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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...

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...

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...

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso / Spinosi, Lemieux, Larmore, Cangemi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naïve / 2012-02-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728
Performers: Basso, Romina; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarstrom, Kristina; Jaroussky, Philippe; Larmore, Jennifer; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Senn, Christian
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

Available for the first time on DVD, Nanve presents the 2011 world premiere staged recording of Orlando Furioso, seven years after the CD release that...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French
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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...

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...

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

Vivaldi!

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-08-31

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La fida ninfa, RV 714; In Furore iustissimae irae, RV 626; Laudate Pueri, RV 601; La Candace, RV 704; Atenaide, RV 702-B; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; La Silvia, RV 734
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Cangemi, Veronica; Hallenberg, Ann; Jaroussky, Philippe; Laurens, Guillemette; Lehtipuu, Topi; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Dantone, Ottavio; Sardelli, Federico Maria

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-07-27

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; In honorem S. Ludovici, motet for 6 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo, H. 365; In honorem Sancti Ludovici Regis Galliæ, histoire sacrée for 3 voices, o...
Performers: Chevigne, Brigitte; Dyck, Stephan Van; Geslot, Francois-Nicolas; Haller, Salome; Marzorati, Arnaud
Conductors: Gester, Martin
Ensemble: Le Parlement de Musique

The Charpentier Te Deum was made famous by television and rugby, its prelude is well known as the signature tune for the European Broadcasting Union...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...

My Vivaldi / Marie-Nicole Lemieux

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso; La fida ninfa; Griselda; Credo in sol maggiore; Amen
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lehtipuu, Topi; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

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...

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

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

Le salon de musique de Marie-Antoinette / Sandrine Chatron, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Francesco Petrini: Variations (12) on "Les Folies d'Espagne"; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz: Petits airs variés, Op. 10; Sonata for Harp in F major, Op...
Performers: Chatron, Sandrine; Lombard, Jean-François; Michel, Amélie; Paulet, Stéphanie; Poulenard, Isabelle

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

Vivaldi: La fida ninfa

3 CD / Naïve / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade, opera in 3 acts, RV 725; La Fida Ninfa
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lehtipuu, Topi; Piau, Sandrine; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Vasquez, Christian Senn
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

The Times
The music screams for attention on CD, as this superb French studio recording proves. One aria of scorching invention follows another, often bedecked with...continue...

Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Roland; Persée, LWV 60; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Zaïs; Acanthe et Céphise, ou La sympathie, opera; Henry Desmarest: Vénus et Adonis; Christoph Willi...
Performers: Alexiev, Evgueniy; Andersen, Ditte; Auvity, Cyril; Essade, Marie-Helene; Gillot, Delphine; Gonzales-Toro, Emiliano; Haller, Salome; Lenormand, Marie; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rostand,...
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

Vivaldi Edition - Orlando furioso [Highlights], etc / Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Griselda, RV 718; La verità in cimento, opera in 3 acts, RV739; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Amen
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Cangemi, Veronica; Ferrari, Stefano; Hallenberg, Ann; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kermes, Simone; Larmore, Jennifer; Marq, Sebastien; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Staskiewicz, Blandine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

"Soprano Simone Kermes' coloratura is nothing less than flabbergasting in two arias from Griselda. These samples are a transparent ploy to entice listeners to seek...continue...

Farinelli, Il Castrato - Broschi, Handel, Porpora, etc / Rousset, Malas-Godlewska, Ragin, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Riccardo Broschi: Son qual nave; Se al labbro mio non credi; Idaspe; Nicolo Porpora: Polifemo; Johann Adolf Hasse: Artaserse; Cleofide; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Amadigi di Gaula, HWV ...
Performers: Bayo, María; Kuijken, Wieland; Lepore, Carlo; Malas-Godlewska, Ewa; Mellon, Agnès; Piau, Sandrine; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rousset, Christophe
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

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

Baroque Voices - Charpentier: Te Deum H 146, etc / Gester, Haller, Chevigné, Geslot, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; In honorem S. Ludovici, motet for 6 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo, H. 365; In honorem Sancti Ludovici Regis Galliæ, histoire sacrée for 3 voices, o...
Performers: Dyck, Stephan Van; Geslot, Francois-Nicolas; Marzorati, Arnaud
Conductors: Gester, Martin
Ensemble: Le Parlement de Musique

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...

Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, Stabat Mater / Spinosi, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Credo, for 2 solo voices, chorus, oboe (ad lib), strings & continuo in G major (spurious, attributed; Amen
Performers: Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

"Jaroussky is nothing short of sublime in slow sections like the "Cum dederit" (track 4), a masterpiece of quiet tension whose effects are amplified by...continue...

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, 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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Vivaldi: Griselda / Spinosi, Lemieux, Ensemble Matheus

3 CD / Naïve / 2006-10-31

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda, RV 718
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Davies, Iestyn; Ferrari, Stefano; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kermes, Simone
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

"This performance is sublime. Jean-Christophe Spinosi leads a dramatically taut reading, with his period-instrument Ensemble Matheus underpinning the vocal theatrics with snap and a huge...continue...

Haydn: Les sept dernières paroles / Equilbey, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-05-16

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross), o
Performers: Getchell, Robert; Piau, Sandrine; Sandhoff, Ruth; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

In 1786, Haydn composed a purely orchestral work, The Seven Last Words, to accompany Passion meditations. After further versions for quartet, then for piano of...continue...

Du Caurroy: Les Meslanges / Dadre, Doulce Mémoire

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Eustache du Caurroy: Meslanges de la musique, 10 psalm settings, 35 chansons, and 15 noels for 4-6 voices & instruments
Performers: Bolton, Florence; Bourin, Véronique; Frank, Elsa; Gaugler, Luc; Kandel, Lucien; Olry, Guillaume; Pacquier, Judith; Papasergio, Jérémie; Pontus, Marc; Primard, Hugues; Raisin-Dadr...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Doulce Mémoire

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...

Vivaldi: Orlando furioso / Spinosi, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2005-01-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Hallenberg, Ann; Jaroussky, Philippe; Larmore, Jennifer; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Staskiewicz, Blandine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

"This might just be the best recording ever made of a baroque opera." - Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News...continue...

Vivaldi: Orlando finto pazzo / De Marchi, Abete, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2004-08-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Orlando finto pazzo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Custer, Manuela; Oro, Martin; Pizzolato, Marianna
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

'Orlando finto pazzo', the first opera Vivaldi wrote for the Venetian theatre, now has its premiere on Naive's Vivaldi Edition. In this opera Vivaldi displays...continue...

Vivaldi: Operas / Kozena, Mingardo, Prina, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-08-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La verità in cimento, RV 739; Juditha triumphans, RV 645; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; L'Orlando finto pazzo
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Foresti, Sergio; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Laurens, Guillemette; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Marchi, Alessandro de; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Concerto Italiano; Matheus Ensemble

Vivaldi's opera remained virtually unknown until the very end of the 20th century, even though these are incredibly rich pieces, rarely equalled for dramatic intensity...continue...

Wedding Music [Naïve]

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Messiah, oratorio (reorchestration of Handel's HWV 56), K. 572; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV...
Performers: A Sei Voci; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Cao, Pierre; Chapuis, Michel; Chour de Chambre de Namur; Coin, Christophe; Comoretto, Jean-Louis; Dewagtere, Bernard; Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Fabre-Garrus, Bernar...
Conductors: ; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Teutsch, Karol; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Krivine, Emmanuel
Ensemble: ; A Sei Voci; Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Gospel Caravan; La Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; La Maîtrise Boréale ; Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bo...

Many of the greatest masterpieces of classical music have become known as traditional wedding music: the wedding marches of Mendelssohn and Wagner, Handel's 'Hallelujah Chorus'...continue...
Personnel: Isabelle Poulenard, Ruth Holton (soprano); Anne Gastinel (cello); David Walter (oboe); Michel Chapuis, Bertalan Hock (organ)....continue...

Tête á Tête - Vivaldi: Vêpres pour la Nativité de la Vierge

2 CD / Naïve / 2003-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Antienne; Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 595; Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 600; In exitu Israel in C major, RV 604; ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Elwes, John; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy

This recording reconstructs a service of 'Vespers for the Nativity of the Virgin' employing works composed at that time. The office consists of five psalms...continue...

Charpentier: Te Deum, Motets / Martin Gester, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2001-11-06

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; In honorem S. Ludovici, motet for 6 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo, H. 365; In honorem Sancti Ludovici Regis Galliæ, histoire sacrée for 3 voices, o...
Performers: Chevigné, Brigitte; Dyck, Stephan Van; Geslot, François-Nicolas; Haller, Salome; Marzorati, Arnaud
Conductors: Gester, Martin
Ensemble: Le Parlement de Musique

"Martin Gester's performance is uniformly excellent. The Rondo Prelude has a relaxed, almost jazzy quality...Gester's performers offer...care and sincerity. The other two items...confirm that wherever...continue...

La musique au temps des Castrats - Gluck, Vivaldi, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 1994-11-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma, RV 723; Dixit Dominus in D; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Gregorio Allegri: De ore prudentis; Repleti sunt omnes; Marc-Ant...
Performers: Bowman, James; Cabré, Josep; Elves, John; Lesne, Gérard; Malas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Visse, Dominique
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard; Savall, Jordi; Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble a Sei Voci; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Le Concert des Nations; Les talens lyriques; Namur Chamber Choir