Browse: Naive (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Naive.
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Vivaldi: Argippo
RecommendedEmőke Baráth (soprano), Marie Lys (soprano), Delphine Galou (contralto), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Luigi De Donato (bass), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Scholarship aside, what counts is whether Fabio Biondi directing Europa Galante finds satisfying music theatre in this collage. And so he does...Vivaldi’s musical fingerprints are everywhere... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th December 2020
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Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Kopatchinskaja brings [virtuosity] to the [Stravinsky] in spades, but she also shatters the image of the work as a neo-classical homage to Bach...Her whole approach to Stravinsky...brings his... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Trio Op. 11
Anne Gastinel (cello) & Nicholas Angelich (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Of the soloists, it’s the cello that has the lion’s share, and Anne Gastinel makes the most of the part on this new recording. Her playing has a warmth and eloquence that made me think back to... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Baroque Voices 11 - Pergolesi & Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli & Sara Mingardo
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a totally Italianate performance of both high drama and moving pathos...Alessandrini's instrumental support could not be more telling, and the recording is made in an ideal acoustic. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Porpora: Il Maestro
RecommendedOpera Arias
Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Fagioli forges his own powerful execution out of practices that Porpora helped invent. Ornaments of fiendish length, tempo and range spur Fagioli onto ever-greater displays, racing ahead of the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Opera, January 2015, Recording of the Month
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Many vocal skills we now admire in opera were born in the early 17th century. These performances centre upon the techniques of the early solo singer-composers, wonderfully resurrected here by... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Baroque vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell’Assunzione di Maria Vergine
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Anna Simboli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (baritone), Antonio De Secondi (violin)
Concerto Italiano ensemble vocale e strumentale, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This isn't the 'Vivaldi Vespers', or even a reconstruction of a specific event, but a kind of 'sacred concert' in Vespers form, of the sort that Venetian churches in Vivaldi's time would mount... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Vivaldi: Griselda, RV718
Recommendedworld première recording
Griselda: Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Costanza: Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Ottone: Simone Kermes (soprano), Roberto: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Gualtiero: Stefano Ferrari (tenor) & Corrado: Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
…one of Vivaldi's strongest and most cohesive operas. Jean-Christophe Spinosi's intuitive and vital direction achieves rewarding results. His instrumentalists are first-rate and the choice... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Opera Award Winner
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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedConcerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a sublime example of the madrigalian art. The disc oozes a sense of intelligent poetic response. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe
RecommendedRomina Basso (Dorilla), Serena Malfi (Elmiro), Marina de Liso (Nomio), Lucia Cirillo (Filindo), Sonia Prina (Eudamia), Christian Senn (Admeto)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Fasolis and I Barocchisti deliver a ripe and zesty performance…In this new account there is dramatic tautness to recitatives…Elmiro’s energetic Neapolitan-style arias by Hasse and Leo are sung... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2017
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