Atlas
← Chamber music
3

Suite en trio No. 5 in E minor

Marin Marais · 1656–1728 · French
For 2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
Also known as Pièces en trio, Suite No. 5 · Trios pour le coucher du Roy, Suite No. 5
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, with the parts evenly matched
MinorDanceDarkLesser-known

Listen

Open on YouTube More recordings
Ensemble
With continuo
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 22 min
Composed
1692
Era
Baroque

Notes

Ten pieces ending with a Caprice and a Passacaille

About this work

Composed
1692 or before
  1. Prélude lentement
  2. Fantaisie
  3. Gavotte
  4. Rondeau
  5. Sarabande en rondeau
  6. Menuet I
  7. Sarabande
  8. Menuet II
  9. Caprice lentement
  10. Passacaille
Score on IMSLP Suggest a correction

Also in Pièces en trio (1692)

Suite en trio No. 1 in C major
2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
With continuo2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
25 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
3balanced
Suite en trio No. 2 in G minor
2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
With continuo2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
30 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
3balanced
Suite en trio No. 3 in D major
2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
With continuo2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
21 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
3balanced
Suite en trio No. 4 in B-flat major
2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
With continuo2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
21 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
3balanced
Suite en trio No. 6 in C minor
2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
With continuo2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
19 min
MinorSlowLesser-known
3balanced

A step before · level 2

Balletto a tre in E minor, Op. 3 No. 2
Tomaso Albinoni
2 violins, continuo
With continuo2 violins, continuo
9 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
2balanced
Balletto a tre in D minor, Op. 3 No. 5
Tomaso Albinoni
2 violins, continuo
With continuo2 violins, continuo
9 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
2balanced
Balletto a tre in C minor, Op. 3 No. 8
Tomaso Albinoni
2 violins, continuo
With continuo2 violins, continuo
8 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
2balanced
Balletto a tre in G minor, Op. 3 No. 9
Tomaso Albinoni
2 violins, continuo
With continuo2 violins, continuo
6 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
2balanced

A step after · level 4

With continuo2 violins, continuo
31 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
4balanced
La Sultane
François Couperin
2 violins, viola da gamba, continuo
With continuo2 violins, viola da gamba, continuo
9 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
4balanced
Concertino in E minor for flute and two viols, MWV 9.24
Johann Melchior Molter
flute, 2 violas da gamba, continuo
With continuoflute, 2 violas da gamba, continuo
10 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
4flute
Trio Sonata in E minor, QV 2:20
Johann Joachim Quantz
flute, violin, continuo
With continuoflute, violin, continuo
11 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
4balanced

More chamber music by Marin Marais

With continuo2 violas da gamba, continuo
23 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
4balanced
With continuo2 violas da gamba, continuo
20 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4balanced
With continuo2 violas da gamba, continuo
8 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4balanced
Tombeau de M. Méliton
2 violas da gamba, continuo
With continuo2 violas da gamba, continuo
12 min
MinorSlowLesser-known
4balanced
Viol consort3 violas da gamba
24 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4viola-da-gamba 1
Viol consort3 violas da gamba
28 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4viola-da-gamba 1