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Esbjörn Svensson Trio Esbjörn Svensson (piano), Dan Berglund (bass) Magnus Oström (Drums) Playlist Good morning Susie Soho From Gagarin's point of view definitio of a dog the fce of love bowling dodge the dodo 'round midnight bernsha swing Recorded on December 10th 2000 at Nalen, Stockholm TV Direction, Paul Möllerstedt, Johan Larsson, Petter Persson, Bobo Ericzén, Mans Dahlkvist, Tobias Anerhult

Electro Deluxe James Copley, vocal Jérémie Coke, bass Gaël Cadoux, keyboards Thomas Faure, big band arrangements and tenor saxophone Arnaud Renaville, drums Vincent Payen, trumpet Bertrand Luzignant, trombone It is on stage that the overall effect of Electro Deluxe's music becomes clear. After two years on tour and 140 concerts across the globe, the Funk/Soul group will present at the Olympia an innovative show with the exceptional participation of 13 musicians from its BIG BAND. The prize-winning group of the Victoire du jazz (best group for the year 2017) are coming back to the mythical hall to play the rearranged repertoire of its latest album 'Circle' Always on the move, Electro Deluxe shapes a music which is rich and brassy, an inimitable groove, a truly musical fever. At each concert the group make an impact and manage to surprise a public which is every time larger. Don't miss this opportunity ! Recorded on October 18, 2018 at Paris Olympia TV Director, Yvan Benedetti

Marshall Allen (saxophone, director) Knoel Scott (saxophones, vocals) Charles Davis (tenor saxophone) Danny Ray Thompson (baritone saxophone) Dave Davis (trombone) Cecil Brooks (trumpet) Farid Barron (piano) Tyler Mitchell (bass) Elson Nascimiento (percussions, surdo) Wayne A. Smith (drums)

Documentary about French jazz vocalist, cornettist and saxhorn player Médéric Collignon with Claude Barthélemy, Jacque Bonnafé, Boris Charmatz, Fréderic Chiffoleau, Maxime Delpierre, Dgiz, Andy Emler, Philippe Gleizes, Mathieu Jerôme, David Lescot, Bernard Lubat, Thomas de Pourquery, André Minvielle, Jean-Francois Morel, Yvan Robilliard, Louis Sclavis, Frank Woeste...

Sharon Jones (voice) Saundra Williams, Star Duncan Lowe (voices) Gabriel Roth (bass) Binky Griptite, Joe Crispiano (guitars) Fernando Velez (percussions) Cochemas Gastelum (tenor saxophone) Michael Buckley (baritone saxophone) Sam Hoyt (trumpet) Brian Wolfe (drums)

Orfeo Tragicommedia in a prologue and three acts by Luigi Rossi (1597 - 1653) Libretto by Francesco Buti First performance in Paris, Palais Royal, 2 March 1647 Edited by Raphaël Pichon and Miguel Henry Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Jetske Mijnssen (Stage Director) Ben Baur (Sets), Gideon Davey (Costumes), Bernd Purkrabek (Lighting) Judith van Wanroij (Orfeo) Francesca Aspromonte (Euridice) Giuseppina Bridelli (Aristeo) Giulia Semenzato (Venere, Proserpina) Luigi de Donato (Augure, Plutone) Ray Chenez (Nutrice, Amore) Renato Dolcini (Satiro) Dominique Visse (Vecchia) Victor Torres (Endimione, Caronte) Marc Mauillon (Momo) David Tricou (Apollo) Recorded on February 9, 2016 at the Opéra de Nancy Directed by Stéphane Vérité

BA/rock Ballet in two parts : Iris et Vena Amoris Jeroen Verbruggen, choreography Music, François Couperin , Domenico Scarlatti et Jean-Philippe Rameau Emilie Roy, scenography Emmanuel Maria, costume Rémi Nicolas, lighting Grand Théâtre de Genève Ballet Philippe Cohen, direction Recorded on October 2016 at the Opéra des Nations of the Grand Théâtre de Genève TV Director, Anaïs Spiro

The Nutcracker Choreography by Jeroen Verbruggen Fairy-Ballet by Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski Libretto by Ivan Vsevolojski et Marius Petipa, after Nutcracker story d'Alexandre Dumas and the fairy tail by E.T.A. Hoffmann Nutcracker and the Mice King Music Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski. Grand Théâtre de Genève ballet Philippe Cohen, Direction Suisse Romande orchestra Philippe Béran, conductor Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov - On aura tout vu, Scenography and costume Ben Ormerod, lights Recorded at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on Novembre 19th and 20th 2014 TV Director, Stéphane Lebard

Tenebrae, Nigel Short (direction) Alonso Lobo (1555 - 1617) Versa est in Luctum William Croft/ Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Burial Sentences Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585) Loquebantur variis languis Antonio Lotti (1667 - 1740) Crucifixus Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652) Miserere mei, Deus John Tavener (1944 - 2013) Funeral Ikos Hymn to the Mother of God The Lamb Alexander Sheremetiev (1859 - 1931) Nïne silï nebesïya Gustav Holst (1874- 1934) Ave Maria Nunc Dimittis Eric Whitacre (1970) Sainte Chapelle William Harris (1883 - 1973) Faire is the Heaven Recorded on June 24, 2016 at the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris TV director, Don Kent

Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, John Nelson (conductor) Michael Spyres (tenor) Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Grande messe des morts, op. 5, H 75 Recorded at the Saint Paul Cathedral, London, 8 March 2019 TV Director, Sébastien Glas

King Arthur, or the British Worthy Semi-opera in five acts by Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Libretto by John Dryden First performance in London, Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, 1691 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Staatsopernchor, René Jacobs (Conductor) Martin Wright (Chorus Master) Sven-Eric Bechtolf (Stage Director) Julian Crouch (Sets), Gail Skrela (Choregraphy), Kevin Pollard (Costumes), Olaf Freese (Lighting), Joshua Higgason (Video) Anett Fritsch (soprano / Philidel) Robin Johannsen (soprano) Benno Schachtner (alto) Mark Milhofer, Stephan Rügamer (tenors) Johannes Weisser, Arttu Kataja (basses) Spoken characters Michael Rotschopf (Arthur), Max Urlacher (Oswald), Axel Wandtke (Conon), Oliver Stokowski (Osmond), Tom Radisch (Grimbald), Steffen Scheumann (Aurelius), Meike Droste (Emmeline), Sigrid Maria Schnückel (Matilda) Live from the Staatsoper Berlin, Schiller Theater, Berlin King Arthur, de Henry Purcell Semi-opéra en cinq actes, livret de John Dryden Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Staatsopernchor, René Jacobs (direction) Martin Wright (chef de chœurs) Sven-Eric Bechtolf (mise en scène) Julian Crouch (décors), Gail Skrela (chorégraphie), Kevin Pollard (costumes), Olaf Freese (lumières), Joshua Higgason (vidéo) Annett Fritsch (soprano / Philidel) Robin Johannsen (soprano) Benno Schachtner (alto) Mark Milhofer, Stephan Rügamer (ténors) Johannes Weisser, Arttu Kataja (basses) Rôles parlés Michael Rotschopf (Arthur), Max Urlacher (Oswald), Axel Wandtke (Conon), Oliver Stokowski (Osmond), Tom Radisch (Grimbald), Steffen Scheumann (Aurelius), Meike Droste (Emmeline), Sigrid Maria Schnückel (Matilda) Enregistré au Staatsoper Berlin, Schiller Theater, le 21 janvier 2017 TV Director, Andy Sommer

Archie Shepp, musical direction, saxophones Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet Jason Moran, piano Richard Davis, double bass Billy Hart, drums With guests: Marion Rampal, voice Izidor Leitinger, trumpet Sébastien Llado, trombone Jean-Philippe Scali, baritone saxophone Playlist Naima - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger Cousin Mary - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger Blasé - Archie Shepp Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington Los Olvidados - Archie Shepp In 1960, Archie Shepp attended a concert by John Coltrane at the Five Spot, the mythical club on the Lower East Side. Totally fascinated, he decided to pick up the tenor saxophone. Five years later, Shepp - already a reference in the world of free jazz - recorded alongside his hero. The resulting album, 'Ascension', was released in 1966, and remains today one of the great monuments of free improvisation. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Coltrane's death - at the age of forty - the most Parisian representative of the New York avant-garde pays tribute to the brilliant composer of 'A Love Supreme', with a Franco-American all-star band not unlike that which recorded the revolutionary 'Ascension'. A giant of jazz pays tribute to one of his gods... Recorded on September 3rd 2016 at the Grande Halle of la Villette TV Director, Frank Cassenti

The musical rendezvous of Malian vocalist Fatoumata Diawara and the Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca is a unique genre-bending collaboration. Diawara, 32, combines his native country's musical tradition and pop influences with remarkable ease. Fonseca, a Buena Vista Social club collaborator, treks the various paths suggested by the rich musical tradition of Africa and Cuba, always adding something contemporary to the mix.

Mariinsky Theater orchestra Youth symphony Orchestra Symphony Academy Valery Gergiev, conductor Denis Matsuev, Alexandra Dovgan (piano) AriunBaatar Gangaatar (baritone) Pavel Milyukov (violin) Barry Douglas (piano) Julia Matochkina (Mezzo soprano) Lead singer of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra Music Variation on a theme by Paganini for piano duet J. Rossini, aria 'Figaro' (opera 'The Barber of Seville') P. Tchaikovsky, concerto for violin and orchestra Alexandr Tchaikovsky, Rhapsody Recorded on November 16, 2018 - Mariinsky Theatre II

Les Six concertos brandebourgeois (The six Brandenburg Concertos) Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (Choreography) Rosas company Created with and danced by Boštjan Antončič - Carlos Garbin - Frank Gizycki - Marie Goudot - Robin Haghi - Cynthia Loemij - Mark Lorimer - Michaël Pomero - Jason Respilieux - Igor Shyshko - Luka Švajda - Jakub Truszkowski - Thomas Vantuycom - Samantha van Wissen - Sandy Williams - Sue Yeon Youn Music Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046 -1051 B'Rock Orchestra, Amandine Beyer (Conductor) Jan Versweyveld (Scenography, Lighting design), An D'Huys (Costume design), Jan Vandenhouwe (Dramaturgy) Live from the Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier TV Director, Louise Narboni

Chris Cheek Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Chris Cheek began playing the alto sax at the age of 12. Thanks to a strong public school music program and a highly supportive family, Chris had good educational and performance experiences from the very beginning. While attending Webster University, Chris played with a variety of local Jazz and Blues bands including legendary saxophonist Willie Akins' group and the Bob Kuban Brass. Chris went to Boston in 1988 to attend Berklee College of music where he studied with Herb Pomeroy, Joe Viola and Hal Crook. Chris moved to New York in 1992 and since then has toured and recorded with Paul Motian, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, The Bloomdaddies, and the Orquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos . Chris has also played with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Lee Konitz, Carla Bley, Tom Harrell, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Frank Carlberg, Eliot Zigmund, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel and many others! Chris also plays with the Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout, Rudder, Steve Swallow's Quintet and Guillermo Klein's 'Los Guachos'. In addition to appearing on numerous CD's as a sideman, Chris has recorded 4 albums as a leader for Fresh Sound Records. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

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

Fred Hersch Trio Fred Hersch, piano John Hébert, double-bass Eric Mc Pherson, drums A long-time sideman with Stan Getz and Lee Konitz amongst others, Fred Hersch is a pianist with a multi-faceted background. His sensitivity, impeccable technique and art of the trio, along with his interest in all strands of contemporary jazz make Fred Hersch a complete jazz pianist. Brad Mehldau, who studied with him in the 1980's, is full of praise for this brilliant musician, whose name should be better known in Europe. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at the Théâtre Municipal of Coutances , Jazz sous les Pommiers TV Director, Thierry Villeneuve

I Capuleti e i Montecchi Tragedia lirica in two acts Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) Libretto by Felice Romani First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 11 March 1830 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Riccardo Frizza (Conductor) Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master) Vincent Boussard (Stage Director) Vincent Lemaire (Sets), Christian Lacroix (Costumes), Guido Levi (Lighting) Joyce DiDonato (Romeo) Patrizia Ciofi (Giulietta) Antonino Siragusa (Tebaldo) Simón Orfila (Lorenzo) Marco Spotti (Capellio) Recorded on June the 1st, 2016 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona Directed by Fabrice Castanier

Munich Phiharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Janine Jansen (violin) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Symphony no. 4 in E flat major 'Romantic' Recoded on September 22 nd and 23rd, 2015 at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich TV Director, François-René Martin

John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood have re-defined the musical possibilities of the jazz trio. With a remarkable career spanning two decades, the three New Yorkers have become masters of groove and excel on stage. They communicate with their audience with a skill close to telepathy, play legendary gigs, in an instinctive and vastly enjoyable style. Their concert at Cully in 2012 is still in everyone's memory. After a great number of live and studio recordings, their latest trilogy, 'Radiolarians', is a treasure trove of devastating riffs, revisited on stage according to the mood and inclination of the moment. With funk gimmicks and bluesy phrasings, they borrow from a wealth of musical references and turn them into a veritable sound explosion. In this concert, they are accompanied by the immense guitarist Nels Cline, equally at ease on John Coltrane classics as when he plays with alternative rock band Wilco.

Archie Shepp, Art song et Spirituals, Archie Shepp, saxophone, vocal Jason Moran, piano Amina Claudine Myers, organ, vocal Olivier Miconi, trumpet Darryl Hall, double bass Hamid Drake, drums Julia Sarr, Marion Rampal, Djany, Céline Cheynut, Tatiana Jubert, Christelle Marsolen Steven Leblanc , choir Jean-Marc Reyno, choir, arrangements Recorded on Spetember 12th 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris, Jazz à la Vilette TV Director, Frank Cassenti

Monty Alexander & The Harlem Kingston Express Monty Alexander, piano Andy Bassford, Guitar Hassan Shakur, Double bass Leon Duncan, Bass Wayne Escoffery, Saxophone tenor Andrae Murchison, trombone Jason Brown, Drums Karl Wright, Drums In a career spanning fifty years, Monty Alexander-a great ambassador for Jamaican music-has played with the best of the best. From Dizzy Gillespie to Ernest Ranglin, many of the greats have called on his exceptional sense of improvisation. Here, at the head of a group of American and Jamaican musicians, he explores two facets of his musical heritage: the jazz of Harlem and the reggae of Kingston. Recorded on 2017, April 23rd at the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Philarmonie de Paris TV Director, Samuel Petit

The musical rendezvous of Malian vocalist Fatoumata Diawara and the Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca is a unique genre-bending collaboration. Diawara, 32, combines his native country's musical tradition and pop influences with remarkable ease. Fonseca, a Buena Vista Social club collaborator, treks the various paths suggested by the rich musical tradition of Africa and Cuba, always adding something contemporary to the mix.

Biophony and Sand Choreographer, Alonzo King With Lines Ballet Babatunji, Robb Beresford, Adji Cissoko, Madeline DeVries, Shuaib Elhassan, James Gowan, Maya HarrCourtney Henry, Yujin Kim, Michael Montgomery BIOPHONY Music and sound environment, Bernie Krause et Richard Blackford Lights, Axel Morgenthaler Costumes, Robert Rosenwasser SAND Music, Charles Lloyd et Jason Moran Lights, Axel Morgenthaler Decors, Christopher Haas Costumes, Robert Rosenwasser Recorded on 2017, March 26th at the Faïencerie Théâtre, à Creil TV Director, Denis Caiozzi

Constellation Choreography by Alonzo King Lines Ballet With Alonzo King, Paris has invited a great master of American dance. His company, Lines Ballet, is probably one of the most exciting in the United States, and has just celebrated its thirtieth birthday with this new production featuring magician of lights Jim Campbell. TV Director, Denis Caïozzi Recorded at the Théâtre National de Chaillot in December 2013

Così fan tutte Dramma giocoso in 2 acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756- 1791) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte First performance in Vienna, Burgtheater, 26 January 1790 Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Joshua Weilerstein (Conductor) Jean Liermier (Stage Direction) Rudy Sabounghi (Sets and Costumes), Jean-Philippe Roy (Lighting) Valentina Nafornita (Fiordiligi) Stéphanie Guérin (Dorabella) Robert Gleadow (Guglielmo) Joel Prieto (Ferrando) Susana Cordón (Despina) Bruno de Simone (Don Alfonso) Recorded at the Opéra de Lausanne, 7 November 2018

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), Bavarian Radio Choir, Mariss Jansons (conductor) Erin Wall (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Christian Elsner (tenor), Liang Li (bass) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Stabat Mater, Op. 58 Recorded on March the 28th, 2015, at the KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Jakub Jozef Orliński, counter-tenor Il Pomo d'Oro orchestra Johann David Heinichen (1683 - 1729) Alma redemptoris Mater Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) Concerto grosso op. 6 no 5 in b flat major Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Nisi Dominus Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679 - 1745) S'un sol lagrime Sinfonia in A minor - Allegro Nicola Fago (1677 - 1745) Tam non splendet Johann Adolph Hasse (1699 - 1783) Mea tormenta properate Recorded 15 November 2018 at the Théâtre Impérial, Compiègne TV Director, Patrick Lauzé

Dunedin Consort, Polish Radio Choir, John Butt (conductor) Eleanor Dennis (Dalila), Fflur Wyn (Virgin - Israelite), Charlotte Ashley (Virgin - Philistine), Caitlin Hulcup (Micah), James Way (Samson), Hugo Hymas (Israelite), Matthew Brook (Manoah), Vitali Rozynko (Harapha) Georg Friderich Haendel (1685- 1759) Samson Recorded on April 1st, 2018, at the Misteria Paschalia Festival, Krakow TV Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil

Archie Shepp, Melvin Van Peebles & The Heliocentrics Archie Shepp - saxophone Melvin Van Peebles - voice Adrian Owusu - guitar Tom Hodges - electronics Shabaka Hutchings - bass clarinet Ollie Parfitt - keyboard Jessica Lauren - keyboard Jake Ferguson - bass Malcolm Catto - drums Jack Yglesias - percussions Alain Rimbert - video , vj Recorded at La Villette Jazz festival on September 8th 2015, Grande Halle de la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Thelonious Monk Quartet Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 'Bye Ya', 'Drums solo', 'Criss Cross', 'Nutty', 'Epistrophy'. Thelonious Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), Frankie Dunlop (drums). Recorded on 1965 TV Director Serge Leroy

Thelonious Monk Quartet Thelonious Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), John Ore (bass), Frankie Dunlop (drums) 'Evidence', 'Ruby my dear', 'Bright Mississippi'. Recorded in 1963 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels TV Director Serge Leroy