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La Bella Otero Choreography: Rubén Olmo Ballet Nacional de España Rubén Olmo, director Patricia Guerrero, guest artist Maribel Gallardo, special collaboration Flamenco musicians from the BNE Music: Manuel Busto, Alejandro Cruz, Agustín Diassera, Rarefolk, Diego Losada, Víctor Márquez, Enrique Bermúdez and Pau Vallet Musical recording: Barenboim-Said Foundation, musical direction by Manuel Busto Dramaturgy: Gregor Acuña-Pohl Set design: Eduardo Moreno Costume design: Yaiza Pinillos Lighting: Juan Gomez Cornejo Imagery: Manuel Martín Nieto Festival de Granada, June 23, 2023

Orchestre de Paris, Pablo Heras-Casado (Conductor) Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) Maurice Ravel (1975 - 1937) Boléro Cinq mélodies populaires grecques Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) / Maurice Ravel Pictures in an exhibition Recorded 27 March 2021, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Der Rosenkavalier Comedy for music in three acts by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal First performance in Dresde, Hofoper, 26 January 1911 Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi (Conductor) Staatsopernchor Dresden, Matthias Brauer, Ulrich Paetzholdt (Chorus Masters) Anne Schwanewilms (Marschallin, Princess von Werdenberg) Kurt Rydl (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau) Anke Vondung (Octavian) Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Herr von Faninal) Maki Mori (Sophie) Sabine Brohm (Marianne Leitmetzerin) Oliver Ringelhahn (Valzacchi) Elisabeth Wilke (Annina) Uwe Eric Laufenberg (stage director) Christoph Schubiger (Stage Designer), Jessica Karge (Costume Designer), Jan Seeger, Christoph Schmädicke (Lighting Designers) Recorded at the NHK Hall, Tokyo, in 2007 Directed by Eiji Yoshida

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Bernhard Gander (B. 1969) Take death Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) Naval Aviation in Art? Dupree's Paradise The Perfect Stranger Edgard Varèse (1883 -1965) Intégrales John Zorn (B. 1953) For Your Eyes Only Frank Zappa Get Whitey The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat (aka Dog / Meat), G-Spot Tornado Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 29 September 2018 Directed by Jérémie Schellaert

Gala Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo (baritone) Jennifer Rowley (soprano) Zhang Zhang (violin) Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Laurent Campellone (conductor) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La forza del destino (overture) Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) Andrea Chénier (Nemico della patria) Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) Adriana Lecouvreur (Io son l'umile ancella) Umberto Giordano Fedora (Intermezzo) Giuseppe Verdi La traviata (Madamigella Valery ?) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) The Roman Carnival (Overture) Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Hamlet (O vin dissipe la tristesse) Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Le Cid (Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux) Thaïs (Méditation) Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore (Udiste ?... Mira, di acerbe lagrime) Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) Maravilla (Amor, vida de mi vida) Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) La bohème (Quando men'vo soletta) Franz Lehar (1870-1948) Die lustige Witwe (Lippen Schweigen) Château de Versailles, France, 2 avril 2022

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

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

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

Jascha Heifetz - God's Fiddler Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin, a musical "wunderkind" who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. Through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, this documentary filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in Los Angeles, re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century. We hear from all the great violinists of his generation, and from many of his former students who are still alive, that Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music? Directed by Peter Rosen 2011

Daphne "Bukolische Tragödie" by Richard Straus (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Joseph Gregor First performance in Dresde, Staatsoper, 15 October 1938 Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor, Thomas Guggeis (Conductor) Martin Wright (Chorus Master) Romeo Castellucci (Stage Director, Set Design, Costumes, Lighting) Evelin Facchini (Choreography), Piersandra Di Matteo, Jana Beckmann (Dramaturgy) Vera-Lotte Boecker (Daphne) René Pape (Peneios) Pavel Černoch (Apollo) Anna Kissjudit (Gaea) Magnus Dietrich (Leukippos) Berlin, Staatsoper, 12 March 2023 Directed by Tiziano Mancini

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Martha Argerich (piano) Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor) Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) Piano Concerto in E minor No.1, Op. 11 Mazurka, Op.24 No.2 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Traumeswirren, Op. 12, No.7 (Fantasie Stücke) Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 27 August 2010 Directed by Pierre-Martin Juban

Fuenteovejuna Faustino Núnez (music) Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Carnero (Laurencia) Ángel Gil (Frondoso) Joaquín Mulero (Comendador) Alberto Ferrero (Mayor) Antonio Gades (direction and choreography) José Manuel, Caballero Bonald, Antonio Gades (script) Pedro Moreno (costumes) Stella Arauzo (artistic director) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

Ernani Opera in 4 acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo First performance in Venice, La Fenice, March 9, 1844 Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Michele Spotti (Conductor) Francesc Perales (Chorus master) Andrea Bernard (Stage director), Alberto Beltrame (Set Designer), Elena Beccaro (Costume Designer), Marco Alba (Lighting Designer) Angela Meade (Elvira) Piero Pretti (Ernani) Franco Vassallo (Don Carlo) Evgeny Stavinsky (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva) Laura Orueta (Giovanna) Matheus Pompeu (Don Riccardo) Javier Castañeda (Jago) Valencia, Palau de les Arts, June 2023

Michael League (bass) Bill Laurance, Bobby Sparks II, Shaun Martin (piano) Mike "Maz" Maher, Justin Stanton, Jay Jennings (trumpets) Bob Lanzetti, Mark Lettieri, Chris McQueen (guitars) Chris Bullock, Bob Reynolds (saxophones) Zach Brock (violin) Nate Werth, Marcelo Woloski, Keita Ogawa, Larnell Lewis (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Zhivko Vasilev (kaval) Dimitar Liolev (saxophone) Borislav Iliev (guitar) Mihail Ivanov (bass) Borislav Petrov (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Guitar Trilogy III: Vuelta a uno Dance: Rocío Molina Guitar: Yerai Cortés Original idea, artistic direction, and choreography: Rocio Molina Original composition: Yerai Cortés Art direction: Julia Valencia Stage space: Antonio Serrano, Julia Valencia, Rocío Molina Lighting design: Antonio Serrano Sound design: Javier Álvarez Costume Design: Julia Valencia Graphic design: Julia Valencia Accompaniment of the sound space: Pablo Martín Jones Costume designer: López de Santos Rocío Molina Shoes: Gallardo Dance Belt: Elella del Toro Technical Director: Carmen Mori Lighting technician: Antonio Valiente Sound: Javier Álvarez Director: Maria Agar Martinez Barcelona, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, March 12, 2023 Directed by Emilio Belmonte

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La Traviata Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 6 mars 1853 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Liceu Opera Barcelona, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master) David McVicar (Stage Direction), Marie Lambert (Reprise) Tanya McCallin (Sets, costumes) Jennifer Tipton (Lighting) Kristina Mkhitaryan (Violetta Valéry) Pavol Breslik (Alfredo Germont) Laura Vila (Flora Bervoix) Gemma Coma-Alabert (Aninna) George Petean (Giorgio Germont) Aaron Blake (Gastone) Gerardo Bullón (Douphol) Tomeu Bibiloni (D'Obigny) Felipe Bou (Grenvil) Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21 December 2020

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

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) Juan Pérez Floristán (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Scythian Suite Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Petrushka Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 31 March 2023

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) The Munich Bach Choir, Felix Mayer (choir master) The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir, Ronen Borshevsky (choir master) Sayaka Shoji (violin), Chen Reiss (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Newlin (tenor), Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) Arvo Pärt (B. 1935) Swansong Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 13 October 2022

B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs (conductor) Kateryna Kasper (soprano), Helena Raske (alto) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" for alto, BWV 170, version 1746/47 Cantata "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" for soprano, BWV 199, Weimar version Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Stabat Mater dolorosa, P.77 (instrumentation by Bach, 1746) Aix-en-Provence, Grand Théâtre de Provence (Easter Festival), April 6, 2023

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

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Suite Flamenca Bodas de Sangre, Suite Flamenca Antonio Gades, Ricardo Freire, Juan Antonio Zafra (music) Stella Arauzo Miguel Lara Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Hoyos (choreography) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

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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

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Les Chants des possibles: rencontre lyrique internationale à Paris The documentary tells of the coming together of ten young international opera singers. They are between twenty and thirty years old and are unknown to each other. Scrupulously chosen by a team of professional musicians they are invited to the capital in order to take up a challenge: that of breathing life, in five days, into an original opera production conceived for them. 5 days during which these artists are going to get to know each other, come face to face to share their love of their art, and work relentlessly with a singing coach, a conductor and a stage director with the shared and ultimate aim of creating a unique and unprecedented performance. TV Director, Patrick Savey

The Perfect American Opera in two acts by Philip Glass (born in 1937) Libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer, based on "Der König von Amerika" by Peter Stephan Jungk First performance in Madrid, Teatro Real, January 22, 2013 Coro y Orquesta titular del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid), Dennis Russell Davies (Musical Director) Andrés Máspero (chorus master) Phelim McDermott (Director) Dan Potra (Sets, costumes), Jon Clark (lights), Ben Wright (Choreographer), Leo Warner (Video) Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) David Pittsinger (Roy) Donald Kaasch (Dantine) Janis Kelly (Hazel George) Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) Sarah Tynan (Sharon) Nazan Fikret (Diana) Rosie Lomas (Lucy | Josh) Zachary James (Abraham Lincoln | Employee of the mortuary) John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck | A Doctor) Beatriz de Gálvez (A secretary) Noelia Buñuel (A nurse) The Improbable Skills Ensemble (Actors) Madrid, Teatro Real, 2013 Directed by Janos Darvas

Éric Legnini Trio Éric Legnini Trio Eric Legnini (piano) Rocky Gresset (guitar) Thomas Bramerie (double bass) A foot-stomping jazz, touched by soul and by funk. Eric Legnini's recording tryptich, begun in 2006 with Miss Soul (then Big Boogaloo and Trippin'), marking the magnificent first steps of a leader for a pianist with a hyper-sophisticated bop language as early as the middle of the 1990's alongside the saxophonist Stefano Di Battista. Since then, the Belgian musician, settled in Paris has led an eclectic career, multiplied collaborations with vocalists (his friend Huge Coltman amngst others) and regularly puts on his producer's hat. In this 2019 season, Eric Legnini is coming back to the trio, but this time without drums : he will be accompanied by the guitarist Rocky Gresset (a reference on the Gypsy jazz scene) and by Thomas Bramerie (long-time touring partner and very probably the most sought after Parisian bass player) with whom he will present a completely new repertoire. Recorded on September 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall - Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

Eric Legnini trio invites Thomas Dutronc & Hugh Coltman Eric Legnini, piano Thomas Bramerie, bass Franck Agulhon, drums Thomas Dutronc, guitar and voice Hugh Coltman, guitar and voice Set List E.Legnini trio Boda-Boda - Breakfeast at Dawn ou Doo We Doo - The Jive Hugh Coltman If Only for a minute - Near the house - Night Birds - The sun will dance Thomas Dutronc Plus je t'embrasse - Petite Fleur - C'est si bon - La belle vie Recorded on June 23, 2020 at Jazz à Vienne, Théâtre antique TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Géraldine Laurent Quartet Géraldine Laurent (alto saxophone) Paul Lay (piano) Donald Kontomanou (drums) Yoni Zelnik (double bass) Playlist Album, Cooking Recorded at the Maison Nougaro barge from January 25 to January 31st, 2021 TV Director, Patrick Lauze

Electronic Vibrations - A sound changes the world Whether techno or hip-hop - electronic music is nowadays the driving force of pop culture. We have almost forgotten that its origins lie in the WDR's electronic studio, which made Cologne to one of the centres of the avant-garde during the post-war years. This is the story of how a room full of strange devices would become a cabinet of curiosities, the vibrations of which sent the whole world in a state of ecstasy. From the beginnings directly after the Second World War in Paris with Pierre Schaeffer's 'musique concrète', the film focuses on Stockhausen and goes on to Kraftwerk, from Jean-Michel Jarre and the IRCAM studio right up to Detroit to the beginnings of techno. Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Pablo Ferrández (cello), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Lahav Shani (piano), Kian Soltani (cello) Antonín Dvořák (1841- 1904) Cello concerto in B minor op. 104 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827) Coriolan, overture op. 62 Triple Concerto for piano, violin and violoncello in C major op. 56 Symphony no 5 in C minor op. 67 Recorded at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal Hatarbut), Tel-Aviv, on June 23 and 24, 2018 Directed by Christophe Boula

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Orchestre de Paris, Lahav Shani (conductor) Kirill Gerstein (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 19 Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Paris, Philharmonie, 14 December 2022

Martha Argerich (piano), Lahav Shani (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical" (version for two pianos) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943) Suite for two pianos No. 2, Op. 17 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose), version for piano four hands La valse (for two pianos) Johann Sebastian Bach/György Kurtág Cantata "Gottes Zeit ist der Zeit allerbeste," BWV 106: Sonatina (Arr. for Piano Four-Hands) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Nicolas Economou Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a: III. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Arr. for Two Pianos) Dortmund, Konzerthaus, April 23, 2023

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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

Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) Félix Lavilla, Gerald Moore (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, Serge Baudo, Eugen Jochum (Conductors) Works by Mozart, Rossini, Montsalvatge, Obradors, Guridi and Falla Directed by Philippe Truffault

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Carmen Antonio Gades, Carlos Saura (libretto, choreography, lights) Antonio Saura (Director) Stella Arauzo (Art Direction) Music by Antonio Gades, Antonio Solera, Ricardo Freire Gonzales, Georges Bizet, José Ortega Heredia and Federico García Lorca Antonio Gades Company Vanessa Vento (Carmen) Angel Gil (Don Jose) Joaquin Mulero (Husband) Jairo Rodriguez (Bullfighter) Directed by Angel Luis Ramírez Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor) Yefim Bronfman (piano) Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) The Noon Witch, Op.108 Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967) Variations on "Fölszállott a páva" (Peacock Variations) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Piano Concerto no. 2 in A major Recorded on 13 January 2021, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw Directed by Ferenc Soeteman

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Farnace Opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini Firts performance in Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo, 10 February 1727 Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice, Diego Fasolis (conductor) Claudio Marino Moretti (chorus master) Christophe Gayral (Stage direction) Rudy Sabounghi (sets), Elena Cicorella (costumes), Giuseppe Di Iorio (lighting) Christoph Strehl (Farnace) Lucia Cirillo (Berenice) Sonia Prina (Tamiri) Rosa Bove (Selinda) Valentino Buzza (Pompeo) Kangmin Justin Kim (Gilade) David Ferri Durà (Aquilio) Venice, Teatro Malibran, 4 July 2021 Directed by par Stéphane Vérité

Paco de Lucía : Light and Shade Directed by Michael Meert 1994

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Gala Jazz at Monte Carlo Voice, Robin McKelle | Celia Kameni | Hugh Coltman | Thomas Dutronc | Sly Johnson | Charles Pasi : Drums, Manu Katche | Anne Paceo Bass, Thomas Bramerie Tenor Saxophone et Flute, Sophie Alour Trumpet, Airelle Besson Guitar, Rocky Gresset Piano & MD, Eric Legnini SET LIST Song for my father / Horace Silver Lovin'you / Minnie Ripperton At last / Harry Warren Is You Is Or Is You Ain't / Louis Jordan - Bill Austin Love Me or Leave Me / Walter Donaldson Georgia on my mind / Ray Charles Compared to what / Gene McDaniels For all we know / Fred Karlin Where is the love / Black Eyed Peas C'est si bon / Henri Betti & André Hornez Petite fleur / Sidney Bechet Plus je t'embrasse / Ben Ryan Papa Was a Rolling Stone / Norman Whitfield Work song / Nat Adderley Recorde at the Opera Garnier of Monte Carlo on December 1er & 3, 2020 Réalisation, Giuseppe de Vecchi

Shai Maestro Quartet: Human Shai Maestro (piano), Ofri Nehemya (drums), Jorge Roeder (double bass), Philip Dizzck (trumpet) Nancy, 10 September 2021, Headoffice of the newspaper 'L'Est Républicain' Réalisé par Nathan Benisty

"Medusa" Felipe Cabrera (double bass, composition) Leonardo Monatana (piano) Lukmil Perez (drums) Judith Sánchez Ruiz (choreography, dance) The music of "Medusa" was born in Havana, during a 110-day lock-down when Felipe Cabrera found himself alone in the country that saw him grow up. Pillar of the great Cuban jazz school, the double bassist based in Paris has decided to turn his accidental return to his native country into art in times of pandemic. While Cuba was completely closing in on itself to absorb the global disruption, he composed five superb musical pieces, which he created for Banlieues Bleues with his faithful trio and a distinguished guest, also from Cuba, the choreographer and dancer Judith Sanchez Ruiz. Recorded at the Salle Jacques-Brel (Pantin) on March 19, 2021, as part of the 38th Banlieues Bleues festival, Directed by Guillaume Dero

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

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

Jascha Heifetz - God's Fiddler Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin, a musical "wunderkind" who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. Through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, this documentary filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in Los Angeles, re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century. We hear from all the great violinists of his generation, and from many of his former students who are still alive, that Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music? Directed by Peter Rosen 2011

Daphne "Bukolische Tragödie" by Richard Straus (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Joseph Gregor First performance in Dresde, Staatsoper, 15 October 1938 Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor, Thomas Guggeis (Conductor) Martin Wright (Chorus Master) Romeo Castellucci (Stage Director, Set Design, Costumes, Lighting) Evelin Facchini (Choreography), Piersandra Di Matteo, Jana Beckmann (Dramaturgy) Vera-Lotte Boecker (Daphne) René Pape (Peneios) Pavel Černoch (Apollo) Anna Kissjudit (Gaea) Magnus Dietrich (Leukippos) Berlin, Staatsoper, 12 March 2023 Directed by Tiziano Mancini

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Fuenteovejuna Faustino Núnez (music) Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Carnero (Laurencia) Ángel Gil (Frondoso) Joaquín Mulero (Comendador) Alberto Ferrero (Mayor) Antonio Gades (direction and choreography) José Manuel, Caballero Bonald, Antonio Gades (script) Pedro Moreno (costumes) Stella Arauzo (artistic director) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

Martha Argerich (piano) Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor) Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) Piano Concerto in E minor No.1, Op. 11 Mazurka, Op.24 No.2 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Traumeswirren, Op. 12, No.7 (Fantasie Stücke) Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 27 August 2010 Directed by Pierre-Martin Juban

Rivalry in Music - Furtwängler vs. Toscanini Two men without whom the profession of conductor would not be what it is today. Two men who couldn't be more different from each other: Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler. The former was rigorously faithful to the musical score, the latter conducted with radical subjectivity. In 1931 they both conducted at the Bayreuth Festival - for the first and last time. Soon the polite rivalry turned into bitter enmity. Both men were forced to take a stand on the regimes in their respective countries - and chose radically different paths. Toscanini, "the dictator", bravely challenged Mussolini; Furtwängler, a conservative, meanwhile proclaimed that art is always apolitical and reluctantly made a pact with the Nazis. The documentary not only opens up the different musical universes of the two great conductors by retracing their careers in Milan, Bayreuth and New York, but also raises a question that is more topical than ever: what has art to do with politics? Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2020

Der Rosenkavalier Comedy for music in three acts by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal First performance in Dresde, Hofoper, 26 January 1911 Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi (Conductor) Staatsopernchor Dresden, Matthias Brauer, Ulrich Paetzholdt (Chorus Masters) Anne Schwanewilms (Marschallin, Princess von Werdenberg) Kurt Rydl (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau) Anke Vondung (Octavian) Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Herr von Faninal) Maki Mori (Sophie) Sabine Brohm (Marianne Leitmetzerin) Oliver Ringelhahn (Valzacchi) Elisabeth Wilke (Annina) Uwe Eric Laufenberg (stage director) Christoph Schubiger (Stage Designer), Jessica Karge (Costume Designer), Jan Seeger, Christoph Schmädicke (Lighting Designers) Recorded at the NHK Hall, Tokyo, in 2007 Directed by Eiji Yoshida

Yellowjackets Russell Ferrante (keyboard) Dane Alderson (bass) Bob Mintzer (saxophone) William Kennedy (drums) Recorded at the New Morning on July 1st, 2019 TV Director, Patrick Savey

Mc Coy Tyner trio Estival Jazz 1985 Mc Coy Tyner (piano) Louis Hayes (drums) Avery Sharte (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Sun Ra Arkestra Jazz Estival Sun Ra (clavier) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani Sold-out concerts, millions of albums sold to make the classical music industry green with envy: neoclassical, as the new musical trend is called, is a mega hit. What makes the form so popular? Is this music skillful or just comforting? Are its composers Mozart 2.0 or rather maestros for the masses? Do they build a bridge to the musical past, allowing our ears to roam comfortably in familiar territory? The documentary traces the journey of some of the protagonists of the genre by telling their stories, and seeking answers from sociologists, neuroscientists, musicologists and even marketing experts. But above all, it allows these creators - these weavers - to have their say. Directed by Anne-Kathrin Peitz 2021

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Le Balcon, Students of the Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur de Musique - Europe et Méditerranée d'Aix-en-Provence, Maxime Pascal (conductor) Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) From Canyons to Stars - excerpt: Interstellar Call Gérard Grisey (1946 - 1998) Stèle Olivier Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Cable car of the Glaciers of La Meije (Festival Messiaen, Pas de La Meije) 31 July 2021

Alfred Brendel (piano) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Années de pèlerinage, première année Recorded in 1986 Directed by Humphrey Burton

Alfred Brendel (piano) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année Recorded in 1986 Directed by Humphrey Burton

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

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) Juan Pérez Floristán (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Scythian Suite Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Petrushka Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 31 March 2023

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) The Munich Bach Choir, Felix Mayer (choir master) The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir, Ronen Borshevsky (choir master) Sayaka Shoji (violin), Chen Reiss (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Newlin (tenor), Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) Arvo Pärt (B. 1935) Swansong Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 13 October 2022

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Suite Flamenca Bodas de Sangre, Suite Flamenca Antonio Gades, Ricardo Freire, Juan Antonio Zafra (music) Stella Arauzo Miguel Lara Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Hoyos (choreography) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) Félix Lavilla, Gerald Moore (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, Serge Baudo, Eugen Jochum (Conductors) Works by Mozart, Rossini, Montsalvatge, Obradors, Guridi and Falla Directed by Philippe Truffault

POPPEA // POPPEA by Christian Spuck Choregraphed by Christian Spuck for Gauthier Dance Music by Martin Donner, Claudio Monteverdi and others Gauthier Dance Emma Ryott — Set designer, costume designer Dunja Funke — Dramaturgy Reinhard Traub — Lighting Eric Gauthier — Dancer Anneleen Dedroog — Dancer Miriam Gronwald — Dancer Anna Süheyla Harms — Dancer Maria Prat Balasch — Dancer Rosario Guerra — Dancer Florian Lochner — Dancer William Moragas — Dancer David Stiven Valencia Martinez — Dancer Tars Vandebeek — Dancer Directed by Nikolai Vialkowitsch Stuttgart, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, 2013

The Perfect American Opera in two acts by Philip Glass (born in 1937) Libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer, based on "Der König von Amerika" by Peter Stephan Jungk First performance in Madrid, Teatro Real, January 22, 2013 Coro y Orquesta titular del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid), Dennis Russell Davies (Musical Director) Andrés Máspero (chorus master) Phelim McDermott (Director) Dan Potra (Sets, costumes), Jon Clark (lights), Ben Wright (Choreographer), Leo Warner (Video) Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) David Pittsinger (Roy) Donald Kaasch (Dantine) Janis Kelly (Hazel George) Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) Sarah Tynan (Sharon) Nazan Fikret (Diana) Rosie Lomas (Lucy | Josh) Zachary James (Abraham Lincoln | Employee of the mortuary) John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck | A Doctor) Beatriz de Gálvez (A secretary) Noelia Buñuel (A nurse) The Improbable Skills Ensemble (Actors) Madrid, Teatro Real, 2013 Directed by Janos Darvas

Paco de Lucía : Light and Shade Directed by Michael Meert 1994

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Michael League (bass) Bill Laurance, Bobby Sparks II, Shaun Martin (piano) Mike "Maz" Maher, Justin Stanton, Jay Jennings (trumpets) Bob Lanzetti, Mark Lettieri, Chris McQueen (guitars) Chris Bullock, Bob Reynolds (saxophones) Zach Brock (violin) Nate Werth, Marcelo Woloski, Keita Ogawa, Larnell Lewis (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Zhivko Vasilev (kaval) Dimitar Liolev (saxophone) Borislav Iliev (guitar) Mihail Ivanov (bass) Borislav Petrov (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

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

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Bernhard Gander (B. 1969) Take death Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) Naval Aviation in Art? Dupree's Paradise The Perfect Stranger Edgard Varèse (1883 -1965) Intégrales John Zorn (B. 1953) For Your Eyes Only Frank Zappa Get Whitey The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat (aka Dog / Meat), G-Spot Tornado Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 29 September 2018 Directed by Jérémie Schellaert

Gala Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo (baritone) Jennifer Rowley (soprano) Zhang Zhang (violin) Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Laurent Campellone (conductor) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La forza del destino (overture) Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) Andrea Chénier (Nemico della patria) Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) Adriana Lecouvreur (Io son l'umile ancella) Umberto Giordano Fedora (Intermezzo) Giuseppe Verdi La traviata (Madamigella Valery ?) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) The Roman Carnival (Overture) Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Hamlet (O vin dissipe la tristesse) Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Le Cid (Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux) Thaïs (Méditation) Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore (Udiste ?... Mira, di acerbe lagrime) Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) Maravilla (Amor, vida de mi vida) Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) La bohème (Quando men'vo soletta) Franz Lehar (1870-1948) Die lustige Witwe (Lippen Schweigen) Château de Versailles, France, 2 avril 2022

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Arabella "Lyrische Komödie" in three acts Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal First performance at Dresden, Sächsisches Staatstheater, 1 July 1933 Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, David Afkham (conductor) Andrés Máspero (Chorus Director) Christof Loy (Stage Direction) Herbert Murauer (Stage and Costume Design), Reinhard Traub (Lighting), Thomas Wilhelm (Choreography) Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella) Sarah Defrise (Zdenka) Martin Winkler (Count Waldner) Anne Sofie von Otter (Adelaide) Josef Wagner (Mandryka) Matthew Newlin (Matteo) Dean Power (Count Elemer) Roger Smeets (Count Dominik) Tyler Zimmerman (Count Lamoral) Madrid, Teatro Real, 9 February 2023

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) The Munich Bach Choir, Felix Mayer (choir master) The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir, Ronen Borshevsky (choir master) Sayaka Shoji (violin), Chen Reiss (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Newlin (tenor), Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) Arvo Pärt (B. 1935) Swansong Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 13 October 2022

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

Les Chants des possibles: rencontre lyrique internationale à Paris The documentary tells of the coming together of ten young international opera singers. They are between twenty and thirty years old and are unknown to each other. Scrupulously chosen by a team of professional musicians they are invited to the capital in order to take up a challenge: that of breathing life, in five days, into an original opera production conceived for them. 5 days during which these artists are going to get to know each other, come face to face to share their love of their art, and work relentlessly with a singing coach, a conductor and a stage director with the shared and ultimate aim of creating a unique and unprecedented performance. TV Director, Patrick Savey

B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs (conductor) Kateryna Kasper (soprano), Helena Raske (alto) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" for alto, BWV 170, version 1746/47 Cantata "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" for soprano, BWV 199, Weimar version Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Stabat Mater dolorosa, P.77 (instrumentation by Bach, 1746) Aix-en-Provence, Grand Théâtre de Provence (Easter Festival), April 6, 2023

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (Conductor) Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884) My Fatherland Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, 17 November 2020

The Perfect American Opera in two acts by Philip Glass (born in 1937) Libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer, based on "Der König von Amerika" by Peter Stephan Jungk First performance in Madrid, Teatro Real, January 22, 2013 Coro y Orquesta titular del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid), Dennis Russell Davies (Musical Director) Andrés Máspero (chorus master) Phelim McDermott (Director) Dan Potra (Sets, costumes), Jon Clark (lights), Ben Wright (Choreographer), Leo Warner (Video) Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) David Pittsinger (Roy) Donald Kaasch (Dantine) Janis Kelly (Hazel George) Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) Sarah Tynan (Sharon) Nazan Fikret (Diana) Rosie Lomas (Lucy | Josh) Zachary James (Abraham Lincoln | Employee of the mortuary) John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck | A Doctor) Beatriz de Gálvez (A secretary) Noelia Buñuel (A nurse) The Improbable Skills Ensemble (Actors) Madrid, Teatro Real, 2013 Directed by Janos Darvas

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Éric Legnini Trio Éric Legnini Trio Eric Legnini (piano) Rocky Gresset (guitar) Thomas Bramerie (double bass) A foot-stomping jazz, touched by soul and by funk. Eric Legnini's recording tryptich, begun in 2006 with Miss Soul (then Big Boogaloo and Trippin'), marking the magnificent first steps of a leader for a pianist with a hyper-sophisticated bop language as early as the middle of the 1990's alongside the saxophonist Stefano Di Battista. Since then, the Belgian musician, settled in Paris has led an eclectic career, multiplied collaborations with vocalists (his friend Huge Coltman amngst others) and regularly puts on his producer's hat. In this 2019 season, Eric Legnini is coming back to the trio, but this time without drums : he will be accompanied by the guitarist Rocky Gresset (a reference on the Gypsy jazz scene) and by Thomas Bramerie (long-time touring partner and very probably the most sought after Parisian bass player) with whom he will present a completely new repertoire. Recorded on September 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall - Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

Eric Legnini trio invites Thomas Dutronc & Hugh Coltman Eric Legnini, piano Thomas Bramerie, bass Franck Agulhon, drums Thomas Dutronc, guitar and voice Hugh Coltman, guitar and voice Set List E.Legnini trio Boda-Boda - Breakfeast at Dawn ou Doo We Doo - The Jive Hugh Coltman If Only for a minute - Near the house - Night Birds - The sun will dance Thomas Dutronc Plus je t'embrasse - Petite Fleur - C'est si bon - La belle vie Recorded on June 23, 2020 at Jazz à Vienne, Théâtre antique TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Géraldine Laurent Quartet Géraldine Laurent (alto saxophone) Paul Lay (piano) Donald Kontomanou (drums) Yoni Zelnik (double bass) Playlist Album, Cooking Recorded at the Maison Nougaro barge from January 25 to January 31st, 2021 TV Director, Patrick Lauze

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Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Bernhard Gander (B. 1969) Take death Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) Naval Aviation in Art? Dupree's Paradise The Perfect Stranger Edgard Varèse (1883 -1965) Intégrales John Zorn (B. 1953) For Your Eyes Only Frank Zappa Get Whitey The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat (aka Dog / Meat), G-Spot Tornado Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 29 September 2018 Directed by Jérémie Schellaert

Gala Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo (baritone) Jennifer Rowley (soprano) Zhang Zhang (violin) Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Laurent Campellone (conductor) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La forza del destino (overture) Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) Andrea Chénier (Nemico della patria) Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) Adriana Lecouvreur (Io son l'umile ancella) Umberto Giordano Fedora (Intermezzo) Giuseppe Verdi La traviata (Madamigella Valery ?) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) The Roman Carnival (Overture) Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Hamlet (O vin dissipe la tristesse) Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Le Cid (Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux) Thaïs (Méditation) Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore (Udiste ?... Mira, di acerbe lagrime) Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) Maravilla (Amor, vida de mi vida) Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) La bohème (Quando men'vo soletta) Franz Lehar (1870-1948) Die lustige Witwe (Lippen Schweigen) Château de Versailles, France, 2 avril 2022

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La Traviata Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 6 mars 1853 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Liceu Opera Barcelona, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master) David McVicar (Stage Direction), Marie Lambert (Reprise) Tanya McCallin (Sets, costumes) Jennifer Tipton (Lighting) Kristina Mkhitaryan (Violetta Valéry) Pavol Breslik (Alfredo Germont) Laura Vila (Flora Bervoix) Gemma Coma-Alabert (Aninna) George Petean (Giorgio Germont) Aaron Blake (Gastone) Gerardo Bullón (Douphol) Tomeu Bibiloni (D'Obigny) Felipe Bou (Grenvil) Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21 December 2020

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Swedish Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (alto), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Julian Konstantinov (bass) Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Messa da Requiem Directed by Bob Coles Berlin, Philharmonie, 10 October 2001

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Orchestre de Paris, Lahav Shani (conductor) Kirill Gerstein (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 19 Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Paris, Philharmonie, 14 December 2022

Martha Argerich (piano), Lahav Shani (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical" (version for two pianos) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943) Suite for two pianos No. 2, Op. 17 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose), version for piano four hands La valse (for two pianos) Johann Sebastian Bach/György Kurtág Cantata "Gottes Zeit ist der Zeit allerbeste," BWV 106: Sonatina (Arr. for Piano Four-Hands) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Nicolas Economou Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a: III. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Arr. for Two Pianos) Dortmund, Konzerthaus, April 23, 2023

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 and was at various times a resident of the United States, Switzerland and Argentina. At the age of 75, he returned to his native Andalusia with his young wife, Emilita, and built a new home, Los Olivos, on the Costa del Sol as close as he could to Granada. This film is made in the relaxed atmosphere of his new home and in Jaen and Granada where he spent his formative years. The idea is very simple: to give a great man an opportunity of looking back on sixty years of concert life and one of the most unusual contributions to Western music made by any performing musician in the last hundred years. Segovia talks in his inimitable poetic way about what he has tried to do, and plays some of the music most closely associated with him and his extraordinary career.

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) Adelita Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Torre Bermeja, of Twelve Characteristic Pieces, Op. 92 Asturias (Legend), from Spanish Suite, Op. 47 Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Danza española nº 5 'Andaluza, op. 37 Danza española nº 10 'Danza melancólica', op.37 Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) Invocación y Danza Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) Adelita Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Torre Bermeja, de Doce piezas características, op. 92 Asturias (Leyenda), de Suite española, op. 47 Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) Gran Jota de Concierto Granada, The Patio de los Arrayanes, 5 July 2021 TV director, Arnaud Lalanne

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

Suite Flamenca Bodas de Sangre, Suite Flamenca Antonio Gades, Ricardo Freire, Juan Antonio Zafra (music) Stella Arauzo Miguel Lara Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Hoyos (choreography) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) Félix Lavilla, Gerald Moore (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, Serge Baudo, Eugen Jochum (Conductors) Works by Mozart, Rossini, Montsalvatge, Obradors, Guridi and Falla Directed by Philippe Truffault

Rivalry in Music - Furtwängler vs. Toscanini Two men without whom the profession of conductor would not be what it is today. Two men who couldn't be more different from each other: Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler. The former was rigorously faithful to the musical score, the latter conducted with radical subjectivity. In 1931 they both conducted at the Bayreuth Festival - for the first and last time. Soon the polite rivalry turned into bitter enmity. Both men were forced to take a stand on the regimes in their respective countries - and chose radically different paths. Toscanini, "the dictator", bravely challenged Mussolini; Furtwängler, a conservative, meanwhile proclaimed that art is always apolitical and reluctantly made a pact with the Nazis. The documentary not only opens up the different musical universes of the two great conductors by retracing their careers in Milan, Bayreuth and New York, but also raises a question that is more topical than ever: what has art to do with politics? Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2020

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Shai Maestro Quartet: Human Shai Maestro (piano), Ofri Nehemya (drums), Jorge Roeder (double bass), Philip Dizzck (trumpet) Nancy, 10 September 2021, Headoffice of the newspaper 'L'Est Républicain' Réalisé par Nathan Benisty

LLaurent Bardainne " Tigre d'Eau Douce " Laurent Bardainne (Tenor saxophone ) Arnaud Roulin (Hammond organ) Sylvain Daniel (bass) Philippe Gleizes (drums) Tenor saxophonist, Laurent Bardainne is one of the most discreet and yet active musicians on the Paris scene. It is difficult not to come across him when you like jazz and its related music : we can hear him in the Supersonic by Thomas de Pourquery, alongside Camélia Jordana with Lost, with his rock group Poni Hoax, in the electro detours Sabrina & Samantha, and even at the heart of Limousine, with whom he released an excellent recording in the spring. L'Été suivant. Laurent Bardainne comes back today with this incredibly free quartet, entitled Tigre d'Eau Douce. Music which recalls Albert Ayler's Laments and John Coltrane's freeest hours, all of which is crisscrossed by ballads and soothing moments in the colours of Soul spirituality played out on the Hammond B3 organ by Arnaud Roulin. Recorded on August 29, 2019 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, David Unger

Gala Jazz at Monte Carlo Voice, Robin McKelle | Celia Kameni | Hugh Coltman | Thomas Dutronc | Sly Johnson | Charles Pasi : Drums, Manu Katche | Anne Paceo Bass, Thomas Bramerie Tenor Saxophone et Flute, Sophie Alour Trumpet, Airelle Besson Guitar, Rocky Gresset Piano & MD, Eric Legnini SET LIST Song for my father / Horace Silver Lovin'you / Minnie Ripperton At last / Harry Warren Is You Is Or Is You Ain't / Louis Jordan - Bill Austin Love Me or Leave Me / Walter Donaldson Georgia on my mind / Ray Charles Compared to what / Gene McDaniels For all we know / Fred Karlin Where is the love / Black Eyed Peas C'est si bon / Henri Betti & André Hornez Petite fleur / Sidney Bechet Plus je t'embrasse / Ben Ryan Papa Was a Rolling Stone / Norman Whitfield Work song / Nat Adderley Recorde at the Opera Garnier of Monte Carlo on December 1er & 3, 2020 Réalisation, Giuseppe de Vecchi

"Medusa" Felipe Cabrera (double bass, composition) Leonardo Monatana (piano) Lukmil Perez (drums) Judith Sánchez Ruiz (choreography, dance) The music of "Medusa" was born in Havana, during a 110-day lock-down when Felipe Cabrera found himself alone in the country that saw him grow up. Pillar of the great Cuban jazz school, the double bassist based in Paris has decided to turn his accidental return to his native country into art in times of pandemic. While Cuba was completely closing in on itself to absorb the global disruption, he composed five superb musical pieces, which he created for Banlieues Bleues with his faithful trio and a distinguished guest, also from Cuba, the choreographer and dancer Judith Sanchez Ruiz. Recorded at the Salle Jacques-Brel (Pantin) on March 19, 2021, as part of the 38th Banlieues Bleues festival, Directed by Guillaume Dero

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

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.

Arabella "Lyrische Komödie" in three acts Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal First performance at Dresden, Sächsisches Staatstheater, 1 July 1933 Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, David Afkham (conductor) Andrés Máspero (Chorus Director) Christof Loy (Stage Direction) Herbert Murauer (Stage and Costume Design), Reinhard Traub (Lighting), Thomas Wilhelm (Choreography) Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella) Sarah Defrise (Zdenka) Martin Winkler (Count Waldner) Anne Sofie von Otter (Adelaide) Josef Wagner (Mandryka) Matthew Newlin (Matteo) Dean Power (Count Elemer) Roger Smeets (Count Dominik) Tyler Zimmerman (Count Lamoral) Madrid, Teatro Real, 9 February 2023

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

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) Juan Pérez Floristán (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Scythian Suite Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Petrushka Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 31 March 2023

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) The Munich Bach Choir, Felix Mayer (choir master) The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir, Ronen Borshevsky (choir master) Sayaka Shoji (violin), Chen Reiss (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Newlin (tenor), Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) Arvo Pärt (B. 1935) Swansong Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 13 October 2022

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) Sevak Avanesyan (cello) Lilit Zakaryan (piano) Aram Khachaturian 1903 - 1978 Waltz - Masquerade Edvard Baghdasaryan 1922 -1987 Nocturne (arr. Martin Unlikhanyan) Aram Khachaturian Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia - Spartacus Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia - Spartacus Georges Bizet 1838 -1875 Les Toréadors - Carmen suite no 1 Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893 Waltz of the flowers | March |Trepak -The Nutcracker Arno Babajanyan 1921 - 1983 Nocturne for Piano and Orchestra Alexander Arutiunian 1920 - 2012 Impromptu for Cello and Orchestra Aram Khachaturian Mazurka | Gallop - Masquerade Sabre dance - Gayaneh

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

The life I love - The pianist Menahem Pressler The music world has known Menahem Pressler for more than half a century and mainly for his work with the famous Beaux Arts Trio. He was the heart of this ensemble and when in 2008 the trio decided to separate, it was not the end for Menahem Pressler's career - in fact it was the start of a most remarkable and successful path as a soloist and in 2013, the 90-year-old grand seigneur of the piano gave his long overdue debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 'The life I love - the pianist Menahem Pressler', from talks with Pressler over excerpts from one of his Master Classes, to interviews with artists like Daniel Harding, Quatuor Ébène, Leonidas Kavakos or Daniel Hope, we will gain deep insights into the life of this enchantingly "venerable prodigy". Menahem Pressler died on May 6, 2023 Directed by Grete Liffers 2014

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