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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...

Sacred Baroque Masterpieces - works by Bach, Monteverdi, Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Allegri / Lucy Crowe, Julia Lezhneva, Nathalie Stutzmann [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins & c...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Carnovich, Daniele; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccinini, Monica
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This Christmas boxed set gathers together some of the most renowned sacred works from the baroque era: Bach's B minor mass, Monteverdi's Vespers, Pergolesi and...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky. Concerto et al. [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Dantone, Ottavio; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Herrmann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Moi, Francesco; Montanari, Stefano; Piau, Sandrine; Piccinini, Monica; Polverell...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; Dantone, Ottavio; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus

For Christmas, a Naive boxed set that gathers the finest sacred works composed by Antonio Vivaldi and performed by some of the most recognized artists...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Saint-Michel, Thiérache (03/2009); Chiesa di S. Bernardino, Auditorium B. Manenti, Crema, (03/2009); Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (03/2...continue...

Vivaldi: Concertos / Rolf Lislevand, lute; Christophe Coin, cello. Concerto Italiano; Il Giardino Armonico et al. [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Antonini, Giovanni; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Mattheus; Il Giardino Armonico

This Christmas boxed set gathers some of the finest Vivaldi concertos released in the Vivaldi Edition. Artists include Rolf Lislevand (lute), Christophe Coin (cello), Concerto...continue...

Antonio Maria Bononcini: Messa; Stabat Mater / Frigato, Milanesi, Arrivabene, Biscuola, Mingardo, Contaldo, Giordani

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Antonio Maria Bononcini: Mass for 5 voices, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor; Stabat Mater for 4 voices, chorus, strings & continuo in C minor
Performers: Milanesi, Raffaella
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Naïve Classique presents a recording of two gems of the sacred music repertoire, including a world premiere recording of the monumental Messa a cinque concertata....continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus (01/2012)....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...

1600 / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-02-28

Works: Anonymous: Fantaisie for string ensemble "Les pleurs d'Orphée ayant perdu sa femme"; Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon no 1 ("La Spiritata"), for 4 parts, C. 186; Tarquinio Merula: La Chremasca (Libro I...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

The Independent
This collection focuses largely on works by lesser-known composers such as Zanetti, Merula and Salvatore, but includes two standout works in the "Fantaisie" attributed...continue...
Recording information: Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome, Italy (03/2011)....continue...

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

Highlights from La Senna Festegiante / Biondi, Jaroussky, Lemieux, Savall et al.

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante, RV 693; Gloria, RV 589; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Nisi Dominus, RV 608; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; La Fida ninfa, RV 714; Con...
Performers: Azzaro, Stefania; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marq, Sebastien; Piau, Sandrine; Zanazi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; ; Fasolis, Diego; Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; I Barocchisti

This special product is linked to the Venise Vivaldi Versailles festival that took place in the Château de Versailles from June 24th to July 17th....continue...

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...

Handel: Arias & Duos / Sandrine Piau, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Poro, re delle Indie, HWV 28; Orlando, HWV 31; Radamisto, HWV 12a; Flavio, Re dei Longobardi, HWV 16; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Ezio, HWV 29; Rinaldo, HWV 7a; Alessandro, HWV 21; Am...
Performers: Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

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: Institut Pontifical de Musique Sacrée, Roma, Italy....continue...

Monteverdi: The Sixth Book of Madrigals / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna (Madrigals Book 6); Il sesto libro de madrigali; Una Donna fra l'altre honesta e bella vidi, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 6), SV 109; A Dio, Florida bella, m...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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: Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy (12/2005)....continue...

Antonio Vivaldi: Arias for Bass Baritone / Lorenzo Regazzo, bass

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Armida al campo d'Egitto, RV 699-A; Tito Manlio, RV 738-A; Orlando furioso, RVAnh 84; Semiramide, RV 733; Il Farnace, RV 711-D; La Silvia, RV 734; Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in...
Performers: Regazzo, Lorenzo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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: Auditorium of the Accademia Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy (05/2005)....continue...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Magnificat; Dixit Dominus / Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus (no 1) (Psalm 109), for chorus & organ; Sdengo la fiamma estinse; Mori, mi dici; O selce, o tigre, o ninfa; O morte; Arsi un tempo e l'ardore; Magnificat for soloi...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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: PIM's, Roma, Italy (02/2000)....continue...

Per La Vergine Maria

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-06-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Laetaniae della Beata Vergine, motet for 6 voices (from Messa a quatro voci, et Salmi), SV 204; Pietro Paolo Bencini: Magnificat for 8 voices; Alessandro Melani: Salve regina, mot...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Since the death of her son, the world has sought to praise the Blessed Mother through song - and now, thanks to the efforts of...continue...
Recording information: Santa Barbara Basilica, Mantua, Italy (06/2010)....continue...

Vivaldi: Vespers; String Concertos; Glorias

4 CD / Naïve / 2011-06-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for...
Performers: Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kulikova, Marianna; Moi, Francesco; Novaro, Riccardo; Piccinini, Monica; Schifani, Ignazio; Simbola, Anna; Vicari, France...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

This superb box from naïve classique gathers together the quintessential Vivaldi recordings of Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano. Included are beloved favorites like Vivaldi's "Gloria",...continue...

Alessandro Melani: Mottetti / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-08-31

Works: Alessandro Melani: Litanie per la Beata Vergine, motet; Ave regina coelorum, motet; Clamemus ante Deum, motet; O voces formidandæ, motet; De necessitatibus, motet; Laudate pueri, motet; Vivere s...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dordolo, Luca; Foresti, Sergio; Giordani, Raffaele; Piccinini, Monica; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"If you avoid early sacred music because you believe it to be proper, sterile, aloof ritual, this recording will be nothing less than a revelation....continue...
Recording information: Rome, Italy (10/2006)....continue...

Marenzio: Madrigali

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Luca Marenzio: Madrigals for 4 voices, Book 1 (Madrigali...libro primo a 4 voci); Basciami basciami mille mille volte, madrigal for 5 voices (Il quinto libro de madrigali a 5 voci); Satiati Amor ch'a...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

The Gramophone Award winning release of Luca Marenzio's Madrigals performed by Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini. The disc that earned Alessandrini and...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

Baroque Voix\Voices Vol 25 - Gesualdo: O dolorosa gioia, madrigals; Monte, Luzzaschi, Montella, Nenna / Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Philippe de Monte: Di mie dogliose note, madrigal for 5 voices; Pomponio Nenna: Occhi miei che vedeste (Il Quarto Libro de Madrigali à cinque voci. Venetia, 1609); Giovani Domenico Montella: S...
Performers: Galassi, Mara
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Concerto Italiano, founded and directed by Renaissance and Baroque specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini, is an outstanding vocal and instrumental ensemble... The individuality of the members and...continue...

Baroque Voix\Voices Vol 28 - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, etc / Alessandrini, Mingardo, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major, RV 556 "Per la solenità di S Lorenzo"; Clarae stellae in F major, RV 625; Concerto for Violin & organ or violin ad lib & cello, strings & continuo in C ma...
Performers: Belli, Ettore; Ciociola, Paolo; Cola, Luca; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Mion, Andrea; Piovano, Luigi; Secondi, Antonio De; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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...

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

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 - Melancolique

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G mino...
Performers: Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Korcia, Laurent; Piau, Sandrine; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Antonini, Giovanni; Gardiner, John Eliot; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques

Handel: Opera Arias / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-04-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Poro, Rè dell'Indie, HWV 28; Orlando, HWV 31; Radamisto, HWV 12; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, HWV 16; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Ezio, HWV 29; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Alessandro, ...
Performers: Mingardo, Sara; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Gramophone Magazine
The duets are exquisitely interpreted and show an excellent feeling for musico-dramatic character: the two singers combine to rapturous effect in "Carol" Dolce! Amico...continue...

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...

Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Belli, Ettore; Bellotto, Matteo; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Invernizzi, Roberta; Moi, Francesco; Scavazza, Marco; Schifani, Ignazio; Secondi, Antonio De; Simbola,...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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

G. Pergolesi: Messa Romana; A. Scarlatti: Messa per il Santa Natale / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Mass (Kyrie & Gloria), for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F major (4 versions); Alessandro Scarlatti: Messa per il Santissime Natale, for double chorus, 2 violins & continuo in A...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Gramophone Magazine
Concerto Italiano are on especially good form in Scarlatti's finely woven counterpoint (Agnun Dei is exquisite), though both neglected Masses benefit from Alessandrini's ...continue...

Tuma - Partitas, Sonatas and Sinfonias / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-06-24

Works: Frantisek Ignác Antonín Tuma: Sonata a 4 in A minor; Partita for chamber orchestra in D minor; Sinfonia a 4 in B flat major; Partita 3 in C minor; Sonata a 4 in E minor; Sonata a 3 in A min...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

BBC Music Magazine
Tumaà is never less than engaging. àthe players reveal a great deal of refinement, particularly enjoyable in the more contrapuntal movements.
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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

Baroque Voices - Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa, etc / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8
Performers: Bagnati, Tiziano; Bertini, Rossana; Carnovich, Daniele; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Ghielmi, Vittorio; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Vivaldi: l'Olimpiade / Alessandrini, Mingardo, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-01-29

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade, opera in 3 acts, RV 725
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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: Sala Accademia del Pontificio, Istituto di Musica Sacra (07/2002)....continue...

Instant Classics - Pergolèse, Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Mingardo, Sara
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Giordani, Raffaele; Piccinini, Monica; Scavazza, Marco; Simbola, Anna; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Furio Zanasi (billed here as a tenor but as a baritone on other recordings; he sounds like a high baritone) sings Orfeo with great virtuosity...continue...

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, Missa / Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for double chorus & continuo in C minor; Missa quatuor vocum, for chorus in G minor
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Damiani, Andrea; Dominguez, Rosa; Fanciullacci, Paolo; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Perugi, Andrea; Tiso, Elisabetta
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

A masterly composition on par with the famous version by Pergolesi. Like his father Alessandro, Domenico Scarlatti brings, to an already somewhat archaic style, great...continue...

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

Pergolesi, Scarlatti: Stabat maters / Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins & continuo
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Piovano, Luigi; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

As classic of Baroque music, the Stabat Mater by Pergolesi (he wrote it when he was twenty-four and he died two years later) is a...continue...

Monteverdi: Quinto libro de madrigali / Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 5, for 5 voices, SV 94-106
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

With his Fifth Book of Madrigals Monteverdi broke through the compositional conventions of his time and created a style in which the music served the...continue...

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

Vivaldi: Gloria, Magnificat, etc / Alessandrini, York, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-07-31

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Concerto for strings & continuo in D minor, RV 128; Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus, strings & continuo ...
Performers: Biccire, Patrizia; York, Deborah
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

María Bayo Album - Handel, Mozart, Martín y Soler, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Rinaldo; Nó se emenderà jamás, cantata, HWV 140; Vicente Martin y Soler: La Madrileña, o Tutor burlado, zarzuela; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Bayo, Mar?a; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Sempe, Skip; Rousset, Christophe; Pérez, Victor Pablo; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Les Talens Lyriques

Gramophone
Marfa Bayo is a delightfully spirited singer, responsive to words and music, and with a bright gleam to her voice.
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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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Monteverdi: Madrigali Libro VIII / Concerto Italiano

3 CD / Naïve / 2006-10-31

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Altri canti di Marte (Livre 8), a 6 voci con violini; Hor che'l ciel e la ...
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Bagnati, Tiziano; Belli, Ettore; Bellotto, Matteo; Bertini, Rossana; Carnovich, Daniele; Cola, Luca; Colitto, Lorenzo; Dominguez, Rosa; Donato, Vincenzo di; Dordolo, Luca; Ermoll...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"These are very 'Italian' performances - full of drama, full of intensity, not afraid of exaggeration, never hampered by reticence. Some listeners will, perhaps, find...continue...

Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-05-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 6, for 5 voices, SV 107-116
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Alessandrini's previous recordings of Monteverdi's books of madrigals received amazing acclaim from international press. This is the first of the Monteverdi releases featuring Concerto Italiano...continue...

Vivaldi: Arie per basso / Regazzo, Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-04-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Armida al camp d'Egitto, opera in 3 acts (act 2 lost), RV 699 A/D; Tito Manlio, RV 738; Orlando furioso de G. A. Ristori, opera in 3 acts (arranged by Vivaldi), RV Anh. 84; Concerto ...
Performers: Regazzo, Lorenzo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Vivaldi was always attracted by the bass voice at a time when the castratos dominated opera. This little-explored section of his output contains some of...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...