La Rêveuse
Performing the music of the 17th and 18th centuries, the chamber group La Rêveuse has teamed with theater artists in innovative presentations. The group has recorded for the major labels Mirare and Harmonia Mundi.
La Rêveuse was formed in 2004 by lutenist and theorbist Benjamin Perrot and viola da gamba player Florence Bolton, both dedicated early music freelancers who had performed with Le Poème Harmonique and other French historical instrument groups. As of the early 2020s, both retained leadership positions in the group, which has six core members but expands and contracts according to the requirements of the music being performed. The group specializes in music of the 17th and 18th centuries, mostly from France and England. Its name, meaning "The Dreaming Woman," comes from that of a dramatic work by 17th century composer Marin Marais. La Rêveuse released its debut album, featuring violin sonatas by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, in 2010 on the Mirare label.
La Rêveuse has appeared at leading French venues, including the Auditorium de Radio France, Les Concerts Parisiens, and the Théâtre de l’Athénée. The group has been a reliable draw at summer events such as the Chambord and Radio France Montpellier festivals and Les Folles Journées de Nantes. La Rêveuse has also toured abroad, performing around western Europe, Britain, and the U.S., and as far afield as Russia and Japan. The ensemble has also teamed with figures from the worlds of theater and literature to develop stage presentations covering material from various periods; these include L'Autre Monde ou les États et Empires de la Lune by Cyrano de Bergerac and Les Caractères de La Bruyère with the actor and director Benjamin Lazar, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière and Lully with Catherine Hiegel and François Morel, and L'Heure verte, a show focusing on the poets of the Cabaret du Chat Noir, with the composer Vincent Bouchot. The group has also presented concert-lectures in museums that are designed to explore relationships between music and painting in the 17th and 18th centuries. La Rêveuse made several more albums for Mirare but moved to Harmonia Mundi in 2021 for the album Louis de Caix d'Hervelois: Dans le Sillage de Marin Marais. In 2023, La Rêveuse released the album Le Concert des Oiseaux on Harmonia Mundi.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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London circa 1740: Handel's musicians
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 18 aug. 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Buxtehude : Sonates en trio - Manuscrits d’Uppsala
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton, Sébastien Wonner and Emily Audouin
Kamermuziek - Released by Mirare on 8 jan. 2008
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
London Circa 1700 - Purcell & his Generation
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton
Kamermuziek - Released by Mirare on 11 jan. 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Louis de Caix d'Hervelois, in the footsteps of Marin Marais
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot, Serge Saitta, Emily Audouin, Carsten Lohff
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 22 okt. 2021
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
London circa 1720: Corelli's Legacy
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 18 sep. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Le Concert des Oiseaux. Vincent Bouchot: Le Carnaval des animaux en péril
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 feb. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Telemann : Trios & Quatuors
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot and Florence Bolton
Kamermuziek - Released by Mirare on 12 jan. 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Marin Marais : Pièces de viole
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton
Kamermuziek - Released by Mirare on 12 jan. 2018
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Purcell : Devotional Songs & Anthems
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot and Florence Bolton
Religieuze vocale muziek - Released by Mirare on 3 sep. 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brossard: Oratorios & Leandro (La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot & Florence Bolton)
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Mirare on 12 apr. 2011
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Buxtehude: Cantates pour voix seule (Ms. d'Uppsala)
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton, Maïlys De Villoutreys
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 14 feb. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Le Rossignol et l'empereur de Chine
Sprookjes en vertellingen - Released by Didier Jeunesse on 11 okt. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sonates pour violon, viole obligée et basse-continue (Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre)
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 18 mei 2010
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Buxtehude: Sonates - Reinken: Hortus Musicus (La Rêveuse)
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 8 jan. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Purcell: Cease anxious World / cesse, humanité inquiète (La Rêveuse)
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 24 apr. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Rêveuse
Julie Hassler, La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot
Klassiek - Released by Phaia Music on 1 feb. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Henry Lawes: Ayres
La Rêveuse, Jeffrey Thompson, Florence Bolton, Bertrand Cuiller and Benjamin Perrot
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 25 feb. 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Sérénité Etoilée
Lounge - Released by SWR Circadian on 25 mrt. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo