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

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

Henry Spencer & Juncture The Reasons Don't Change Henry Spencer, trumpet Nick Costley-White, guitar Matt Robinson, piano, Fender rhodes, Wurlitzer Andrew Robb, double bass David Ingamells, drums Award-winning trumpeter Henry Spencer's 'gleaming tone' (Jazzwise) lies at the core of an exciting young band playing out of the tradition with an invigorating c and attitude, whose debut album has been called 'one of the early contenders for album of the year' by All About Jazz. Recorded on November 10th 2017 at Rich Mix London Jazz Festival TV Director, Mathieu Mastin

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (direction) Chœur du Capitole, Alfonso Caiani (Chorus Master) Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) (Marguerite), Marc Laho (tenor) (Faust), John Relyea (bass) (Méphistophélès), Julien Veronese (baritone) (Brander) Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) La Damnation de Faust Légende dramatique in four parts Libretto by Hector Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière from Gérard de Nerval's translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' First performance in Paris, Opéra-Comique, 6 December 1846 Recorded at the Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, 22 February 2019 TV Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Conductor) Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104 Recorded in 2015 at the New Helsinki Music Center (Musiikkitalo) Directed by Laura Joutsi and Hannu Kamppila

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano (Conductor) Marie-Nicole Lemieux (alto) Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Jeux Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Wesendonck Lieder Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) The Rite of Spring Recorded 19 March 2019, Philharmonie de Paris TV Director, Olivier Simonnet

Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Le Kwartett Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933) Mélodies Recorded at the Festival de Saintes, 19 July 2020

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 curruchà (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

Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi (conductor) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Carl Nielsen (1865- 1931) Aladdin suite Giya Kancheli (né en 1935) V & V for violin, taped voice and string orchestra Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Symphony no 2 in D major opus 43 Recorded on August 17, 2017 at the Pärnu Music Festival TV Director, Ülle Õun

Esperanza Spalding : Emily's D + Evolution at the Melbourne Jazz Festival 2016 Esperanza Spalding, bass / vocals Matt Steven, guitar Justin Tyson, drums Emily Elbert, vocals Originally conceived the day before her birthday -during a 'sleepless night of full moon inspiration'- Emily's D+Evolution will perform all-new material that Spalding says 'unfolds as live musical vignettes.' 'Emily is my middle name and I'm using this fresh persona as my inner navigator. This project is about going back and reclaiming un-cultivated curiosity, and using it as a compass to move forward and expand' says Spalding. 'My hope for this group is to create a world around each song... We will be staging the songs as much as we play them, using characters, video and the movement of our bodies.' Emily's D+Evolution is opening Melbourne Jazz Festival 2016 in the Forum. Recorded on June 3rd 2016 at the Forum Melbourne TV direction by Mathieu Mastin

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

Stéphane Kerecki - French Touch Stéphane Kerecki, double bass Julien Lourau, saxophone Fabrice Moreau, drums Jozef Dumoulin, piano, Fender Rhodes Stéphane Kerecki made a name for himself by playing with Daniel Humair, Sheila Jordan, Michel Portal, Jacky Terrasson. He is leading his own trio, with saxophonist Matthieu Donarier and drummer Thomas Grimmonprez. His recordings received many awards, including the Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros, Disque d'Emoi de l'année 2007 (Jazz Magazine), Choc du Monde de la Musique a.o. Kerecki's most ambitious project to date, ' Nouvelle Vague ', an homage to the movies of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Louis Malle, Jacques Demy, and the music it generated, features re-adapted works by Miles Davis, Martial Solal, Georges Delerue, Antoine Duhamel and Michel Legrand. His new project 'French Touch' explores the influence of contemporary French popular music, made by groups like Air, Daft Punk, Motorbass, Kavinsky and Phoenix, on today's music scene worldwide. Recode on May 11, 2018 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

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

QVENILD PERSONAL PIANO @ Oslo Jazz Festival 2016 Morten Qvenild, a member of In The Country, who also accompanies Susanna Wallumrød in Susanna & The Magical Orchestra, presents a very personal kind of music. Qvenild drifts away from jazz standards, presenting works performed on his 'HyPer(sonal) Piano', a keyboard augmented with electronics. The Norwegian musician's compositions are varied, and may include his own vocals. He sometimes reduces the accompaniment to a bare minimum, a few melodic touches to support the melancholy of his timbre (Wild Horses). He feels at liberty, for example, to break the continuity of a piece like Kick And Glide, speeding up the tempo and calling on programs to give his piano a psychedelic and futuristic touch - in the company of a distorted guitar - taking us far away from traditional jazz. Record on August 17th 2016 at the Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria, Oslo (Oslo Jazz Festival) TV director, Jean-François Hugel

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

Michael Janisch Band Michael Janisch, double/electric bass John O'Gallagher, alto saxophone Jason Palmer, trumpet Rez Abbasi, guitar Clarence Penn, drums Whirlwind head honcho, bassist, composer and producer Michael Janisch (nominated in 2016 for a MOBO Award in the Jazz category after releasing his latest solo album 'Paradigm Shift' (see below), premieres a terrific Stateside band on their first European tour-date with guitarist Rez Abbasi - rapidly emerging as one of today's major new voices on his instrument - alongside Grammy-winning alto saxophonist John O'Gallagher (Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider), trumpeter Jason Palmer (Herbie Hancock, Kurt Rosenwinkel) and the brilliant drummer Clarence Penn (Michael Brecker, Maria Schneider). Recorded on November 10th 2017 au Rich Mix, London Jazz Festival TV Director, Mathieu Mastin

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