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      • 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)

      • InterMezzo

        (40 min)

      • Leonardo García Alarcón conducts the Grands Motets by Lully in Versailles

        Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón (Conductor); Sophie Junker, Judith van Wanroij (dessus), Mathias Vidal, Cyril Auvity (hautes-contre), Thibaut Lenaerts (taille), Alain Buet (basse taille); Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687); Grands Motets; Dies Irae; De Profundis; Te Deum; Recorded on Fébruary 6th, 2018 at the Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles; Directed by Andy Sommer (89 min)

      • Seong-Jin Cho at the Verbier Festival: Debussy, Schumann, Chopin

        Seong-Jin Cho (piano); Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Images, Books 1 & 2; Robert Schumann (1810-1856); Fantasiestücke op.12; Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849); Piano Sonata no 3 in B minor op.58; Franz Liszt (1811-1886); Etude d'exécution transcendante No.10; Recorded 23 July 2018 at the Verbier Festival; TV Director, Pierre-Martin Juban (90 min)

      • Mark Guiliana Beat Music with Bigyuki - Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

        Mark Guiliana Beat Music avec Bigyuki; Mark Guilliana (batterie); Bigyuki (Clavier); For the second of his Invitation series concerts, supremely gifted drummer Mark Guiliana presents his project Beat Music, where jazz and electronica are fused with equal parts daring and creativity. He'll be joined by phenomenal New York keyboardist Bigyuki for a leisurely exploration of the many worlds of jazz. Recorded on July 2nd, 2018 at the Montrel Jazz Festival, Gesu; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (73 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (45 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)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • La Clemenza di Tito by Mozart at the Salzburg Festival

        La Clemenza di Tito; Opera seria in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Libretto by Pietro Mestastasio adapted by Caterino Mazzolá; First performance in Prague, National Theatre, 6 September 1791; musicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis (Conductor); Vitaly Polonsky (Chorus master); Peter Sellars (Stage Direction); George Tsypin (Sets), Robby Duiveman (Costumes), James F Ingalls (Lighting); Russell Thomas (Tito Vespasiano); Golda Schultz (Vitellia); Christina Gansch (Servilia); Marianne Crebassa (Sesto); Jeanine de Bique (Annio); Willard White (Publio); Directed by Peter Sellars; Recorded at the Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 2017 (169 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (22 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)

      • 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)

      • Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris: Ravel, Beethoven

        Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor); Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937); Le Tombeau de Couperin; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 9 July 2020 (60 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (13 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

        (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)

      • Antonin Tri-Hoang - Ornette | Apparitions - Banlieues Bleues

        Ornette | Apparitions; Antonin Tri Hoangn, Alto saxophone, clarinet, Geoiffroy Gesser, Tenor saxophone, Pierre Borel, Amtp saxophone, Aymeric Avice, trompet, Isabel Sörling, voice, Romain Clerc-Renaud, piano, Keyboard, Thibault Cellier, double bass, Yann Joussein, drums, Elie Duris, drums; La musique d'Ornette Coleman a changé le cours des choses. On a parlé de free jazz, mais ' ce n'est pas un autre jazz, c'est une musique autre, créative '. Depuis ses débuts (dans l'ONJ de Daniel Yvinec), Antonin Tri Hoang n'est pas sans évoquer Ornette: meme lyrisme tarabiscoté, meme gout du dérapage contrôlé. Au lieu d'une dissertation sur l'œuvre, il a proposé des reves, des ponts évocateurs, ' pas un revival, mais un survival '. Avec, aux manettes, le quartette Novembre et des invités qui maîtrisent á la perfection l'art du zapping et du collage. Ce qui n'est pas sans rappeler John Zorn, un autre grand fils (spirituel) d'Ornette. Recorde on April 19 avril 2016 at Banlieues Bleues, MC93; TV Director, Stéphane Jourdain (56 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (28 min)

      • Teodor Currentzis conducts Verdi's Requiem in Milano

        MusicaAeterna, Teodor Currentzis (Conductor); Zarina Abaeva (soprano), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (mezzo-soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass); Giussepe Verdi (1813 - 1901); Messa da Requiem; Recorded 12 April 2019, San Marco, Milano; TV Director, François-René Martin (93 min)

      • Evgeny Kissin at the Verbier Festival: Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Scriabin

        Evgeny Kissin (piano); Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849); Three Nocturnes; Robert Schumann (1810-1856); Piano Sonata no 3 in F minor op.14; Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Eight Preludes; Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915); Piano Sonata no 4 in F sharp major op.30; Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Golliwog's cakewalk; Recorded 22 July 2018 at the Verbier Festival; TV Director, Pierre-Martin Juban (78 min)