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Vivaldi: Sonate da camera a tre, Op. 1 / L'Estravagante

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-04-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in D minor, Op. 1 no 12/RV 63 "La Follia"; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in A major, Op. 1/9, RV 75; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & c...
Performers: Pasquini, Pietro; Pavan, Franco
Conductors:
Ensemble: L'Estravagante

This latest release in naïve classique's critically acclaimed Vivaldi Edition features Vivaldi's Opus 1, the first of his works ever to be published. These scores...continue...
Recording information: Studio Giardino, Crema, Italy (11/2010)....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...

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

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

American Music for string quartet by Reich, Barber, Crumb / Quatuor Diotima

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Steve Reich: Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Samuel Barber: Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; George Crumb: Black Angels (Images I), for electric string quartet

This is Quatuor Diotima's 3rd recording on Naïve, following 2 highly praised recordings dedicated to Onslow & the Viennese school. Step by step they are...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre d'Orléans-scène nationale, France (04/2011)....continue...

Vivaldi: Concertos for Mandolin / Lislevand

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-07-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G major, RV 532; Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425; Concerto for Viola d'Amore and Lute ...
Performers: Lislevand, Rolf

The mandolin, which belongs to the lute family, is a very popular instrument, for which surprisingly few great composers have written works. Antonio Vivaldi is...continue...

Alexandre Pierre François Boëly: Musique De Chambre

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-04-27

Works: Alexandre Pierre François Boëly: Trio for strings in C major, Op. 5/2; Mélodie for cello & organ no 1 in C minor (from Trois Mélodies); Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 27...
Performers: Coin, Christophe; Lebrun, Eric
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Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Quatuor Mosaïques

BBC Music Magazine
The performances here, on period instruments, are uniformly excellent and very well recorded. The players impart a genuine sense of advocacy as well...continue...

George Onslow: String Quartets Op.54, Op.55

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-03-30

Works: George Onslow: Quartet for Strings no 28 in E flat major, Op. 54; Quartet for Strings no 29 in D minor, Op. 55; Quartet for Strings in C minor, Op. 56

"One of the five quartets you should know about" - Gramophone George Onslow was a British-French romantic composer who composed more than 60 quartets and...continue...
Recording information: MC2, Grenoble, France (07/2009)....continue...

Yiddish Rhapsody

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Anonymous, Yiddish: Kolomishka, song; Oy, vyokh tyokh-toykh, song; L'khaim, song; Amol iz geveyn a mayse, song; Nicholas Roubanis: Misirlou, song (for the film Pulp Fiction); Abraham Ellstein: Yingel...
Performers: Georges, Isabelle
Conductors: Karoui, Fayçal
Ensemble: Sirba Octet

A wonderfully bizarre collaboration between the Sirba Octet, Isabella Georges and Orchestre de Pau Pays de Bearn produces a release that takes us on a...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Alfred de Vigny, Palais Beaumont, Pau (Franc (04/09/2009-04/11/2009)....continue...

Boccherini: Piano Quintets

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Piano Quintet in E minor, G. 407 (Op. 56/1); Piano Quintet in F major, G. 408 (Op. 56/2); Piano Quintet in D major, G. 411 (Op. 56/5); Piano Quintet in B flat major, G. 414 (Op. 57/...
Performers: Cohen, Patrick [Piano]

Patrick Cohen, accompanied by the Mosaiques Quartet, performs Boccherini's set of six Piano Quintets op.56, which was awarded the diapason d'or. Boccherini must have been...continue...

Roussel: Piano Quintet; Hahn

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Quintet for piano & strings in F sharp minor; Quartet for Strings in A minor; Quartet for Strings in F major; Albert Roussel: Concerto for Small Orchestra, Op. 34; Concerto for piano &...
Performers: Queyras, Jean-Guihen; Tharaud, Alexandre
Conductors: Stern, David

The first half of this release features music by the enigmatic and largely understated Venezuelan composer, Reynaldo Hahn performed by pianist Alexandre Tharaud and string...continue...

Xenakis: Chamber Music

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Tetras, for string quartet; Mists, for piano; Kottos, for cello; Herma, for piano; Embellie, for solo viola; à r ("Hommage à Ravel"), for piano; Mikka, for violin; Mikka "S"...
Performers: Alberman, David; Arditti, Irvine; de Saram, Rohan; Heiffer, Claude; Knox, Garth

The Arditti Quartet along with French pianist Claude Hellfer play chamber music by avantgarde Greek composer, Iannis Xenakis. It was multi award-winning: Diapason D'or; "4...continue...

Haydn: String Quartets Op 20, 33, Seven Last Words, etc / Quatuor Mosaiques

5 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 20 no 1/H 3 no 31; Quartet for Strings in F minor, Op. 20 no 5/H 3 no 35; Quartet for Strings in A major, Op. 20 no 6/H 3 no 36; Quartet f...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mosaïques String Quartet

"Quatuor Mosaiques may be the finest period instrument string quartet in the world, as evidenced by the performances on this five-disc set devoted to Haydn....continue...

Les Classiques au Soleil

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D majo...
Performers: Baldi, Jesus Castro; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Cangemi, Veronica; Domingo, Placido; Garrus, Anne-Garance Fabre Dit; Gastinel, Anne; Lehtipuu, Topi; Lislevand, Rolf; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Moretti,...
Conductors: ; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Colomer, Edmon; Oren, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Europa Galante; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Matheus Ensemble; Quatuor Mosaïques ; Seville Royal Symphony Orche...

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 - 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...

Instant Classics - Albinoni: Adagio; etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Bassoon in A minor, RV 498; Montezuma, opera in 3 acts, RV 723; Bernardo Pasquini: Work(s); Luigi Boccherini: P...
Performers: Cohen, Patrick [Piano]; Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]
Conductors: Coin, Christophe; Teutsch, Karol; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Hespèrion XX ; L'Armonia e l'inventione; La Capella Reial de Catalunya; La Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la...

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

Vivaldi: Musica per mandolino e liuto / Lislevand, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-03-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G major, RV 532; Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425; Concerto for Viola d'Amore and Lute ...
Performers: Boysen, Thomas C.; Duftschmid, Lorenz; Eguez, Eduardo; Kraemer, Manfredo; Laura Johnson [Violin/Viola]; Lislevand, Rolf; Losito, Valerio; Mate, Balazs; Minasi, Ludovico; Minasi, Riccardo; Morini, Gui...

"On this release, Rolf Lislevand is the soloist who presides over cutting-edge interpretations, employing a talented group of specialist period-instrument performers... Lislevand is an outstanding...continue...

Strauss: Métamorphoses; Schoenberg / Les Dissonances

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-03-27

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, for string sextet, Op. 4; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142
Performers: Chorzelski, Krzysztof; Grimal, David; Lederlin, Antoine; Rasooly-Chorzelski, Maya; Salque, Francois; Schacher, Axel
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Ensemble: Les Dissonances

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, "Kegelstatt" Trio / Meyer, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K 498 "Kegelstatt"
Performers: Cohen, Patrick [Piano]; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Mitterer, Anita
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques

"I stand the risk of being attacked for hyperbole, but I must say it. Quite simply, this is one of the finest recordings of the...continue...

Vienne 1900

2 CD / Naïve / 2006-01-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 6; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Movements (...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Arditti, Irvine; Austbo, Hakon; Berteletti, Isabel; Bessette, Louise; Bonatta, Andrea; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Collot, Serge; Erben, Valentin; Gastinel, Anne; Holroyd, Anna; Kaku...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; ; Haitink, Bernard; Jordan, Armin; Closel, Amaury du
Ensemble: Arditti Quartet (String Quartet); Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; National Orchestra d'Ile de France; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Quatuor Danois; Versailles Camerata

Musiques à Orsay - Debussy, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Claude Debussy: Les a...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bauer, Marc; Beroff, Michel; Bouquet, Carole; Brezynski, Daniel; Castets, Maryse; Desjardins, Dominique; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Paul; Moragu...
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel; Lombard, Alain; Equilbey, Laurence; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Frances Musee dOrsay is an historic building, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th century are represented. The works...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
Conductors:
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...

Haydn: String Quartets Op 64 no 1, 3, 6 / Quatuor Mosaïques

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 64 no 6/H 3 no 64; Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 64 no 3/H 3 no 67; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 64 no 1/H 3 no 65
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Ensemble: Mosaïques String Quartet

The six quartets that make up Haydn's Op. 64 are in many respects the true apotheosis of Viennese Classicism, before the change in style initiated...continue...

Arditti Edition 42 - Berg, Webern / Arditti Quartet, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2003-11-01

Works: Anton Webern: Piano Quintet (Mässig); Pieces (4) for violin & piano, Op. 7; Sonata for cello & piano; Little Pieces (3) for cello & piano, Op. 11; Alban Berg: Fugue, for string quartet in C majo...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; de Saram, Rohan; Kakuska, Thomas; Litwin, Stefan

In 1904, Anton Webern enrolled as a pupil in the classes given by Schoenberg at the Schwarzwald private School. He was soon joined by Alban...continue...

Hyacinthe & Louis-Emmanuel Jadin: Quartets / Mosaïques

1 CD / Naïve / 2002-02-26

Works: Hyacinthe Jadin: Quartet for Strings in C major, Op 3/1; Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op 2/1; Louis-Emmanuel Jadin: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F minor
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques

Haydn: Piano Trios / Hantaï, Couvert, Verzier

1 CD / Naïve / 2000-08-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in F sharp minor, H 15 no 26; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D minor, H 15 no 23; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E flat major, H 15 no 22
Performers: Couvert, Philippe; Hantaï, Jérôme; Verzier, Alix

Xenakis: Chamber Music 1955-1990 / Helffer, Arditti

2 CD / Naïve / 2000-05-23

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Tetras; Mists; Kottos; Herma; Embellie; A.R. (Hommage à Ravel); Mikka; Mikka "S"; Akea; Dikhthas; Tetora; Nomos alpha; Ikhoor; Evryali; St/4
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; de Saram, Rohan; Helffer, Claude; Knox, Garth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Arditti String Quartet; Arditti String Quartet members

Haydn: String Quartets Op 77, etc /Mosaïques Quartet

1 CD / Naïve / 2000-04-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 77 no 1/H 3 no 81 "Lobkowitz"; Quartet for Strings in F major, Op. 77 no 2/H 3 no 82 "Lobkowitz"; Quartet for Strings in D minor, Op. 103/H 3 n...
Performers: Bischof, Andrea; Coin, Christophe; Hobarth, Erich; Mitterer, Anita
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mosaïques String Quartet

"The players have a real grasp of the structure of the music and they know how to illuminate the key moments, with a little extra...continue...

Haydn: String Quartets Op 20 / Mosaïques Quartet

2 CD / Naïve / 2000-04-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 20 no 1/H 3 no 31; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 20 no 2/H 3 no 32; Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 20 no 3/H 3 no 33; Quartet f...
Performers: Bischof, Andrea; Coin, Christophe; Hobarth, Erich; Mitterer, Anita
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mosaïques String Quartet

Boccherini: 6 Trios Opus 47 / Fabio Biondi, L'Europa Galante

1 CD / Naïve / 1999-12-30

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello in A major, Op. 47 no 1/G 107; Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello in G major, Op. 47 no 2/G 108; Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello in B flat major, Op....
Performers: Bartoletti, Angelo; Biondi, Fabio; Naddeo, Maurizio
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: L'Europa Galante

Bizet: Carmen - Excerpts / Lombard, Urai-Monzon, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 1999-01-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Castets, Maryse; Leguerinel, Franck; Olmeda, Martine; Papis, Christian; Texier, Vincent le; Tregan, Thierry; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; Bordeaux Grand-Theatre Chorus

"...Ms. Uria-Monzon's dark-voiced, husky, sexy, sensual, humorous, alluring gypsy. This is not a lighter mezzo like many recent Carmens, but a beautiful dramatic voice. On...continue...