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Lisa de la Salle: A Portrait - Music of Mozart, Rachmaninov, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2013-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in D major, KV 284; Sergey Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux, Op. 39; Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Frédéric Chopi...
Performers: Salle, Lise de la
Conductors: ; Luisi, Fabio; Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Au Theatre des Bouffes du Nord

For Naïve's 10th anniversary of recording activity with Lise de la Salle, now 24 years-old, they offer a beautiful 6 discs set of outstanding performances...continue...

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...

Mussorgsky: Pictures; Janacek: Sonata; Prokofiev: Sonata 7 / Fazil Say, piano

2 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Leos Janácek: Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the street"; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Performers: Say, Fazil

For his new solo album, first one since '07, Fazil Say selects 3 powerful pieces that he plays very often in concert. Works in which...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium - MC2, Grenoble, France (02/2011)....continue...

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2; Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / Sokhiev

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-03-29

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Performers: Laurenceau, Genevieve
Conductors: Sokhiev, Tugan

"Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff were in many ways complementary, both in character and as musicians... while Rachmaninoff was a brooding late-Romantic in style, Prokofiev, eighteen years...continue...
Recording information: La Halle Aux Grains, Toulouse, France (07/2010)....continue...

Accentus / Concerto Köln

4 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3; Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lie...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Breslick, Pavel; Champion, Romain; Degout, Stephane; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Maurer, Daniel; Piau, Sandrine; Saraf, Aurelie; Weisser, Johannes; Wieder-Atherton, Sonia
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Maîtrise de Paris ; Monts du Reuil

Anna Vinnitskaya plays Prokofiev & Ravel

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major
Performers: Vinnitskaya, Anna
Conductors: Varga, Gilbert

"I am not one to believe in definitive performances of anything. This rendition of the challenging Prokofiev Second almost caused me to abandon that stance....continue...
Recording information: Groáer Sendesaal des Rundfunks Berlin-Brandenburg, Berl (04/2010)....continue...

Chants d'est - Songs from Slavic lands / Wieder-Atherton, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; Ernst von Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica, pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 32b; Unspecified: Song in remembrance of Schubert; Alexander Tcherepnin: Songs and Dances, for...
Performers: Wieder-Atherton, Sonia
Conductors: Mangou, Christophe
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

A breathtaking collection of ancient folk melodies, played on lyrical solo cello with string orchestra. Naive’s astonishing new signing, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, is bound to make...continue...

Rachmaninov, Gubaidulina, Medtner, Prokofiev / Anna Vinnitskaya

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36; Sofia Gubaidulina: Ciacona for Piano; Nikolai Medtner: Forgotten Melodies (8) for Piano, Op. 38; Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano ...
Performers: Vinnitskaya, Anna

Transcriptions - Barber, Mahler, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Wolf, Berg, etc / Equilbey, Accentus

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3; Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lie...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Boucard, Celine; Champion, Romain; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Corbel, Pierre; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Padaut, Catherine
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus; Accentus Chamber Choir; Les monts du Reuil

Shostakovich, Liszt, Prokofiev: Concertos / Lise de la Salle

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10
Performers: Boldoczki, Gabor; Salle, Lise de la
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon

Lise de la Salle’s last CD of solo pieces by Mozart and Prokofiev was an Editors Choice in Gramophone, as well as a double 5-star...continue...

Mozart, Prokofiev / Lise de la Salle

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo for Piano no 3 in A minor, K 511; Sonata for Piano no 6 in D major, K. 284 (K. 205b); Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265 (300e); Se...
Performers: Salle, Lise de la

"Lise de la Salle is arguably just at that moment now where a young prodigy, acclaimed for the precociousness of their talent, teeters on the...continue...

Transcriptions Vol 2 / Equilbey, Añorga, Accentus, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-02-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Franz Schubert: Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343; Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D. 810; Der Wegweiser (...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Boucard, Celine; Champion, Romain; Corbel, Pierre; Engerer, Brigitte; Maslenko, Nicolai; Padaut, Catherine; Vahrenkamp, Kristina
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir); Monts du Reuil

"This one features the 40-voice choir in masterful transcriptions--as close to literal as possible--of both purely instrumental works (Vivaldi's "L'hiver" from the Four Seasons; several...continue...
Recording information: L'Arsenal, Metz, France (06/2006)....continue...

Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas no 6 & 8 / Francois-Frederic Guy

1 CD / Naïve / 2001-11-20

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 6 in A major, Op. 82; Sonata for Piano no 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Performers: Guy, Francois-Frederic

"...there's a virile quality to (Francois-Frederic Guy's) playing which comes far from amiss in these two war-time sonatas. His fingers are steely, his sound impeccably...continue...