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

Orkester Nord, Martin Wåhlberg (direction) Trondheim Vocal Ensemble Samuel Boden (tenor, Evangelist), Håvard Stensvold (bass, Jesus), Christine Herresthal (Mezzo-soprano), Pauline Texier (soprano), Mathias Gillesbo (tenor) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750 St. John Passion BWV 245 Directed by John Blanch Trondheim, Barokkfest Festival 2023

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Hammer Dance work by Alexander Ekman GöteborgsOperans Danskompani Göteborg, 10 December 2022

Les Talens Lyriques, Namur Chamber Choir, Christophe Rousset (conductor) Ian Bostridge (tenor, Evangelist), Benjamin Appl (bass, Jesus), Anna El-Kashem (soprano), Mari Askvik (alto), James Way (tenor), Thilo Dahlmann (baritone) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Matthäus-Passion (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244 Aix-en-Provence, Grand Théâtre de Provence, (Easter Festival), April 7, 2023

La Forza del destino Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after "Don Alvaro, o La fuerza del destino" by Duque de Rivas First performance in Saint Petersbourg, Imperial Theatre, 10 November 1862 Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Paolo Arrivabeni (Conductor) Choeur de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Denis Segond (Chorus master) Gianni Santucci (Stage direction) Alex Brok (Lighting design), Fernand Ruiz (Costume design), Gary Mac Cann (Set design) Alexei Gorbatchev (Il Marchese di Calatrava) Marcelo Álvarez (Don Alvaro) Maria José Siri (Donna Leonora) Simone Piazzola (Don Carlo di Vargas) Michele Pertusi (Padre Guardiano) Enrico Marabelli (Fra Melitone) Nino Surguladze (Preziosilla) Maxime Melnik (Mastro Trabuco) Angélique (Noldus Curra) Liège, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 12 September 2021 TV director, Stéphane Vérité

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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Recorded on July 10th, 2022 - Jazz à Vienne

Marquis Hill (trumpet) Joël Ross (vibraphone, piano), Makaya McCraven (drums), Paul Junius (bass) Montreal International Jazz Festival, July 3, 2022 Directed by Sîla

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

Neue Grafik Ensemble Fred N'Thepe - keyboard Matt Gedrych - bass Jack Banjo - trumpet Benjamin Appiah - drums Faye Thompson - saxophone Fred N'Thepe, Jordan Figueroa Saintard, Emma-Jean Thackray | Something is Missing Fred N'Thepe | Officer, Let me Go to School Fred N'Thepe, Matt Gedrych | For Adama Fred N'Thepe | Queen Assa Hadiru Mahdi aka Brother Portrait, Fred N'thepe, Tanguy Jouanjan | Dedicated to Marie Paule Shaeem Wright aka Lord Apex, Fred N'Thepe | Step to It Hedgehog Dilemma Paris, Jazz à La Villette, Cité de la Musique, September 10, 2021

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Daniel Harding (Conductor) Martha Argerich, Maria Joao Pires (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for two pianos and orchestra No.10 in E flat major, KV 365 Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphony No.1 in D major "Titan" Geneva, Victoria Hall, December 16, 2021

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Phaéton "Tragédie en musique" in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687) Libretto by Philippe Quinault after Ovid's "Metamorphoses" First performance in Versailles, 6 January 1683 Le Poème Harmonique, musicAeterna, Vincent Dumestre (Conductor) Benjamin Lazar (Stage Direction) Mathieu Lorry-Dupuy (Sets), Alain Blanchot (Costumes), François Menou (Lighting) Mathias Vidal (Phaéton) Éva Zaïcik (Lybie) Victoire Bunel (Théone) Lisandro Abadie (Saturne / Epaphus / Jupiter) Cyril Auvity (Triton / le Soleil / la Déesse de la Terre) Léa Trommenschlager (Climène) Viktor Shapovalov (Protée / le Roi tributaire) Elizaveta Sveshnikova (Astrée / une Heure du jour) Aleksandre Egorov (Mérops) Alfiya Khamidullina (Une Heure du jour) Recorded at the Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles, 2 June 2018 Directed by Corentin Leconte

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (Conductor) Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Firebird Petrouchka The Rite of Spring Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 30 September 2022

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (Conductor) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) Namouna, suite no. 1 from the complete ballet Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Bacchus et Ariane, suite no. 2 Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Scènes alsaciennes, orchestral suite Paul Dukas (1865-1935) L'Apprenti sorcier Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) La Valse Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 10 January 2023