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Bach: Complete Works for Lute

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995; Suite for lute in E minor, BWV 996; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV 998; Partita for Lute in C minor, BWV 997; Part...
Performers: Smith, Hopkinson

Hopkinson Smith's great recording of all of Bach's works for the lute, is reissued in this limited edition luxury 2CD album. Smith is internationally recognized...continue...
Recording information: Église de Saint-Lambert-des-Bois, France (06/1980/10/1981)....continue...

Purcell: The Food of Love / Paul Agnew, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-09-29

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Corinna is divinely fair, Z. 365; Ah! How sweet it is to love, Z. 613/2; What a sad fate is mine, a song on a Ground, Z. 428; I see she flies me, Z. 573/1b; O solit...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Lasla, Anne-Marie; Rannou, Blandine

"The recital is nicely varied, from the anguished and sophisticated Not all my torments can your pity move, to the ribald, earthy Man is for...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

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

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

Francesco da Milano: Lute Works / Hopkinson Smith

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Francesco Canova da Milano: Fantasia no 30 dal primo tono, for lute; Recercar no 30 dal quinto tono, for lute (Ness no 15); Fantasia no 64 dal secondo tono, for lute; Saltarello, for lute; Recercar n...
Performers: Smith, Hopkinson

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...

Dowland: A Dream / Hopkinson Smith

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-04-19

Works: John Dowland: The Frog Galliard, for lute, P 23; Dream, P 75; My Lady Hunsdon's Allemande, Dowland; La mia Barbara, pavan for lute, P 95; Lady Cliftons Spirit, P 45; Galliard (on a galliard by Daniel...
Performers: Smith, Hopkinson

"Wonderfully personalize accounts... Dowland's complete lute music fits on five CDs. There's no reason for Mr. Smith to stop here." - Allan Kozinn, The New...continue...

Dowland: Ayres / Gérard Lesne, Ensemble Orlando Gibbons

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-05-01

Works: John Dowland: Can she excuse, P 42; If that a sinner's sighs be angel's food, sacred song for 4 voices & lute (A Pilgrimes Solace); A Pilgrimes Solace; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Firste ...
Performers: Heringman, Jacob [Lute]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble

"Lesne is a smart and naturally stylish singer, with an emotionally communicative tone. The Ensemble Orlando Gibbons provides a variety of alluring accompaniments for Dowland's...continue...

La Belle Homicide - Gaultier, Dufaut, etc / Rolf Lislevand

1 CD / Naïve / 2003-09-01

Works: Ennemond Gaultier: Prelude for lute in D minor; Canaries; Courante in C minor for 2 Lute "L'Immortelle"; Carillon; La Poste, for lute; Prélude for lute in A minor; René Mesangeau: Sarabande...
Performers: Lislevand, Rolf

"Rolf Lislevand has been dubbed the Norwegian 'string wizard', and he certainly enchants with these spellbinding performances in which a palpable affinity with the music's...continue...
Includes chaconne in c minor (boquet) / dialogue in c minor by various composers.

Includes chaconne in g major (mouton) / le perier in g mino by various composers....continue...

Tête à Tête - Bach: L'Oeuvre de Luth / Hopkinson Smith

2 CD / Naïve / 2002-06-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995; Suite for lute in E minor, BWV 996; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV 998; Partita for Lute in C minor, BWV 997; Part...
Performers: Smith, Hopkinson

"Hopkinson Smith's majestic performances are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves." -Gramophone Award: Choc La Monde de la Musique, France...continue...

Musiques à Versailles - Lully, Nivers, etc / Malgoire, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2001-07-17

Works: Sébastien De Brossard: In convertendo Dominus; Canticum eucharisticum pro pace; Missa quinti toni pro nocte Die festi Natalis Domini; Marin Marais: Pièces en trio; Pièces de viole, Boo...
Performers: Chapius, Michel; Chapuis, Michel; Monteilhet, Pascal; Preston, Stephen; Savall, Jordi; Smith, Hopkinson; Verlet, Blandine
Conductors: Coin, Christophe; ; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Schneebeli, Olivier
Ensemble: Fitzwilliam Ensemble; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Les Chantres de la Chapelle; Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr; Les Pages de la Chapelle; Limoges Baroque Ensemble

Bach: Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 / Hopkinson Smith

2 CD / Naïve / 2000-02-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers: Smith, Hopkinson

The original manuscript of these six works, written in Bach's hand and dated 1720, is entitled "Sei solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato." The universality...continue...