Romina Lischka - Demachy: Pièces de violle en musique et en tablature (2013)

One of the key figures of the French viola da gamba tradition, Demachy is nevertheless one of those composers of whom history tells us little. He left a single collection of eight suites for solo viol: Pieces de Violle en Musique et en Tablature published in Paris in 1685. It is the first French publication to present pieces for solo viol, a year before Marin Marais. This recording presents two suites in tablature (D major and minor) and two others in normal musical notation (G major and minor), following the classical form of the French dance suite at it existed toward the end of the 17th c.