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

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

Il Trovatore Dramma in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after 'El Trobador' by Antonio García Gutiérrez First performance in Rome, Teatro Apollo, 12 January 1857 Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Daniel Oren (direction) Pierre Iodice (chef de chœurs) Stefano Vizioli (Stage Direction) Alessandro Ciammarughi (Sets & Costumes) Fabio Sartori (Manrico) Yolanda Auyanet (Leonora) Mario Cassi (Il Conte di Luna) Violetta Urmana (Azucena) Luciano Montanaro (Ferrando) Julie Bailly (Inés) Xavier Petithan (Ruiz) Alexei Gorbatchev (Un vecchio zingaro) Stefano de Rosa (Un messo) Recorded 22 September 2018 at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Directed by Arnaud Lalanne

Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (Conductor) David Aaron Carpenter (viola), Ingolf Wunder (piano) Albert Garzia (b. 1977) Kewn Alexey Shor (b. 1970) Piano Concerto, Travel notebook Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Symphony no 5 in E minor, op. 64 Recorded on May 28, 2018 at the Berlin Philharmonie Directed by Benjamin Bleton

Two Suns Ballet in two acts, creation & choreography by Roudolf Kharatian, Based on a poem by Grigor Narekatsi 'The bool of Lamentations' Music, Armenian composers from 4th to 21th century : Mesrop Mashtots, Grigor Narekatsi, Aram Khachaturian, Alan Hovhaness, Arno Babjanyan, Avet Terterian et Ashot Ariyan Sets & costumes, Astghik Stepanyan Hip Hop Choreography, Hovhannes (Jungle) Howhannisyan With Jonathan Jordan (Narekatsi), Garegin Baelyan (Arshile Gorky), Maria Lakka (Toros Roslin), Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (Narrator), Sona Kharatian (Holy Mother), Sayaka Wakita (Faith), Nicole Fedorov (Hope), Marie Garnier (Love), Sayaka Wakita (The Girl) and the corps de ballet Hip Hop Dancers Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Gegham Tadevosyan, Gor Karapetyan, Karen Tchagharyan, Hovhannes Minasyan Recorded on June 2015 at The Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia TV Director, Jeff Kalousdian

Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Le Kwartet 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

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Conductor) Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63 Recorded in 2015 at the New Helsinki Music Center (Musiikkitalo) Directed by Laura Joutsi and Hannu Kamppila

Dudu Carmel (oboe), Ron Selka (clarinet), Daniel Mazaki (bassoon), Michal Mossek (horn), Bishara Haroni (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Quintet in E-flat major for piano and winds, K. 452 Erwin Schulhoff (1894 - 1942) Divertissement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Quintet in E-flat major for piano and winds, op. 16 Recorded at the Zucker Hall, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 13 April 2019 TV Director, Christophe Boula

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.

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

Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Edvard Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor, op. 36 (Transcription for viola and piano by Lars Anders Tomter) Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen, op. 132 Johannes Brahms Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major, op. 120 Recorded on June 6th 2017 at the concert hall of Troldhaugen as part of the Bergen Festival Directed by Benjamin Bleton

Chlorine Free feat. Soweto Kinch + NYA Virgile Lorach, bass David Monet, keyboard Romain Clerc-Renaud, Fender Rhodes Maxime Zampieri, drums Yann Cley, flute Benoît Giffard, trombone Michel Escande, percussion, machines Soweto Kinch, saxophones Nya, lyric Disque étonnant et incomparable, ' Free Speech ' de Chlorine Free est un mélange intelligent et bouillonnant d'univers musicaux et vocaux axés sur la communication et l'expérimentation, tout en mettant l'humain au centre de la démarche. Un projet excitant et intense, sans temps mort et aussi addictif qu'intrigant - Indiemusic 17 pistes qui sont autant de pépites que l'on redécouvre avec le même émerveillement à chaque nouvelle écoute. Voici un album qui vous nettoie les oreilles sans produit chloré - Djam Les apprentis chimistes de Chlorine Free remettent le couvert avec ' Free Speech ', brillant 3e album au groove complexe. L'album nous entraîne dans une déambulation au travers de paysages sonores protéiformes, contemplatifs et subtilement rythmés. Chlorine Free affirme ici encore plus en profondeur cette alchimie si particulière qui entre electronica, broken beat, jazz-funk avant-gardiste et hip-hop. Le groupe prend pleinement sa place dans ce courant musical refusant toute étiquette rébarbative et en plein essor qui, avec un esprit décloisonné, sait rassembler autour de lui des auditeurs de tous les horizons. Les invités Soweto Kinch et Nya étoffent et enrichissent la palette du groupe. Le groove hip-hop old-school de Chlorine Free porte des textes engagés dans leur troisième opus, entre hymne écolo et appel à prendre en main sa destinée. Recorded on May 11, 2018 at the Grand Auditoire, Like a jazz machine festival, Dudalange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebautt

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

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

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

Michael Wollny Michael Wollny - piano Christian Weber - contrebasse Eric Schaefer - batterie Playlist Atavus (Eric Schaefer) Phlesma Phighter (Eric Schaefer) Big Louise (Scott Walker) Farbenlehre (Michael Wollny) Gravité (Eric Schaefer) Sleeper (Michael Wollny) Hiroshima mon amour (Eric Schaefer) Little Person (Jon Brion) Gorilla Bsicuits (Eric Schaefer) Lassel (Machant) Recorded on November 11, 2018 at the auditorium de la Cité de la Musique et de la Danse de Strasbourg TV Director, Josselin Carré