Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (conductor) Maurizio Pollini (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" Directed by Franz Kabelka

Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (conductor) Maurizio Pollini (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488 Directed by Hugo Käch

Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (conductor) Maurizio Pollini (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major K 459 Directed by Hugo Käch

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada (Coductor) Alexandre Kantorow (piano) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Ouverture de fête, Op.133 Piano Concerto no. 5, Op.103 in F major "Egyptian" Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Symphony in C Monaco, Cour d'Honneur du Palais Princier, 5 August 2021 Directed by Olivier Simonnet

Martha Argerich (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves (Conductor) Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Guild Hall, Preston, Great Britain, 1977 London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (Conductor) Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 Fairfield Hall, Croydon, London, 03/05/1977 TV Director, Pierre-Martin Juban

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A documentary with extraordinary and previously unpublished material about the "world's foremost composer of tango music" - Astor Piazzolla. The Argentine bandoneon player and composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) revolutionized the tango. His tango nuevo, with its jazz and classical influences, made him a controversial figure in his own country, as his revolution clashed with tradition. Astor received his first bandoneon from his father when he was nine. Twenty years later, he had reached the limits of tango. In search of his own style, he went to study piano composition in Paris in the early 1950s. There he realized that in spite of everything, he was still a tanguero. A multifaceted career was to follow, chiefly in Europe and the United States. For this documentary, Piazzolla's son Daniel drew on his private collection. Unique footage of numerous performances and intimate family films combine with archive material to paint a vivid portrait of Piazzolla: self-assured, obstinate, passionate and a true virtuoso. Daniel's commentary reveals a complicated relationship with his father. The tapes of hours of conversations between Piazzolla and his daughter Diana provide a rare insight into the mind of a musical genius.

Czech Philharmonic, Jakub Hrůša (conductor) Daniil Trifonov (piano) Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915) Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20 Josef Suk (1874 - 1935) Asrael Op. 27 Prague, Rudolfinum, 28 April 2023

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Odyssey Hervé Koubi (choreographer) Natacha Atalas, Samy Bishaï (Musical creation) With Hervé Koubi compagny Tomi Cinej, Kobi Elahrar, Abdelghani Ferradji, Pasquale Fortunato, Vladimir Gruev, Lhastsun Le, Manon Manfrici, Nadjib Meherhera, Angèle Methangkool-Robert, Mourad Messaoud, Houssni Mijem, Ismail Oubbajaddi, Noa Sade, El Hossaini Zahid Recorde on 17/9/2020 & 16/01/2021, A. Malraux theater (Sarcelles) & Minotaure (Vallauris) TV Director, Patrick Lauzé

Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (Conductor) Lina Johnson (Soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (Mezzo-soprano), Martin Platz (Tenor), Manuel Walser (baritone) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Missa solemnis op. 123 Dresden, Frauenkirche, 20 May 2023

Daphne "Bukolische Tragödie" by Richard Straus (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Joseph Gregor First performance in Dresde, Staatsoper, 15 October 1938 Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor, Thomas Guggeis (Conductor) Martin Wright (Chorus Master) Romeo Castellucci (Stage Director, Set Design, Costumes, Lighting) Evelin Facchini (Choreography), Piersandra Di Matteo, Jana Beckmann (Dramaturgy) Vera-Lotte Boecker (Daphne) René Pape (Peneios) Pavel Černoch (Apollo) Anna Kissjudit (Gaea) Magnus Dietrich (Leukippos) Berlin, Staatsoper, 12 March 2023 Directed by Tiziano Mancini

La Sonnambula Opera by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) Libretto by Felice Romani First performance in Milano, Teatro Carcano, 6 March 1831 Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Giampaolo Bisanti (Conductor) Chœur de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Jaco van Dormael, Michèle Anne De Mey (Stage direction) Michèle Anne De Mey (Choreography, sets), Vincent Lemaire (sets), Fernando Ruiz (Costumes), Nicolas Olivier (lighting), Giacinto Caponio (Video) Jessica Pratt (Amina) René Barbera (Elvino) Marko Mimica (Il conte Rodolfo) Shiri Magar (Lisa) Julie Bailly (Teresa) Ugo Rabec (Alessio) Liège, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 28 January 2023

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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

John McLaughlin (guitar) Gary Husband (piano) Etienne M'Bappe (bass) Nicolas Viccaro (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Kinga Glyk Kinga Glyk (basse, saxophone) Arek Grygo (Keyboard) Pawel Toraszewski (Keyboard) Yoran Vroom (Drums) Recorded at the New Morning on January 23, 2020 TV Director, Patrick Savey

Electronic Vibrations - A sound changes the world Whether techno or hip-hop - electronic music is nowadays the driving force of pop culture. We have almost forgotten that its origins lie in the WDR's electronic studio, which made Cologne to one of the centres of the avant-garde during the post-war years. This is the story of how a room full of strange devices would become a cabinet of curiosities, the vibrations of which sent the whole world in a state of ecstasy. From the beginnings directly after the Second World War in Paris with Pierre Schaeffer's 'musique concrète', the film focuses on Stockhausen and goes on to Kraftwerk, from Jean-Michel Jarre and the IRCAM studio right up to Detroit to the beginnings of techno. Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Pablo Ferrández (cello), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Lahav Shani (piano), Kian Soltani (cello) Antonín Dvořák (1841- 1904) Cello concerto in B minor op. 104 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827) Coriolan, overture op. 62 Triple Concerto for piano, violin and violoncello in C major op. 56 Symphony no 5 in C minor op. 67 Recorded at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal Hatarbut), Tel-Aviv, on June 23 and 24, 2018 Directed by Christophe Boula

Falstaff "Commedia lirica" in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Libretto by Arrigo Boito First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, February 9, 1893 Orchestre National de Lille, Chœur de l'Opéra de Lille Antonello Allemandi (conductor) Denis Podalydes (stage director) Éric Ruf (sets), Christian Lacroix (costumes), Bertrand Couderc (lights) Tassis Christoyannis (Falstaff) Gabrielle Philiponet (Alice Ford) Julie Robard-Gendre (Meg Page) Silvia Beltrami (Mrs Quickly) Clara Guillon (Nannetta) Gezim Myshketa (Ford) Kevin Amiel (Fenton) Luca Lombardo (Dr Caius) Loic Felix (Bardolfo) Damien Pass (Pistola) Laurent Podalydès, Léo Reynaud (actors) Lille, Opera, May 14, 2023

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.

Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink (Conductor) Tölzer Knabenchor, Ernst Senff Chor Florence Quivar (alto) Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphonie n° 3 en ré mineur Berlin, Philharmonie, 1992 Directed by Barrie Gavin

Third Practice Choreography & Concept Tero Saarinen Music Claudio Monteverdi Music direction, Arrangement Aapo Häkkinen Lighting design Eero Auvinen (TTT-Theatre) Costume design Erika Turunen Projection design Thomas Freundlich Sound design Marco Melchior Choreographer's Assistants Henrikki Heikkilä, Satu Halttunen Tenor Topi Lehtipuu Virtual soprano Núria Rial Dancers | Tero Saarinen Company Jenna Broas, Annika Hyvärinen, Natasha Lommi, Pekka Louhio, David Scarantino, Eero Vesterinen Musicians | Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord), Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin), Anthony Marini (violin), Julien Martin (recorder), Eero Palviainen (theorbo), Mikko Perkola (viola da gamba) Helsinki, Finnish National Opera, 5 & 6 March 2021 Directed by Thomas Freundlich

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New York City Ballet Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real Serenade Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Premiered at the Adelphi Theater in New York on March 1, 1935 Choreographer | George Balanchine Lights | Mark Stanley Costume designer | Karinska Square Dance Music by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) and Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Premiered at the City Center for Music and Dance on November 21, 1957 Choreographer | George Balanchine Lights | Ronald Bates The Times Are Racing Music by Dan Deacon (1981) Premiered at the David H. Koch Theater on January 26, 2017 Choreographer | Justin Peck Costume designer | Humberto Leon Lights | Brandon Stirling Baker Sound | Abe Lacob Teatro Real, Madrid, March 26, 2023

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Lea Desandre (Soprano) Eva Zaïcik (Soprano) Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1653) Vespro della beata Vergine Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles, 9 February 2019 TV Director, Colin Laurent

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Jenufa (Her Stepdaughter) Opera in three acts by Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928) Libretto by Leos Janacek after Gabriela Preissova First performance in Brno, National Theatre, 21 January 1904 Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Simon Rattle (Conductor) Damiano Michieletto (Stage Director) Carla Teti (Costumes), Paolo Fantin (Sets) Camilla Nylund (Jenufa) Evelyn Herlitzius (Kostelnicka Buryjovka) Stuart Skelton (Laca Klemen) Hanna Schwarz (Buryjovka) Ladislav Elgr (Steva Burya) Jan Martiník (Starek) David Oštrek (The Major) Natalia Skrycka (The Major's Wife) Evelin Novak (Karolka) Adriane Queiroz (Barena) Aytaj Shikhalizadev (The Shepperd) Victoria Randem (Jano) Anna Kissjudit (Tetka) Berlin, Staatsoper, 13 February 2021

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Paolo Fresu Trio Rome, Villa Medici, 10 October 2022

Belmondo Quintet Lionel Belmondo (tenor saxophone, flute) Stéphane Belmondo (trumpet, flugelhorn) Eric Legnini (piano) Sylvain Romano (double bass) Laurent Robin (drums) Jazz à Vienne, July 8, 2021

Paolo Fresu (trumpet), Omar Sosa (piano), Trilok Gurtu (percussions) Boulougne-Billancourt, Seine Musicale, 14 November 2021

André Midani: An Insider's Story of Brazilian Music Based on his autobiography, this unique session of intimate conversations reveals the key events in the history of Brazilian music through the eyes of André Midani, who helped shape the Brazilian music scene like no other from the 1950s to the new millennium. With Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Chico Buarque, Frejat, Jorge Ben Jor, Erasmo Carlos, Boni, Fernanda Torres, Washington Olivetto, Carlos Lyra, Miúcha, Roberto Menescal, Baby Brazil, Dadi, Liminha, Nelson Motta, Carlos Diegues, Fernanda Montenegro - and many others Directed by Andrucha Waddington, Mini Kerti 2015

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Sergei Rachamninov 1873 - 1943 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Ernő Dohnányi 1877 - 1960 Symphony No. 2 in E major, op. 40 Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 23 February 2024

Eugene Onegin "Lyric scenes" in three acts by Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Libretto by Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky after Pushkin First performance Moscow, Maliy Theatre, 29 March 1879 Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Choeur de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Denis Segond (Chorus master) Eric Vigié (Stage director, Costume designer) Henri Merzeau (Lighting designer), Gary Mac Cann (Set designer), Jean-Philippe Guilois (Choreographer) Ruzan Mantashyan (Tatyana) Vasily Ladyuk (Eugene Onegin) Alexey Dolgov (Lensky) Ildar Abdrazakov (Prince Gremin) Maria Barakova (Olga) Margarita Nekrasova (Filippyevna) Zoryana Kushpler (Larina) Daniel Golossov (Company Commander) Daniel Golossov (Zaretsky) Thomas Morris (Triquet) Liège, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, 22 October 2021 TV director, Stéphane Verite

Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (Conductor) Joseph Haydn (1832 - 1809) The Last Seven Words Directed by Rhodri Huw Cadix, Oratorio de la Santa Cueva, 2009