. 105, La musette
5. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre IV: Suite d'un goût étranger: No. 87, Le Badinage
6. Le Sieur de Machy - Pièces de viole: Suite No. 1 in D Minor: I. Prelude
7. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 4 in D Major: No. 55, Plainte
8. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 in A Minor: No. 11, Prélude
9. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 in A Minor: No. 1, Fantaisie
10. Marin Marais - Pieces de Viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 in A Minor: II. Allemande
11. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 in A Minor: No. 3, Courante
12. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre III: Suite No. 1 in A Minor: No. 8, Minuet & No. 9, Autre
13. Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe - Chaconne in D Minor, Tounus 49
14. Antoine Forqueray - Pièces de viole avec la basse-continue: Suite No. 1 in D Minor: I. Allemande (La borde)
15. Antoine Forqueray - Pièces de viole avec la basse-continue: Suite No. 1 in D Minor: II. La Forqueray
16. Antoine Forqueray - Pièces de viole avec la basse-continue: Suite No. 1 in D Minor: III. La Cottin
17. Antoine Forqueray - Pièces de viole avec la basse-continue: Suite No. 1 in D Minor: IV. La Bellemont
18. Antoine Forqueray - Pièces de viole avec la basse-continue: Suite No. 1 in D Minor: V. La Portugaise
19. Antoine Forqueray - Pièces de viole avec la basse-continue: Suite No. 1 in D Minor: VI. La Couperin
20. Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre II: Suite No. 3 in D Major: No. 63, Les Voix humaines

Caroline Nicolas, viola da gamba

Kevin Payne, theorbo (1–5, 7–12, 14–20)

Date: 2026

Label: AVIE Records

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New York City-based artist Caroline Nicolas, praised as one of today’s finest viola da gambists, has achieved widespread recognition through performances with elite ensembles like The English Concert and collaborations with icons such as Jordi Savall. For her solo debut recording, Nicolas tackles monumental late 17th- and early 18th-century French Baroque repertoire. Her program features masterworks by Marin Marais contrasted with a suite by the iconoclastic Antoine Forqueray, alongside short works by Sainte-Colombe and Le Sieur de Machy. Accompanied solely by a theorbo, Nicolas captures the precise nuance, timbre, and elegant restraint defining this golden era of French viol music.

Canadian-born cellist and viola da gambist Caroline Nicolas is a highly versatile artist celebrated for her work across solo, chamber, and directing roles. A graduate of The Juilliard School and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, she has performed in world-class venues like Carnegie Hall and the Berliner Philharmonie alongside renowned conductors such as Jordi Savall and William Christie. Nicolas serves as Artistic Director of Ars Poetica, was named a Fellow of The English Concert in America, and her debut recording, Pièces en solitude, was released by Avie Records in June 2026. Also a dedicated educator, she regularly lectures on historical performance practice at prestigious institutions like Yale University.

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