 At the age of 18, Guillemette Laurens joined the Opera-Studio and made her debut at Salle Favart in Paris a few years later in the role of Baba the Turkish in Stravinsky’s The Rake's Progress. She formed part of the roster of the Lyric Workshop of the Rhine before entering to Arts Florissants of William Christie. Since 1980, she sang on the major musical stages of Europe, as well as the USA, Colombia, Israel, South Africa and Japan. She interpreted there oeuvre of roles, as The Nose by Shostakovich, Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, Atys by Lully, I Puritani by Bellini, Clemenza di Tito by Mozart, L’Orfeo and L’Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi, the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) by J S. Bach, L’enfance du Christ by Berlioz. She sang at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence in Iphigénie en Aulide, with John Eliot Gardiner, and Towards Bach concert series on London's South Bank.
Guillemette Laurens has worked with renowned ensembles: La Petite Bande directed by Gustav Leonhardt, La Chapelle Royale (Philippe Herreweghe), Les Arts Florissants (William Christie), Concerto Vocal (René Jacobs), Capriccio Stravagante (Skip Sempé), Il Giardino Armonico and Sequentia. |
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| | Vida / A chantar La Comtessa de Dia Pilar Figueras (soprano) Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book Paul O'Dette (lute) | Anglebert: | Pièces de clavecin (1689) Kenneth Gilbert | anon.: | The three ravens Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Black is the colour of my true love's hair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The oak and the ash Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Barbara Allen Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Lord Rendall Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Water is wide Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The tailor and the mouse Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Down by the sally garden's Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I will give my love an apple Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Bushes and briars Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The foggy, foggy dew Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) She moved through the fair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Evening Prayer Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Prière de Marie-Madeleine Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès Messe de saint Marcel Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès | Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Barbara Schlick (soprano), René Jacobs (alto), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (ténor) & Peter Kooy (basse) Chœur et Orchestre de La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Chœur d'enfants "In dulci jubilo" de Saint-Nicolas, Philippe Herreweghe Musical Offering, BWV1079 Davitt Moroney, Janet See, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden & Martha Cook The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 Fretwork | Banchieri: | Barca di Venetia per Padova Ensemble Clément Janequin | Bartók: | Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano Ensemble Walter Boeykens | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt Georges Pludermacher (piano ) | Berlioz: | Les Nuits D'été, Op. 7 Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe | Biber: | The Rosary Sonatas Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr | Brahms: | Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Michel Portal (clarinette) & Georges Pludermacher (piano) | Bruna: | Tiento sobre la letania de la Virgen Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Cabanilles: | Corrente Italiana Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Chausson: | Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30 Les Musiciens | Chopin: | Ballades Nos. 1-4 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) | Copland: | Trio 'Vitebsk' Trio Wanderer | Couperin, A-L: | Simphonie de clavecins William Christie & David Fuller | Couperin, F: | Messe à l'usages des Paroisses Michel Chapuis, à l'orgue des Frères Isnard de Saint-Maximin | Dufay: | Intégrale des Motets isorythmiques Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel | Duron: | Gaitilla de mano izquierda Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Falla: | El Amor Brujo Ginesa Ortega, (cantaora), Joan Martin (niño soprano / sopraniste), Iñaki Fresán (baryton) & Joan Cabero (ténor) Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons | Haydn: | Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy' Patrick Cohen, Erich Höbarth & Christophe Coin Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 Jean-Guihen Queyras (violoncelle) Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans | Heredia: | Salve de lleno Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento de falsas de quarto tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento lleno de primer tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Hildegard: | Laudes de Sainte Ursule Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula Anonymous 4 | Janacek: | Sur un sentier recouvert Alain Planès (piano) String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' Melos Quartett | Jones, R: | Sweet Kate Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Keiser: | Croesus Roman Trekel, Johannes Mannov, Dorothea Röschmann, Werner Güra, Klaus Häger, Markus Schäfer, Salomé Haller, Kwangchul Youn, Graham Pushee, Brigitte Eisenfeld, Kurt Azesberger, Jörg Gottschick & Johanna Stojkovic Rias-Kammerchor & Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs | Liszt: | La Lugubre Gondola for cello & piano, S134 Emmanuelle Bertrand (violoncelle) & Pascal Amoyel (piano) | Lully: | Atys Guy de Mey, Guillemette Laurens, Agnès Mellon & Jean-François Gardeil Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | Marais: | La Gamme London Baroque, Charles Medlam | Monteverdi: | Pianto della Madonna Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes | Morley: | Sweet nymph, come to thy lover Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I go before my darling Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Miraculous Love's wounding Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Mozart: | 6 German Dances, K509 Andreas Staier & Christine Schornsheim Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs | Muffat, Georg: | Apparatus musico-organisticus René Saorgin, orgue Charles Boisselin de Malaucène | Purcell: | King Arthur Maurice Bevan, Paul Elliott, Mark Deller, Honor Sheppard, Alfred Deller, Jean Knibbs, Rosemary Hardy & Honor Sheppard The King's Musick & The Deller Consort and Choir, Alfred Deller | Pärt: | Berliner Messe Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (orgue) Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier | Rameau: | Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin Alexandre Tharaud (piano) | Rossini: | Petite Messe solennelle Krassimira Stoyanova, Birgit Remmert, Steve Davislim & Hanno Müller-Brachmann RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B flat major Christine Busch, Margarete Adorf, Roel Dieltiens & Love Persson Roel Dieltiens | Schobert: | Quatuor pour pianoforte deux violons et violoncelle Luciano Sgrizzi, Chiara Banchini, Véronique Méjean & Philipp Bosbach | Schubert: | Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 Isabelle Faust (violon) & Alexander Melnikov (piano) Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 Paul Lewis (piano) | Schumann: | Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano) | Shostakovich: | String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Jerusalem Quartet | Sola: | Medio registro de mano derecha Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Telemann: | Du aber Daniel, gehe hin Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel La Bizarre Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin | Vivaldi: | Stabat Mater, RV621 Andreas Scholl (contre-ténor) Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini | Wolf, H: | Goethe-Lieder Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baryton) Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano |
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Marie-Paule Dotti (soprano), Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano), Luca Lombardo (tenor), Nicolas Testé (bass) Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Diego Fasolis | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Guillemette Laurens (vocal) Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre (théorbe & direction) | | Alpha - ALPHA001 (CD) Normally: £12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT) Special: £9.09 (£7.74 ex. VAT) |
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Antonio Abete, Charles Daniels, Lynne Dawson, Guillemette Laurens I Barocchisti, Coro della Radio Svizzera, Diego Fasolis, Diego Fasolis | Arts - 476272 (CD - 2 discs) £16.49 (£14.03 ex. VAT) |
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Guillemette Laurens & Agnes Mellon Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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