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

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...

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

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

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Orchestre National de Jazz | Dancing in your Head(s) |Ornette Galaxy Fred Maurin, Artistic direction, guitar, Fred Pallem, orchestration Jean-Michel Couchet, Alto saxophone, Anna-Lena Schnabel, Alto saxophone, Julien Soro, Tenor saxophone, Fabien Debellefontaine, Tenor saxophone, Morgane Carnet, Baritone saxophone, Fabien Norbert, trUmpet, Susan Santos Silva, trUmpet, Mathilde Fevre, Horn, Daniel Zimmerman, trombone, Judith Wekstein, bass trombone, Pierre Durand, guitar, Bruno Ruder, Fender Rhodes, Sylvain Daniel, Electric bass , Rafaël Koerner, Drums Recorded on April 19, 2019 at the Banlieues Bleues festival, MC93 TV Director, Guillaume Dero

Miles Davis (trumpet), Kenny Garrett (saxophone), Bobby Irving, Adam Holzman (keyboards), Joseph " Foley " McCreary (guitar), Benjamin Rietveld (bass), Marilyn Mazur (percussions), Ricky Wellman (drums) Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich, 1988 - 40'

Erik Truffaz, Trumpet Estreilla Besson, Piano Playlist - Ganga Aarti (E. Truffaz) - Ombres et lumière (E. Truffaz) - Avant l'aube (E. Truffaz) - SO (E. Truffaz) - Betty (E. Truffaz) - Falling stars 2 (E. Truffaz) - Yasmina (E. Truffaz) Recorded on June 11 & 12, 2020 at the Piano Festival de Lille TV Director, Nicolas Foulon

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Matthias Goerne (baritone), Markus Hinterhäuser (piano) William Kentridge (Stage Director and visuals) William Kentridge, Sabine Theunissen (Sets) Franz Schubert Winterreise Song Cycle (1827), lyrics by Wilhelm Müller Recorded on Juillet 2nd and 15th, 2014 at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Directed by Christian Leblé "

Stella Almondo (piano) Robert Schumann 1810 - 1856 Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 22 Frédéric Chopin 1810 - 1849 Andante et grande polonaise brillante Nocturne n°1 op.9 Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Etude-tableau n°5 op.39 Elegy No.1 Op.3 Alexander Scriabin 1871 - 1915 Piano Sonata No. 4 op.30 Paris, Salle Gaveau, 2023 Directed by John Blanch

Maria João Pires (piano) Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Impromptu no 3, D.935, Op.142 Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Arabesque no 1 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in A major D. 664 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque Recorded 8 March 2021, Fondation Singer-Polignac, Paris Directed by Guillaume Klein

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

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

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

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

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Magic Moments of Music: Sergiu Celibidache & the Berliner Philharmoniker Directed by Holger Preuse and Philipp Quiring

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (conductor) Orfeó Català Louise Alder (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), Mauro Peter (tenor), Krešimir Stražanac (bass-baritone) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 Valentin Silvestrov (born in 1937) Prayer for Ukraine for mixed a cappella choir Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996) Requiem for strings Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 Ave verum corpus K. 618 Mass in C major, K. 317 "Coronation" Barcelona, Sagrada Familia, 1 May 2023

The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's "Ode to joy" Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With The Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez,...

Grigory Sokolov (piano) Franz Schubert Four Impromptus D 899 Franz Schubert Three Klavierstücke D 946 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano sonata no. 29 in B flat major Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" Bis Jean-Philippe Rameau Les tendres plaintes Les tourbillons Les cyclopes La follette Les sauvages Johannes Brahms Intermezzo Opus 117 no. 2 Recorded on June the 5th, 2013 at the Philharmonie, Berlin Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon "