Naïve

Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano): Origins (Naïve)

A brilliant introduction to Armenian piano music [SA]

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Hommage à Evgueni Svetlanov (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Eloquent testimony to Svetlanov’s stature as a conductor [CC]

Bach: Keyboard Concerti (Naïve)

The gloriously expressive slow-movement ariosos are the highlights [MG]

Beethoven: String Quartets, Op 18 Nos 1 and 4 (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Quatuor Mosaïques are an astonishing ensemble who deserve the utmost praise for these magnificent performances [MC]

Rachmaninov & Ravel: Piano Works (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Indulgence is avoided, lending more, not less, emotive weight to the cascades of sound [CC]

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Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus, Magnificat (Naïve)

Recommended for the bright, powerful and yet sensitive attention to detail and texture [MS]

Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Certainly a Haydn recital like you’ve never heard before [ED]

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Monteverdi: Madrigals (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) A glorious, theatrical recording of Monteverdi’s final collection of madrigals [GPu]

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La Casa del Diavolo (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) For their fiercely propulsive and compellingly vital performances Il Giardino Armonico has few equals [MC]

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Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) So many details teased out by Alessandrini make this new version very compelling indeed [TH]

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Reich: Different trains, Triple Quartet, The Four Sections (Naïve)

A must-have for any serious music lover [KS]

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Breton: La Verbena de la Paloma (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Recommendable both to lovers of zarzuela and to those new to it [RH]

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La Belle Homicide – Lute Music (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) I urge listeners who wouldn’t normally purchase a recital of lute works to hear this superlative recording [MC]

Puccini: Le Villi (naïve)

(Déjà Review) Not just for anoraks, this is a marvellous introduction to Puccini [CF]

Vivaldi Serenata a tre Naive OP7901

Vivaldi: Serenata a tre (Naïve)

Latest addition to Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition brings out the amorous playfulness of an obscure Serenata [CRo]

Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 6 (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Intelligently crafted, satisfying appetites in both Romantic and Classical camps [AN]

Impromptus Chopin Faure Margain Naive V7860

Impromptus (Naïve)

Margain is very much at home in this music, and is its ideal exponent [SG]

Legacy Chauvin V7259

Legacy (Naïve)

An imaginative programme, given fine performances [DJB]

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Monteverdi: Madrigals (Naïve Records)

An exceptionally well-conceived, exciting yet controlled rendering [MS]