Composer: Louis de Caix d’Hervelois
Performer: La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Emily Audouin, Benjamin Perrot, Carsten Lohff, Serge Saïtta
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902352
Release: 2021
Size: 2.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite for Viola da gamba & b.c. in G
01. I. La Bergeret
02. II. Le Biron
03. III. La Quinson
04. IV. Tambourin
05. V. La Couperin
Suite for Viola da gamba & b.c. in E minor
06. I. Prélude
07. II. La Sauterelle
08. III. La Toute-Belle
09. IV. La Guitare
Suite for Viola da gamba & b.c. in D major
10. I. Prélude
11. II. Allemande
12. III. L’Henriette
13. IV. Rossignol
14. V. Les Petits doigts
15. VI. La Bagatelle – La Follette
16. La Berg-Op-Zoom
17. Plainte
18. La la Fernay
Suite for Pardessus de viole & b.c. in G
19. I. Prélude
20. II. Lentement – Rondeau
21. III. La Christine
22. IV. Gaiement et marqué – La Quinson
Suite for Viola da gamba & b.c. in D
23. I. Prélude
24. II. Fantaisie
25. III. Sarabande
26. IV. La Senaillé
27. V. L’Angélique
After a first disc devoted to English music, La Rêveuse introduces us to the sound world of Louis de Caix d’Hervelois.
As heir to Marin Marais and one of his most brilliant pupils, Caix brought the bass viol new prestige in an era that was gradually abandoning the instrument.
This composer skilled in expressing the elegance and grace of the Enlightenment era left us a substantial and varied corpus of music, a vivid portrait gallery in which bass viol, ‘pardessus de viole’ and flute shine with especial lustre.