Louis de Caix D'Hervelois

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 er, a left us a substantial and varied corpus of music and a vivid portrait gallery in which bass viol, 'pardessus de viole' and flute shine with especial lustre.