Naïve - up to 25% selected titles
Until 26th August, we are offering up to 25% off selected Naïve titles on CD and downloads.
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Special offer. Bizet - L' Arlésienne Orchestral Suites
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre & Chœur de l’opéra de Lyon, Marc Minkowski
I find it hard to know what to praise most, the vivid, taut rhythms of the various marches and dances… the sensuous orchestral colours of the quieter moments, of the passion that suddenly erupts…... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building A Library, February 2025, Recommended Recording (L'Arlesienne)
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Special offer. Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été & Harold in Italy
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Minkowski gives [Harold] an energetic, crisp, emphatic reading. The sinewy sound of the Louvre players' period instruments, though, lends it a rougher, almost folkier texture, against which... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
and Dietsch: Le Vaisseau Fantôme
Evgeny Nikitin (Der Holländer), Ingela Brimberg (Senta), Eric Cutler (Georg), Mika Kares (Donald), Bernard Richter (Der Steuermann), Helene Schneiderman (Mary), Russell Braun (Troïl), Sally Matthews (Minna), Bernard Richter (Magnus), Ugo Rabec (Barlow) & Eric Cutler (Éric)
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Minkowski and his players give Dietsch all the vitality they can. The cast sings with conviction...Dietsch by turns sounds like Auber, Meyerbeer, even Gounod: elegant, lyrical but never distinctive..... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Opera
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Opera, February 2014, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93 - 104 (the London Symphonies)
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Marc Minkowski and his period-instrument band may be thought of as early music specialists, yet their approach is the reverse of doctrinaire...Those who feel they have heard some of these works... —
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Symphonies
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Haydn’s last three London symphonies make a satisfying disc — and, thanks to Minkowski’s penchant for fast allegros, they fit on a single CD...But Minkowski is no early-music dogmatist; he gives... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Symphonies
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Special offer. The 10 Greatest Classical Emotions (Les 10 Plus Grandes Émotions Classiques)
Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert, Ensemble Matheus (early music ensemble), Philippe Jaroussky, Concerto Italiano (early music ensemble), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Les Musiciens du Louvre (early music ensemble), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Academia Montis Regalis (early music ensemble),...
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Special offer. Les contraltos
Concerto Italiano (early music ensemble), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Fabien Gabel, Daniel Blumenthal (piano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Les Musiciens du Louvre (early music ensemble), Franz Joseph Haydn, Il Giardino Armonico (early music ensemble), Sonia Prina...
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Special offer. Handel: Water Music & Rodrigo Overture
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
The opening Suite is splendid, from fine blasts of robust natural horns (if played at Whitehall, audible, I'd imagine, in Chelsea)...though the sound is weighty enough to suit the open air,... —
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Special offer. Haydn: 12 London Symphonies
Les Musiciens du Louvre (early music ensemble), Marc Minkowski
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Special offer. The Naïve Essentials - Anne Sofie Von Otter
Brad Mehldau (soloist), Anne Sofie von Otter (soloist), Bengt Forsberg (soloist), Francesco Cavalli (soloist), Brooklyn Rider, Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Leonardo García Alarcón, Marc Minkowski
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