Equilbey, Laurence

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 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...

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: Marco, Patrick; Equilbey, Laurence; 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...

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

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...

Philippe Manoury: Inharmonies

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-03-29

Works: Philippe Manoury: Fragments d'Héraclite, for chorus; Inharmonies, for chorus; Slova, for chorus; Trakl Gedichte, for chorus
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence

This latest disc from choral group accentus is dedicated to works by Philippe Manoury, one of the world's leading composers and computer music researchers. He...continue...
Recording information: Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie....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

Les Musiques de Claude Monet: Ravel, Debussy, Fauré & Saint-Saëns

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Maurice Ravel: Miroirs; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque; Danse sacrée et danse profane; Préludes; Estampes; Images; Petite Suite pour piano à quat...
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Cassard, Philippe; Desjardins, Dominique; Fontaine, Bruno; Gaillard, Ophelie; Gastinel, Anne; Immerseel, Jos van; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Manoff, Susan; Moragues, Mic...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence

Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31; Vespers, Op. 37
Performers: Champion, Romain; Ericson-Berglund, Eva; Miller, Vladimir
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence

BBC Music Magazine
A disc of singular beauty and spiritual warmth, which bears out that beyond all the sumptuousness of vocal tone Rachmaninov's music embodies a...continue...
Recording information: Église Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris (France) (05/2010)....continue...

Zen Voices

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Caballe, Montserrat; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Hallenberg, Ann; Hendricks, Barbara...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Equilbey, Laurence; Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, A...
Ensemble: ; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Kammer Ensemble de Paris; Nash Ensemble

Nuit Sacrée

1 CD / Naïve Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Charles G...
Performers: Breslick, Pavel; Maurer, Daniel; Piau, Sandrine; Saraf, Aurelie; Weisser, Johannes; Wieder-Atherton, Sonia
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Concerto Köln

Recording information: St. Thomas's Church, Strasbourg, France (12/2009)....continue...

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...

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...

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

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: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Mosaïques String Quartet

Esprit - Melancolique

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G mino...
Performers: Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Korcia, Laurent; Piau, Sandrine; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: ; Antonini, Giovanni; Equilbey, Laurence; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques

Fauré: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine / Equilbey, Piau, Degout, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Performers: Degout, Stéphane; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Maîtrise de Paris ; National Orchestra d'Ile de France

"The impact of the work is still quite strong and imposing in this chamber version, even when compared with performances of the full orchestral score...continue...
Recording information: Basilique Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France (01/2008)....continue...

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

Dvorák: Stabat Mater / Equilbey, Coku, Pokupic, Breslik, Butter, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-04-29

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71
Performers: Brslik, Pavol; Butter, Markus; Coku, Alexandra; Engerer, Brigitte
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus

The Guardian
What Laurence Equilbey and her group have recorded for the first time is the original version of the score, with soloists, chorus and piano...continue...

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...
Recording information: L'Arsenal, Metz, France (06/2006)....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...

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...

Musiques à Orsay - Debussy, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Claude Debussy: Les a...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bauer, Marc; Beroff, Michel; Bouquet, Carole; Brezynski, Daniel; Castets, Maryse; Desjardins, Dominique; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Paul; Moragu...
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel; Lombard, Alain; Equilbey, Laurence; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Frances Musee dOrsay is an historic building, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th century are represented. The works...continue...

Schoenberg / Equilbey, Accentus

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-06-21

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, Op. 13; Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Folksongs (3) for chorus; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9; Pieces (6) for Mens Chorus, Op. 35; Dreimal tausend J...
Performers: Chassany, Caroline; Dubois, Paul-Alexandre
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Nott, Jonathan
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

Within a large oeuvre covering every genre, Arnold Schoenberg's output of choral music embodied, through his career, the favored instrument for his faith. The pieces...continue...

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem / Equilbey, Accentus, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Degout, Stéphane; Engerer, Brigitte; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)

"Brahms's own reduction of the German Requiem in a release by Accentus, the French chamber-chorus, shimmers with simplicity and unexpected beauties... this new release of...continue...

Transcriptions Vol 1 / Laurence Equilbey, Accentus

1 CD / Naïve / 2003-08-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach; Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 6 in E flat minor, Op. 10/...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Jeannot, Pierre; Kern, Nicolas; Lombard, Francois
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir

"Some discs are simply so beautiful that it's almost painful to talk about them when you could be listening instead. This is one." - Classicstoday.com...continue...
Recording information: L'Arsenal, Metz, France (02/2001)....continue...

Dusapin: Requiem[s] / Laurence Equilbey, Accentus, Ars Nova

1 CD / Naïve / 2000-09-01

Works: Pascal Dusapin: Granum Sinapis; Umbrae mortis; Dona eis
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Isshiki, Kaoli
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir; Ars Nova Ensemble

"Pascal Duspain's music changed radically in the Nineties...towards greater directness and harmonic clarity [and this] is beautifully demonstrated in the highly impressive trilogy of large-scale...continue...