Les Boréades "Tragédie en musique" in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) Libretto by Louis de Cahusac First performance at Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre de l'Archevêché, 21 July 1982 Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (Conductor) Barrie Kosky (Stage Direction) Katrin Lea Tag (Sets, costumes), Franck Évin (Lighting), Otto Pichler (Choreography) Hélène Guilmette (Alphise) Emmanuelle De Negri (Sémire, Polymnie, Cupidon, Nymphe) Mathias Vidal (Abaris) Christopher Purves (Borée) Yoann Dubruque (Borilée) Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Adamas, Apollon) Sébastien Droy (Calisis) Dancers Yacnoy Abreu Alfonso, Julie Dariosecq, Benjamin Dur, Anaëlle Echalier, Lazare Huet, Anna Konopska Recorded at the Opéra de Dijon, March 26 & 28, 2019 Directed by Julien Condemine

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Angelika Denoke (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Burkhardt Fritz (tenor), René Pape (bass) Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Leonore Overture No.3 Symphony No.9 "Choral" Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Tristan und Isolde "Liebestod" Berlin, Philharmonie, 2006 Directed by Michael Beyer

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (direction) Maurizio Pollini (piano), Karita Mattila (soprano), Lioba Braun (soprano), Peter Seiffert (tenor) Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy Op. 80 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 2 Op. 52 Directed for video by Michael Beyer (1h30) Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie in 2002

Wagner's Jews Richard Wagner was notoriously anti-Semitic, and his writings on Jews were later embraced by Hitler and the Nazis. But for years, many of Wagner's closest associates were Jews - young musicians who became personally devoted to him, and provided crucial help to his work and career. Why were they drawn to him? And how could Wagner even accept their embrace? These questions are at the heart of 'Wagner's Jews', the first film to focus on Wagner's complex personal relationships with Jews. Filmed on location in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, 'Wagner's Jews' reveals this remarkable story through archival sources, re-enactments, interviews, and performances of original musical works by Wagner's Jewish colleagues. Featuring Zubin Mehta and Leon Botstein among others, the film also explores the ongoing controversy over performing Wagner's music in Israel. The same questions asked in Wagner's time still resonate today: is it possible to separate the art from its creator? Can sublime music transcend prejudice and bigotry, and the weight of history? Directed by Hilan Warshaw 2013

Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Akiko Suwanai (violin) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Prelude, Tristan und Isolde Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) Violin Concerto "To the memory of an angel" Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951) Pelléas et Mélisande Lucerne, KKL (Lucerne Festival), 2003

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

César Franck (1822 - 1890) Hulda Opera in four acts and an epilogue Libretto by Charles Grandmougin after a play by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson First performance in Monte-Carlo, Opéra, 4 March 1894 Concert version Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Chœur de Chambre de Namur Jennifer Holloway (Hulda), Véronique Gens (Gudrun), Marie Karall (la Mère de Hulda), Judith van Wanroij (Swanhilde), Marie Gautrot (Halgerde), Ludivine Gombert (Thordis), Edgaras Montvidas (Eiolf), Boris Pinkhasovich (Gudleik), Matthieu Lécroart (Aslak), Artavazd Sargsyan (Eyrick), François Rougier (Gunnard), Sébastien Droy (Eynar), Guilhem Worms (Thrond), Matthieu Toulouse (Arne | Un Héraut) Liège, salle Philharmonique, 15 May 2022 Directed by Frédéric Caillierez

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Fre3 Women Susana Santos Silva (trumpet) Morgane Carnet (saxophone) Blanche Lafuente (drums) Recorded on March 11, 2020 at the festival Banlieues Bleues RV Director, Guillaume Dero,

Lucky Peterson, tribute to Jimmy Smith Lucky Peterson (organ, lyric) Nicolas Fomer (trumpet) Kekyn Crapp (guitar) Ahmad Compaoré (drums) Twelve years after the death of Jimmy Smith, Lucky Peterson, pays a tribute to the master of the Hammond organ." My father brought me up on blues before I could even walk, and I played the organ before having learnt to speak."Lucky Peterson, The precocious, classy little baby's bottle was thrown into music as soon as he was born.To this die-hard blues man, who is the guardian of the flame, he was able to add a well-chosen dose of groove. There is no doubt that it was a suitable way to honour Jimmy Smith, who was a reference in the realm of jazz soul and with whom he had exchanged in his youth. Finally this dive into history reminds us how much the hymns of the 1950's and 1960's remain incredibly sensual, enough to encourage the choir of a church to dance... Recorded on March 31st 2018 at the 'Espace Paul Eluard, Stains, Banlieues bleues festival TV Director, Guillaume Dero

Amalia Rodrigues (voice) Carlos Concalves Dos Santos, Manuel Arnaldo Martins Dos Santos, Antonio Pires Ascensao Recorded in 1978, Musicalmente dallo studio 3 Tv director, Mirto Storni

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London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Faustine de Monès (soprano), Peter Donohoe (piano), Cynthia Millar (Ondes Martenot) Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) Ces belles années… (world premiere) Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) Turangalîla-Symphonie London, Barbican Hall, 15 June 2023

Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Tito Muñoz (conductor) Benjamin Kruithof (cello), Maria Marica (violin), Alexandra Segal (piano) Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) Cello Concerto in B minor op. 104 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Variation on a theme from Corelli op. 42

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

Turandot "Dramma lirico" in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after Carlo Gozzi First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 25 April 1926 Arena di Verona Orchestra & Chorus, Marco Armiliato (Conductor) Ulisse Trabacchin (Chorus Master) Children's choir A.d'A.Mus, Marco Tonini (chorus master) Franco Zeffirelli (Stage Direction, sets) Emi Wada (Costumes), Maria Grazia Garofoli (Choreographic movements), Gaetano Petrosino (Ballet coordinator) Anna Netrebko (Turandot) Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) Maria Teresa Leva (Liù) Ferruccio Furlanetto (Timur) Carlo Bosi (Imperatore Altoum) Gëzim Myshketa (Ping) Matteo Mezzaro (Pong) Riccardo Rados (Pang) Youngjun Park (Mandarino) Verona, Arena di Verona, 10 August 2022

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

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

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare (Conductor) Javier Perianes (piano) Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983) Variaciones concertantes, op.23 Jimmy López Bellido (born in 1978) Ephemerae, piano concerto Heitor Villa-Lobos (1997 - 1959) Bachianas brasileiras no. 8 Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Bolero Montreal, Maison Symphonique, 23 November 2023 Directed by Benoît Guérin

Directed By Cristopher Nupen Although he was still in his early thirties when this film was made, Itzhak Perlman's virtuosity was already something of a legend and he was soon to become one of the most popular figures on the international concert stage. This film played a major part in that success. His rare combination of astonishing technical virtuosity and lighthearted ebullience have since won him a particularly affectionate following, but he wears his success very easily and describes himself as basically a family man and his relationship with his family as the most important thing in his life. This film, which was shot over a period of three years, shows Itzhak Perlman at home in New York with his family, on tour in Europe with Pinchas Zukerman, playing Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, conducted by Lawrence Foster, in the recording studios with Vladimir Ashkenazy, recording Beethoven sonatas, playing Scott Joplin in Wuppertal with Bruno Canino, solo Bach at a BBC Lunchtime Concert in St John's, Smith Square, London, a Beethoven Trio with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lynn Harrell in concert at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and rehearsing, performing and teaching at the Aspen Music School in Colorado, where he goes regularly with his entire family. This film is an intimate portrait of this entertaining and many-faceted artist and it includes music by Bazzini, Sarasate, Beethoven, Scott Joplin, Bach and Vivaldi with a number of performances shot on stage in true concert conditions, where the artist is at his best and most revealing.

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (Conductor) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 London, 1978 Directed by Christopher Nupen

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (Conductor) Pinchas Zukerman (Violin) Max Bruch (1838 -1920) Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 Paul Ben-Haim (1897 - 1984) Berceuse sfaradite for violin and piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 Tel-Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 21 October 2021 Directed by Christophe Boula