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      • Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada

        Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918); Cloches á travers les feuilles; La Puerta del Vino; Pour les arpéges composés; Record on June 25, 2018, Puerta del Vino, Alhambra de Granada, Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada; TV Director, Stéphane Vérité (18 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (42 min)

      • L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi at the Salzburg Festival

        L'Incoronazione di Poppea; Dramma musicale in a prologue and three acts by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643); Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello; Fist performance in Venice, Teatro SS Giovanni et Paolo, 1643; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (Conductor); Jan Lauwers (Stage Director, Sets, Choreography); Lemm&Barkey (Costumes), Ken Hioco (Lighting); Sonya Yoncheva (Poppea); Kate Lindsey (Nerone); Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Ottavia); Carlo Vistoli (Ottone); Renato Dolcini (Seneca); Ana Quintans (Virtú/Drusilla); Marcel Beekman (Nutrice/Famigliare I); Dominique Visse (Arnalta); Léa Desandre (Amore/Valletto); Directed by Tiziano Mancini; Recorded at the Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 2018 (196 min)

      • Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

        Béla Fleck & the Flecktones; Béla Fleck (Banjo); Victor Wooten (Bass guitar); Futureman (Percussions); Howard Levy (Harmonica); Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and his supremely talented Flecktones-Victor Wooten, Futureman and Howard Levy-are globally renowned for their magisterial performances and musical potpourri seasoned with bluegrass, African music, electric blues and Eastern European folk. Eight years after their last Festival visit, they finally make a highly anticipated return. Unmissable. Live from the Montreal Jazz Festival, Maisonneuve Theater; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (100 min)

      • Music and Dance for a While with l'Arpeggiata

        L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (Conductor); Céline Scheen (Soprano), Vincenzo Capezzuto (alto); Mei Hon Lin Dance Company; Dirk Hofacker (Sets & Costumes); Music and Dance for a While; Improvisations on Henry Purcell, G.F. Händel, Claudio Monteverdi. Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Sinfonia - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Strike the viol (Céline Scheen); Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation: Lascio ch'io pianga; Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: `Twas within a furlong (Vincenzo Capezzuto); Claudio Monteverdi: Pur ti miro (Céline Scheen, Vincenzo Capezzuto); Traditional (Venezuela): El curruchá (Vincenzo Capezzuto, Céline Scheen); Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Céline Scheen); Traditional (Sicily) / arr. C. Pluhar: Silenziu d'amuri (Vincenzo Capezzuto); Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Sinfonia - Alcina; Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Music for a while (Céline Scheen); Traditional (Salento): Pizzica di San Vito (Vincenzo Capezzuto); Traditional (Bulgaria): Bucimis; Giovanni Felice Sances: Stabat Mater (Céline Scheen); Improvisation: Hasapiko; Traditional (Italy): Tarantella del Gargano (Vincenzo Capezzuto); Traditional (Mexico) / arr. C. Pluhar: La Llorona (Vincenzo Capezzuto); Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: When I am laid (Céline Scheen); Improvisation: Canario; Maurizio Cazzati / arr. C. Pluhar: Ciaccona; Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata L'Arpeggiata; Traditional (Italy) / arr. Christina Pluhar: Ninna, nanna sopra la Romanesca (Vincenzo Capezzuto, Céline Scheen); Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: O sleep, why thost thou leave me (Céline Scheen); Recorded on November 6, 2017 at the Landestheater Linz, Austria; Directed by Sonia Paramo (100 min)

      • Prokofiev's Anniversary with Valery Gergiev: Ivan The Terrible and Alexander Nevsky

        Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra & Chorus Saint Petersburg, Valery Gergiev (Conductor); Olga Borodina (mezzosoprano), Yulia Matochkina (mezzosoprano), Mikhail Petrenko (bass); Alexei Petrenko (narrator); Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953); Ivan the Terrible op. 116; Alexander Nevsky op. 78; Recorded at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, on April 24, 2016; Directed by François-René Martin (109 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (27 min)

      • Aida by Verdi at the Salzburg Festival

        Aida; Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901); Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni after a scenario by Auguste Mariette; First performance in Caire, Opera House, 24 December 1871; Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (Conductor); Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor; Shirin Neshat (Stage Direction); Christian Schmidt (Sets), Tatyana van Walsum (Costumes), Reinhard Traub (Lighting); Martin Gschlacht (Video), Thomas Wilhelm (Choreographer); Roberto Tagliavini (Il Re); Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris); Anna Netrebko (Aida); Francesco Meli (Radamés); Dmitry Beloselskiy (Ramfis); Luca Salsi (Amonasro); Directed by Michael Beyer; Recorded at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 2017 (161 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (48 min)

      • Emmanuel Krivine and the Orchestre National de France: Blacher, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov

        Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine (Conductor); Martha Argerich (piano); Boris Blacher (1903 - 1975); Variations on a Theme by Paganini; Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937); Piano Concerto in G; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908); Sheherazade; Recorded on October 5, 2017 at the Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio, Paris; TV Director, Olivier Simonnet (95 min)

      • The Cleveland Orchestra plays Brahms in Vienna: Symphonies No. 2 & 3

        The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor); Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897); Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90; Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73; Recorded on September 15th 2014 at the Großer Saal of the Musikverein, Vienna; TV Director Brian Large (73 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (37 min)

      • Laissez durer la nuit: French Music of the 17th Century

        Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Dunford (lute); Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696); Ma bergére est tendre et fidéle; Robert de Visée (1650 - 1725); Gavotte en ré mineur; Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704); Celle qui fait tout mon tourment; Sébastien Le Camus (1610 - 1677); On n'entend rien dans ce bocage; Marin Marais (1656 - 1728); Les Voix Humaines; Sébastien Le Camus; Laissez durer la nuit; Robert de Visée; Chaconne en ré mineur; Honoré d'Ambruys; Le doux silence de nos bois; Robert de Visée; Prélude et Sarabande en ré mineur; Sébastien Le Camus; Forets solitaires; Marc-Antoine Charpentier; Auprés du feu on fait l'amour; Robert de Visée; Allemande La Royale; Marc-Antoine Charpentier; Tristes déserts, sombre retraite; Marc-Antoine Charpentier; Sans frayeur dans ce bois; Robert de Visée; Rondeau La mascarade; Michel Lambert; Ombre de mon amant; Michel Lambert; Vos mépris chaque jour; Marie-Joseph Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921); Paysages tristes; Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918); Mes longs cheveux (Pelléas et Mélisande); Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685 - 1759); Ombra mai fú (Serse); Barbara (1930 - 1997); Dis quand reviendras-tu? Recorded at the Festival de Maguelone, 11 June 2019; Directed by Olivier Simonnet (72 min)

      • Le Concert de Paris 2019

        Orchestre National de France, Choeur de Radio France, Alain Altinoglu (conductor); Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Gaëlle Arquez (mezzo-soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) René Pape (bass); Gautier Capuçon (cello), Xuefei Yang (guitar), Khatia Buniastishvili (piano); Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869); The Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March; Charles Gounod; Faust: 'Le Veau d'or'; 'Anges purs, anges radieux'; Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875); Carmen: overture; Carmen: 'Seguidilla'; Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880); La Gaîté Parisienne: ouverture & Vivo; La Périchole: 'Vous a-t-on dit souvent'; Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901); Nabucco: 'Va pensiero'; La Traviata: 'Semper libera'; Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999); Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio; Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741); Giustino: 'Vedro con mio diletto'; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Concerto No. 23 for piano and orchestra: Adagio; Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897); Hungarian Dance No. 5; Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904); Rusalka: 'Ode to the moon'; Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978); Gayaneh: Saber Dance; Charles Aznavour / Gall (orchestration Didier Benetti); La Mamma; Aram Khachaturian; Masquerade: Waltz; Fromental Halévy - (1799 - 1862); La Juive: 'Rachel, quand du Seigneur'; Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899); Polka 'Unter Donner und Blitz'; Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948); The Merry Widow: 'Lippen schweigen'; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Symphony No. 9 'Ode to Joy' (final); Recorded on July 14, 2019 at Champ-de-Mars, Paris (102 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • Phronesis & Engines orchestra - EFG London Jazz Festival

        Phronesis & Engines orchestra; Phronesis; Jasper Hoiby, piano; Ivo Neame, piano; Anton Eger, piano; Phill Meadows' Engines Orchestra; Phill Meadow, conductor; Rosanna Ter-Berg, Flute; Katie Bennington, Oboe; Gennie Joy, Clarinet/ Bass Clarinet; Lois Au, Bassoon; Katherine Waller, Violin I; Scott Lowry, Violin II; Alison D'souza, Viola; Zosia Jagodzinska, Cello; Musc played by Phronesis and Engine Orchestra; Dave Mari, composer; Decade Zero; Composer Dave Maric provides the alchemy that brings together two ensembles whose contrasting talents are poised to create musical fireworks. Jasper Hoiby, Ivo Neame and Anton Eger make piano trio music of distinctive power and lyricism that has had a worldwide impact over the past decade, whilst Phil Meadows' Engines Orchestra has fused today's generation of jazz and classical young bloods in a floating group of strings, horns and groove that transcends expectations. Recorded on November 12th 2017 at Barbican Milton Court, London Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (71 min)

      • Michael Wollny, Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien, Andreas Schaerer - EFG London Jazz Festival

        Michael Wollny, piano; Vincent Peirani, accordion; Emile Parisien, saxophone; Andreas Schaerer, vocal; Pianist Michael Wollny, accordionist Vincent Peirani, saxophonist Emile Parisien and the extraordinary vocal gymnastics of Andreas Schaerer - four stand-out individual talents from the ACT Records roster join forces in an all-star quartet that re-defines the range of their various instruments - not just cutting loose from the boundaries of jazz, but doing it in a way which energizes and takes the audience by storm. Individually, all four have made a massive impact at previous Festivals, but and the release of their collaboration - 'Out of Land' marks the boundless potential that these emergent forces will have in the European jazz of the future. Recorded on November 10th 2017 au Cadogan Hall, London Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (70 min)

      • Adam Baldych, Helge Lien Trio - EFG London Jazz Festival

        Adam Baldych with Helge Lien Trio; Adam Bałdych, violin; Helge Lien, piano; Frode Berg, bass; Hakon Mjaset Johansen, percussion; The virtuosity of Polish violinist Adam Bałdych enables him to pass with astonishing ease through all kinds of borders: the boundaries of his instrument, the barriers between genres, the seams between composing and improvising. Working with Norway Helge Lien talented pianist and his trio, he creates a mix of jaz and folklore polish music and Norwegian which the album Brothers released in 2017 had give us a marvellous glimpse. Enregistré le 11 novembre 2017 au Cadogan Hall, London Jazz Festival; Réalisation, Mathieu Mastin (68 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (20 min)

      • Hedda Gabler, Norwegian National Ballet

        Hedda Gabler; Upon Henrik Ibsen's work; Norwegian National Ballet; Marit Moum Aune, choreography and staging; Kaloyan Boyadjive, Group choreography; Nils Petter Molvaer, music; Even Borsum, sets design; Ingrid Nylander, costume design; Kristin Bredal, lighting design; With dancers from; The Norwegian national ballet; The Norwegian national ballet school; And; Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken (Hedda Gabler); Silas Henriksen (Eilert Lovborg); Philip Currell (Jorgen Tesman); Eugenie Skilnand (Thea Elvsted); Shane Urton (Assessorr Brack); Samantha Lynch (Aunt Julie); Klara Martensson (Diana); Kristian Alm (Général Gablerl, Hedda's father); Erle Ostraat (Hedda Gabler child); Helle Flood (Thea Elvsted, child); Recorded on October 17th and 18th 2017 at the Den Norske Opera & Ballet; TV Director, Tommy Pascal (99 min)

      • Ghosts, Norwegian National Ballet

        Ghosts; Upon Henrik Ibsen's work; Norwegian National Ballet; Marit Moum Aune, creation and staging; Cina Espejord, choreography; Nils Petter Molvaer, Music; Even Borsum, set design; Ingrid Nylander, costumes; Kristin Bredal, lighting design; Jan Bang, trumpet; With the dancers of; The Norwegian National Ballet; The Norwegian Bational Ballet school; and; Andreas Heise (Osvald / M. Alving); Camilla Spidsoe (Ms Alving); Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken (Regine); Yoshifumi Inao (Engstrand); Ole Willy Falkhaugen (Pastor Manders); Recorded on Februarty 20th and 21st 2017 at the Den Norske Opera & Ballet; TV Director, Tommy Pascal (75 min)

      • Donny McCaslin - Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

        Donny McCaslin; Donny McCaslin, saphoxone according to the album 'Beyond Now'; Donny McCaslin is a tenor sax player. Influenced by his father, pianist and vibraphonist, he starts playing saxophone at the age of 12. After stopping by Berklee College of Music of Boston, he joins a quintet of a teacher from his school, Gary Burton, with whom he will tour for a few years. He moves to New York in 1991 and joins the band Steps Ahead. He will play with several more important music ensembles such as the Ken Schaphorst's big band or the Maria Schneider Ahead. In 2005, he joins trumpeter Dave Douglas'quintet. In 2010, he explores for the first time electric, funk, R&B and soul music. Moreover, David Bowie chose Mc Caslin's band to support his very last album Blackstar. In the past years, he was three times nominated for Grammys Awards. Recorded on, 2017, June 30th at Gesú, Montreal Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (68 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (50 min)

      • Phronesis & Engines orchestra - EFG London Jazz Festival

        Phronesis & Engines orchestra; Phronesis; Jasper Hoiby, piano; Ivo Neame, piano; Anton Eger, piano; Phill Meadows' Engines Orchestra; Phill Meadow, conductor; Rosanna Ter-Berg, Flute; Katie Bennington, Oboe; Gennie Joy, Clarinet/ Bass Clarinet; Lois Au, Bassoon; Katherine Waller, Violin I; Scott Lowry, Violin II; Alison D'souza, Viola; Zosia Jagodzinska, Cello; Musc played by Phronesis and Engine Orchestra; Dave Mari, composer; Decade Zero; Composer Dave Maric provides the alchemy that brings together two ensembles whose contrasting talents are poised to create musical fireworks. Jasper Hoiby, Ivo Neame and Anton Eger make piano trio music of distinctive power and lyricism that has had a worldwide impact over the past decade, whilst Phil Meadows' Engines Orchestra has fused today's generation of jazz and classical young bloods in a floating group of strings, horns and groove that transcends expectations. Recorded on November 12th 2017 at Barbican Milton Court, London Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (71 min)

      • Michael Wollny, Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien, Andreas Schaerer - EFG London Jazz Festival

        Michael Wollny, piano; Vincent Peirani, accordion; Emile Parisien, saxophone; Andreas Schaerer, vocal; Pianist Michael Wollny, accordionist Vincent Peirani, saxophonist Emile Parisien and the extraordinary vocal gymnastics of Andreas Schaerer - four stand-out individual talents from the ACT Records roster join forces in an all-star quartet that re-defines the range of their various instruments - not just cutting loose from the boundaries of jazz, but doing it in a way which energizes and takes the audience by storm. Individually, all four have made a massive impact at previous Festivals, but and the release of their collaboration - 'Out of Land' marks the boundless potential that these emergent forces will have in the European jazz of the future. Recorded on November 10th 2017 au Cadogan Hall, London Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (70 min)