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L'Olympiade: The Opera - A pastiche with music by Caldara, Cherubini, Cimarosa, Galuppi, Hasse, Leo, Pergolesi et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-05-29

Works: Leonardo Leo: L'Olimpiade; Johann Adolf Hasse: L'Olimpiade; Baldassare Galuppi: L'Olimpiade; Giuseppe Sarti: L'Olimpiade; Josef Myslivecek: L'Olimpiade; Giovanni Paisiello: L'Olimpiade; David Perez: ...
Performers: Basso, Romina; Gauvin, Karina; Gottwald, Franziska; Phas, Nicholas; Rosique, Ruth; Spanos, Nicholas
Conductors: Chryssicos, Markellos
Ensemble: ; Venice Baroque Orchestra

Naïve Classique presents a classical music mashup of Olympic proportions! In the eighteenth century, 1,300 years after the last Olympic Games in ancient times, the...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio di Santa Croce, Mondovì, Italy (08/2011)....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

Bach: St. Matthew Passion [Highlights] / Christoph Spering

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-07-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passion Selon Saint Mathieu
Performers: Browner, Alison; Jochens, Wilfried; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Lika, Peter; Schafer, Markus; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Spering, Christoph

The St Matthew Passion is one of Bach's most accomplished compositions and one of the truly great works of classical music, alongside Mozart's Magic Flute...continue...

Arrieta, Bretón, Vives: Zarzuela

2 CD / Naïve / 2010-01-26

Works: Emilio Arrieta: Marina; Tomás Bretón: La Verbena de la Paloma, zarzuela; Amadeo Vives: Bohemios; Doña Francisquita
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Baquerizo, Enrique; Bayo, Maria; Echeverria, Alfonso; Hernandez, Encarna Santana; Herrera, Mercedes Aleman; Jerico, Santiago S.; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Lima...
Conductors: Pérez, Victor Pablo; Ros Marbà, Antoni

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

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...

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben Op 42, etc / Lemieux, Blumenthal

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-04-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Gesänge (3), Op. 31; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Myrthen, Op. 25; Lieder Album für die Jugend, Op. 79; Romances and Ballades iii, Op. 53
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole

The Observer
Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux and pianist Daniel Blumenthal bring vivid perception to Schumann's song-cycle Frauenliebe und-Leben, Op 42. It's tempting to judge this w...continue...

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...

Zarzuelas - Arrieta, Bretón, Vives

6 CD / Naïve / 2008-01-29

Works: Emilio Arrieta: Marina, zarzuela in 3 acts; Tomás Bretón: La Verbena de la Paloma, zarzuela; Amadeo Vives: Bohemios, zarzuela; Doña Francisquita, zarzuela in 3 acts
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Amengual, Ana Maria; Andres, Ramon de; Baquerizo, Enrique; Bayo, Maria; Castejon, Jesus; Castejon, Rafael; Domingo, Placido; Echeverria, Alfonso; Grijalba, Martin; ...
Conductors: Pérez, Victor Pablo; Ros Marbà, Antoni

Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance. The...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

Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron

2 CD / Naïve / 2005-02-22

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron
Performers: Fischer, Jeannette; Hery, Luc; Homrich, Martin; Kong, Paul; Perencz, Bela; Schaer, Hanna; Todorovich, Zoran [Tenor Vocal]; Ushakova, Natalia; Wasserlof, Rudolf; Wolak, Ewa
Conductors: Jordan, Armin

'The Gyspy Baron' is a masterpiece of Viennese opera and was Johann Strauss' biggest hit in this lifetime. This unparalleled recording is performed by a...continue...

Tête à Tête - Rossini: Messe Solennelle, etc/Spering, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2002-06-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; Dewald, Thomas; Lika, Peter; Martinez, Iride; Mingardo, Sara; Pares-Reyna, Margot; Relyea, John
Conductors: Spering, Christoph
Ensemble: Chorus Musicus; Das Neue Orchester

"What is interesting about it is its sense of the Crucifixion as high theatre and the Berlioz-like sonority of Rossini's orchestral writing as realised by...continue...

Tête à Tête - Schubert: Die Verschworenen, Symphonies 5 & 8

2 CD / Naïve / 2002-06-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Verschworenen - Der häusliche Krieg (The Conspirators - Domestic Warfare), D. 787; Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony ...
Performers: Behnes, Susanne; Dahm, Christian; Fischer, Andreas; Georg, Mechthild; Hoffmann, Anke; Isokoski, Soile; Larsson, Lisa; Lika, Peter; Orrego, Rodrigo; Pfutzner, Thomas; Steingotter, Marion
Conductors: Spering, Christoph
Ensemble: Chorus Musicus; Das Neue Orchester

"Warmly recommended to anyone who fancies an hour of mature Schubert at his most debonair and convivial." -Gramophone Winner: Diapason d'Or...continue...

Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans / de Marchi, Kozená, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2001-09-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha triumphans, RV 645
Performers: Carraro, Tiziana; Kozená, Magdalena; Trullu, Maria José
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio, Juditha triumphans (1716), with its strongly characterised roles and luxuriant orchestration, is a true Baroque masterpiec...continue...