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      • Berliner Phiharmoniker and Paavo Järvi in Bayreuth - Wagner, Beethoven

        Berliner Philharmoniker, Paavo Järvi (conductor); Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano); Ludwig van Beethoven; Leonora Overture No. 3 in C major, op. 72; Richard Wagner; Wesendonck Lieder (orch. by Felix Mottl and Richard Wagner); Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60; Recorded on May 1, 2018, at the Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth; TV Director, Henning Kasten (85 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (48 min)

      • Norma by Bellini at the Royal Opera House

        Norma; Tragedia lirica in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835); Libretto by Felice Romani after the play 'Norma, ou L'infanticide' (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet; First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1831; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (Conductor); Royal Opera Chorus; Alex Ollé (Stage Direction); Alfons Flores (Sets), Lluc Castells (Costumes), Marco Filibeck (Lighting); Sonya Yoncheva (Norma); Joseph Calleja (Pollione); Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa); Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso); Directed by Jonathan Haswell; Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London, 2016 (154 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (19 min)

      • Monty Alexander - La Seine Musicale

        Monty Alexander, piano; Born in Jamaca on D-Day- a sign of destiny? - Monty Alexander rapidly left his native country for the United States. In New York, he regularly accompanied Frank Sinatra and performed in the jazz clubs of Manhattan (including the famous Minton's which was the birthplace of bebop) where Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davies did not miss a chance of hearing him play. After more than fifty years of a career crowned with collaborations with Tony Bennett, Nathalie Cole, Clint Eastwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Ernest Ranglin and Barbara Hendricks the pianist travelled around the globe thrilling audiences with his vibrant personality, which communicated an original musical message, in which the heady beat of reggae is mixed with the contagious rocking of swing. Recorded on November 23, 2018 at the Seine Musicale; TV director, Julien Faustino (57 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • Europakonzert 2019: Daniel Harding, Bryn Terfel and the Berliner Philharmoniker

        Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor); Bryn Terfel (bass); Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883); Good Friday Music from Parsifal; Wotan's Farewell and The Magic Fire from Die Walküre; Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869); Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens; Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918); Pelléas et Melisande (Concert Suite by Claudio Abbado, based on the Orchestral Suite, arranged by Erich Leinsdorf); Prélude á l'aprés-midi d'un faune; Hector Berlioz; Love Scene from Romeo et Juliette; Recorded at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1 May 2019 (90 min)

      • Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne

        Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle (Conductor); Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano); George Gershwin (1898 - 1937); Cuban Overture; Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924); Pavane; Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 - 1957); Chants d'Auvergne (Selection); Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978); Suite from Gayaneh; Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936); Pini di Roma; Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643); Si dolce il momento; Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934); Pomp and Circumstance, op. 39: March no 1; John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932); The Liberty Bell; Paul Licke (1866 - 1946); Berliner Luft; Recorded on June 24, 2018 at the Waldbühne, Berlin; TV Director, Henning Kasten (115 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (11 min)

      • Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra: Messiaen and Bruckner

        London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (Conductor); Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992); Couleurs de la cité céleste; Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896); Symphony No 8; Recorded on April, 14th 2016 at the Barbican Hall, London; Corentin Leconte, TV director (104 min)

      • Vasily Petrenko, Truls Mork and the Oslo Philharmonic: Grieg, Shostakovitch, Rachmaninov

        Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (Conductor); Truls Mork (Cello); Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907); Peer Gynt, Suite no. 1, op. 46; Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975); Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, op. 107; Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943); Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27; Recorded on March 18, 2017, at the Taiwan International Festival or Arts (National Concert Hall); Directed by Julien Jaunet (106 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (5 min)

      • Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra: Elgar, Adés, Birtwistle, Knussen, Grime

        London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor); Christian Tetzlaff (violin); Helen Grime (b. 1981); Fanfare (world premiere); Thomas Adés (b. 1971); Asyla; Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934); Violin Concerto; Oliver Knussen (1950 - 2018); Symphony No 3; Edward Elgar (1957 - 1934); Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma'; Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London, 14 September 2017; TV Director François-René Marin (116 min)

      • Teodor Currentzis conducts Verdi's Requiem in Milano

        MusicaAeterna, Teodor Currentzis (Conductor); Zarina Abaeva (soprano), Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano), René Barbera (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass); Giussepe Verdi (1813 - 1901); Messa da Requiem; Recorded 12 April 2019, San Marco, Milano (90 min)

      • Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Potter - Jazz in Marciac

        Zakir Hussain (tabla); Chris Potter (saxophone); Dave Holland (double bass); The Indian composer and percussionist Zakir Hussain is THE tabla player of his generation. The tabla is a percussion instrument from the north of India which does indeed give rhythm to the musician's compositions as much when he is performing solo as here when he is accompanied by the bass player Dave Holland or the tenor saxophonist Chris Potter. Considered as a national treasure in India, this artist accrues performances with no less than 150 concerts per year and a career which began at 12 years of age! Perhaps the most impressive virtuoso of the tenor saxophone according to Michel Contat of Télérama, Chris Potter comes from the generation of saxophonists who came to the fore during the course of the 1990's alongside Joshua Redman, James Carter, Chris Cheek and Seamus Blake. Very quickly, this native of Chicago attracted attention because of his succulent tenor sound and a very personal manner of constructing his solos, imposing himself as a reference amongst his peers. Dave Holland's class! This majestic double bass with a round sound. A self-taught double bass player whose atypical manner of playing and magnificent sound were quickly noticed by a certain Miles Davis. A great composer as well. A great leader too.Together with Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Stan Getz or heading up his own groups, the Brit could never be happy with the minimum. Recorded at Jazz in Marciac Festival (Circus top), on July 28, 2018; TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux (59 min)

      • Hugh Coltman - Jazz in Marciac

        Hugh Coltman (voice); Frédéric Couderc (baritone clarinet); Jérôme Etcheberry (trumpet); Jerry Edwards (trombone); Didier Havet (soubassophone); Freddy Koella (guitar); Gael Rakotondrabe (piano); Raphael Chassin (drums); Heard in the company of the pianist Eric Legnini on an album where he was simply a guest, Hugh Coltman rapidly broke the barrier of confidentiality to gain access to the the antechamber of notoriety. His latest hour of glory (for the time being), was his allegorical project based on the repertoire of Nat King Cole, the historic crooner and pianist. The voice of this Brit possesses that full masculinity which characterises his dedicatee, but it carries with it a bit of spleen, a sort of Baudelairian charm which the language of Shakespeare makes even more palpable...A confirmation eagerly awaited in Marciac this summer with his new album 'Who's happy?'. With drums which dance just like in one of those legendary burials in New Orleans, brass saturated with soul, guitars mixing up all the blues and all the folk... Hugh Coltman treated himself to a sublime backdrop for eleven songs in which his warm 'been through it all' voice can be heard. He is a conoisseur in human emotions, always charitable towards the evening's lover, the lost soul at dawn or the forlorn in the blazing sunshine. Recorded at Jazz in Marciac Festival (Circus top), on July 31, 2018; TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux (60 min)

      • Manu Katché, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Niels Lan Doky

        Mike Stern (guitar); Niels Lan Doky (piano); Richard Bona (bass); Manu Katché (drums); The Cameroonian international artist Richard Bona at first became known as a bass player in the company of jazz musicians before beginning a career as a singer and composer in 1999. He interprets his own songs and now has more than half a dozen albums under his belt. Jazz Grand Prix winner of the SACEM, Richard Bona never cheats, but then, he doesn't need to. For those who may be unaware, Mike Stern is one of the greatest jazz-rock guitarists, and has been for more than twenty years now. Pupil of Pat Metheny, he was at first spotted by Billy Cobham and then by Miles Davis at the beginning of the 1980's, he was then taken on by Jaco Pastorius and an active member of 'Steps Ahead' with Danny Sanborn before starting out on a promising solo career. The drummer and percussionist Manu Katché has been for some thirty years one of the most sought after musicians at an international level on the jazz, rock and pop scenes. He became known in 1986 thanks to his participation in the album 'So' by Peter Gabriel and since then has been performing non-stop in groups or for recordings, as leader or as sideman. Whatever the context he demonstrates his magnificent technique. Recorded at Jazz in Marciac Festival (Circus top), on August 6, 2018; TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux (60 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • La Bohéme by Puccini at the Liceu, Barcelona

        La Bohéme; Opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924); Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Henry Murger's 'Scénes de la vie de bohéme'; First performance in Turin, Teatro Regio, on the 1st of February 1896; Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Marc Piollet (Conductor); Jonathan Miller (Stage Director); Isabella Bywater (Sets, Costumes); Jean Kalman (Lighting); Eleonora Buratto (Mimí); Olga Kulchynska (Musetta); Saimir Pirgu (Rodolfo); Gabriel Bermúdez (Marcello); Isaac Galan (Schaunard); Paul Gay (Colline); Fernando Latorre (Benoît / Alcindoro); Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, in 2016; Directed by Stéphane Lebard (112 min)

      • Tenebrae and Nigel Short: Allegri, Talbot

        Tenebrae, Nigel Short (Conductor); Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652); Miserere (1638); Joby Talbot (b. 1971); Path of Miracles (2005); Recorded on June 12, 2018 at the Basilique cathédrale de Saint Denis; TV Director, François-René Martin (85 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (22 min)

      • Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker: Symphony No.6 by Mahler

        Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle (conductor); Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911); Symphony No. 6 in A minor; Recorded on June 20, 2018, at the Philharmonie, Berlin; TV Director, Michael Beyer (95 min)

      • Berliner Phiharmoniker and Paavo Järvi in Bayreuth - Wagner, Beethoven

        Berliner Philharmoniker, Paavo Järvi (conductor); Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano); Ludwig van Beethoven; Leonora Overture No. 3 in C major, op. 72; Richard Wagner; Wesendonck Lieder (orch. by Felix Mottl and Richard Wagner); Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60; Recorded on May 1, 2018, at the Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth; TV Director, Henning Kasten (85 min)

      • Didier Lockwood Quartet - Jazz in Marciac

        Didier Lockwood Quartet featuring André Ceccarelli, Sylvain Luc & Diego Imbert; Didier Lockwood (violin), Sylvain Luc (guitare), André Ceccarelli (drums), Diego Imbert (bass); Recorded on August 8th 2017 at Jazz in Marciac; TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux (64 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (50 min)

      • Un ballo in maschera by Verdi at the Liceu, Barcelona

        Un Ballo in maschera; Melodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901); Libretto by Antonio Somma; First performance in Rome, Teatro Apollo, 17 February 1859; Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Renato Palumbo (Conductor); Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master); Vincent Boussard (Stage Director); Christian Lacroix (Costumes); Piotr Beczala (Riccardo); Carlos Álvarez (Renato); Keri Alkema (Amelia); Dolora Zajick (Ulrica); Katerina Tretyakova (Oscar); Damián del Castillo (Silvano); Roman Ialcic (Samuel); Antonio Di Matteo (Tom); Joan Prados (A Judge); Josep Lluís Moreno (Amelia's servant ); Recorded on October 21 & 24, 2017 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Directed by Fabrice Castanier (142 min)