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Lucky Peterson, tribute to Jimmy Smith Lucky Peterson (organ, lyric) Nicolas Fomer (trumpet) Kekyn Crapp (guitar) Ahmad Compaoré (drums) Twelve years after the death of Jimmy Smith, Lucky Peterson, pays a tribute to the master of the Hammond organ.' My father brought me up on blues before I could even walk, and I played the organ before having learnt to speak.'Lucky Peterson, The precocious, classy little baby's bottle was thrown into music as soon as he was born.To this die-hard blues man, who is the guardian of the flame, he was able to add a well-chosen dose of groove. There is no doubt that it was a suitable way to honour Jimmy Smith, who was a reference in the realm of jazz soul and with whom he had exchanged in his youth. Finally this dive into history reminds us how much the hymns of the 1950's and 1960's remain incredibly sensual, enough to encourage the choir of a church to dance... Recorded on March 31st 2018 at the 'Espace Paul Eluard, Stains, Banlieues bleues festival TV Director, Guillaume Dero

The Sound of New York, Theo Croker 'The Sound of New York' is the exploration of the musical world of a new generation of artists based in New York City. These musicians hail from different countries, with their own stories and diverse experiences, are giving birth to a new musical wave that takes shape influencing worldwide the artistic scene. It's right in New York today that this impulse is stronger than ever: the sounds come from a deep integration of music of the past and today, interacting with other artistic forms. It's a modern concentration of African-American music influences, including classical and contemporary, as well as more mainstream styles such as Jazz, Hip-Hop, R'B, Rock, etc 10 musicians internationally known will lead us into this world walking along the streets of New York. We will see the places where they live and listen to the music they compose to know their artistic essence. 'I think the only way to preserve any tradition is to simply be knowledgeable of it and put a message or whatever you're doing to move it forward ' (Theo Croker) Theodore Lee Croker is a jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader from Leesburg, Florida. He studies in Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio) with jazz artists Gary Bartz, Robin Eubanks, Billy Hart, Wendell Logan, Marcus Belgrave and Dan Wall. In 2006 he was awardedthe Presser Music Foundation Award and use the grant money to record his frist album 'The fundamentals'. In 2013 Croker returned to the USA after a 7 years stay in Shanghai, China, where he broadned his concept of Jazz to encompass other complementary genres such as salsa, fusion-rock, R&B, hip-hop and blues. Then he signed with DDB records to began production in NY on the album 'Afrophysicist' and in 2016 'Escape Velocity' consolidate his status of improviser. Recorded in 2017 TV director, Gloria Rebecchi

Liniker e os Caramelows Liniker Barros (lyric) Renata Essis (chorus) Eder Araujo (saxophone) Fernando Trz (keyboard) William Zaharanski (guitar) Rafael Barone (Bass) Péricles Zuanon (drums) Marja Lenski (percussion) Led by a transsexuel singer with knock out charisma, this is the soul sensation which has arrived from Brazil and which we haven't finished talking about. It is not for nothing that the group is called 'The Toffees'. Because they are soft, sweet, chewy, amusing, endearing. In less than three years , the Paulites have succeeded in exploding the YouTube audience assessment meters and conquered Brazil with their hybrid tropical soul which fits perfectly into the footsteps of a Tim Maia. Released in 2016, their first album 'Remonta' is a pure chef d'oeuvre of 'funzy', the style which they have created: a sort of languorous funk interspersed with explosions of hard rock. A cross-pollinated and contrasting groove just like their native Brazil. Recorded on April 6th 2018 athe Marbrerie, Montreuil, Banlieues bleues festival Réalisation, Stéphan Jourdain

Orchestre national de Lille, Alexandre Bloch (Conductor) Nemanja Radulovic (violin) Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor Igor Stravinsky Firebird, ballet Recorded on 29 & 30 September at the Nouveau Siècle, Lille Directed by Nicolas Foulon

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

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Christian Arming (Conductor) Adrien La Marca (viola) Richard Strauss Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare William Walton Viola Concerto Sergei Rachmaninov Symphony no 2 Recorded on September 21, 2018 at the Salle Philharmonique, Liège

An evening with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker at the Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier Étoiles, principal dancers and the Corps de Ballet Conductor, Vello Pähn Opéra national de Paris orchestra Quatuor n°4 Enters the Repertory of Opéra national de Paris Choreography, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Music, Béla Bartók, Quatuor n°4 Set, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Lights, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Herman Sorgeloos made by Vinicio Cheli Costume, Rosas With Sae Eun Park, Juliette Hilaire, Charlotte Ranson, Laura Bachman ______________________________________________________ Die grosse Fuge Enters the Repertory of Opéra national de Paris Choreography, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, La Grande Fugue, op.133 Staging, Jean-Luc Ducourt Set, Jan Joris Lamers Lights, Jan Joris Lamers made by Vinicio Cheli Costume, Rosas Music analysis, Georges-Elie Octors With Alice Renavand, Stéphane Bullion, Karl Paquette, Vincent Chaillet, Florian Magnenet, Nicolas Paul, Adrien Couvez, Alexandre Gasse _______________________________________________________ Verklärte Nacht Enters the Repertory of Opéra national de Paris Choreography, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Music, Arnold Schönberg, The Transfigured Night. op. 4, version for string orchestra Set, Gilles Aillaud , Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Costume, Rudy Sabounghy Lights, Vinicio Cheli Music analysis, Georges-Elie Octors , Rosas With Émilie Cozette, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Léonore Baulac, Letizia Galloni, Séverine Westermann, Katherine Higgins, Emilie Hasboun, Alice Catonnet, Alexandre Gasse, Karl Paquette, Stéphane Bullion, Florian Magnenet, Takeru Coste, Nicolas Paul Recorded on October 27 and 30 2015 at the Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier TV director, Louise Narboni

The Lisbon Piece Choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker Music Thierry de Mey Rosas Ballet The Lisbon Piece is a tableau for classical ballet and percussions. Thierry De Mey, who composed some of the music, is a longtime collaborator of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's. 'Thierry has the same obsession for structure as I do', she says. 'He comes from the cinema and knows how to build bridges between the arts.' Anne Teresa has not done much classical ballet in her work as a choreographer, even though she admires the language and trained at the Mudra school. The Lisbon Piece is a particular case in the history of Rosas. A challenge. The dancers, wearing pointe shoes, move within a soundscape generated by an instrumentarium of which Thierry De Mey has the secret (paper drums, metallic sounds, whispers...) Recorded at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussells on 2002 TV Director Pierre Barré and Thierry Loreau

Sinfonietta de Lausanne, Alexander Mayer (conductor) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Solenn Lavanant-Linke (soprano), Birthe Blom (violin), Jean-Baptiste Poyard (violin), Jorge Viladoms-Weber (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Double Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) «Ch'io mi scordi di te», concert aria César Franck (1822-1890) Variations symphoniques Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Valse triste Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Cello Concerto no. 1 Recorded at the Saint-Prex Classics Festival, Switzerland, on 29th August 2013 TV Directors, Julien Condemine and Geoffroy Duval (79 mns)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (Conductor) Groot Ormroepkoor, Vlaams Radio Koor, Nationaal Kinderkoor Elena Stikhina (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone) Benjamin Britten War Requiem, op. 66 Recorded on October 12, 2018 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Directed by Dick Kuijs

Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sladkovsky (Conductor) Denis Matsuev (piano) Mikhail Glinka Ouverture to Ruslan and Lyudmila Piotr Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major op. 44 Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) Pictures at an exhibition Recorded on December 6, 2016 at the Musikverein, Vienna

Salif Keita Acoustic at the Carreau du Temple, Paris The 'Golden voice of Africa' was the first artist to perform at the Carreau du Temple, a 'new' Parisian venue, recently reopened after years of neglect. The inaugural concert, recorded on Friday 25 April 2014, was the perfect alliance of diverse cultures, carried by the high and powerful voice of this adoptive 'griot' - Salif Keita is a direct descendent of the Mali Empire's founder, Soundiata Keita - and a historical landmark, elegantly restored. Glass, cast iron, brick and wood have given a new life to this former market hall, whose Eiffel-style nineteenth century metallic structure is so typically Parisian. A historical venue and an artist who has freed himself from tradition and follows his own path. With Salif Keita, lyrics Aminata Danté et Bah Kouyaté, lyrics Mamadou Diabaté, Kora Souleymane Kouyaté, N'goni Guy Nwogang, drums Ousmane Kouyaté, Guitar Playlist : Katolon M'Bamba Tu vas me manquer (I miss you) Yamore Saranfino Namanamani Mandjoue kanté Coucou (Hello) Tekere Recorded at the Carreau du temple on March 2014 TV idrector, Josselin Carré

Hiromi at the International Jazz Festival of Montréal 2016 Four years after her last visit to the Festival, Japanese pianist Hiromi returns with Spark, her 10th album, released in April. Conceived with her Trio Project, consisting of double bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips, she'll perform it here with all the passion and virtuosity that have made her reputation. Recorded on June 30th at the Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montréal TV direction by Mathieu Mastin

Daniel Melingo (voice, clarinet), Muhammad Habbibi El Rodra Guerra (guitar, saw, chorus), Pedro Onetto (piano, chorus), Patricio Cotella (doube-bass, chorus), Gustavo Paglia (bandoneón), Anne Le Pape (violin), Diego Trosman (guitar tanguera, chorus). Featuring: Juliette, Vinicio Capossela, Andrés Calamaro Melingo with guests Juliette - Vinicio Capossela - Naissam Jalal live at the Festival d'Ile de France But who is Melingo? 
 Is he the Argentinian re-incarnation of Tom Waits or Nick Cave? The cheeky and dreamy voice from the suburbs of Buenos Aires? An errant rock tanguero with a penchant for poetry and freedom? 
 Probably a little bit of all this... As an artist he is definitely a maverick, a radical whose music reinvents a surrealist world.

The Sound of New York, Theo Croker 'The Sound of New York' is the exploration of the musical world of a new generation of artists based in New York City. These musicians hail from different countries, with their own stories and diverse experiences, are giving birth to a new musical wave that takes shape influencing worldwide the artistic scene. It's right in New York today that this impulse is stronger than ever: the sounds come from a deep integration of music of the past and today, interacting with other artistic forms. It's a modern concentration of African-American music influences, including classical and contemporary, as well as more mainstream styles such as Jazz, Hip-Hop, R'B, Rock, etc 10 musicians internationally known will lead us into this world walking along the streets of New York. We will see the places where they live and listen to the music they compose to know their artistic essence. 'I think the only way to preserve any tradition is to simply be knowledgeable of it and put a message or whatever you're doing to move it forward ' (Theo Croker) Theodore Lee Croker is a jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader from Leesburg, Florida. He studies in Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio) with jazz artists Gary Bartz, Robin Eubanks, Billy Hart, Wendell Logan, Marcus Belgrave and Dan Wall. In 2006 he was awardedthe Presser Music Foundation Award and use the grant money to record his frist album 'The fundamentals'. In 2013 Croker returned to the USA after a 7 years stay in Shanghai, China, where he broadned his concept of Jazz to encompass other complementary genres such as salsa, fusion-rock, R&B, hip-hop and blues. Then he signed with DDB records to began production in NY on the album 'Afrophysicist' and in 2016 'Escape Velocity' consolidate his status of improviser. Recorded in 2017 TV director, Gloria Rebecchi

Michel Portal 'Minneapolis' Michel Portal, saxophone, bass clarinet, bandoneon Tony Hymas, keyboards Vernon Reid, guitar Sonny Thompson, bass Stokley William, drums Recorded on February 19th 2016 at 8pm , At la Maison des Arts de Créteil, Festival 'Sons d'Hiver' 2016 Directed by Stéphane Sinde

Gregory Porter at the International Jazz Festival of Montréal 2016 Gregory Porter's musical awakening came upon hearing his mother's Nat King Cole records as a child - Porter would later write a show in homage to the singer. After seeing his dreams of professional football thwarted by a major injury, the California-born artist turned to music. With the help of his mentor, the multi-instrumentalist and composer Kamau Kenyatta, Porter honed his skills in San Diego jazz clubs before landing a role in the musical It Ain't Nothing But the Blues. His resume also includes a collaboration with famed flutist Hubert Laws. A gifted songwriter, he penned most of the jazz and soul-oriented material appearing on his first albums, Water (2010), Be Good (2012) and Liquid Spirit (2013), winner of a Grammy for Best jazz vocal album. Recorded on June 29th at the Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montréal TV direction by Mathieu Mastin

Alceste, by Christoph Willibald Gluck (Vienna version, 1767, in Italian) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice, Guillaume Tourniaire (Conductor) Pier Luigi Pizzi (Stage Director, Sets, Costumes) Vincenzo Raponi (Lighting) Carmela Remigio ( Alceste) Marlin Miller (Admeto) Giorgio Misseri (Evandro) Zuzana Markova (Ismene) Vincenzo Nizzardo (Apollo, Il gran sacerdote di Apollo) Armando Gabba (Un banditore, La voce dell'Oracolo) Recorded on 24 March 2015 at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice Directed by Stéphane Vérité

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Recorded on October 23, 2017 at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires Directed by Jean-Pierre Loisil

Swan Lake Choreography Graeme Murphy Music Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Australian Opera orchestra Conductor Nicolette Fraillon Concert Master Aubrey Murphy Concept Graeme Murphy, Janet Vernon and Kristian Fredrikson Set and Costume Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design Damien Cooper With Madeleine Eastoe, Odette Robert Curran, Prince Siegfried Danielle Rowe, Baroness von Rothbart And the Australian Ballet Recorded on April 9th 2008 at the Sydney Opera House Directed for TV by Simon Francis

Orchestre national de Lille, Keith Lockhart (Conductor) Robert McDuffie (violin) Benjamin Attahir Samaa Sawti Zama Steve Reich Three Movements Philip Glass Violin Concerto no 2 The American Four Seasons Steve Reich Duet for two violins Recorded on January 11 & 12, 2018 at the Nouveau Siècle, Lille Directed by Stéphane Vérité

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 Anton Bruckner Symphony no. 9 in D minor Recorded on December 15 & 16, 2016 at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich TV Director, Corentin Leconte

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Claude Debussy La Mer Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an exposition Recorded on December 8, 2014 at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow Directed by Don Kent

Tannhäuser, by Richard Wagner Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice, Omer Meir Wellber (Conductor) Calixto Bieito (Stage Direction) Michael Bauer (Lighting), Ingo Krügler (Costumes) Paul McNamara (Tannhäuser) Liene Kinča (Elisabeth) Ausrine Stundyte Venus Christoph Pohl (Wolfram von Eschenbach) Cameron Becker (Walter von der Vogelweide) Alessio Cacciamani (Biterolf) Paolo Antognetti (Heinrich der Schreiber) Mattia Denti (Reinmar von Zweter) Recorded on 24 & 28 January 2017 at the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia Directed by Stéphane Vérité

Shabaka and the Ancestors Shabaka Akua Lumumba Kamau Hutchings (saxophone ténor) Mthunzi Mvubu (saxophone alto) Siyabonga Mthembu (voix) Ariel Zomonsky (Basse) Tumi Mogorosi (batterie) Gontse Makhene (Percussions) Playlist . Nguni (Shabaka Hutchings, Siyabonga Mthembu) . The Sea (Shabaka Hutchings) . The Observer (Shabaka Hutchings, Siyabonga Mthembu) . Joyous ((Shabaka Hutchings) . Natty (Shabaka Hutchings) . Mzwandile (Shabaka Hutchings, Siyabonga Mthembu) . Chik CHIkka (Lykaty Astatke) Refocusing jazz could be Shabaka Hutchings' mantra. The tenor saxophonist recently went to Johannesburg to soak up South African heritage and to surround himself with the country's best musicians. It led to a celebratory, spiritual sound on the vibrant Wisdom of Elders, recorded in just one day in Johannesburg. The music composed by the saxophonist is primitive, spontaneous, and unpredictable. It's infused with drummer Tumi Mogoros's polyrhythmic beats and the hypnotic sounds of singer Siyabonga Mthembu. British Shabaka Hutchings has Barbadian roots. He's been recognized as a key player on the London jazz scene for a few years now. He got noticed when he brought African and Caribbean sounds to Sons Of Kemet and by playing with the electro-cosmic sounds of The Comet Is Coming. Enregistré le 12 juillet 2017 au Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux Jazz Club) Réalisation, Marc Schütrumpf

Marianne Trudel @ Upstairs, Montreal Marianne Trudel, piano Robbie Kuster, drums Rémi Jean-Leblanc, Bass Compositions Marianne Trudel Possibilités et limitations (possibilities and limitations) Oui (yes) Trois soleils (three suns) La Vie commence ici (Life start here) Deux soleils (two suns) La Rivière (the river) Soon Le Vent est une chance (wind is a chance) Urge La Nuit, les lucioles... (night, fireflies ...) Recorded on April 14th 2015 @ Upstairs, Montreal TV Director, Julien Condemine

Hiromi at the International Jazz Festival of Montréal 2016 Four years after her last visit to the Festival, Japanese pianist Hiromi returns with Spark, her 10th album, released in April. Conceived with her Trio Project, consisting of double bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips, she'll perform it here with all the passion and virtuosity that have made her reputation. Recorded on June 30th at the Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montréal TV direction by Mathieu Mastin

Yaron Herman - piano Ziv Ravitz - Drums and guests - Sage - vocal Maria Mosconi - violin Survier Flores - violin Laurent Muller - viola Jérémie Arcache - Cello Recorded on september 10the 2015 at La Villette Jazz festival, Grande Halle de la Villette TV Director, Lorenzo Giuseppe De Vecchi

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

Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, op. 32 Sergei Rachmaninov Three Russian songs, op.41 Alexander Scriabin Poem of ecstasy, op. 54 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No.3, op. 44 Recorded at the Saydashev Grand Concert Hall, City of Kazan (Russia) on June 06th, 2014

Ensemble Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (Conductor) Sara Jäggi, Zsuzsi Tóth, Stefanie True, Caroline Weynants (soprani), Jan Kullman, Daniel Elgersma (alti), Robert Buckland, Philippe Froeliger (tenors), Sebastian Myrus, Lionel Meunier (basses) Ensemble Masques, Olivier Fortin (artistic direction) Sophie Gent, Tuomo Suni (violins), Kathleen Kajioka (viola), Mélisande Corriveau (viola da gambe), Benoît Vanden Bemden (violone), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord, organ) Dietrich Buxtehude Gott hilf mir, denn das Wasser geht mit bis an die Seele, BuxWV 34 Sonata in A minor BuxWV 272 Cantata BuxWV 10 Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BuxWV 62 Cantata BuxWV 77 Sonata in B flat major BuxWV 255 Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, BuxWV 41 Recorded on January 27, 2017 at the AMUZ, Antwerp Directed by Sonia Paramo

There are rare types of music which, like perfume or spice, can make your head spin and sweep you off your feet at first listen. Toumani Diabaté's music is of this breed. The notes from his kora literally pierce you. In an instant, you are plunged straight into Africa - Mali to be precise - into the heart of a village where even the urban hubbub can't drown out the music ushering inhabitants into a long night of celebration. The Banlieues Bleues Festival offers us a chance to discover this major artist during a concert.

Edmar Castadena at the International Jazz Festival of Montréal 2016 As an out-of-the-ordinary harpist, and one of the most creative musicians of the Big Apple, Edmar Castadena possesses the polyvalence and the enchanting charisma to draw his instrument into the light, which is pretty rare in the world of jazz and improvised music. Performing on the most prestigious stages of the world, Edmar Castadena 's body and his Colombian harp seems to make only one, shaping incredible detailed rhythm by unheard nuances, thus rivaling with the greatest flamenco guitarists. Edmar Castadena's last album 'Double Portion' (with Miguel Zenon, the cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaban and the mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda) draws the fans and critics' attention, Recorded on June 30th at the Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montréal TV direction by Mathieu Mastin

Youn Sun Nah, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal youn Sun Nah, voice Jamie Saft, piano and keyboards Clifton Hyde, guitar TBC and acoustic bass Dan Rieser, drums YSN was born and raised in Seoul in a family captivated by the voice; her father is a choir conductor and her mother is a musical actress. The year after that, she's invited by the Korean Symphony Orchestra to sing gospels. She makes her first steps on record and on stage. Following that experience, she's noticed and hired in musicals. Her appearances are rewarded and new opportunities lead her to make choices: a career is opening to her but she's not convinced to be on the right track. She finally decides to go back to school to study music and singing. Francophile, amateur of chanson, she settles down in Paris during the fall 1995. She registers at the National Institute of Music in Beauvais, at the Conservatory of Nadia and Lili Boulanger and at the CIM, school of jazz and current music. It is in that school that the epiphany happens. During 6 full seasons, her voice and her personality have impacted and touched the hearts all over the globe. About 500 concerts between 2009 and 2015, most of them sold-out, 3 albums and 2 of them gold records in France and Germany (Same girl & Lento, ACT). Throughout this time she has received many distinctions from her peers (Académie du Jazz in France, Echo Jazz in Germany, Korean Music Award in Korea) and appeared at the 2014 Winter Olympics' closing ceremony. In May 2017, YSN release a new album: She Moves On. She'll be on tour during the whole season of 2017-2018. Recorded on 2017, June 28th at the Monument National, Montreal International Jazz Festival TV Director, Mathieu Mastin

Die Zauberflöte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Antonello Manacorda (Conductor) MM Academy & La Monnaie's Children's and Youth Chorus Martino Faggiani (Chorus Master) Romeo Castellucci (Director, set design, costumes, lighting) Cindy Van Acker (Choreography), Michael Hansmeyer (Algorithmic architecture), Silvia Costa (Artistic collaboration), Piersandra Di Matteo, Antonio Cuenca Ruiz (Dramaturgy) Gábor Bretz (Sarastro) Ed Lyon (Tamino) Dietrich Henschel (Sprecher) Sabine Devieilhe (Königin der Nacht) Sophie Karthäuser (Pamina) Tineke Van Ingelgem (Erste Dame) Angélique Noldus (Zweite Dame) Esther Kuiper (Dritte Dame) Georg Nigl (Papageno) Elena Galitskaya (Papagena) Elmar Gilbertsson (Monostatos) Guillaume Antoine (Erster Priester / Zweiter geharnischter Mann) Yves Saelens (Zweiter Priester / Erster geharnischter Mann) Recorded at the Théâtre de la Monnaie I De Munt, Brussels, on September 27, 2018

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (Conductor) Daniel Barenboim (Piano) Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 'Emperor' Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 5 in B-flat major, op. 100 Live from the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich TV Director, Birgit Malzer

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (Conductor) Yo-Yo Ma (Cello) Richard Strauss Don Quixotte Antonín Dvořák Symphony no. 8 Recorded on January 30th, 2016 at the Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich

Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano @ Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Richard Bona, bass & voice Mandekan Cubano Dennis Hernandez, trumpet Luis Bonilla, trombone, Osmany Parades, piano, Luisito Quintero, timbal & percussion Robert Quintero, congas & percussion Born in Cameroon, singer-composer Richard Bona has enjoyed twenty years of an international career taking him from Paris to New York, from recordings studios to the most prestigious concert halls. Musical partners have included Pat Metheny, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon and Chick Corea. Admired by fellow musicians and considered to be one of the best bass players in the world, Richard Bona brings jazz and African music ever more closely and universally together. Recorded on July 7th 7 2016 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Club TV Director, Marc Schütrumpf

Brian Browne Trio @ 'Upstairs' Brian Browne, piano Al Bourgeois, drums Michel Donato, bass Brian Browne The Summer Knows (Summer of '42), solo - Michel Legrand Baubles Bangles and Beads (Duo) - Robert Wright & George Forrest Trio Poinciana - Nat Simon Drown in my Own Tears - Henry Bernard How High the Moon - Morgan Lewis Skating in Central Park - Bill Evans Sugar Ray - Brian Browne Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael Just the Way You Are - standard Django - John Lewis Girl Talk - Neil Hefti Scarborough Fair - standard Happy Little Mothers - Brian Browne Willow Weep for Me - Ann Ronell If I Should Lose You - Ralph Rainger Blue Browne - Brian Browne Recorded on April 18th 2015 @ Upstairs, Montreal TV Director, Julien Condemine

Ibrahim Maalouf Kalthoum Ibrahim Maalouf, trumpet Franck Woeste, piano Mark Turner, saxophone Scott Colley, double bass Clarence Penn, drums The arrangements by Ibrahim Maalouf and Frank Woeste of one of Oum Kalthoum's greatest successes, Alf Leila wa Leila (The One Thousand and One Nights), colour this beautiful, oriental intoxication with jazz tones. Recorded on december 13rd at the Paris Philharmonie 1 TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Hugh Masekela celebrates Mama Afrika Hugh MASEKELA flugelhorn, vocals / Cameron WARD guitar / Fana ZULU bass / Randal SKIPPERS keyboards / Lee-Roy SAULS drums / Francis Manneh FUSTER percussions With Abdullah Ibrahim, Masekela is one of the pioneering figures of South African jazz. With his music, the trumpeter, flugelhornist, singer and composer has strongly influenced the political emergence of the anti-apartheid movement which he helped bring to international attention, through noted performances such as the one he gave in Monterey alongside Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix back in 1967, or his appearance on Paul Simon's multi-million selling Graceland album. Fresh from his presence at Barack Obama's second inauguration ball, Masekela will present his latest project at Parc Floral, a celebration of his late wife, South African diva Miriam Makeba.

Ibrahim Maalouf Kalthoum Ibrahim Maalouf, trumpet Franck Woeste, piano Mark Turner, saxophone Scott Colley, double bass Clarence Penn, drums The arrangements by Ibrahim Maalouf and Frank Woeste of one of Oum Kalthoum's greatest successes, Alf Leila wa Leila (The One Thousand and One Nights), colour this beautiful, oriental intoxication with jazz tones. Recorded on december 13rd at the Paris Philharmonie 1 TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

The Sleeping Beauty David McAllister, choreographer after Marius Petipa's choreography Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, music Lucas Jervies, Dramaturgy Melbourn Victoria orchestra Nicolette Fraillon, conductor Gabriela Tylesova, set and costume Kat Chan, associated designer Jon Buswell, lighting designer With The Australian Ballet Princess Aurora, Lana Jones Prince Desire, Kevin Jackson Carabosse, Lynette Wills The Lilac Fairy, Amber Scott her cavalier, Rudy Hawkes The Fairy of Joy, Amy Harris her cavalier, Brett Simon The Fairy of Grace, Natasha Kusen her cavalier, Andrew Wright The Fairy of Generosity, Robyn Hendricks her cavalier, Ben Davis The Fairy of Musicality, Benedicte Bemet her cavalier, Jacob Sofer The Fairy of Temperament, Miwako Kubota her cavalier, Brett Chynoweth The King, Matthew Donnelly The Queen, Lisa Bolte Catalabutte, Frank Leo The Nurse, Kismet Bourne, The English prince , Brett Simon The Spanish prince , Ben Davis The Hungarian prince , Rudy Hawkes The Swedish prince , Andrew Wright Recorded on 2015 at the Melbourne Arts Center, State Theater TV Director, Brian Walsh

Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute) François Couperin Les barricades mystérieuses Robert de Visée Suite in D minor François Couperin La Ménetou Jean-Henry d'Anglebert Prélude on D major Sarabande grave Antoine Forqueray & Jean-Baptiste Forqueray La Portugaise - Marqué et d'Aplomb La Sylva - Très tendrement La Jupiter - Modérément Recorded on December 20, 2017 at the Chapelle Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Paris Directed by Samuel Thiebaut

Le Roi Arthus, by Ernest Chausson Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (Conductor) Graham Vick (Stage Director) Paul Brown (Sets Costumes) Adam Silverman (Lighting) José Luis Basso (Chorus Master) Sophie Koch (Genièvre) Thomas Hampson (Arthus) Roberto Alagna (Lancelot) Alexandre Duhamel (Mordred) Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Lyonnel) François Lis (Allan) Peter Sidhom (Merlin) Cyrille Dubois (Un Laboureur) Tiago Matos (Un Chevalier) Ugo Rabec (Un Écuyer) Recorded at the Opéra de Paris, Opéra Bastille, June the 2nd, 2015 TV Director, François-René Martin

Gautier Capuçon (Cello), Frank Braley (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano no. 4 in C major, op. 102 no. 1 Sonata for cello and piano no. 2 in G minor op. 5 no. 2 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen', WoO 46 Sonata for cello and piano no. 5 in D major, op. 102 no. 2 Recorded on October 17th 2016 at the Philharmonie de Paris Directed by Don Kent

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata for cello and piano No.2 in D major BWV 1028 Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata for cello and piano in D minor op.40 Alban Berg 4 pieces op.5, version for cello and piano Johannes Brahms Sonata for cello and piano No.1 in E minor op.38 Recorded on February 1st, 2018 at the Auditorium de Radio France, Maison de la Radio, Paris Directed by Nathan Benisty

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor Philharmonischer Chor München Yulia Matochkina (soprano), Yekaterina Krapivina (mezzo-soprano), Sergei Semishkur (tenor), Evgeny Akhmedov (tenor), Yuri Vorobiev (bass) Richard Strauss Don Juan, op. 20 Hector Berlioz Les Troyens, 5th act Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 Recorded at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, on September 13 & 14, 2016

Alfredo Rodriguez Trio @ Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Alfredo Rodriguez, piano Michael Olivera, drums Reinier Elizarde, doublebass Recorded on July 7th 2016 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Club TV Director, Marc Schütrumpf

The Sound of New York, Theo Croker 'The Sound of New York' is the exploration of the musical world of a new generation of artists based in New York City. These musicians hail from different countries, with their own stories and diverse experiences, are giving birth to a new musical wave that takes shape influencing worldwide the artistic scene. It's right in New York today that this impulse is stronger than ever: the sounds come from a deep integration of music of the past and today, interacting with other artistic forms. It's a modern concentration of African-American music influences, including classical and contemporary, as well as more mainstream styles such as Jazz, Hip-Hop, R'B, Rock, etc 10 musicians internationally known will lead us into this world walking along the streets of New York. We will see the places where they live and listen to the music they compose to know their artistic essence. 'I think the only way to preserve any tradition is to simply be knowledgeable of it and put a message or whatever you're doing to move it forward ' (Theo Croker) Theodore Lee Croker is a jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader from Leesburg, Florida. He studies in Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio) with jazz artists Gary Bartz, Robin Eubanks, Billy Hart, Wendell Logan, Marcus Belgrave and Dan Wall. In 2006 he was awardedthe Presser Music Foundation Award and use the grant money to record his frist album 'The fundamentals'. In 2013 Croker returned to the USA after a 7 years stay in Shanghai, China, where he broadned his concept of Jazz to encompass other complementary genres such as salsa, fusion-rock, R&B, hip-hop and blues. Then he signed with DDB records to began production in NY on the album 'Afrophysicist' and in 2016 'Escape Velocity' consolidate his status of improviser. Recorded in 2017 TV director, Gloria Rebecchi

Steve Coleman & The Council of Balance Steve Coleman - alto saxophone Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet Jen Shyu - lyric Rane Moore - clarinet , bass clarinet Maria Grand - tenor saxophone Mike Lormand - trombone Kristin Lee - violin David Bryant - piano Miles Okazaki - guitar Anthony Tidd - bass guitar Greg Chudzik - bass guitar Sean Rickman - drums Alex Lipowski - drums Barry J. Crawford - flute Jeffrey Missal - trompet Elizabeth Weisser - viola Jay Campbell - Cello Recorded at La Villette Jazz Festival on September 5th 2015 TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Brad Mehldau, piano Three Pieces After Bach Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book I) : Prelude no 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848 Brad Mehldau Three Pieces After Bach / After Bach 1 : Rondo Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book II) : Prelude no 1 in C major, BWV 870 The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book II) : Fugue no 16 in G minor, BWV 885 Brad Mehldau Three Pieces After Bach / After Bach 2 : Ostinato Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book I) : Prelude no 6 in D minor, BWV 851 Brad Mehldau Three Pieces After Bach / After Bach 3 : Toccata Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book I) : Prelude no 7 in E flat major, BWV 852 The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book I): Prelude and Fugue no 20 in A minor, BWV 865 Rcored on April 2nd 2018 at the philharmonie de Paris TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Dave Brubeck Quartet Studio recording 'St. Louis Blues','Koto Song','Three to Get Ready','In Your Own Sweet Way','Take Five'. Paul Desmond (tenor sax), Eugene Wright (bass), Joe Morello (drums). Recorded on 1965 TV director, Paul Roland