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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...

Best of Accentus - Choral works by Faure, Haydn, Brahms, Dusapin

5 CD / Naïve / 2012-06-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, s&...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Degout, Stephane; Engerer, Brigitte; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Isshiki, Kaoli; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen)

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...

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...

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...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

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...

A Spiritual Concert in Rome, ca. 1650 / Carissimi, Colista, Frescobaldi

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Turbabantur impii (Lamentatio damnatorum), motet for alto, tenor, bass & continuo; Jephte; Felicitas beatorum; Lelio Colista: Sinfonia in D minor for 2 violins, viola & continuo; S...
Performers: Dordolo, Luca; Dyck, Stephan Van; Fourquier, Marion; Franzetti, Elisa; Halimi, Emmanuelle; Hernandez, Mercedes; Imboden, Stephan
Conductors: Gester, Martin
Ensemble: Le Parlement de Musique

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: Church of Walbourg, France (10/2000)....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...

Light Classics / Songs from Arlen, Bernstein, Gershwin, et al.

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-04-26

Works: Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Irving Berlin: Top Hat; Michel Legrand: La chanson des adieux, song (from "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"); Chanson de Maxence,...
Performers: Beffa, Karol; Buet, Alain; Deshayes, Karine; Droy, Sebastien; Ensemble Contraste; Farjot, Johan; Georges, Isabelle; Gueze, Sebastien; Imbert, Raphael; Leger, Magali; Loizeau, Emily; Piau, Sandrine; S...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste

With the same enthusiasm put into the disc Café 1930, the Ensemble Contraste now makes its way into the exciting universe of the musical. Unforgettable...continue...
Recording information: Studios Davout, Paris (2010-04-22&2010-04-24&2010-)....continue...

Mélodies for Baritone & Piano

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-01-25

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer est plus belle, song for voice & piano, L. 81/1; Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois, song for voice & piano, L. 81/2; L'échelonnement des haies, song for voice & piano,...
Performers: Degout, Stephane; Lucas, Helene

"naïve classique is pleased to present the their first release featuring art song interpretations by internationally-acclaimed French baritone Stephane Degout. Since his triumphant debut as...continue...
Recording information: Salle Varèse, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musiq (07/2010)....continue...

Accentus / Concerto Köln

4 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3; Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lie...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Breslick, Pavel; Champion, Romain; Degout, Stephane; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Maurer, Daniel; Piau, Sandrine; Saraf, Aurelie; Weisser, Johannes; Wieder-Atherton, Sonia
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Maîtrise de Paris ; Monts du Reuil

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

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...

Mozart: Great Operatic Arias

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-07-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; The Magic Flute; Le nozze di figaro; Zaïde; The Abduction from the Seraglio
Performers: Borst, Danielle; Claessens, Hubert; Donnelly, Patrick; Fournier, Sophie; Lecoq, Valerie; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Piau, Sandrine; Polverelli, Laura; Rivenq, Nicolas
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Von der Goltz, Gottfried

Mozart's operas are part of our cultural heritage. Everyone knows, more or less consciously, the most famous arias, which are even available as ringtones for...continue...

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...

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

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

Richard Strauss: A Cappella - Deutsche Motette

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-01-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Deutsche Motette ("Die Schöpfung ist zur Ruh gegangen"), for soloists & chorus, Op. 62 (TrV 230); Traumlicht, Op. 123; Songs (2) for alto or bass & orchestra ("Grössere Ge...
Performers: Archibald, Jane; Gleadow, Robert; Kimmel, Élodie; Parat, Edwige; Soklossa, Eric; Vahrenkamp, Kristina
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence

Sunday Times
Technically brilliant and utterly ravishing... performed with high accomplishment by combined professional chamber choirs.
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Recording information: Église Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris, France (06/2009)....continue...

Yiddish Rhapsody

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Anonymous, Yiddish: Kolomishka, song; Oy, vyokh tyokh-toykh, song; L'khaim, song; Amol iz geveyn a mayse, song; Nicholas Roubanis: Misirlou, song (for the film Pulp Fiction); Abraham Ellstein: Yingel...
Performers: Georges, Isabelle
Conductors: Karoui, Fayçal
Ensemble: Sirba Octet

A wonderfully bizarre collaboration between the Sirba Octet, Isabella Georges and Orchestre de Pau Pays de Bearn produces a release that takes us on a...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Alfred de Vigny, Palais Beaumont, Pau (Franc (04/09/2009-04/11/2009)....continue...

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

Vivaldi: Farnace / Savall, Zanasi, Mingardo, Fernández, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711
Performers: Bettini, Fulvio; Fernandez, Adriana; Forte, Cinzia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations

BBC Music Magazine
This wonderfully energetic and expressive score is expertly handled by Jordi Savall. There are a few rough edges, but so much of the...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

Vivaldi: Gloria / Rino Alessandrini, Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ostro picta in D major, RV 642; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Jubilate o amoeni chori, introduzione to Gloria (RV 588), for voice, two oboes, o...
Performers: Dantcheva, Alena; Dordolo, Luca; Guido Campana; Piccinini, Monica; Robinson, Nicholas; Serafini, Lia; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

"Alessandrini's mastery in this repertoire is evident in the supple elegance of the performances, his keen sense of pacing, and particularly in the nuanced balance...continue...

Les Musiques de Picasso / Rafael Orozco, Alfred Cortot, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-07-28

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Asturias (Leyenda), instrumental arrangement after Suite española no 1, Op. 47/5; Enrique Morente: Buleria no 2; Erik Satie: Gnossienne for piano no 1; Gnossienne for piano n...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bacan, Ines; Bacan, Pedro; Bauer, Marc; Bayo, Maria; Bostridge, Ian; Brezynski, Daniel; Carbonell, Antionia; Cerutti, Michel; Chicharito; Claret, Lluis; Cortes, Paco; Cortot, Alfred...
Conductors: Colomer, Edmon; Sanderling, Stefan; Munch, Charles; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Kaltenbach, Jérôme
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Spanish National Youth Orchestra

Esprit - Iberique

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos; El amor brujo; Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote; Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de España, Op. 232; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Morceaux charactéristiques ...
Performers: Bacan, Ines; Bacan, Pedro; Bayo, María; Domingo, Placido; Moretti, Isabelle; Orozco, Rafael
Conductors: Colomer, Edmon; ; Pérez, Victor Pablo; Ros Marbà, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Madrid Symphony Orchestra; Tenerife Symphony Orchestra

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: 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

Transcriptions - Barber, Mahler, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Wolf, Berg, etc / Equilbey, Accentus

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3; Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lie...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Boucard, Celine; Champion, Romain; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Corbel, Pierre; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Padaut, Catherine
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus; Accentus Chamber Choir; Les monts du Reuil

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

Courbet - les musiques - Chopin, etc / Sokolov, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 14 in E flat minor, Op. 28/14, CT. 179; Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Hector Berlioz: Symphoni...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Cabasso, Laurent; Engerer, Brigitte; Gastinel, Anne; Guy, François-Frederic; Heisser, Jean-François; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Hurel, Juliette; ...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Eschenbach, Christoph; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Lombard, Alain; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; ORTF National Orchestra

Courbet's output displays an astonishing range of subjects, styles, and formats. It conveys a well-nigh revolutionary creative force which may recall that of the great...continue...

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: 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 - Bizet: Carmen

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Castets, Maryse; Leguerinel, Franck; Olmeda, Martine; Papis, Christian; Texier, Vincent le; Tregan, Thierry; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: Lombard, Alain

Instant Classics - Musiques de Mariage

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 49, "Ich...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Chapuis, Michel; Gastinel, Anne; Williams, Marion
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Coin, Christophe; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; La Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy

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...

Desmarest: Vénus & Adonis / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-07-31

Works: Henry Desmarest: Vénus et Adonis
Performers: Baert, Laure; Deshayes, Karine; Droy, Sebastien; Jang, Yu Ree; Neven, Henk; Panzarella, Anna-Maria; Perruche, Ingrid; Teitgen, Jean
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: National Opera of Lorraine Chorus

"Only a few of the singers here have much name recognition, but they are part of a wonderful cast that Rousset has assembled... Droy makes...continue...

Charpentier: Messe pour le Port-Royal / Chapuis, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-07-31

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Veni creator Spiritus, motet for high soprano & continuo, H. 69; Messe Pour le Port Royal, for 3 sopranos, chorus & continuo, H. 5; O salutaris à 3 dessus, motet for ...
Performers: Barreau, Florence; Chapuis, Michel; Collot, Delphine; Congiu, Francesca; Greuillet, Catherine; Jacquin, Anne-Marie; Kennedy, Raphaele; Parat, Edwige; Rayon, Jean Luc; Sauvageot, Isabelle; Vinson, Bri...

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

Liszt: Via Crucis / Engerer, Equilbey, Accentus

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-05-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses (10), for piano, S. 173 (LW A158); Via Crucis, les 14 Stations de la croix, for solo voices, chorus & organ (or piano), S. 53 (LW J33)
Performers: Corbel, Pierre; Engerer, Brigitte; Gautreau, Cyrille; Lucas, Violaine; Padaut, Catherine; Rossano, Maurizio
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir

"Liszt's religious music of reveals a side of him that shunned the trappings of temptation and self-glorifying hedonism, and in Via Crucis he achieves a...continue...

Transcriptions Vol 2 / Equilbey, Añorga, Accentus, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-02-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Franz Schubert: Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343; Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D. 810; Der Wegweiser (...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Boucard, Celine; Champion, Romain; Corbel, Pierre; Engerer, Brigitte; Maslenko, Nicolai; Padaut, Catherine; Vahrenkamp, Kristina
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir); Monts du Reuil

"This one features the 40-voice choir in masterful transcriptions--as close to literal as possible--of both purely instrumental works (Vivaldi's "L'hiver" from the Four Seasons; several...continue...
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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...

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

Mozart: Messe en ut mineur / Piau, Sollied, Krivine, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Caton, Frederic; Piau, Sandrine; Sollied, Anne-Lise
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel
Ensemble: La Chambre Philharmonique

The Guardian
Emmanuel Krivine is one of today's greatest conductors and is never, under any circumstances, to be missed
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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: Tito Manlio / Accademia Bizantina, Dantone

3 CD / Naïve / 2006-01-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738
Performers: Beronesi, Debora; Castri, Barbara Di; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Milhofer, Mark; Ulivieri, Nicola; Vasquez, Christian Senn
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio

With its outstanding format, its luxurious instrumentation and its numerous gems never to be recycled, Tito Manlio thus remains a brilliant symbol of the Mantuan...continue...