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Handel: Sacred Music - Includes Messiah; A Song for St Cecilia's Day; Streams of Pleasure; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno / Crowe, Croft, Gauvin, Lemieux, Fink, Varcoe [6 CD]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Theodora, HWV 68; Alexander Balus, HWV 65; Susanna, HWV 66; Juda...
Performers: Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dawson, Lynne; Gauvin, Karina; Graf, Hans Peter; Moor, Chris de; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Wieboldt, Nils
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Minkowski, Marc; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Il Complesso Barocco; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This glittering Christmas boxed set gathers the finest Handel sacred music recordings from the Naïve catalogue including A Song for St Cecilia's Day, Messiah and...continue...

Royal Handel - a collection of favorite orchestral and vocal works / Piau, Petibon, Crowe, Bayo, Fink, Minkowski et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Rodelinda; Sonata for Flute in F major; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day; Joseph and His Brethren; L' Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato; Belshazzar; Il Tri...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Expert, Robert; Gaillard, Heloise; Gauvin, Karina; Guerra, Alberto; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marsch, Molly; Petibon, Patricia; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; ; Minkowski, Marc; Montanari, Stefano; Curtis, Alan; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Sempe, Skip; Rousset, Christophe; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Amarillis; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Les Talens Lyriques; Royal Academy Consort

Naive Classique presents Royal Handel, a special project dedicated to one of the baroque music masters. It presents highlights of Handel's opera, choral, sacred or...continue...

Opera Arias by Gluck, Haydn and Mozart / Marie-Nicole Lemieux

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K 87; Ombra felice...Io ti lascio, K 255; La Betulia liberata, K 74c (K 118); Le nozze de Figaro, K 492; La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Franz Joseph Hayd...
Conductors: Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Les Violons du Roy

In this highly anticipated recording, Marie Nicole Lemieux performs beloved arias by Gluck, Haydn and Mozart. Lemieux brings her velvety tone and considerable talents to...continue...
Recording information: Palais Montcalm, Quebec City (09/2010)....continue...

Best of Accentus - Choral works by Faure, Haydn, Brahms, Dusapin

5 CD / Naïve / 2012-06-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, s&...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Degout, Stephane; Engerer, Brigitte; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Isshiki, Kaoli; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen)

Under its conductor, Laurence Equilbey, who founded accentus in 1991, the choir is committed to promoting the vocal arts as widely as possible, with more...continue...

Best 20: Faure, Barber, Buxtehude / Accentus, Equilbey

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-04-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (Original 1896 version); Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Dietrich Buxtehude: Cantata, BuxWV 15; Francis Poulenc: Mass in G major; Figure Humaine; Robert Schumann: Heiden...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Engerer, Brigitte; Garcin, Edouard; Getchell, Robert; Henry, Christophe; Piau, Sandrine; Sandhoff, Ruth; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Marco, Patrick; Ericson, Eric
Ensemble: ; Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen); Concerto Köln ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Maîtrise de Paris ; Members of the Orchestre National de France (Membe; Monts du Reuil

Named "one of the world's leading choirs" by Gramophone Magazine, Accentus celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The choir, founded and directed by Laurence Equilbey,...continue...

Ladies Sing Baroque / Piau, Kozena, Lemieux, Antonacci, Petibon, Stutzmann, Crowe et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat mater dolorosa a due; Antonio Vivaldi: Mottetto In furore iustissimae irae; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Orlando furioso;...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Bertini, Rossana; Cangemi, Veronica; Cousin, Florian; Crowe, Lucy; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kazimierczuk, Angela; ...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dantone, Ottavio; Minkowski, Marc; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Marchi, Alessandro de; Spering, Christoph; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Rousset, Christophe; ; Curtis, Alan; Antonini,...
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Bizzarrie Armoniche; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Amarillis; Ensemble Matheus; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Gre...

Naïve Classique presents a special project dedicated to the gorgeous voices that enlighten masterpieces of the baroque masters, featuring Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin,...continue...

Le Violoncelle Baroque / Christophe Coin, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

4 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Gottlieb Graun: Concerto for Violin & viola da gamba (or viola da braccio) in C minor; Trio for 2 violas da gambe & continuo in G major; Concerto for viola da gamba in A minor; Trio Sonata for...
Performers: Almajano, Marta; Cocset, Bruno; Coin, Christophe; Colliard, Gilles; Ghielmi, Vittorio
Conductors: Coin, Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

Mendelssohn: Christus; Cantates Chorales / Piau, Butter, Getchell

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden; Christus, oratorio, Op. 97 (unfinished); O Haupt Voll Blut und Wunden, chorale cantata for voice, chorus & orchestra in C minor; Vom Himmel Hoch, chorale canta...
Performers: Butter, Markus; Getchell, Robert; Piau, Sandrine; Slaars, Laurent
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Under its conductor, Laurence Equilbey, who founded Accentus in 1991, the choir is committed to promoting the vocal arts as widely as possible, with more...continue...
Recording information: Notre-Dame Du Liban Church, Paris, France (06/2011)....continue...

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

Bach: Italian Concerto; Brandenburg Concerto; Vivaldi: Four Seasons [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Concerto for Violin...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Azzaro, Stefania; Belli, Ettore; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Minasi, Riccardo; Mion, Andrea; Peverini, Luca; Secondi, Antonio De; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

In Search of Vivaldi / Music from the Operas, Sacred Music & Concertos

2 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La fida ninfa; Orlando furioso; Atenaide; Ottone in villa; L'Olimpiade; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Griselda; Farnace; Argippo; Orlando finto pazzo; Concerto in ...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Basso, Romina; Bernardini, Alfredo; Coin, Christophe; Genaux, Vivica; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Lehtipuu, Topi; Lezhneva, Julia; Lislevand, Rolf; ...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; ; Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Zefiro; Il Giardino Armonico; L'Aura Soave Cremona; Modo Antiquo

Amazing product: 2 CD & Book set, created to (re) discover Vivaldi. Disc 1 contains opera Highlights. Disc 2 includes sacred music & concertos. The...continue...

Médée Furieuse / works by Clerambault, Lully, Marseille, Duphly, et al. / Stephanie D'Oustrac, mezzosoprano

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Pierre Gautier de Marseille: Suite in C minor; Suite en sol mineur; Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Médée, cantata for voice & ensemble; Jacques Duphly: La Forqueray, Rondeau (3e Livre); M&...
Performers: Cochard, Violaine; d'Oustrac, Stephanie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Amarillis

Following the success of the first 40 recordings in the 'Baroque voice' series, a further ten volumes have been added under the same, easyily identifiable...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle Notre-Dame du Bon Secours / Amphitheatre of th (08/2007)....continue...

A Spiritual Concert in Rome, ca. 1650 / Carissimi, Colista, Frescobaldi

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Turbabantur impii (Lamentatio damnatorum), motet for alto, tenor, bass & continuo; Jephte; Felicitas beatorum; Lelio Colista: Sinfonia in D minor for 2 violins, viola & continuo; S...
Performers: Dordolo, Luca; Dyck, Stephan Van; Fourquier, Marion; Franzetti, Elisa; Halimi, Emmanuelle; Hernandez, Mercedes; Imboden, Stephan
Conductors: Gester, Martin
Ensemble: Le Parlement de Musique

Following the success of the first 40 recordings in the 'Baroque voice' series, a further ten volumes have been added under the same, easyily identifiable...continue...
Recording information: Church of Walbourg, France (10/2000)....continue...

JS Bach; JM Bach; JC Bach; George Melchoir Hoffman: Arias / Gerard Lesne, coutertenor

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Johann Michael Bach: Ach, wie sehnlich wart ich der Zeit, aria, for soprano, strings & continuo; Es ist ein grosser Gewinn, aria, for soprano, strings & continuo; Auf, lasst uns den Herren loben, for...
Conductors: Lesne, Gerard;
Ensemble: Il Seminario Musicale

Following the success of the first 40 recordings in the 'Baroque voice' series, a further ten volumes have been added under the same, easyily identifiable...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle de l'école Ste Geneviève, Versailles, France (11/2001)....continue...

Streams of Pleasure: Solos & Duets by G.F. Handel / Karina Gauvin, soprano; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61; Theodora, HWV 68; Alexander balus, HWV 65; Susanna, HWV 66; Judas maccabaeus, HWV 63; Joseph and his brethren, HWV 59; Joshua, HWV 64; Solomon, HWV 67; Al...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

In this highly anticipated recording, Canadian singers Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin perform some of the most beautiful and beloved solos and duets composed by...continue...
Recording information: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Italy (01/2011)....continue...

Monteverdi & Scelsi: Vita / Arrangements for 3 cellos

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 7; Ardo si ma non t'amo, madrigal in 3 sections for 5 voices (from Book 1), SV 39; Madrigals, Book 8; L'incoronazione di Poppea; Altri canti d'amor; Hor ch'el Ciel...
Performers: Iancu, Sarah; Lejeune, Matthieu; Wieder-Atherton, Sonia

"Watching Sonia Wieder-Atherton play is like watching Rudolf Nureyev dance." - TimeOut New York A previous recording from Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Au Commencement Monteverdi, forged links...continue...

Vivaldi: Opera Highlights from Naïve

3 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans; L'Olimpiad, RV 725; La verità in cimento, RV 739
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Hermann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Kulikova, Marianna; Laurens, Guillemette; Novaro, ...
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe

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

Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Werther; Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Les Troyens, o...
Performers: Hanon, Philippe; Lis, François; Nemtanu, Sarah [Violin]
Conductors: Gabel, Fabien

"The programme is formidably intelligent: well-known items are placed alongside some terrific music by composers we rarely hear (Halévy and Wormser, for instance), the aim...continue...
Recording information: Studio 103, Maison De La Radio, Paris, France (07/2010)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Arias

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-06-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantate BWV 110; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 2 in D major, BWV 1028; Cantate BWV 12; Trio Sonata for Organ no 6 in G major, BWV 530; Cantate BWV 187; Italian C...
Performers: Domenichini, Bertrand; Mosso, Charles-Henri
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Amarillis

Recording information: Église Évangélique Allemande (04/2000/07/2000)....continue...

10 Greatest Classical Emotions

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-02-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang; Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV 608; Juditha triumphans, RV 644; Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Johann Sebastian ...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Blumenthal, Daniel; Desert, Claire; Gastinel, Anne; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Marchi, Alessandro de; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Ensemble Matheus; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Haydn: Seven Last Words; Dvorak: Stabat Mater

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross), o; Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71
Performers: Breslik, Pavol [Vocals]; Butter, Markus; Coku, Alexandra; Engerer, Brigitte; Getchell, Robert; Piau, Sandrine; Sandhoff, Ruth; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence

Acclaimed orchestral and operatic conductor, Laurence Equilbey conducts the Accentus in this classic release from the naive catalogue. The Seven Last words is one of...continue...

To Saint Cecilia - Purcell, Handel and Haydn / Marc Minkowski

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass...
Performers: Baker, Neil; Bates, David; Bertrand, Sylvain; Caserio, Gilberto; Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dahlin, Anders J.; Lafreniere, Jean-Baptiste; Mazzoleni,...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

BBC Music Magazine
Lucy Croweà is a natural Purcellian, and gilds the discs' triumph: Handel's A Song for St Cecilia's Day, a thrilling encounter with Dryden...continue...

Les Musiques de Louis XIV Vol 2 - Du Ballet à l'Opéra

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-09-29

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Roland; Persée, LWV 60; Robert de Visée: Mascarade; François Couperin: Concert dans le goût théâtral.; Concert dans le goût thé&aci...
Performers: Berthon, Cassandre; Desrochers, Isabelle; Dumora, Jean-Baptiste; Gabail, Valerie; Gauvin, Karina; Gonzales-Toro, Emiliano; Haller, Salome; Lecornier, Vincent; Novelli, Jean-Francois; Pianca, Luca; Po...
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe; Sempe, Skip; Gaillard, Héloïse;
Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante; Ensemble Amalia; Ensemble Amarillis; Les Talens Lyriques

Between Heaven & Earth / Sandrine Piau

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-09-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47; Theodora; A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Der Messias; Alexander Balus; Joseph and his brethren, HWV 59; L'A...
Performers: Ballanti, Paolo; Frezzato, Marco; Gatti, Marcello; Guerra, Alberto; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marsh, Molly; Marzana, Luca; Montanari, Stefano; Pia, Jonathan; Piau, Sandrine; Rodolfi, Emiliano
Conductors: Montanari, Stefano

"French soprano Sandrine Piau, despite her frequent appearances on Baroque recordings, may not seem a first choice for the sheer athleticism of Handel, but wait...continue...

Les Musiques de Louis XIV Vol 1 - Du Salon à l'église

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-09-29

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Work(s); Mors Saülis et Jonathae, histoire sacrée, for 8 voices, chorus, 2 violins & continuo, H. 403; Menuet et Autre menuet, for 2 flutes & bass viol, H...
Performers: Pianca, Luca; Smith, Hopkinson
Conductors: Gester, Martin; Coin, Christophe; Gaillard, Héloïse; Lesne, Gérard; Pérès, Marcel
Ensemble: Ensemble Amarillis; Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Ensemble Organum; Il Seminario Musicale; Le Parlement de Musique

Baroque Voix\Voices Vol 24 - Charpentier: Trois histoires sacrées / Lesne, Il seminario musicale

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Mors Saülis et Jonathae, histoire sacrée, for 8 voices, chorus, 2 violins & continuo, H. 403; Sacrificium Abrahae, histoire sacrée for 10 voices, chorus, stri...
Performers: Lesne, Gerard; Nedelec, Ronan; Spogis, Raimonds
Conductors: Lesne, Gérard

Bach: Cantatas / Scholl, Schlik, Coin, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 180, "Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele," BWV 180 (BC A149); Cantata no 49, "Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen," BWV 49; Cantata no 115, "Mache dich, mein Geist, berei...
Performers: Coin, Christophe; Prégardien, Christoph; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Coin, Christophe
Ensemble: Leipzig Concerto Vocale; Limoges Baroque Ensemble

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

Handel: Arias for Bass / Alessandrini, Regazzo, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-06-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Siroe; Orlando; Agrippina; MEDLEY; Alcina; Tamerlano; Dalla Guerra Amorosa, cantata for voice & continuo, HWV 102; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), dramatic cantata...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Regazzo, Lorenzo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Egarr's playing is predictably expert and agile and his direction always reliable. Sometimes I miss the kind of animation and energy that Koopman brought to...continue...

Esprit - Baroque

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Griselda, RV 718; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Arcange...
Performers: Bayo, María; Cangemi, Veronica; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lesne, Gérard; Marq, Sébastien; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: ; Rousset, Christophe; Biondi, Fabio; Gester, Martin; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus; L'Europa Galante; Le Parlement de Musique; Les talens lyriques

Esprit - Sacré

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; George Freder...
Performers: Lesne, Gérard; Mingardo, Sara; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spering, Christoph; Niquet, Hervé; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Le Concert spirituel

La folie Vivaldi!

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concertos (4) for Violin, Op. 8 no 1-4 "Four seasons"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Juditha triumphans,...

The Vivaldi Edition Operas

28 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727; Juditha triumphans, RV 645; Tito Manlio, RV 738; La verità in cimento, RV 739; Orlando furioso, RV 728; L'Atenaide, RV 702; Il Farnace, RV 711; ...
Conductors: De Marchi, Alessandro; Dantone, Ottavio; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Savall, Jordi; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus; Le Concert des Nations; Modo Antiquo Ensemble

The Vivaldi Edition, the quixotic project conceived by musicologist Alberto Basso to record the music by Vivaldi found in manuscripts in the Biblioteca Nazionale in...continue...

Italia 1600 Argentina 1900 / Verónica Cangemi, Una Stella Ensemble, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo, opera; Gli orti esperidi, opera; Antonio Vivaldi: Catone in Utica, RV 705; La Fida Ninfa; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en ay menor, vocal ...
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica
Conductors:
Ensemble: Una Stella Ensemble

"this is not a "historical performance," although it draws on the insights developed in that field. It is something better: a Baroque recital in which...continue...

10 ans et toujours Naïve! - Mahler, Schubert, Vivaldi, Bach, etc / Alessandrini, Korcia, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; La verità in cim...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Chamayou, Bertrand; Desert, Claire; Gastinel, Anne; Greilsammer, David; Jaroussky, Philippe; Khachatryan, Sergey; Kopatchinskaya, Patricia; Korcia, Laurent; Kozena, Magdalena; Pia...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Krivine, Emmanuel; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Rousset, Christophe; ; Minkowski, Marc; Raisin-Dadre, Denis; Marchi, Alessandro de; Sokhiev, Tugan
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Les Talens Lyriques; Matheus Ensemble; Quatuor Mosaïques

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

Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, Visions de l'Amen / De Leeuw, Loriod, et al

6 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ; Visions de l'amen; Sept haïkaï, for piano, 13 winds, 6 percussion & 8 violins, I/45; Couleurs de la cité c...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Bon, Maarten; Bon, Marja; Dullaert, Hans; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Holthaus, Reiner; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Loo, Martine van der; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Muruzabal, Arturo; Promme...
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Percussion Group The Hague; Schoenberg Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine
A marvellous six disc box from Nanve that handily gathers previously issued live performances. àmy admiration for de Leeuw's La Transfiguration, which is...continue...

Baroque Voices - Bach: Cantatas BWV 6, 41 & 68 / Coin, Schlick, Scholl, Prégardien, Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 41, "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" BWV 41; Cantata no 6, "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden," BWV 6; Cantata no 68, "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" BWV 68
Performers: Coin, Christophe; Prégardien, Christoph; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Coin, Christophe
Ensemble: Limoges Baroque Ensemble

Baroque Voices - From Monteverdi to Handel - Arie & Cantate / Mingardo, Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Tarquinio Merula: Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Op. 13; Giovanni Salvatore: All'hor che Tirsi udia, cantata for voice & continuo; Giacomo Carissimi: Deh, memoria; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigal...
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Giovanni, Ugo di; Peverini, Luca; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Médée furieuse - Gautier, Lully, etc / d'Oustrac, Gaillard, Gaubert-Jacques, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-04-29

Works: Pierre Gautier de Marseille: Suite trio in C major / C minor; Suite en duo, in G minor / G major; Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Médée, cantata for voice & ensemble; Jacques Duphly: La For...
Performers: Cochard, Violaine; d'Oustrac, Stephanie
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Ensemble: Ensemble Amarillis

Vivaldi: Jiditha triumphans / de Marchi, Kozena, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-01-29

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans
Performers: Comparato, Marina; Hermann, Anke; Herrmann, Anke; Kozena, Magdalena; Trullu, Maria Jose
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Since it was launched in 2000 with the purpose of recording the complete scores of Vivaldi held in the National Library in Torino (Italy), the...continue...
Recording information: Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (10/2000)....continue...

Europe Baroque - Handel, Vivaldi, et al

4 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Recorder Sonata in D minor, Op.1/9a, HWV 367a; Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in F major "Hautb. Solo del Sr. Hendel"; Sonata for Recorder and Basso Continuo in A minor, ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Amarillis

In this 4CD set, the internationally renowned Amarillis ensemble present a delightful survey of European music from the baroque period of the XVIIth and XVIIIth...continue...

Instant Classics - Musiques de Mariage

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 49, "Ich...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Chapuis, Michel; Gastinel, Anne; Williams, Marion
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Coin, Christophe; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; La Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy

Vivaldi: Concerti e cantate / Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 117; Amor hai vinto, RV 683; Concerto for Cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 422; Sinfonia (Concerto), for strings & continuo in E minor, RV...
Performers: Piovano, Luigi; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Sears, Nicholas; York, Deborah
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Densité21 - Guillaume Connesson: Athanor, Supernova

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-06-26

Works: Guillaume Connesson: Athanor, for 2 voices, choir & orchestra; Supernova
Performers: Pesch, Virginie; Smith, Nigel
Conductors: Darlington, Jonathan; Tang, Muhai

Bach: Cantatas / Coin, Schlick, Scholl, Prégardien, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-06-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 85, "Ich bin ein guter Hirt" BWV 85; Cantata no 183, "Sie werden euch in den Bann tun" BWV 183; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199; Cantata no 175,...
Performers: Coin, Christophe; Prégardien, Christoph; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

"This is a most welcome reissue. Originally released in 1995 on Auvidis/Astree, it brings together a group of exceptional vocalists and Baroque instrumentalists to create...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...

Vivaldi, il furioso!

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-11-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738; Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Alleluia; Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; L'Olimpiade, opera in 3 acts, RV 725...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bernardini, Alfredo; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Marq, Sebastien; Onofri, Enrico; Piau, Sandrine; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Ulivieri, Nico...
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; De Marchi, Alessandro; Fava, Giorgio
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Zefiro; L'Astrée ; Matheus Ensemble; Suonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

Gramophone Magazine
Opus 111 has carved out a distinctive niche by producing first-class recordings of unusual Italian Baroque gems
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