"Without inner fire, without physical energy, this profession would be unthinkable," according to Riccardo Chailly, in whose style of conducting accuracy and elegance are unforgettably united with an inexhaustible temperament. This is clear in this portrait of the Italian maestro, which accompanies him working with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, at La Scala in Milan, and in rehearsals for La Bohème at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia.

Trio Sōra Clémence de Forceville (violin), Angèle Legasa (cello), Pauline Chenais (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 no. 3 Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 no. 1, "Ghost" Recorded 17 June 2020 at the Fondation Singer Polignac, Paris

Alexandre Kantorow (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Ballades, op. 10 Piano Sonata no. 3 in F major, Op. 5 Recorded in Paris, Fondation Singer Polignac, 5 June 2020

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Les Noces The Rite of Spring Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreographer: Edward Clug Conductor: Simon Krečič, SNG Maribor Ballet Ensemble Assistant Choreographer: Gaj Žmavc Set designer: Marko Japelj Costume designer: Leo Kulaš Lighting designer: Tomaž Premzl Les Noces Andreja Zakonjšek Krt, soprano Dada Kladenik, alt Tim Ribič, tenor Janko Volčanšek, bass Dancers: Bride: Monja Obrul Bridegroom: Tamas Darai Bride's Mother: Evgenija Koškina Bridegroom's Father: Sergiu Moga False Bride: Sytze Jan Luske Tea Bajc, Beatrice Bartolomei, Olesja Hartmann Marin, Tijuana Križman Hudernik, Asami Nakashima, Ema Peric, Mirjana Šrot, Mina Radakovic, Davide Buffone, Tomaž Viktor Abram Golub, Matteo Magalotti, Lucio Mautone, Yuya Omaki, Andrea Schifano, Christopher Thompson, Maro Vranaričič Pianists: Sofia Ticchi, Stefan Pajanović, Kristina Golob & Tomaž Zamuda SNG Maribor Opera Choir Chorus master: Zsuzsa Budavari Novak LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS Sound designers: Gregor Mendaš The Chosen One: Evgenija...

Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Chœur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, John Nelson (Conductor) Alessandro Zuppardo (Chorus Master), Jorge Matta (Gulbenkian Chorus Master) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Christopher Maltman (bass) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Roméo et Juliette Strasbourg, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, 8 June 2022

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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...

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

Make'em move Andy Emler MegaOctet Andy Emler: Direction, composition, Piano Eric Echampard: Drums Claude Tchamitchian: Double bass Francois Verly: Percussion Francois Thuillier: Tuba Laurent Blondiau: Trumpet Laurent Dehors: Tenor Saxophone Guillaume Orti: alto saxophone Phillipe Sellam: alto saxophone Company Lady Rocks Léa Cazauran: Dance and Choreography Dancers: Julia Ortola aka Funky J. Rodrigue Lino Jesus Gabriel Gil Sanchez aka Blackeye Maelle Dufour Lisa Dwomoh aka Melle Leeza Santiago Codon Gras Ludovic Piscionneri Virgile Garcia aka Amour Le Perreux, Center des Bords de Marne, May 16, 2023

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), René Kollo (tenor), José van Dam (bass) Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125 Directed by Humphrey Burton Berlin, Philharmonie, 31 December 1977

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor) Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Ingrid Roos (Chorus director) Mari Eriksmoen (Soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Alto) Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) Latest Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection" Paris, Philharmonie, 30 November 2022

Roméo et Juliette "Drame lyrique" in 5 acts by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after the tragedy by William Shakespeare First performance in Paris, Théâtre-Lyrique du Châtelet, 27 April 1867 Philharmonia Zürich, Roberto Forés Veses (Music Direction) Chor der Oper Zürich, Ernst Raffelsberger (Chorus Master) Ted Huffman (Stage director) Andrew Lieberman (Stage design), Annemarie Woods (Costumes), Franck Evin (Lighting), Pim Veulings (Choreography) Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo Montaigu) Julie Fuchs (Juliette Capulet) Svetlina Stoyanova (Stéphano) Yuriy Hadzetskyy (Mercutio) Maximilian Lawrie (Benvolio) David Soar (Le Comte Capulet) Katia Ledoux (Gertrude) Omer Kobiljak (Tybalt) Andrew Moore (Le Comte Paris) Jungrae Noah Kim (Gregorio) Brent Michael Smith (Frère Laurent) Valeriy Murga (Le Duc de Vérone) Zurich, Opernhaus, 10 April 2023

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Wiener Singverein Annette Dasch (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass) Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125 Directed by Agnes Méth Vienna, Musikverein, 2010

Appassionato, Mathieu Herzog (Conductor) Paul Dukas L'Apprenti sorcier Jean Cras Journal de bord Claude Debussy La mer La Cathédrale Engloutie Directed by Colin Laurent Boulougne-Billancourt, Seine Musicale, 9 June 2023

La pastorale Musique, Ludwig van Beethoven Symhonie N°6, La pastorale, op.68 | Cantate, Mer Calme et heureux voyage, op.112 | Musique de scène, Les Ruines d'Athènes (extraits), op.113 Décors et Costumes, Jorge Gallardo Lumières, François Menou Réalisation costumes, Véronique Murat Conception décors et costumes, Frédéric Vadé Avec Lui (Him) : Hugo Layer Eux (them) : Irma Hoffren, Mickaël Conte, Nuria López Cortés, Raphaël Canet Les Lumineux (The luminous) : Frederik Deberdt, Arnaud Mahouy, Giuditta Banchetti, Clémence Chevillotte, Jeshua Costa, Clara Forgues, Loan Frantz, Michaël Garcia, Cristiano La Bozzetta, Hugo Layer, Guillaume Lillo, Alessia Peschiulli, Patricia Velazquez, Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel Recorded on December décembre 2019 au Théâtre National de Chaillot TV Director, Patrick Lauzé

Clowns Directed, choreographed and composed by Hofesh Shechter Performed by Hofesh Shechter Company Chien-Ming Chang, Frédéric Despierre, Rachel Fallon, Mickaël Frappat, Yeji Kim Kim Kohlmann, Erion Kruja, Merel Lammers, Attila Ronai, Diogo Sousa (dancers) Christina Cunningham (costume design) London, Rivoli Ballroom, 2018 Directed by Sebastian Cort

Choreography : Alain Platel Dramaturgy : Hildegard De Vuyst Musical Dramaturgy : Jan Vandenhouwe Les ballets C de la B Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid Andrés Máspero (Choir Conductor) Marc Piollet (Conductor) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Messa da Requiem Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Lohengrin, WWV 75 Tannhäuser, WWV 70 Les Maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg, WWV 96 Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco Macbeth La Traviata Director par : Andreas Morell Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain), 2012

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Don Giovanni "Dramma Giocoso" in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte First performance in Prague, 29 October 1787 Staatskapelle Berlin, Thomas Guggeis (Musical Director) Staatsopernchor, Martin Wright (Chorus Master) Vincent Huguet (Director) Aurélie Maestre (Sets), Clémence Pernoud (Costumes), Irene Selka (Lights), Robert Pflanz (Video), Louis Geisler (Dramaturgy) Michael Volle (Don Giovanni) Slávka Zámečníková (Donna Anna) Bogdan Volkov (Don Ottavio) Peter Rose (Il Commendatore) Elsa Dreisig (Donna Elvira) Riccardo Fassi (Leporello) David Oštrek (Masetto) Serena Sáenz (Zerlina) Berlin, Staatsoper, 17 April 2022

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Jokers Vincent Peirani : accordion, accordina Federico Casagrande : guitar Ziv Ravitz : drums After many collaborations in duo (with Émile Parisien, Michel Portal, Michael Wollny, François Salque) or within his quintet, Living Being, Vincent Peirani wanted to embark on another form of orchestration, that of the trio. With the Italian guitarist Federico Casagrande, who has been living in Paris for many years, and Ziv Ravitz, an Israeli drummer who lives in New York, he forms a hybrid trio, guitar, drums, accordion, in which each musician can take the place of another, to become, by turns, a soloist, a rhythmist, a colourist, and so on. This cosmopolitan formula explores all kinds of music: enigmatic, oneiric, electronic, explosive, colourful, even silent. Everything is permitted and left to the free will of each of the three protagonists. Like the Joker - not so much the fictional super-villain of American comic books as the playing card found in most card decks (the Joker can...

Yom & The Wonder Rabbis Yom (clarinet, composition) Léo Jassef (keaboard) Guillaume Magne (guitar) Sylvain Daniel (bass) Mathieu Penot (drums) Yom is a talented and inspired clarinet player from Paris who is always exploring an extensive array of musical styles. From the revived Central European klezmer grafted onto jazz and electro music to rock, Americana and contemporary music, this insatiable all-rounder never loses sight of the edges of his musical vision. His debut album, New King of Klezmer Clarinet, came out in 2008. Here he steps into the shoes of his idol Naftule Brandwein with relish. Yom soon stepped away from ready-to-wear to venture into something more bespoke with Unue, an album featuring Wang Li, Ibrahim Maalouf, Denis Cuniot and Farid D. Nouveau then returned two years later with The Wonder Rabbis. At the same time, a series of collaborations with Wang Li, the Chinese mouth harp player, produced the album Green Apocalypse (2012). The clarinet player now wants to...

Thomas de Pourquery & Supersonic Thomas De Pourquery, saxophone alto Laurent Bardainne, saxophone ténor Fabrice Martinez, trompette Arnaud Roulin, piano, claviers Frederick Galiay, basse Edward Perraud, batterie Playlist Thomas De Pourquery; Mermaids Sun Ra, We travel the space ways Thomas De Pourquery, Slow down, Present eternity, Sons of love, Simple forces, Give the money back, Révolutions, Disco 2100 Sun Ra, Love in outer space Recorded on June 15, 2019 at the Cité de la musique TV Director, Josselin Carré

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier (conductor) Alexander Kantorow (piano) Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Masques et Bergamasques op.112 Guillaume Connesson (born in 1970) L'Espérence de l'aube - World premiere, commissioned by the Fondation Louis Vuitton Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) Sinfonietta Paris, Louis Vuitton Foundation, June 22, 2023

Jakub Józef Orlinski (countertenor) Ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, Zefira Valova (violin & conductor) Francesco Cavalli La Calisto (1661) | Sinfonia Erme e solinghe cime... Lucidissima face (Endimione) Giovanni Antonio Boretti Eliogabalo (1668) | Chi scherza con Amor (Eliogabalo) Giovanni Antonio Boretti Claudio Cesare (1672) | Sinfonia Crudo amor non hai pieta (Claudio) Giovanni Bononcini La Nemica d'Amore fatta amante (1693) | Sinfonia Giovanni Bononcini La Costanza non gradita (1694) | Infelice mia costanza (Aminta) Nicola Matteis Don Chisciotte in Siera Morena (1719) | Ballo dei Bagatellieri Francesco Bartolomeo Conti Don Chisciotte (1719) | Odio, vendetta, amor (Fernando) Luca Antonio Predieri Scipione il Giovane (1731) | Finche salvo e l'amor suo (Scipione) Pietro Antonio Locatelli Concerto a quattro op. 1 no 11 in C minor Giuseppe Maria Orlandini / Johann Mattheson Nerone (1723) | Che m'ami ti prega (Nerone) Nicola Fago Il faraone sommerso (1709) | Alla gente a Dio diletta...

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The Enchantress Opera in four acts by Piotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Libretto by Ippolit W. Schpaschinski First performed in Saint Petersburg, Mariinsky Theater, November 1st 1887 Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Oper Frankfurt's Chorus, Valentin Uryupin (Conductor) Tilman Michael (Chorus Master) Vasily Barkhatov (Stage Director) Christian Schmidt (Set Designer), Kirsten Dephoff (Costume Designer), Gal Fefferman (Choreography), Olaf Winter (Lighting), Christian Borchers (Video), Zsolt Horpácsy (Dramaturgy) Asmik Grigorian (Nastasia) Iain MacNeil (Prince) Claudia Mahnke (Princess) Alexander Mikhailov (Prince Yuri) Frederic Jost (Mamyrow | Kudma) Zanda Švēde (Nenila) Božidar Smiljanić (Iwan Schuran) Dietrich Volle (Foka) Nombulelo Yende (Polja) Jonathan Abernethy (Balakin) Pilgoo Kang (Potap) Kudaibergen Abildin (Lukasch) Magnús Baldvinsson (Kitschiga) Michael McCown (Paisi) Frankfurt, Opera House, 14 December 2022

Humphrey Burton "Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Members of the Kirov Orchestra, Leningrad, Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Members of the New York Philharmonic, Members of the Orchestre de Paris, Leonard Bernstein (direction) Bavarian Radio Chorus, Berlin Radio Chorus, Dresden Philharmonic Childrens Chorus June Anderson (soprano), Sarah Walker (alto), Klaus Konig (tenor), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass) Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 'Choral' Directed by Humphrey Burton Recorded on December 25, 1989 The Berlin Wall fall on 9 November 1989 unleashed democratization in Central and Eastern Europe. 'I am experiencing a historical moment, incomparable with others in my long, long life,' commented Bernstein. In a typically grandiose yet eloquent gesture, Bernstein spontaneously accepted an invitation to conduct two performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate this freedom. Two concerts, held in each...

Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Sophie de Bardonnèche (violin) François Francœur (1698 - 1787) Sonata no. In E minor (Livre 1, Paris 1720) Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665 - 1729) Sonata in D minor (Paris, 1707) Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) Premier livre de pièces de clavecin (Allemande I & Gavotte et doubles) Jacques Duphly (1715 - 1789) Pièces pour clavecin avec accompagnement de violon, Sonata no 1, Aria gratioso Antoine Albanèse (1729 - 1800) Romance 'au bord d'une fontaine, hélas j'ai perdu mon amant' (second recueil de chansons avec accompagnement de violon et la basse continue) Wolfgang-Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Six variations on 'Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant' K.360/374b Recorded 20 May 2020, Fondation Singer Polignac, Paris