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Mozart: The Great Mass Uwe Scholz (choreography) Leipziger Ballett Eun Yee You (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Friedemann Röhlig (bass) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Chorus of the Leipzig Opera, Balázs Kocsár (conductor) Directed by Hans Hulscher

Philippe Mouratoglou (guitar) Francesco da Milano Ricercare 51 Giulio Regondi Introduction & Caprice op.23 Francesco da Milano Ricercare 42 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata "Omaggio a Boccherini" op.77 Francesco da Milano Ricercare 8 Ricercare 33 Fantasia 6 Fantasia 39 Nuccio d'Angelo Due Canzoni Lidie Francesco da Milano Ricercare 38 Paris, La Scala, 9 March 2024

The Gambler Opera in four acts by Sergey Prokofiev 1891 - 1953 Libretto by Sergey Prokofiev after the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Wiener Philharmoniker Timur Zangiev (Conductor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Peter Sellars (Stage Director) George Tsypin (Sets), Camille Assaf (Costumes), James F. Ingalls (Lighting) Peixin Chen (The General) Asmik Grigorian (Polina) Sean Panikkar (Alexey Ivanovich) Violeta Urmana (Antonida Vasilevna Tarasevicheva) Juan Francisco Gatell (The Marquis) Michael Arivony (Mr Astley) Nicole Chirka (Blanche) Ya-Chung Huang (Prince Nilsky) Ilia Kazakov (Baron Wurmerhelm) Salzburg, Felsenreitschule, August 2024

Recorded at Berlin's Tempodrom, the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and its chief conductor Robin Ticciati present Richard Strauss's 'An Alpine Symphony' as a musical and philosophical mountain hike with the legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner. The concert leads us through the Alps, lets the audience pass flowering meadows en route, through thickets and underbrush, over mountain pastures and glaciers to the summit, and finally the descent surrounded by thunderstorms. Messner provides insights into the physical and psychological borderline experiences of his mountain ascents and speaks about extreme situations, the perception of nature, and his mental state on the night before departure, during the conquest of the peak, during the long, onerous descent and the exhausted, contented return home.

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) Chen Reiss (soprano) Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Six Orchestral Songs Wiegenlied, op. 41 no. 1 Meinem Kinde, op. 37 no. 3 Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden, op. 68 no. 2 Säus'le liebe Myrthe, op. 68 no. 3 Morgen, op. 27 no. 4 Das Rosenband, op. 36 no. 1 Gustav Mahler 1860 - 1911 Symphony No. 6 in A Minor Rotterdam, de Doelen (Grand Hall), 16 February 2024

Alfred Brendel (piano) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Années de pèlerinage, première année Recorded in 1986 Directed by Humphrey Burton

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor) Chen Reiss (soprano) Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) The Hebrides (Fingal's cave) Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847) Hero und Leander Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Felix Mendelssohn Infelice Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 25 December 2023

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor) Omar Tomasoni (trumpet) Anna Thorvaldsdottir (born 1977) Metacosmos Ennio Morricone (1928 - 1920) UT (trumpet concerto) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony No. 15 in A major Op. 141 Directed by Ferenc Soeteman Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 24 March 2023

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Concert halls are extremely special spaces. Parameters such as reverberation time, transmission or absorption of sound must be put in phase as physically measurable quantities: the hall itself becomes an instrument on which the musicians play.

Michael Beyer"Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (direction) Schweizer Kammerchor Bryn Terfel (bariton), Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Eteri Gvazava (soprano) Richard Wagner ""Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber"" from Die Walküre Claude Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sébastian (suite) La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques Directed by Michael Beyer Recorded at the Lucerne Festival in 2003.

Stella Almondo (piano) Robert Schumann 1810 - 1856 Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 22 Frédéric Chopin 1810 - 1849 Andante et grande polonaise brillante Nocturne n°1 op.9 Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Etude-tableau n°5 op.39 Elegy No.1 Op.3 Alexander Scriabin 1871 - 1915 Piano Sonata No. 4 op.30 Paris, Salle Gaveau, 2023 Directed by John Blanch

Mata Hari Choreography by Ted Brandsen Libretto by Janine Brogt Music by Tarik O'Regan Dutch Ballet Orchestra Matthew Rowe, conductor Sets, Lights, Clement & Sanôu Costume, François-Noël Cherpin With Mata Hari / Margaretha - Anna Tsygankova Rudolph McLeod - Casey Herd General Kiepert - Jozef Varga Vadime de Masloff - Artur Shesterikov Shiva - Young Gyu Choi Temple Dancer- Wen Ting Guan Frieda McLeod - Emanouela Merdjanova Isadora Duncan - Erica Horwood La Madame- Nadia Yanowsky MC - Edo Wijnen M. Guimet - Anatole Babenko Lieutenant Ladoux - Roman Artyushkin Aunts- Wendeline Wijkstra, Pascalle Paerel et Hannah de Klein Uncles - Wolfgang Tietze, Peter Leung et Matthew Pawlicki-Sinclair Adam Zelle (Margaretha's father) - Nicolas Rapaic And the Dutch National Ballet Live from Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam TV Director, Jeff Tudor

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal Magdalena Sypnewski (Violin), Ludmila Piestrak (Violin) Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin, conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E major BWV 1042 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor BWV 1041 Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in D minor BWV 1043 Concerto for Three Violins and Orchestra in D major BWV 1064R Palace of Versailles, Salon d'Hercules, 15 January 2024

Die Walküre First day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen" Libretto by de Richard Wagner Munich, Königliches Hof- und National Theater, 26 June 1870 Concert version Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézt-Séguin (conductor) Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund) Elza van den Heever (Sieglinde) Soloman Howard {Hunding) Brian Mulligan {Wotan) Tamara Wilson {Brünnhilde) Karen Cargill {Fricka) Justyna Bluj (Ortlinde) Jessica Faselt (Helmwige) Brittany Olivia Logan (Gerhilde) Maria Barakova (Siegrune) Iris van Wijnen (Waltraute) Ronnita Miller (Grimgerde) Catriona Morison (Rossweisse) Bongiwe Nakani (Schwertleite) Rotterdam, de Doelen, 26 April 2024

Estival Jazz 1986 John Mc Laughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra John McLaughlin (guitar) Bill Evans (saxophone) Mitchell Forman (clavier) Danny Gottlieb (drums) Jonas Hellborg (bass) Recorded in 1986, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Estival Jazz is an annual jazz festival that has been taking place since 1977 in Lugano, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland.

Jack DeJohnette (Bandleader, drums) Howard Johnson (Saxophone) Greg Osby (Saxophone) John Purcell (Saxophone) Rufus Reid (Double bass) Recorded in 1985 Estival Jazz, Lugano, Swiss

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Thaïs "Comédie lyrique" in three acts by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912) Libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel by Anatole France First performance in Paris, Opéra, 16 March 1894 Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor) Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus Jean-Louis Grinda (Stage director) Marina Rebeka (Thaïs) Ludovic Tézier (Athanaël) Jean-François Borras (Nicias) Philippe Kahn (Palémon) Marie Gautrot (Albine) Cassandre Berthon (Crobyle) Valentine Lemercier (Myrtale) Jennifer Courcier (La Charmeuse) Directed by Gabriel Grinda Monte-Carlo, Opera, 28 January 2021

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London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) Janine Jansen (violin) Lili Boulanger 1893 - 1918 D'un matin de printemps Samuel Barber 1910 - 1981 Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Serge Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 London, Barbican Hall, 14 April 2024

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (Conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 - 1897 Symphony no. 8 in C minor Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 June 2024

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Staatskapelle Dresden, Antonio Pappano (Conductor) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Dresden, Semperoper, 2018 Directed by János Darvas

Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-Soprano) Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor) Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera (Choir) I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis (Conductor) Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) I trionfi del fato Niobe, regina di Tebe Stabat Mater La libertà contenta La superbia d'Alessandro Tassilone La lotta d'Hercole con Acheloo Marco Aurelio Alarico il Baltha, cioè L'audace re de' Gothi Château de Versailles, France, 2012 Directed by Olivier Simonnet

Documentary marking the thirtieth anniversary of cellist Jacqueline du Pre's death.

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The Seasons Malandain Ballet Biarritz Thierry Malandain (Choreography) Music by Antonio Vivaldi and Giovanni Antonio Guido Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal Stefan Plewniak (Conductor) François Menou (Lighting) Jorge Gallardo (Costumes) Véronique Murat and Charlotte Margnoux (Costume creation) Richard Coudray, Giuseppe Chiavaro and Frederik Deberdt (Ballet Masters) Château de Versailles, Royal Opera, December 17, 2023

Marc Bouchkov, Michael Barenboim (Violin), Adrien La Marca, Gérard Caussé (Viola), Ivan Karizna, Astrig Siranossian (Cello), Alexander Osipenko (double bass), Pascal Moraguès, Miri Saadon- Shani (Clarinet), Elena Bashkirova, Plamena Mangova (Piano) Mieczysław Weinberg String Trio Op. 28 Max Bruch Four pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout" Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival 2022

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Gil Shaham (violon) Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Egmont, overture Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 Antonín Dvořák 1840 - 1903 Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op. 95 "From the New World" Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 I Vespri siciliani, overture Directed by Bon Coles Palermo, Teatro Massimo, 1 May 2002

Fidelio Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Libretto by Joseph Sonnleitner and Stephan von Breuning First performance in Vienna, Theater and der Wien, 20 November 1805 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Andrés Orozco Estrada (conductor) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Edward Ananian-Cooper (Chorus master) Andriy Zholdak (Stage direction, set and lighting design) Andriy Zholdak, Simon Machabeli (Costume design) Andriy Zholdak, Daniel Zholdak (Set design) Etienne Guiol (Video design) Jacquelyn Wagner (Leonore) Eric Cutler (Florestan) James Creswell (Rocco) Nicholas Brownlee (Don Pizarro) Anna El-Khashem (Marzelline) Linard Vrielink (Jaquino) Mark Kurmanbayev (Don Fernando) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 29 June 2024

Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Mel Lewis Orchestra Jazz Estival Mel Lewis (drums) Simo Salminen (trumpet) Ted Nash (saxophone) Kenny Werner (piano) John Marshall (trumpet) Joe Mosello (trumpet) Joe Lovano (saxophone) Jerry Dodgion (saxophone) Earl Gardner (trumpet) Dennis Irwin (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Mc Coy Tyner trio Estival Jazz 1985 Mc Coy Tyner (piano) Louis Hayes (drums) Avery Sharte (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Jacques Loussier: when classical meets jazz Directed by Carsten Günther

Christian Zacharias (piano) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) The Seasons op. 37a Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major D 894 Martigny, Pierre Gianadda Foundation, 8 September 2022

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Gil Shaham (violon) Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Egmont, overture Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 Antonín Dvořák 1840 - 1903 Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op. 95 "From the New World" Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 I Vespri siciliani, overture Directed by Bon Coles Palermo, Teatro Massimo, 1 May 2002

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Conductor) Gabriela Montero (piano) Raminta Šerkšnytė (born in 1975) De Profundis (Dutch premiere) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Mieczyslaw Weinberg Symphony No. 3 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 April 2023

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor) Nederlands Kamerkoor Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Benjamin Appl (bass) Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Symphony No. 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Requiem, KV 626 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 25 November 2022

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Enrico Caruso - The Eternal Voice Enrico Caruso's life was as melodramatic as the plots of many of the operas he sang. His phenomenal tenor voice made him famous worldwide and he became the first superstar. The background to a hitherto little-known assassination attempt in Cuba sheds new light on the legendary voice of the century, which is now part of humanity's cultural heritage. Enrico Caruso is a phenomenon, produced by Italian opera at the end of the 19th century. And to this day it remains its greatest mystery. How was a child from a poor background able to celebrate such great successes at the Metropolitan Opera in New York? What is the basis of his myth? Directed by Norbert Buse

Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Sonata in C major for piano four hands K. 521 Sonata in F major for piano four hands K. 497 Andante with five variations in G major for piano four hands K. 501 Sonata in D major for two pianos K. 448 Recorded Great Hall of the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation (Salzburg, Austria), 23 January 2021

Maria João Pires (piano) Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Impromptu no 3, D.935, Op.142 Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Arabesque no 1 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in A major D. 664 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque Recorded 8 March 2021, Fondation Singer-Polignac, Paris Directed by Guillaume Klein

Pene Pati (tenor), Amina Edris (soprano) Prague Philharmonia, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Overture to "Rigoletto" Questa o quella (Duke of Mantua) | Rigoletto, Act I Lunge da lei... De miei bollenti spiriti (Alfredo) | La traviata, Act II Un dì, felice, eterea (Alfredo & Violetta) | La traviata, Act I Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Dis mois que je suis belle (Thaïs) | Thaïs, Act II Charles Gounod (1818-1893) L'amour!... Ah! Lève-toi, soleil! (Romeo) | Roméo et Juliette, Act II Valse des fleurs | Roméo et Juliette, Act IV Jules Massenet (1842-1912) En fermant les yeux (Des Grieux) | Manon, Act II Toi! Vous! - Oui, c'est moi! (Des Grieux & Manon) | Manon, Act III Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi) | Tosca, Act I Intermezzo from "Madama Butterfly" Addio, fiorito asil (Pinkerton) | Madama Butterfly, Act II Pietro Mascagni (1863-1845) Cherry Duet (Fritz & Suzel) | L'Amico Fritz, Act II Giuseppe Verdi Mercè, dilette amiche (Elena) | I vespri siciliani, Act V Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) La Danza Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) A Vucchella Marechiare L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) Oh! Ne t'éveille pas encore (Jocelyn) | Jocelyn, Act II Prague, Rudolfinum, 31 January 2023

Coppél-I.A. Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot Original Music and arrangement of Leo Delibe's score: Bertrand Maillot Sets, Costumes: Aimée Moreni Lighting: Jean-Christophe Maillot et Samuel Thery Dramaturgy: Jean-Christophe Maillot et Geoffroy Staquet Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, 5 June 2022

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Rusalka Opera in three acts by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil First performance in Prague, National Theatre, 31 March 1901 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Joana Mallwitz (Musical direction) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Edward Ananian-Cooper (Chorus master) Philipp Stölzl, Philipp M. Krenn (Stage direction) Philipp Stölzl (Lighting design), Heike Vollmer, Philipp Stölzl (Set design), Anke Winckler (Costume design), Juanjo Arqués (Choreography), Simon Berger (Dramaturgy) Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka) Pavel Černoch (Princ | Prince) Annette Dasch (Cizí kněžna | Foreign Princess) Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ježibaba) Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev (Vodník | Water Goblin) Karin Strobos (Kuchtík | Kitchen Boy) Erik Slik (Hajný | Gamekeeper) Georgiy Derbas-Richter (Lovec | Hunter) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 13 June 2023

Alfred Brendel (piano) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Années de pèlerinage, première année Recorded in 1986 Directed by Humphrey Burton

Youn Sun Nah Quartet Youn Sun Nah (vocals) Christopher Jones (acoustic bass, electric bass), Thomas Naïm (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Tony Paeleman (piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer) Annecy, Bonlieu, 23 March 2023

Born in the United States, Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer and guitarist with an unclassifiable style and an exceptional artistic personality, carried by a voice that is both soft and husky, with blues and folk accents. After spending part of her childhood in the United States, she moved to France as a teenager where she joined her first jazz bands. An atypical artist, she performs a lot in the street while participating in festivals and creating her own albums. In 2004, she had an international success with Careless Love. Other albums have been released since, including the recent Anthem (2018), the title of which is taken from a Leonard Cohen song.

Le Balcon, Students of the Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur de Musique - Europe et Méditerranée d'Aix-en-Provence, Maxime Pascal (conductor) Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) From Canyons to Stars - excerpt: Interstellar Call Gérard Grisey (1946 - 1998) Stèle Olivier Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Cable car of the Glaciers of La Meije (Festival Messiaen, Pas de La Meije) 31 July 2021

Hélène Grimaud (piano) Mat Hennek (visual artist) Woodlands and Beyond Luciano Berio Wasserklavier Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 1 Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch II Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 2 Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 3 Maurice Ravel Jeux d'eau (Water Games) Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 4 Isaac Albéniz Almeria Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 5 Franz Liszt Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este) Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 6 Leoš Janáček In the Mists (V mlhách) Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 7 Claude Debussy Préludes, Book I - La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, 2017 Directed by François-René Martin

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, December 2016

Così fan tutte "Dramma giocoso" in 2 acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756- 1791) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Premiered at the Burgtheater, Vienna, January 26, 1790 Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Martin Wright (chorus master) Vincent Huguet (Stage director) Irene Selka (Lighting), Clémence Pernoud (Costumes), Aurélie Maestre (Sets), Louis Geisler (dramaturgy) Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi) Marina Viotti (Dorabella) Barbara Frittoli (Despina) Paolo Fanale (Ferrando) Gyula Orendt (Guglielmo) Lucio Gallo (Don Alfonso) Berlin, Staatsoper unter der Linden, October 3, 2021

Concert halls are extremely special spaces. Parameters such as reverberation time, transmission or absorption of sound must be put in phase as physically measurable quantities: the hall itself becomes an instrument on which the musicians play.

Michael Beyer"Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (direction) Schweizer Kammerchor Bryn Terfel (bariton), Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Eteri Gvazava (soprano) Richard Wagner ""Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber"" from Die Walküre Claude Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sébastian (suite) La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques Directed by Michael Beyer Recorded at the Lucerne Festival in 2003.

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Swedish Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (alto), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Julian Konstantinov (bass) Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Messa da Requiem Directed by Bob Coles Berlin, Philharmonie, 10 October 2001

Mata Hari Choreography by Ted Brandsen Libretto by Janine Brogt Music by Tarik O'Regan Dutch Ballet Orchestra Matthew Rowe, conductor Sets, Lights, Clement & Sanôu Costume, François-Noël Cherpin With Mata Hari / Margaretha - Anna Tsygankova Rudolph McLeod - Casey Herd General Kiepert - Jozef Varga Vadime de Masloff - Artur Shesterikov Shiva - Young Gyu Choi Temple Dancer- Wen Ting Guan Frieda McLeod - Emanouela Merdjanova Isadora Duncan - Erica Horwood La Madame- Nadia Yanowsky MC - Edo Wijnen M. Guimet - Anatole Babenko Lieutenant Ladoux - Roman Artyushkin Aunts- Wendeline Wijkstra, Pascalle Paerel et Hannah de Klein Uncles - Wolfgang Tietze, Peter Leung et Matthew Pawlicki-Sinclair Adam Zelle (Margaretha's father) - Nicolas Rapaic And the Dutch National Ballet Live from Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam TV Director, Jeff Tudor

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal Magdalena Sypnewski (Violin), Ludmila Piestrak (Violin) Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin, conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E major BWV 1042 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor BWV 1041 Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in D minor BWV 1043 Concerto for Three Violins and Orchestra in D major BWV 1064R Palace of Versailles, Salon d'Hercules, 15 January 2024

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The Gambler Opera in four acts by Sergey Prokofiev 1891 - 1953 Libretto by Sergey Prokofiev after the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Wiener Philharmoniker Timur Zangiev (Conductor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Peter Sellars (Stage Director) George Tsypin (Sets), Camille Assaf (Costumes), James F. Ingalls (Lighting) Peixin Chen (The General) Asmik Grigorian (Polina) Sean Panikkar (Alexey Ivanovich) Violeta Urmana (Antonida Vasilevna Tarasevicheva) Juan Francisco Gatell (The Marquis) Michael Arivony (Mr Astley) Nicole Chirka (Blanche) Ya-Chung Huang (Prince Nilsky) Ilia Kazakov (Baron Wurmerhelm) Salzburg, Felsenreitschule, August 2024

Malko Competition for Young Conductors 2024 - Finals Danish National Symphony Orchestra Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 | 1. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro (Ana María Patiño Osorio, 2nd Prize) Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 | 1. Allegro non troppo (Samuel Seungwon Lee, 1st Prize) Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 | 1. Allegro non troppo (Dong Chao, 3rd prize) Carl Nielsen Maskarade | Dance of the Cockerels Copenhagen, DR Koncerthuset , April 20, 2024

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Avishai Cohen Quintet Avishai Cohen (double bass, bass, vocals) Yonatan Voltzok (trombone) Yuval Drabkin (saxophone) Itay Simhovich (piano) Roni Kaspi (drums) Jazz in Marciac, July 24, 2024

Makaya McCraven (drums, sampler), De'Sean Jones (saxophone, EWI, flute), Joshua Ramos (double bass) La Rochelle, Salle La Sirène, October 13, 2021

Maria João Pires (piano) Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Impromptu no 3, D.935, Op.142 Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Arabesque no 1 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in A major D. 664 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque Recorded 8 March 2021, Fondation Singer-Polignac, Paris Directed by Guillaume Klein

Suites for a suffering world Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750 Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Thorsten Encke 1966 - Cracks, Clouds The German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff performs J.S. Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5 amid natural surroundings devastated by climate change. Beauty confronts its own destruction. Do we really want to watch without lifting a finger? Melting glaciers, desertified landscapes, flooded communities: climate change is having an alarming impact even in Europe. What are we humans doing to this wonderful planet? Aghast at the depredation and destruction of our unique ecosystems, the renowned German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff wants to ask Nature for forgiveness. She travels with her instrument to places in Europe where climate change has already become reality and visibly dealt severe wounds. Surrounded by sometimes bizarre scenery, she performs Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5, contrasting them with works specially composed for her by Thorsten Encke. She levels accusations, stokes resistance, and touches us with her virtuoso playing. The beauty of the music stands in sharp contrast to the often-dramatic images of damaged Nature, combatting the finality of destruction. A moving musical and visual plea for greater care and humility toward the beauty of our planet - at once ravishing and disturbing. Recorded at Aletsch Glacier (Switzerland), Cernon Forest (France), Harz Forest (Germany), Lac de Brenets (France/Switzerland), La Scène (Strasbourg/France), Rhone Glacier (Switzerland), Soulac-sur-Mer (France) Directed by Stéphan Aubé

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 8 April 2023

Werther "Drame lyrique" in four acts and five tableaux by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912) Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Millet and Georges Hartmann after Goethe First performance in Viena, Hofoper, 16 February 1892 Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Michel Plasson (Conductor) Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Choeur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris Benoit Jacquot (Stage direction) Charles Edwards, André Diot (sets, lighting), Christian Gasc (Costumes) Jonas Kaufmann (Werther) Sophie Koch (Charlotte) Ludovic Tézier (Albert) Anne-Catherine Gillet (Sophie) Alain Vernhes (Le Bailli) Andreas Jaggi (Jean Schmidt) Christian Tréguier (Johann) Directed by Benoit Jacquot and Louise Narboni Paris, Opéra National de Paris, (Opéra-Bastille), 2010

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) Janine Jansen (violin) Lili Boulanger 1893 - 1918 D'un matin de printemps Samuel Barber 1910 - 1981 Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Serge Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 London, Barbican Hall, 14 April 2024

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (Conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 - 1897 Symphony no. 8 in C minor Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 June 2024

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The Seasons Malandain Ballet Biarritz Thierry Malandain (Choreography) Music by Antonio Vivaldi and Giovanni Antonio Guido Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal Stefan Plewniak (Conductor) François Menou (Lighting) Jorge Gallardo (Costumes) Véronique Murat and Charlotte Margnoux (Costume creation) Richard Coudray, Giuseppe Chiavaro and Frederik Deberdt (Ballet Masters) Château de Versailles, Royal Opera, December 17, 2023

Marc Bouchkov, Michael Barenboim (Violin), Adrien La Marca, Gérard Caussé (Viola), Ivan Karizna, Astrig Siranossian (Cello), Alexander Osipenko (double bass), Pascal Moraguès, Miri Saadon- Shani (Clarinet), Elena Bashkirova, Plamena Mangova (Piano) Mieczysław Weinberg String Trio Op. 28 Max Bruch Four pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout" Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival 2022

Stella Almondo (piano) Robert Schumann 1810 - 1856 Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 22 Frédéric Chopin 1810 - 1849 Andante et grande polonaise brillante Nocturne n°1 op.9 Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Etude-tableau n°5 op.39 Elegy No.1 Op.3 Alexander Scriabin 1871 - 1915 Piano Sonata No. 4 op.30 Paris, Salle Gaveau, 2023 Directed by John Blanch

Fidelio Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Libretto by Joseph Sonnleitner and Stephan von Breuning First performance in Vienna, Theater and der Wien, 20 November 1805 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Andrés Orozco Estrada (conductor) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Edward Ananian-Cooper (Chorus master) Andriy Zholdak (Stage direction, set and lighting design) Andriy Zholdak, Simon Machabeli (Costume design) Andriy Zholdak, Daniel Zholdak (Set design) Etienne Guiol (Video design) Jacquelyn Wagner (Leonore) Eric Cutler (Florestan) James Creswell (Rocco) Nicholas Brownlee (Don Pizarro) Anna El-Khashem (Marzelline) Linard Vrielink (Jaquino) Mark Kurmanbayev (Don Fernando) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 29 June 2024

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Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Mel Lewis Orchestra Jazz Estival Mel Lewis (drums) Simo Salminen (trumpet) Ted Nash (saxophone) Kenny Werner (piano) John Marshall (trumpet) Joe Mosello (trumpet) Joe Lovano (saxophone) Jerry Dodgion (saxophone) Earl Gardner (trumpet) Dennis Irwin (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Mc Coy Tyner trio Estival Jazz 1985 Mc Coy Tyner (piano) Louis Hayes (drums) Avery Sharte (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Philippe Mouratoglou (guitar) Francesco da Milano Ricercare 51 Giulio Regondi Introduction & Caprice op.23 Francesco da Milano Ricercare 42 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata "Omaggio a Boccherini" op.77 Francesco da Milano Ricercare 8 Ricercare 33 Fantasia 6 Fantasia 39 Nuccio d'Angelo Due Canzoni Lidie Francesco da Milano Ricercare 38 Paris, La Scala, 9 March 2024

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Recorded at Berlin's Tempodrom, the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and its chief conductor Robin Ticciati present Richard Strauss's 'An Alpine Symphony' as a musical and philosophical mountain hike with the legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner. The concert leads us through the Alps, lets the audience pass flowering meadows en route, through thickets and underbrush, over mountain pastures and glaciers to the summit, and finally the descent surrounded by thunderstorms. Messner provides insights into the physical and psychological borderline experiences of his mountain ascents and speaks about extreme situations, the perception of nature, and his mental state on the night before departure, during the conquest of the peak, during the long, onerous descent and the exhausted, contented return home.

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) Chen Reiss (soprano) Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Six Orchestral Songs Wiegenlied, op. 41 no. 1 Meinem Kinde, op. 37 no. 3 Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden, op. 68 no. 2 Säus'le liebe Myrthe, op. 68 no. 3 Morgen, op. 27 no. 4 Das Rosenband, op. 36 no. 1 Gustav Mahler 1860 - 1911 Symphony No. 6 in A Minor Rotterdam, de Doelen (Grand Hall), 16 February 2024

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Der Rosenkavalier Comedy for music in three acts by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal based on "Les Amours du chevalier" by Faublas de Jean-Baptiste Louvet " de Couvray " First performance in 1927 at the Opéra de Paris Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Fabio Luisi (Conductor) Anne Schwanewilms (Marschallin, Princess von Werdenberg) Kurt Rydl (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau) Anke Vondung (Octavian) Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Herr von Faninal) Maki Mori (Sophie) Sabine Brohm (Marianne Leitmetzerin [Duenna]) Oliver Ringelhahn (Valzacchi) Elisabeth Wilke (Annina) Staatsopernchor Dresden Matthias Brauer, Ulrich Paetzholdt (Chorus Masters) Christoph Schubiger (Stage Designer) Jessica Karge (Costume Designer) Jan Seeger, Christoph Schmädicke (Lighting Designers) Recorded at the NHK Hall in 2007 Directed by Eiji YOSHIDA

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Overture from "The Magic Flute" Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathétique" Berlin, Konzerthaus, 2021 Directed by Andreas Morell

Bomsori Kim (violin) Camerata Salzburg, Gregory Ahss (conductor & violin) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Violin Concerto No.1 in B-flat major, K.207 Rheingau Musikfestival 2021 Directed by Alexander Radulescu

Bomsori Kim (violin) Camerata Salzburg, Gregory Ahss (conductor & violin) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Violin Concerto No.2 in D major, K.211 Rheingau Musikfestival 2021 Directed by Alexander Radulescu

Bomsori Kim (violin) Camerata Salzburg, Gregory Ahss (conductor & violin) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216 Rheingau Musikfestival 2021 Directed by Alexander Radulescu

Bomsori Kim (violin) Camerata Salzburg, Gregory Ahss (conductor & violin) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218 Rheingau Musikfestival 2021 Directed by Alexander Radulescu

Bomsori Kim (violin) Camerata Salzburg, Gregory Ahss (conductor & violin) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219 Rheingau Musikfestival 2021 Directed by Alexander Radulescu

Staatskapelle Dresden, Antonio Pappano (Conductor) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Dresden, Semperoper, 2018 Directed by János Darvas

Documentary marking the thirtieth anniversary of cellist Jacqueline du Pre's death.

Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-Soprano) Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor) Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera (Choir) I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis (Conductor) Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) I trionfi del fato Niobe, regina di Tebe Stabat Mater La libertà contenta La superbia d'Alessandro Tassilone La lotta d'Hercole con Acheloo Marco Aurelio Alarico il Baltha, cioè L'audace re de' Gothi Château de Versailles, France, 2012 Directed by Olivier Simonnet

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Fidelio Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Libretto by Joseph Sonnleitner and Stephan von Breuning First performance in Vienna, Theater and der Wien, 20 November 1805 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Andrés Orozco Estrada (conductor) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Edward Ananian-Cooper (Chorus master) Andriy Zholdak (Stage direction, set and lighting design) Andriy Zholdak, Simon Machabeli (Costume design) Andriy Zholdak, Daniel Zholdak (Set design) Etienne Guiol (Video design) Jacquelyn Wagner (Leonore) Eric Cutler (Florestan) James Creswell (Rocco) Nicholas Brownlee (Don Pizarro) Anna El-Khashem (Marzelline) Linard Vrielink (Jaquino) Mark Kurmanbayev (Don Fernando) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 29 June 2024

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Mel Lewis Orchestra Jazz Estival Mel Lewis (drums) Simo Salminen (trumpet) Ted Nash (saxophone) Kenny Werner (piano) John Marshall (trumpet) Joe Mosello (trumpet) Joe Lovano (saxophone) Jerry Dodgion (saxophone) Earl Gardner (trumpet) Dennis Irwin (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Mc Coy Tyner trio Estival Jazz 1985 Mc Coy Tyner (piano) Louis Hayes (drums) Avery Sharte (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Philippe Mouratoglou (guitar) Francesco da Milano Ricercare 51 Giulio Regondi Introduction & Caprice op.23 Francesco da Milano Ricercare 42 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata "Omaggio a Boccherini" op.77 Francesco da Milano Ricercare 8 Ricercare 33 Fantasia 6 Fantasia 39 Nuccio d'Angelo Due Canzoni Lidie Francesco da Milano Ricercare 38 Paris, La Scala, 9 March 2024

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Recorded at Berlin's Tempodrom, the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and its chief conductor Robin Ticciati present Richard Strauss's 'An Alpine Symphony' as a musical and philosophical mountain hike with the legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner. The concert leads us through the Alps, lets the audience pass flowering meadows en route, through thickets and underbrush, over mountain pastures and glaciers to the summit, and finally the descent surrounded by thunderstorms. Messner provides insights into the physical and psychological borderline experiences of his mountain ascents and speaks about extreme situations, the perception of nature, and his mental state on the night before departure, during the conquest of the peak, during the long, onerous descent and the exhausted, contented return home.

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) Chen Reiss (soprano) Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Six Orchestral Songs Wiegenlied, op. 41 no. 1 Meinem Kinde, op. 37 no. 3 Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden, op. 68 no. 2 Säus'le liebe Myrthe, op. 68 no. 3 Morgen, op. 27 no. 4 Das Rosenband, op. 36 no. 1 Gustav Mahler 1860 - 1911 Symphony No. 6 in A Minor Rotterdam, de Doelen (Grand Hall), 16 February 2024

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Thaïs "Comédie lyrique" in three acts by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912) Libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel by Anatole France First performance in Paris, Opéra, 16 March 1894 Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor) Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus Jean-Louis Grinda (Stage director) Marina Rebeka (Thaïs) Ludovic Tézier (Athanaël) Jean-François Borras (Nicias) Philippe Kahn (Palémon) Marie Gautrot (Albine) Cassandre Berthon (Crobyle) Valentine Lemercier (Myrtale) Jennifer Courcier (La Charmeuse) Directed by Gabriel Grinda Monte-Carlo, Opera, 28 January 2021

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Conductor) Gabriela Montero (piano) Raminta Šerkšnytė (born in 1975) De Profundis (Dutch premiere) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Mieczyslaw Weinberg Symphony No. 3 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 April 2023

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor) Nederlands Kamerkoor Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Benjamin Appl (bass) Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Symphony No. 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Requiem, KV 626 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 25 November 2022

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Last Words The great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was greatly admired for his interpretive insight, note-perfect control of the tonal qualities, and shadings of color in his voice, for exceptional rhythmic sense and impeccable diction. His reputation as a lieder singer is so high - he had a repertoire of more than 3.000 songs - that it is easy to forget his extensive list of operatic roles. In this conversation Fischer-Dieskau reveals for the last time on camera the secrets of his outstanding career. His "Last Words" provide a deep insight into the extraordinary artistic life of one of the most famous and prolific lieder singers of our time. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died in May 2012 at the age of 86. Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon 2013

Matthias Goerne (baritone), Markus Hinterhäuser (piano) William Kentridge (Stage Director and visuals) William Kentridge, Sabine Theunissen (Sets) Franz Schubert Winterreise Song Cycle (1827), lyrics by Wilhelm Müller Recorded on Juillet 2nd and 15th, 2014 at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Directed by Christian Leblé "

Marc Bouchkov, Michael Barenboim (Violin), Adrien La Marca, Gérard Caussé (Viola), Ivan Karizna, Astrig Siranossian (Cello), Alexander Osipenko (double bass), Pascal Moraguès, Miri Saadon- Shani (Clarinet), Elena Bashkirova, Plamena Mangova (Piano) Mieczysław Weinberg String Trio Op. 28 Max Bruch Four pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout" Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival 2022

The Seasons Malandain Ballet Biarritz Thierry Malandain (Choreography) Music by Antonio Vivaldi and Giovanni Antonio Guido Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal Stefan Plewniak (Conductor) François Menou (Lighting) Jorge Gallardo (Costumes) Véronique Murat and Charlotte Margnoux (Costume creation) Richard Coudray, Giuseppe Chiavaro and Frederik Deberdt (Ballet Masters) Château de Versailles, Royal Opera, December 17, 2023

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Alfred Brendel (Piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 Directed by Michael Beyer KKL - Lucerne Festival Hall, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2005

Youn Sun Nah Quartet Youn Sun Nah (vocals) Christopher Jones (acoustic bass, electric bass), Thomas Naïm (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Tony Paeleman (piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer) Annecy, Bonlieu, 23 March 2023

Born in the United States, Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer and guitarist with an unclassifiable style and an exceptional artistic personality, carried by a voice that is both soft and husky, with blues and folk accents. After spending part of her childhood in the United States, she moved to France as a teenager where she joined her first jazz bands. An atypical artist, she performs a lot in the street while participating in festivals and creating her own albums. In 2004, she had an international success with Careless Love. Other albums have been released since, including the recent Anthem (2018), the title of which is taken from a Leonard Cohen song.

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Le Balcon, Students of the Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur de Musique - Europe et Méditerranée d'Aix-en-Provence, Maxime Pascal (conductor) Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) From Canyons to Stars - excerpt: Interstellar Call Gérard Grisey (1946 - 1998) Stèle Olivier Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Cable car of the Glaciers of La Meije (Festival Messiaen, Pas de La Meije) 31 July 2021

Hélène Grimaud (piano) Mat Hennek (visual artist) Woodlands and Beyond Luciano Berio Wasserklavier Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 1 Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch II Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 2 Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 3 Maurice Ravel Jeux d'eau (Water Games) Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 4 Isaac Albéniz Almeria Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 5 Franz Liszt Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este) Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 6 Leoš Janáček In the Mists (V mlhách) Nitin Sawhney Water - Transition 7 Claude Debussy Préludes, Book I - La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, 2017 Directed by François-René Martin

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, December 2016

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Der Rosenkavalier Comedy for music in three acts by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal based on "Les Amours du chevalier" by Faublas de Jean-Baptiste Louvet " de Couvray " First performance in 1927 at the Opéra de Paris Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Fabio Luisi (Conductor) Anne Schwanewilms (Marschallin, Princess von Werdenberg) Kurt Rydl (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau) Anke Vondung (Octavian) Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Herr von Faninal) Maki Mori (Sophie) Sabine Brohm (Marianne Leitmetzerin [Duenna]) Oliver Ringelhahn (Valzacchi) Elisabeth Wilke (Annina) Staatsopernchor Dresden Matthias Brauer, Ulrich Paetzholdt (Chorus Masters) Christoph Schubiger (Stage Designer) Jessica Karge (Costume Designer) Jan Seeger, Christoph Schmädicke (Lighting Designers) Recorded at the NHK Hall in 2007 Directed by Eiji YOSHIDA

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) Janine Jansen (violin) Lili Boulanger 1893 - 1918 D'un matin de printemps Samuel Barber 1910 - 1981 Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Serge Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 London, Barbican Hall, 14 April 2024

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (Conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 - 1897 Symphony no. 8 in C minor Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 June 2024

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Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor) Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Cologne, Philharmonie, 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor) Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Boléro Cologne, Philharmonie, 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor) Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918 Iberia Cologne, Philharmonie, 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache (Conductor) Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Rapsodie Espagnole Cologne, Philharmonie, 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor) Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Alborada del gracioso Cologne, Philharmonie, 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Rivalry in Music - Callas vs. Tebaldi Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi were the two most famous sopranos of the second half of the last century. Turned into hostile enemies by their admirers, the two became untouchable goddesses of opera. For their fans, Callas was known as "the tigress", Tebaldi as "the voice of an angel": the two singers could hardly have been more different, whether in their professional or private lives. To this day, Callas remains perhaps the greatest soprano of all time. Her rival, Tebaldi, is best known to opera lovers. Why is the posthumous fame of the two prima donnas so different? Directed by Andreas Morell 2020