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Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations; Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy / Laurent Cabasso

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120; Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer"; Variation on a Waltz by Anton Diabel...
Performers: Cabasso, Laurent

This is a new recording produced by renowned pianist Laurent Cabasso. He is back to recording as seen here with a solid program including 2...continue...
Recording information: Paris, France (04/2011)....continue...

String Quartets of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn / Quatour Mosaiques

5 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 77 no 1/H 3 no 81 "Lobkowitz"; Quartet for Strings no 67 in F major ("Wait Till the Clouds Roll By"), Op. 77/2, H. 3/82; Quartet for Strings in...
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Ensemble: Quatour Mosaiques

Grigory Sokolov: Complete Recordings / Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, et al

10 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo for Piano in C major, Op. 51 no 1; Rondo for Piano in G major, Op. 51 no ...
Performers: Sokolov, Grigory

For the first time, this boxed set gathers together all the available recordings of Grigory Sokolov under the Naïve Label....continue...

Beethoven: The Birth of a Master: Symphony no 1; Ah, perfido; Romance in F / Julien Chauvin, violin; Alexandra Coku, soprano

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Leonore; No, non turbarti! . . . Ma tu tremi, o mio tesoro, scena and aria for soprano & orchestra, WoO 92a; Romance for Violin and Orchestr...
Performers: Chauvin, Julien [Violin]; Coku, Alexandra
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie
Ensemble: ; Le Cercle de L'Harmonie

Jérémie Rhorer presents his first recording of works by Beethoven in this lively, innovated live-concert program. Far removed from the complete institutional versions of the...continue...
Recording information: Opéra de Lille (02/2011)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies, Vol. 1

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-03-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel

"Emmanuel Krivine is one of today's greatest conductors and is never, under any circumstances, to be missed." - The Guardian. Emmanuel Krivine appears regularly with...continue...
Recording information: Cité de la Musique, Paris, France (06/2009); MC2: Grenoble (06/2009); Opéra de Vichy (06/2009)....continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets no 6, 7, 11

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 no 6; Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"; Qua...

The Vegh Quartet's benchmark award-winning recording of string quartets by Ludwig Van Beethoven, recorded at the peak of their outstanding international career. The album was...continue...
Recording information: Musica-Théâtre, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland....continue...

Fazil Say Boxed Set

3 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 12 in A major, K 414 (385p); Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyb...
Performers: Say, Fazil
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard

Beethoven: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra / Patricia Kopatchinskaja

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-09-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Movement for violin &...
Performers: Kopatchinskaya, Patricia

BBC Music Magazine
Patricia Kopatchinskaja's warmly recorded account of the Beethoven Violin Concerto must be one of the most stimulating and provocative that has ever been...continue...

Histoires sacrées - Bach, Beethoven, Charpentier, Vivaldi

4 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet for chorus, BWV 225 (BC C1); Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Fürchte dich nicht, ich bi...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Bauchau, Nicolas; Davislim, Steve; Duthoit, Marie Louise; Kermes, Simone; Lesne, Gerard; Nedelec, Ronan; Novelli, Jean-Francois; Spogis, Raimonds
Conductors: Cao, Pierre; Spering, Christoph; Lesne, Gérard; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Basses Réunies; Seminario Musicale

Beethoven: Piano Concertos no 2 & 3 / Guy, Jordan, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Performers: Guy, François-Frederic
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
What a joy his performances are. Brilliant and direct in the finest French tradition, they are also alive with passing felicitiesà In the Second...continue...

Esprit - Zen

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; Franz Schubert:...
Performers: de la Salle, Lise; Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Guy, François-Frederic; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Lislevand, Rolf; Mingardo, Sara; Say, Fazil; Smith, Hopkinson; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Equilbey, Laurence; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Mosaïques String Quartet

Esprit - Romantique

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 76; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9...

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 4 Op. 58, Piano & Wind Quintet Op. 16 / Guy, Jordan, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E flat major, Op. 16
Performers: Devilleneuve, Helene; Dreyfuss, Antoine; Duquesnoy, Jean-Francois; Guy, Francois-Frederic; Voisin, Jerome
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
For Guy and his colleagues it is clearly essential that Beethoven be allowed his own voice, unclouded by mannerism or pretension, and throughout the...continue...

Beethoven, Ravel, Bartók, Say: Works for Violin and Piano / Kopatchinskaja, Say

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin...
Performers: Kopatchinskaya, Patricia; Say, Fazil

Gramophone Magazine
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazil Say share a radical approach, performing each musical gesture in the most vivid way, with smoothness and tonal beauty a...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos no 1 & 5 / François-Frédéric Guy, Philippe Jordan, Radio France PO

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"
Performers: Guy, Francois-Frederic
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
The Emperor Concertoà performanceà it confirms Guy as one of the foremost pianists of his generation.
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Courbet - les musiques - Chopin, etc / Sokolov, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 14 in E flat minor, Op. 28/14, CT. 179; Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Hector Berlioz: Symphoni...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Cabasso, Laurent; Engerer, Brigitte; Gastinel, Anne; Guy, François-Frederic; Heisser, Jean-François; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Hurel, Juliette; ...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Eschenbach, Christoph; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Lombard, Alain; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; ORTF National Orchestra

Courbet's output displays an astonishing range of subjects, styles, and formats. It conveys a well-nigh revolutionary creative force which may recall that of the great...continue...

Unforgettable - Music from Movies

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; Wolfgang Amad...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bruns, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Kraus, Michael [Tenor/Baritone Vocal]; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Monteyrol, Laurence; Ottensamer, Ernst; Ra...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Mund, Uwe; Lombard, Alain; Morandi, Pier G.; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Halász, Michael; Teutsch, Karol; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Nelson, John; Yabl...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Vienna Mozart Academy

Music from the films Apocalypse Now, Fantasia, Shine, Pretty Woman, Platoon, Out of Africa, Farinelli, Chariots of Fire and many more are here, with unforgettable...continue...
Personnel: Derek Lee Ragin (vocals); Laurence Monteyrol (soprano); Norbert Kraft (guitar); Fazil Say, Idil Biret, Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Instant Classics - Beethoven - Clair de lune

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; ...
Performers: Cabasso, Laurent; Cassard, Philippe; Guy, Francois-Frederic; Jando, Jeno; Laval, Danielle; Orozco, Rafael; Say, Fazil; Sokolov, Grigory

Instant Classics - Haendel: La Grande Sarabande

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute...
Conductors: Teutsch, Karol

Classique & Zen

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-08-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; L'Olimpiade, opera ...
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Desert, Claire; Gastinel, Anne; Guy, Francois-Frederic; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Salle, Lise de la; Say, Fazil; Smith, Hopkinson; Sokolo...
Conductors: ; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lislevand, Rolf; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Kapsberger; Matheus Ensemble; Quatuor Mosaïques

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 19, 29 / François-Frédéric Guy

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-10-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1
Performers: Guy, François-Frederic

"This French pianist, born in 1975, has been making the sort of steady progress through the ranks that underlines how very difficult it is to...continue...

Mélancolie

2 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Anorga, Solange; Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam; Bayo, Maria; Cabasso, Laurent; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Christie, Nan; Eloir, Cecile; Gastinel, Anne; Greacen, Timothy; Hill, Martyn; Kaz...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Krivine, Emmanuel; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Gardiner, John Eliot; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Griffiths, Howard; Spering, Christoph; Robertson, David; Sempe, Skip;...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Chamber Choir; Chorus Musicus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques; Lyon National Orchestra; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ens...

Beethoven: Appassionata, Waldstein, Tempest / Fazil Say

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"
Performers: Say, Fazil

Following his critically acclaimed recording of Mozart concertos, Fazil Say presents a recording of three of Beethovens most popular sonatas. Say brings his personal touch...continue...
Recording information: Studio Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland (06/2005)....continue...

Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms / Grigory Sokolov

5 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo for Piano in C major, Op. 51 no 1; Rondo for Piano in G major, Op. 51 no ...
Performers: Sokolov, Grigory

This is Naves 2nd boxed set dedicated to the Russian master Grigory Sokolov. This set includes works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms. This 5...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets no 1 & 4 / Quatuor Mosaïques

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-06-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 18/1; Quartet for Strings no 4 in C minor, Op. 18 no 4
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Ensemble: Mosaïques String Quartet

"...These glorious Beethoven readings, on period instruments by Quatuor Mosaiques, strike me as passionate, intelligent, and supremely musical. What we have here is like some...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 no 5 & 6 /Quatuor Mosaïques

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-06-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 5 in A major, Op. 18/5; Quartet for Strings no 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 no 6
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mosaïques String Quartet

Naive offers this beautifully repackaged re-release, to accompany Quatuor Mosaiques' new recording of Beethoven's Quartets, Op. 18, Nos. 1 & 4 (AST E8899). Quatuor Mosaiques...continue...

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas no 1 & 3, etc / Gastinel, Guy

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-02-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1; Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66; Variations (12) for Cello and...
Performers: Gastinel, Anne; Guy, Francois-Frederic

Two years after their first recording devoted to Beethoven, Anne Gastinel and Francois-Frederic Guy conclude the cycle of Beethoven's works for cello and piano with...continue...

Turner, Whistler, Monet - Debussy, Mahler, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2005-02-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Frederick Delius: Aquarelles (2), for strings (arr. by Fenby from 2 songs "to be sung on a summer night"); Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Daneman, Sophie; Hantai, Jerome; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Immerseel, Jos van; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Moccia, Alessandro; Piau, Sandrine; Reeth, Jan Van; Sermet,...
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Lloyd-Jones, David; Rahbari, Alexander; Svetlanov, Evgeny

This eclectic recording illustrates the close relationship between painting and music during the 19th and 20th centuries. Through various composers from Debussy to Mahler, we...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies no 2 & 6 / Kurt Masur, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36
Performers: Hery, Luc

Kurt Masur's first act upon taking up his functions as Music Director of the Orchestre National de France in September 2002 was to program the...continue...

Beethoven: Cello & Piano Sonatas no 2, 4 & 5 / Gastinel, Guy

1 CD / Naïve / 2002-11-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 5 no 2; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 4 in C major, Op. 102 no 1; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2
Performers: Gastinel, Anne; Guy, Francois-Frederic

CD Review
It's the playing that makes these three sonatas really come alive. Anne Gastinel is one of the finest French cellists around, and she's a...continue...

Beethoven, Schubert, Weber / Emmanuel Pahud, Eric Le Sage

1 CD / Naïve / 2002-05-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 41; Franz Schubert: Introduction and variations op. 160; Carl Maria von Weber: Sonatas (6) for piano & flute obbligato ("Progressive...
Performers: Le Sage, Eric; Pahud, Emmanuel

Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud was appointed principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic at the age of 22. Both First Prize winners of the Conservatoire National...continue...