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

One Thousand and One Nights Ballet in 2 Acts Choreographer & Artistic Director , Andrey Petrov Music, Fikret Amirov Libretto by Maksud & Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nailia Naziorova bassée sur sur le conte Arabe 'Les 1001 nuits' Sets, Tair Salahov Costume, Olga Polyanskaya With The Kremlin Ballet Scheherezada, Ekaterina Pervushina Shahriyar, a Persian tsar, Mikhail Evgenov NuRida, Shahriyar's wife, Irina Ablitsova Masood, a slav of Nurida, Amir Salimov Vizier, father of Sheherezada, Ivan Fadeev Executioner, Nikita Smirnov Alladin, Egor Motuzov Tsarevna Budour, Natalia Balakhnicheva Wizard, Nikita Ivanov Gene of the lamps, Ivan Zakharchenko Sindbad, Maxim Afnasyev Girl, Karina Salimova Bird Ruh, Nikolay Zheltikov Le Sultan, Sergey Vasyuchenko Wife of the Sultan, Ksenia Khabinets Hobo, Dmitry Prusakov Ali-Baba, Eugeny Korolev Marjana, servant Ali-Baba, Alina Kaicheva Maxym robbers, Maxim Sabitov Soloist in bash, Arina Tomilina, Ekaterina Chekryzheva Recorded at the Heydar Aliyev Palace, Bakou, Azerbaïdjan on April 11 & 12, 2019 TV Director, Vincent Massip

Orchestre National d'Ile-de-France, Case Scaglione (Conductor) Edgar Moreau (cello) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Cello Concerto no 1 in C major Hob.VIIb.1 Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951) Verklärte Nacht Recorded at the Maison de l'Orchestre National d'Ile-de-France, Alfortville, 26 June 2020

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stéphane Fuget (organ and musical direction) Sophie Junker, Florie Valiquette (sopranos) François Couperin (1668 - 1733) Leçons de Ténèbres pour le mercredi saint Victoria, Christo resurgenti (Motet pour le Jour de Pâques) Michel Richard Delalande (1657 - 1726) Cantique Quatrième : Sur le Bonheur des Justes et le malheur des réprouvés Recorded at the Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 117 June 2020

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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber (direction) Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92 Directed by Humphrey Burton Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, in 1983 Carlos Kleiber's all too rare concert appearances are always musical occasions to cherish and remember. The vitality and precision of his authoritative gestures never fail to generate excitement and inspire playing of great élan from orchestras throughout the world. When Carlos Kleiber conducts the Concertgebouworkest of Amsterdam in Beethoven, one can expect a performance of intense musical concentration and exceptional expressive power. Carlos Kleiber made this recording with the Dutch orchestra in 1983, conducting Beethoven's Fourth and Seventh Symphonies. The mesmeric command of this elusive conductor over his musicians is fascinating. With none of the excessive glamor of the star performer, Carlos Kleiber, with meticulous care for detail, creates clear instrumental textures, compelling rhythmic designs and magical moments of fine repose. This is spell-binding music-making. This is vintage Carlos Kleiber.

Fabio Biondi (violin) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 Recorded at the Granada Festival, Fundación Rodríguez-Acosta, on July 8, 2020

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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber (direction) Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op.60 Directed by Humphrey Burton Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, in 1983 Carlos Kleiber's all too rare concert appearances are always musical occasions to cherish and remember. The vitality and precision of his authoritative gestures never fail to generate excitement and inspire playing of great élan from orchestras throughout the world. When Carlos Kleiber conducts the Concertgebouworkest of Amsterdam in Beethoven, one can expect a performance of intense musical concentration and exceptional expressive power. Carlos Kleiber made this recording with the Dutch orchestra in 1983, conducting Beethoven's Fourth and Seventh Symphonies. The mesmeric command of this elusive conductor over his musicians is fascinating. With none of the excessive glamor of the star performer, Carlos Kleiber, with meticulous care for detail, creates clear instrumental textures, compelling rhythmic designs and magical moments of fine repose. This is spell-binding music-making. This is vintage Carlos Kleiber.

Mike Stern & Randy Brecker Band Mike Stern (Michael Sedgwick) (Guitar) Randy Brecker (trumpet) Lenny White (drums) Teymur Phell (Bass) Playlist . Out Of The Blue (MikeStern) . KT (MikeStern) . Dipshit (Randy Brecker) . What Might Have Been (MikeStern) . Red House (Jimi Hendrix) Enregistré le 10 juillet 2017 au Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux Jazz Club) Réalisation, Vincent Guélat

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

Erik Truffaz (trumpet) Marcello Giuliani (bass) Benoît Corboz piano (Fender Rhodes) Marc Erbetta (drums) With special guests Nya (voice) Guillaume Perret (saxophone) The trumpet player of Swiss origin, Erik Truffaz,is one of the first European jazzmen to have successfully approached drum'n'bass. In 1991 he founded a quartet which today is composed of Benoît Corboz (keyboards), Marcello Giuliani (bass) and Marc Erbetta (drums and percussion),he explores electronic jazz-fusion much in the same way as Miles Davis and recorded several albums starting from 1994. After an incursion into into rock at the head of his Ladybird Quartet created in 2001, he returned to the formula which had made him successful. In his world, always deeply influenced by Miles Davis, the stridencies of rock alternate with the poetic respites, the rousing grooves with more calm ballads. Recorded at Jazz in Marciac Festival (Circus top), on August 6, 2018 TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux

Ambrose Akinmusire Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet) Sam Harris (piano) Harish Raghavan (bass) Justin Brown (Drums) Playlist . Backstory . Maurice & Michael (Sorry I Didn't Say Hello) . Reponse . Condor . A Moment In Between The Rest . Trumpet Sketch . Umteyo . A Song To Exhale To (Diver Song) Recorded on July 03rd 2017 at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux Jazz Club) TV Director, Julian Nicole-Kay

TORD GUSTAVSEN M/DOMKORET AND TORE BRUNBORG @ Oslo Jazz Festival 2016 Tord Gustavsen composition, piano Tore Brunborg, saxophone DomKoret, Oslo cathedral choir Commissioned for the 30th anniversary of the festival, a new composition by Tord Gustavsen, accompanied by saxophonist and friend Tore Brunborg and the superb Oslo Cathedral choir. A magnificent experience, steeped in Scandinavian culture, rich with ghosts and legends. Recorded on August 19th 2016 at the Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria, Oslo (Oslo Jazz Festival) TV director, Jean-François Hugel

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

Erik Truffaz (trumpet) Marcello Giuliani (bass) Benoît Corboz piano (Fender Rhodes) Marc Erbetta (drums) With special guests Nya (voice) Guillaume Perret (saxophone) The trumpet player of Swiss origin, Erik Truffaz,is one of the first European jazzmen to have successfully approached drum'n'bass. In 1991 he founded a quartet which today is composed of Benoît Corboz (keyboards), Marcello Giuliani (bass) and Marc Erbetta (drums and percussion),he explores electronic jazz-fusion much in the same way as Miles Davis and recorded several albums starting from 1994. After an incursion into into rock at the head of his Ladybird Quartet created in 2001, he returned to the formula which had made him successful. In his world, always deeply influenced by Miles Davis, the stridencies of rock alternate with the poetic respites, the rousing grooves with more calm ballads. Recorded at Jazz in Marciac Festival (Circus top), on August 6, 2018 TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux