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

Lucas Debargue (piano) Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Barcarolle no. 1 in A minor, Op. 26 Barcarolle no. 2 in G major, Op. 41 Barcarolle no. 3 in G flat major, Op. 42 Barcarolle no. 4 in A flat major, Op. 44 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Gaspard de la nuit Stéphane Delplace (b. 1953) Preludes and fugues in the thirteen tonalities - Prelude and Fugue XXVII in E flat major Klavierstück VI in E minor Septem Perpetuum Lucas Debargue (b. 1990) 2nd piece for piano: Prelude and fugue in G minor 3rd piece for piano: Barcarolle in F minor Recorded 22 June 2020 at the Fondation Singer Polignac, Paris

Segovia at Los Olivos Directed by Christopher Nupen In fact, in Western classical music, the achievement of Andrés Segovia is unique. As a boy in Granada, he was captivated by the variety of tone colours and the wealth of harmonic possibilities of the Spanish guitar and he saw a future for it that nobody had previously even dreamed of. On those seemingly slender beginnings he set out on a remarkable quest. Using the work done by Fernando Sor and Francisco Tarrega in the nineteenth century and adding the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, he began to build not only a career for himself, but to lay the foundations of modern guitar technique and the present-day international popularity of the Spanish guitar as a serious musical instrument. Within twenty years, Andrés Segovia had taught himself the instrument, revolutionised the technique and won acceptance for it on the concert platforms of Europe. He spent the next fifty years giving concerts in almost every part of the world...

Pablo Sáinz-Villegas (classical guitar) A Tribute to Andrés Segovia Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza", Op. 37 Spanish Dance no. 10 "Danza melancólica", Op. 37 Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) Invocation and Dance Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) Arab Caprice Prelude-Tear Adelita Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Torre Bermeja, of Twelve Characteristic Pieces, Op. 92 Mallorca (Barcarola), Op. 202 Asturias (Legend), from Spanish Suite, Op. 47 Granada, The Patio de los Arrayanes, 5 July 2021

Judith Jáuregui (piano), Quatuor Gerhard Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major op. 81 Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Piano Quintet in G minor op. 49 Lille Piano Festival, 12 June 2022

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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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Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon) Arnaldo Ciato (piano) Giuseppe Prestipino Giarrita (bass) Tullio De Piscopo (drums) Hugo Heredia (flute) Nando De Luca (organ) Aldo Pagani (marimba) Felice Dacco (guitare) Recorded in 1974 Tv director, Sandro Briner

Michel Portal (clarinet) Bojan Z (piano) Nils Wogram (trombone) Bruno Chevillon (bass) Lander Gyselinck (drums) Recorded at Salle Poiret, Festival Nancy Jazz Pulsations, Nancy, the 6th october 2021 Directed by par Samuel Petit Michel Portal is a clarinettist and saxophonist with a dazzling technique, a tireless explorer of sounds, always on the lookout for new musical adventures. He is as comfortable with Brahms as he is with Bernard Lubat or as a composer of film music. After a ten-year absence, he makes a masterly return to the recording studio on his 85th birthday and leads a high-flying quintet that includes French bassist Bruno Chevillon, German trombonist Nils Wogram, young Belgian drummer Lander Gyselinck and pianist Bojan Z.

Michel Portal in concert Michel Portal (saxophone, bass clarinet) Nils Wogram (trombone) Bojan Z (piano) Bruno Chevillon (Double Bass) Lander Gyselinck (drums) Setlist Full Half Moon (Bojan Z) Split the Difference (Nils Wogram) Mr Pharmacie (Michel Portal) In town (Michel Portal) Armenie (Michel Portal) African Wind (Michel Portal) To celebrate his 85th birthday, saxophonist and clarinettist Michel Portal stays true to the guiding principle of his bold and eclectic musical career: a keen taste for new music, with no regard for borders. Recorded on September 6, 2020, Grande Halle, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Célidja Pornon

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

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Don Carlos Opéra in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1883) Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle after Friedrich von Schiller's "Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien" First performance in Paris, Opéra, 11 March 1867 Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Paolo Arrivabeni (Conductor) Pierre Iodice (Chorus master) Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (Stage Director) Gary Mc Cann (sets) Fernand Ruiz (costumes), Franco Marri (lighting) Gregory Kunde (Don Carlos) Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Philippe II) Yolanda Auyanet (Elisabeth de Valois) Kate Aldrich (La Princesse Eboli) Lionel Lhote (Marquis de Posa) Roberto Scandiuzzi (Grand Inquisiteur) Patrick Bolleire (Un Moine) Caroline De Mahieu (Thibault) Maxime Melnik (Le Comte de Lerme) Louise Foor (Une voix céleste) Recorded at the Opéra Royal de Liège-Wallonie, 17 & 19 April 2020

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

A tribute to Jacqueline du Pré to mark the thirtieth anniversary of her death, on 19 October 1987. The film contains archive footage shot during Jacqueline du Pré's lifetime which captures some glorious and professionally filmed live performances. It also remembers both her personality and her music through the memories and tributes of her closest friends and colleagues including Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Toby Perlman, Fou Ts'ong, Zubin Mehta, William Pleeth, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hugh Maguire, Elizabeth Wilson, Cynthia Friend, Charles Beare, Suvi Grubb, Dr Len Selby and Clive Barda.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Gergely Madaras (conductor) Gautier Capucon (cello) William Walton (1902 - 1983) Concerto for cello and orchestra Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Faust-Symphonie (version for solo orchestra, 1854) Liège, Philharmonic Hall, September 16, 2022