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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été; Harold en Italie / Anne Sofie Von Otter, Minkowski

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Tamesit, Antoine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit and Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble have joined forces to offer a thrilling performance of two...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal de Versailles, France (04/2011)....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

Rapsodia

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-09-28

Works: Gypsy Traditional: Ciocarlia; George Enescu: Impressions of Childhood, Op. 8; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25; Hungarian Traditional: Doïna and Hora; György Ligeti: Ball...
Performers: Gjakonovski, Martin; Kopatchinskaja, Patricia; Kopatchinskaya, Patricia; Kopatchinsky, Viktor; Ursuleasa, Mihaela

"Hard-bitten music critics tend to approach family get-togethers with caution - especially when they claim to bridge the folk/art-music divide. But this is a superior...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany (03/2009)....continue...

Gypsic / Romain Descharmes, piano; Christophe Morin, cello

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-07-27

Works: Vittorio Monti: Czárdas no 1; Maurice Ravel: Tzigane; Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré; Sonata for Violin; George Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25; Pablo de Saras...
Performers: Amar, Armand; Barli, Guillaume; Berthaud, Lise; Buscail, Virginie; Chirokoliyska, Maria; Crambes, Nathalie; Descharmes, Romain; Fouchenneret, Pierre; Gaigne, Tiphaine; Gonzales, Chilly; Jouannie, Ale...
Conductors: Zielinski, Aurélien Azan

'Gypsic' is the very first recording of violinist Sarah Nemtanu who brings a subtle touch of Balkanese extravagance to classical masterpieces from Ravel and Enesco....continue...
Recording information: Studios Babel, Paris, France (01/2010/03/2010)....continue...

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata; Der Hirt auf der Felsen

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-02-23

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Liebesbotschaft ("Rauschendes Bächlein"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/1; An den Mond, D 193/Op 57 no 3; Daß die...
Performers: Hadulla, Markus; Piau, Sandrine; Tamesit, Antoine

BBC Music Magazine
This little 58-minute Schubertiad a la francaise makes a very good case for the viola as a Schubertian soulmate par excellence... Piau's irresistably...continue...
Recording information: MC2: Grenoble, France (04/2009/06/2009)....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...

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

Schnittke: Viola Concerto; Shostakovich: Viola Sonata / Kitayenko, Tamestit, Hadulla, Warsaw PO

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-08-26

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Viola; Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
Performers: Hadulla, Markus; Tamesit, Antoine
Conductors: Kitayenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

"His technique is pristine, and even the most demanding of extended techniques called for (in particular by Schnittke) are executed with a sense of complete...continue...

Nouvelles Vagues de Godard à Audiard / Traffic Quintet

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-09-25

Works: Antoine Duhamel: Pierrot le fou; Georges Delerue: Le mépris; Jules et Jim; Garde à vue; Le Roi de coeur; La Peau douce; L'Important c'est d'aimer; Une aussi longue absence; Alexandre De...
Performers: Lemonnier, Dominique; Noharet, Philippe; Perraud, Raphael; Villette, Anne; Villotte, Estelle
Conductors: Desplat, Alexandre
Ensemble: Traffic String Quintet

The new wave of French film directors of the late 1950s and early 1960s left their mark on cinema, as did the composers who wrote...continue...

Hopkinson Smith Album - Bach, etc / Banchini, Dieltens

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-06-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Suite for solo cello no 6 in D major, BWV 1012; Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; John Dowland: The Frog Gall...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Courvoisier, David; Dieltiens, Roel; Plantier, David; Smith, Hopkinson

"Here Hopkinson Smith, the poet of pluck, takes up five different kinds of lutes plus a vihuela de mano and a baroque guitar, each of...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
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Dissonances

Chaconne - Bach, Ligeti / Antoine Tamestit

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-03-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; György Ligeti: Sonata for viola
Performers: Tamesit, Antoine

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...

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...

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...

Bruno Coulais: Stabat Mater / Pierre, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-03-21

Works: Bruno Coulais: Stabat Mater, for voice, chorus & ensemble
Performers: Audin, Jean-Philipp; Chantereau, Marc; Coulais, Bruno; Depardieu, Guillaume; Desert, Claire; Gneri, Francoise; Guiot, Christophe; Kobayashi, Marie; Korcia, Laurent; Pallas, Elisabeth; Pezin, Slim; Re...
Conductors: Coulais, Bruno; Pierre, Loïc

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

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...

Tête à Tête - Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos / Pasquier

2 CD / Naïve / 2002-06-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K. 207; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K. 211; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216...
Performers: Pasquier, Bruno; Pasquier, Régis
Conductors: Bartholomée, Pierre
Ensemble: Liège Philharmonic Orchestra

"Brightly focused, freely idiomatic Mozart from Pasquier, with playing of grace and nuance." -Gramophone...continue...

Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Concerti Sacri / Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2002-05-14

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

"...These artists explore Vivaldi's imaginative word-painting and his gently spoken phraseology with insight and pathos, suffusing the pieces with expressive fervour and emotional warmth... Mingardo...continue...

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

Locatelli: Concerti Grossi / Biondi, Europa Galante

1 CD / Naïve / 1999-12-30

Works: Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 1/5; Sinfonia, for 2 violins, viola & bass in F minor (manuscript); Concerto Grosso in E flat major, Op. 7/6; Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op....
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Cipriani, Fabrizio; Lattuada, Francesco; Naddeo, Maurizio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Europa Galante

Coprario: Consort Musicke / Savall, Coin, Casademunt

1 CD / Naïve / 1999-11-30

Works: John Coprario: Consort Musicke
Performers: Casademunt, Sergi; Coin, Christophe; Savall, Jordi

Coprario, who became composer-in-ordinary to King Charles I in 1625, "Italianized" his real name, Cowper or Cooper, at a time when Italian music was becoming...continue...