Minkowski, Marc

Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Handel: Sacred Music - Includes Messiah; A Song for St Cecilia's Day; Streams of Pleasure; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno / Crowe, Croft, Gauvin, Lemieux, Fink, Varcoe [6 CD]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Theodora, HWV 68; Alexander Balus, HWV 65; Susanna, HWV 66; Juda...
Performers: Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dawson, Lynne; Gauvin, Karina; Graf, Hans Peter; Moor, Chris de; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Wieboldt, Nils
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Minkowski, Marc; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Il Complesso Barocco; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This glittering Christmas boxed set gathers the finest Handel sacred music recordings from the Naïve catalogue including A Song for St Cecilia's Day, Messiah and...continue...

Sacred Baroque Masterpieces - works by Bach, Monteverdi, Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Allegri / Lucy Crowe, Julia Lezhneva, Nathalie Stutzmann [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins & c...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Carnovich, Daniele; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccinini, Monica
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This Christmas boxed set gathers together some of the most renowned sacred works from the baroque era: Bach's B minor mass, Monteverdi's Vespers, Pergolesi and...continue...

Schubert: Complete Symphonies / Minkowski

4 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D 200; Symphony no 1 in D major, D 82; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Symphony no 4 in C minor, D 417 "Tragic"; ...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble

Initially a bassoonist, Marc Minkowski began conducting at an early age, notably under the guidance of Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux Memorial School in...continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria (03/2012)....continue...

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...

Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire / Marc Minkowski - Les Musiciens du Louvre

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zaïs; Castor et Pollux; Les Fêtes d'Hébé; Dardanus; Le Temple de la Gloire; Les Boréades; La Naissance d'Osiris; Platée; La Poule, for 3 violins, v...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre de Poissy, Salle Molière (06/2003)....continue...

Massenet: Don Quichotte / Marc Minkowski, Jose Van Dam [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naïve / 2012-05-29

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Tro Santafe, Silvia; Van Dam, Jose; Van Mechelen, Werner
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Chorus; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra

This production of one of the Massenet's final masterpieces of Massenet, Don Quichotte, was presented in May 2010 at the Belgium National Opera La Monnaie....continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French
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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...

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...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platee / Minkowski, Agnew, Delunsch, Beuron [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Beuron, Yann; Delunsch, Mireille; Le Texier, Vincent; Naouri, Laurent
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

The creative team that triumphed with the Théâtre du Châtelet production of Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, turned their talents to Platée in this Opéra de...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: French, English, Ger...continue...

The Best of Operetta / Offenbach, Lehar, Strauss [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène, operetta in 3 acts; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Beuron, Yann; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gfrerer, Ute; Gilfry, Rodney; Gruberova, Edita; Lott, Felicity; Naouri, Laurent; Popp, Lucia; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Senechal, Michel; Weikl, Ber...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre; Musiciens du Louvre Chorus; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Live Recordings from the Theatre Musical de Paris - Chatelet, Zurich Opera House & Wiener Staatsoper...continue...
Run Time: 447 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Handel: Song for St. Cecilia's Day / Lucy Crowe, soprano; Richard Croft, tenor

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

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: MC2, Grenoble, France (01/2009)....continue...

Handel: Alcina / Minkowski, Harteros, Kasarova, Hammarstrom [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarström, Kristina; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mühlbacher, Alois; Plachetka, Adam
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna Staatsoper presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alicina. An all-star cast of specialists tell...continue...
Run Time: 226 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Minkowski, Harteros, Kasarova, Hammarstrom [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarström, Kristina; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mühlbacher, Alois; Plachetka, Adam
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna Staatsoper presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alicina. An all-star cast of specialists tell...continue...
Run Time: 226 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Span...continue...

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Minkowski, Fouchécourt, Gens

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Performers: Middenway, Marion; Zilberajch, Aline
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Hippolyte et Aricie was Rameu's earliest surviving opera, a tale of Phaedra's incestuous love for her stepson, Hippolyte. Marc Minkowski's recording is well cast, with...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal, Versailles (06/1994)....continue...

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Offenbach: Orphee au Enfers; La Belle Helene / Marc Minkowski [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-05-31

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers; La belle Hélène, operetta in 3 acts
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Cole, Steven; Dessay, Natalie; Fouchecourt, Jean Paul; Le Roux, Francois; Lott, Felicity; Naouri, Laurent; Olmeda, Martine; Sénéchal, Michel
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Grenoble Chamber Orchestra; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Lyon National Opera Orchestra; Musiciens du Louvre Chorus

Arthaus presents an Offenbach Box Set (Orphée aux Enfers & La belle Hélène) featuring Marc Minkowski - the preeminent Offenbach conductor of our day but...continue...
Run Time: 276 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire / Marc Minkowski

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2011-05-10

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Castor et Pollux; Les fêtes d'Hébé; Dardanus; Le temple de la gloire; Les Boréades; La naissance d'Osiris; Platée on Junon jalouse, opera; No...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Recording information: Théâtre de Poissy, Salle Molière (06/2003)....continue...

Pelleas et Melisande / Film by Philippe Beziat / Marc Minkowski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2011-04-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

Run Time: 108 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, 16:9, Color
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Rossini: Opera Arias / Lezhneva

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-04-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Guillaume Tell; Semiramide; Otello; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto
Performers: Lezhneva, Julia
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

"I was listening contentedly to Naïve's new recording of Vivaldi's Ottone in villa - the latest installment in the label's monumental Vivaldi Edition - when...continue...
Recording information: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Wars (01/2010)....continue...

Gounod: Mireille / Minkowski, Mula, Castronovo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2011-01-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Mireille
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; Ferrari, Franck; Mula, Inva; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

This exceptional production features Gounod’s largely forgotten opera Mireille. Performed at the Opéra National de Paris, it was a great triumph for conductor Marc Minkowski...continue...
Run Time: 179 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
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Gounod: Mireille / Minkowski, Mula, Castronovo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / FRA Musica / 2011-01-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Mireille
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; Ferrari, Franck; Mula, Inva; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

This exceptional production features Gounod’s largely forgotten opera Mireille. Performed at the Opéra National de Paris, it was a great triumph for conductor Marc Minkowski...continue...
Run Time: 179 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
...continue...

Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

1 CD / Decca / 2011-01-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tiempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Caldara: La Morte d'Abel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Florez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Antonini, Giovanni; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Adam, Fischer
Ensemble: ; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

After great success with the deluxe edition, Sospiri is now available in a jewel version. In this special new collection, Cecilia sings tender, sensual arias...continue...

Messiah: The Dream Cast [Australia]

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-11-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; Price, Leontyne; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; McCreesh, Paul; Hogwood, Christopher; Pinnock, Trevor; Minkowski, Marc; Walker, Antony; Kaminski, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Mackerras, Charles...

Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2010-11-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace; Antonio Caldara: La morte d'abel figura di quella del nostro redentore; ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Flórez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Savini, Mary Cotton; Terfel, Bryn...
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni; Minkowski, Marc; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Fischer, Adam; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimi and her ability...continue...

Rameau: Platee / Minkowski

2 CD / Erato / 2010-10-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée
Performers: Cocset, Bruno; Zylberajch, Aline
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

Recording information: Studio 103, Radio France, Paris, France (12/1988)....continue...

Handel: Water Music / Minkowski

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Rodrigo
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

The Telegraph
The Water Music Suites... are given with all the freshness, exuberance and interpretative discretion that are hallmarks of Les Musiciens du Louvre under Marc...continue...
Recording information: MC2: Grenoble, France (01/2010)....continue...

Concerti Grossi/Water Music/Music for Royal

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.3/4a, HWV 315; Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.3/6, HWV 317; Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op.3/5, HWV 316; Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3; Concerto G...
Performers: Aichinger, Wolfgang; Coin, Christophe; Giardelli, Claire; Harnoncourt, Alice; Hobarth, Erich; Leopold, Rudolf; Marq, Sebastien; Mazzoleni, Nicolas; Middenway, Marion; Mitterer, Anita; Moreaux, Christ...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Gardiner, John Eliot; Paillard, Jean-François
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; English Baroque Soloists; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo / Marc Minkowski, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Teseo; Amadigi
Performers: Bazola, Francois; Bertin, Pascal; Delattre, Jean-Jacques; Elwes, John; Gooding, Julia; Harrhy, Eiddwen; James, Eirian; Jones, Della; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Monteilhet, Pascal; Napoli, Catherine; Poitevin...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Rameau: Anacréon, Le berger fidèle / Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Anacréon, acte de ballet; Le Berger fidèle, cantata for tenor, 2 violins & continuo
Performers: Gens, Véronique
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

Although Rameau's creative career spanned six decades, he only turned to opera later in life. His dramatic output all dates from the last 30 years...continue...
Recording information: Cité de la Musique, Salle des concerts, Paris, France (11/1995)....continue...

Haydn: 12 'London' Symphonies

4 CD / Naïve / 2010-06-29

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 96 in D major, H 1 no 96 "Miracle"; Symphony no 95 in C minor, H 1 no 95; Symphony no 93 in D major, H 1 no 93; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Sympho...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

"This set, recorded in concert in Vienna with a period instrument ensemble, is a pleasure to listen to...The playing here is in tune and polished....continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria (06/2009)....continue...

Mondonville: Sonatas & Symphony

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: Sonata for violin & harpsichord obbligato, Op. 3/1; Sonata for violin & harpsichord obbligato, Op. 3/2; Sonata for violin & harpsichord obbligato, Op. 3/3; S...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

"To put it simply, they are pure enjoyment from beginning to end...the orchestra play superbly, and since I cannot think of anything else one might...continue...
Recording information: Cité de la Musique, Salle des concerts, Paris, France (08/1996)....continue...

Early Music Up Late

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto in B flat major for Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; Wolfgang ...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Baird, Julianne; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bindi, Jean-Louis; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Carmignola, Giuliano; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cordier, David; Costa, Neal Peres da; Dollman, Ben...
Conductors: Dyer, Paul; Minkowski, Marc; Hogwood, Christopher; Rifkin, Joshua; ; Goebel, Reinhard; Brüggen, Frans; Marcon, Andrea; Peelman, Roland; Walker, Antony; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: ; Bach Ensemble; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble of the Classic Era; Gabrieli Consort; Musica Antiqua Köln ; The English Concert; The Song Company

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

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

Offenbach / Orphee aux enfers / Minkowski / Opera National de Lyon / Dessay, Beuron [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-11-17

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers
Performers: Berthon, Cassandre; Beuron, Yann; Cela, Alketa; Cole, Steven; Dessay, Natalie; Fallout, Maryline; Fouchecourt, Jean Paul; Lescroart, Etienne; Naouri, Laurent; Olmeda, Martine; Plesner, Sharman; Pocho...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

In the role of Eurydice, Natalie Dessay begins at once with a display of vocal and verbal pyrotechnics, which are then taken up by Yann...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

To Saint Cecilia - Purcell, Handel and Haydn / Marc Minkowski

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass...
Performers: Baker, Neil; Bates, David; Bertrand, Sylvain; Caserio, Gilberto; Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dahlin, Anders J.; Lafreniere, Jean-Baptiste; Mazzoleni,...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

BBC Music Magazine
Lucy Croweà is a natural Purcellian, and gilds the discs' triumph: Handel's A Song for St Cecilia's Day, a thrilling encounter with Dryden...continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 / Minkowski, Crowe, Lunn, Wey, Balzer, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-03-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Balzer, Colin; Brutscher, Markus; Crowe, Lucy; Immler, Christian M.; Lezhneva, Julia; Lunn, Joanne; Staskiewicz, Blandine; Tittoto, Luca
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"Twentieth century scholarship has uncovered information about performances of individual movements of the Mass during the composer's lifetime indicating that, in spite of its length,...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

200 Ans de musique à Versailles

20 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Antoine Boësset: Air qui produit tant de choses si belles; Ne délibérons plus; Jamais n'aurray-je le pouvoir; Plaignez la rigueur de mon sort; Suis-je pas misérable?; Ennuis...
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Antonini, Claire; Auvity, Cyril; Bazola, François; Bolton, Florence; Brossard, Cecile; Buet, Alain; Champion, Romain; Chauvin, Julien; Crocquenoy, Karine; Crossley-Mercer, Edwin; ...
Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier; Stryncl, Marek; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patrick; Christie, William; Suhubiette, Joel; Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]; ; Coin, Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Rousset, C...
Ensemble: Accentus; Ausonia; Cambini Quartet; Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Jacques Moderne Ensemble; La Parnasse Français; Le Cercle de l'Harmonie; Le Concert spirit...

In October 2007, the Centre Musical de Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary, together with the best French musicians around. To complete this anniversary,...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

Grétry: Le Caravane du Caire, Le Judgement de Midas / Minkowski, Leonhardt

2 CD / Ricercar / 2008-09-09

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: La Caravane Du Caire, opera; Le Jugement de Midas, opera
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Callatay, Marie-Noelle de; Crommen, Els; de Reyghere, Greta; Dur, John; Elwes, John; Fayt, Marie-Paule; Gari, Suzanne; Massoz, Claude; Mey, Guy de; Napoli, Catherine; Poulenard, Isabel...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Leonhardt, Gustav
Ensemble: ; Ricercar Academy

La Caravane du Caire is one of the rare works that Gretry composed for the Academie Royale that respected the conventions of the institution. Full...continue...

The Handel Experience / Scimone, Koopman, Leppard, Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Dixit D...
Performers: Baumont, Olivier; Bruggen, Frans [Conductor]; Bylsma, Anner; Davies, Ryland; Dessay, Natalie; Esswood, Paul; Hampson, Thomas; Jo, Sumi; Jo, Sunni; Koopman, Ton; Laskine, Lily; Leonhardt, Gustav; Lott...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Paillard, Jean-François; Leppard, Raymond; Wolff, Hugh; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Antonini, Giovanni; Koopman, Ton; Christie, William; Minkowski, Marc; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra Choir; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Monteverdi Orchestra;...