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Count Basie Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi 'Who, Me?' (Snooky Young),'The Midgets' (Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Eddie Jones, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Sonny Payne) ,'Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You' (Joe Williams),'Hallelujah I Love Her So' (Joe Williams) ,'Lil' Darlin'' (Count Basie). With big band featuring Snooky Young (trumpet), Frank Wess (flute), Joe Williams (voice), Joe Newman (trumpet), Eddie Jones (bass), Freddie Green (guitar), Sonny Payne (drums) 1961 Recorded on 1961 TV Director, Serge Leroy

Les Chants des possibles: rencontre lyrique internationale à Paris The documentary tells of the coming together of ten young international opera singers. They are between twenty and thirty years old and are unknown to each other. Scrupulously chosen by a team of professional musicians they are invited to the capital in order to take up a challenge: that of breathing life, in five days, into an original opera production conceived for them. 5 days during which these artists are going to get to know each other, come face to face to share their love of their art, and work relentlessly with a singing coach, a conductor and a stage director with the shared and ultimate aim of creating a unique and unprecedented performance. TV Director, Patrick Savey

Orchestre Prométhée, Pierre-Michel Durand (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Le Nozze di Figaro - Deh vieni non tardar (Susanna) Yaritza Veliz (soprano, Chile) Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848) Lucia di Lammermoor - Verranno a te sull'aure (Edgardo/Lucia) David Astorga/Julia Sitkovetsky Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) The Tsar's Bride - Suma neydot krasavitsa (Griaznoi) Benjamin Lewis (baritone, UK) Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) La Somnambula - Ah non credea mirarti (Amina) Mélissa Petit (soprano, France) Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950) Adriana Lecouvreur - Acerba volluta (Pincipessa di Bouillon) Zlata Khershberg (mezzo-soprano, Israel) Gaetano Donizetti L'Elisir d'amore - Voglio dire (Nemorino/Dulcamara) Shan Huang/Jérôme Boutillier Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) The Queen of Spades - Ya vas Lyublyu (Yetleski) Ilya Kutyukhin (baritone, Russia) Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868) La Cenerentola - Nacqui all'affanno (Angelina) Lilly Jørstad (mezzo-soprano, Norway) Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale - Cerchero lontana terra (Ernesto) Shan Huang (tenor, China) Wolfgang Amadeus Don Giovanni - Ah taci ingiusto cor (Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello) Julia Sitkovetsky/Bejamin Lewis/Jérôme Boutillier Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) C'est moi, Carlos... C'est mon jour suprême ... Ah ! Je meurs (Rodrigue) Jérôme Boutillier (baritone, France) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflöte - Der hölle Rache (Queen of the Night) Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano, UK) Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896) Hamlet -Allez dans un cloître (Reine, Ophélie, Hamlet) Zlata Khershberg/Mélissa Petit/Benjamin Lewis Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata - Lunge da lei (Alfredo) David Astorga (tenor, Costa Rica) Gaetano Donizetti La Favorite - Pour la fête (Alphonse XI, Leonor de Guzmann) Ilya Kutyukhin/Zlata Khershberg Gaetano Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor - Chi frena in tal momento Tutti Recorded 18 January 2019 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris TV Director, Patrick Savey

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Michael Spyres (tenor) (Benvenuto Cellini) Sophia Burgos (soprano) (Teresa) Maurizio Muraro (bass) (Giacomo Balducci) Lionel Lhote (baritone) (Fieramosca) Tareq Nazmi (bass) (Pape Clément) Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano) (Ascanio) Vincent Delhoume (tenor) (Francesco) Ashley Riches (baritone) (Bernardino) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Benvenuto Cellini 'Opéra-comique' in two acts and four tableaux Libretto by Léon de Wailly and Auguste Barbier First performance in Paris, 1838. Recorded on 7 & 8 September 2019 at the Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles TV Director, Sébastien Glas

Casse-Noisette (The Nutcracker) Choreography by Kader Belarbi Ballet in two acts Ivan Vsevolojski et Marius Petipa, libretto After Histoire d'un Casse-Noisette, adapted by Alexandre Dumas from Nutcracker and The Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski, music Ballet du Capitole Kader Belarbi, direction Orchestre national du Capitole Koen Kessels, conductor Maîtrise du Capitole Alfonso Caiani, chorus master Anthony Rouchier, composition and arrangements Kader Belarbi, choreographye and staging Antoine Fontaine, sets Lola Sergent, sets assistant Philippe Guillotel, costume Hervé Gary, lighting With (Nutcracker) Ramiro Gómez Samón (Drosselmeyer) Rouslan Savdenov (The Ultimate Supervision) Alexandra Surodeeva (Marie) Natalia de Froberville Recorded on December 27 and 29, 2017 at the Théâtre du Capitole TV Director, Luc Riolon

The Dead Queen (La Reine Morte) Choreography and stage by Kader Belarbi Ballet in two acts after ' La Reine morte' by Henry de Montherlant (1942) and after 'Reinar después de morir' by Luis Vélez de Guevara (1652) Orchestre national du Capitole Koen Kessels, Conductor Music, Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski Set, Bruno de Lavenère Costume, Olivier Bériot Lights, Sylvain Chevallot Withe The Capitole Ballet Recorde on February 8th at the Capitole of Toulouse Theater TV Director, Luc Riolon

Orlando Furioso, dramma per musica in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Libretto by Grazio Braccioli after Ludovico Ariosto First performance in Venice, Teatro San Angelo, 1727 Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice, Diego Fasolis (Conductor) Ulisse Trabacchin (Chorus Master) Fabio Ceresa (Stage Direction) Sonia Prina (Orlando) Francesca Aspromonte (Angelica) Lucia Cirillo (Alcina) Carlo Vistoli (Ruggiero) Riccardo Novaro (Astolfo) Loriana Castellano (Bradamante) Raffaele Pe (Medoro) Live from the Teatro Malibran, Venice, on April 17, 2018 TV Director, Stéphane Vérité

Arthur Possing Quartet Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double bass Pit Huberty, drums Arthur Possing is a young Luxembourgish pianist, born in 1996 into a family in which music has always played a significant role. He started classical percussion at the age of 6 and classical piano at the age of 10, later in the class of well-known pianist Jean Muller. In 2009, he began studying jazz piano with Marc Mangen and vibraphone in 2011 with Guy Cabay. In 2016, he began further studies in jazz piano at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Eric Legnini. The Arthur Possing Quartet was originally formed in 2013. Its members met in high school and soon started playing together regularly. Since 2017, the musicians are originally from Germany, France and Luxembourg and have studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood near Paris and the Musikhochschule Mannheim. Their repertoire consists both of own compositions and tunes of appreciated jazzmen. In 2017, the quartet released their first album 'Four Years', which was released in March'18 on the Belgian label Hypnote Records. It was well acclaimed by the audience and press and won 'Hits' at Couleurs Jazz in France. Recode on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Dhafer Youssef, Diwan of Beauty And Odd Dhafer Youssef, oud and voice Aaron Parks, piano Ben Williams, bass Justin Faulkner, drums Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet After the phenomenal success of his previous album 'Birds Requiem', which sold over 50,000 copies, Dhafer Youssef, the master of the oud, an exceptional singer and prolific composer, returns to the concert platform with one of the most anticipated albums of 2016: 'Diwan Of Beauty And Odd'. Dhafer Youssef is definitely one of the most innovative musicians of the decade. An indefatigable explorer, his album 'Diwan Of Beauty And Odd' shows his extraordinary ability to transcend musical genres and experiment with the asymmetry of the off-beat. The result is complex and mesmerising, beautiful and universal. Recorded on April 14th at L'Olympia, Paris TV director , Laurent Hasse

Michael Wollny Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions stian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double basse Pit Huberty, 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

Airelle Besson, trumpet Sebastien Sternal, piano, Fender Rhodes Jonas Burgwinkel, drums Clémence Colin, chansigneuse For her third and last year in residence, Airelle Besson and her new trio (featuring Sebastian Sternal and Jonas Burgwinkel) embark on a bold and original project: to make human bodies resonate with their music in collaboration with deaf actress Clémence Colin. Unanimously praised by the critics, this young trio, whose jazz can be at once rhythmical and ethereal, pushes boundaries even further in this new encounter with what could be termed 'sign-song '. Recorded on May 25, 2017 at the Festival Jazz sous les pommiers TV Director, Laurent Hasse

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

Roberto Fonseca ABUC & Special Guests Roberto Fonseca, piano, keyboard, vocal Eliades Ochoa, vocal, guitar Daymé Arocena, vocal Ucha, vocal Javier Zalba, saxophone, flute, clarinet Jimmy Jenks, saxophone Matthew Simon, trumpet Ramses 'Dinamite' Rodriguez, drums Adel Gonzalez, percussion Yandy Martinez, Electric & acoustic bass Ariel Gustavo Vigo Muniz, saxophone The 40-something star of Cuban jazz (born in Havana in 1975) with nine albums under his belt (the last is Ubuc) and former pianist for the Buena Vista Social Club is a hero of new musica habanera. The piano and percussion maestro (he started out as a drummer) studied music for a long time in Havana. Meeting the saxophonist Javier Zalba from the band Irakere inspired Fonseca to explore alternative music such as Keith Jarrett or Herbie Hancock and traditional beats. He began blending vibrant Cuban rhythms with Santeria's African roots, classical music and jazz ('Yo', 2012). Roberto Fonseca is now seen as an icon of Latin jazz and a potential heir to Chucho Valdes. After a poignant duet with the Mali singer Fatoumata Diawara (2014), the pianist is back with Eliades Ochoa, one of the latest figures in the Buena Vista Social Club and the best-known Cuban vocalist on the scene. He's also joined by 25 year old Daymé Arocena, a singer who blends traditional rumba, jazz, soul and Yoruba culture. Recorded on 2017, July, 7th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Strada Quartet, Adrien Boisseau (viola) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, op. 51 String Quintet No. 2 in G major, op. 111 Recorded June 10, 2018 at the Bouffes du Nord Theater, Paris Directed by Marc Wieviorka and Guillaume L'Hôte

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Paul Agnew (Conductors) Sandrine Piau (soprano), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Marcel Beekman (haute-contre), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Lisandro Abadie (bass) Works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704), Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685 - 1759), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687), Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) and Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 21 December 2019

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Saint Petersburg, Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Redkin, Sergei Babayan (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Symphony no. 4, op. 47 Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26 (Nobuyuki Tsujii) Piano Concerto no. 4 in B flat major, op. 53 (Sergei Redkin) Piano Concerto no. 5 in G major, op. 55 (Sergei Babayan) Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, op. 100 Recorded at the Mariinsky III, Saint Petersburg on April 24, 2016 TV direction by François-René Martin

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (Conductor) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony no 5 in C minor, op. 67 Recorded at the Festival Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André, 1 September 2019 TV Director, Stéphane Vérité

Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons (Conductor) Baiba Skride (Violin) Steffen Schleiermacher Relief (World Premiere) Alban Berg Violin Concerto ''To the Memory of an Angel'' Felix Mendelssohn Symphony no 3 in A minor Op. 56 ''Scottish'' Live from the Gewandhaus, Leipzig TV Director, Ute Feudel

Münchner Philharmoniker Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Augsburger Domsingknaben Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Simone Schneider (soprano), Jacquelyn Wagner (soprano), Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (alto), Katharina Magiera (alto), Simon O'Neill (tenor), Michael Nagy (baritone), Evgeny Nikitin (bass), Johannes Berger (organ) Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphony no 8 Recorded on 17 February 2019 at the Philharmonie de Paris TV Director, Corentin Leconte

Dizzy Gillespie Cirque Royal, Brussels 'Blues after Dark', 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', 'Loverman', 'Cocktails for Two', 'Blues Walk'. Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Sonny Stitt (saxophone), Lou Levy (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Gus Johnson (drums). Recorded on 1958 TV Director, Claude Misonne

R+R=Now Robert Glasper (keyboards), Terrace Martin (saxophone), Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (trumpet), Derrick Hodge (bass), Justin Tyson (drums), Taylor McFerrin (keyboard, vocals) The saxophonist Terrace Martin, the multi-instrumentalist and producer from Los Angeles, who can be heard in some of the biggest hits of Kendrick Lamar and YG or backing Snoop Dogg, Billy Higgins and Herbie Hancock, has just completed a busy year. Along with the release of 'Sounds of Crenshaw Vol.1', an album by his group The Pollyseeds (with, among others, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and Problem), as well as his contribution to the famous 'Loyalty' by the duo K. Lamar/Rihanna, he has produced the latest album by YG and toured with Herbie Hancock, whose current work he is also producing. To round off the year, he whipped up the crowds last year with Robert Glasper and a real Who's Who in contemporary US jazz (see line-up) in the supergroup concept named R+R=Now. The pianist Robert Glasper announced and described the project to Billboard: 'we all come from the same concrete garden and we make fluid, honest and open music ranging from jazz, hip hop and EDM to reggae!' Recorded on July 4th at Jazz à Vienne Festival TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Extended Hanoi Duo Nguyên Lê, electric and accoustic guitar Ngo Hong Quang, traditional instruments, voice Mieko Miyazaki, koto Paolo Fresu, trumpet Edouard Prabhu, tabals Alex Tran, percussions Hao Nhiem Pham, flute The celebrated French-Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê is a masterful, inventive player who has cultivated a wholly unique voice on the instrument, ranking right up there with Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Mike Stern and Allan Holdsworth in the post-Hendrix world of jazz guitar. He has developed a distinctive sound that draws upon rock, funk and jazz as well as traditional Algerian, Indian and Vietnamese styles. His ethereal and colourful music acts like a powerful detonator which every time creates new and unheard soundscapes. On his latest album he teams up with young traditionalist singer Ngo Hong Quang, on lute, Vietnamese fiddle, Jew's harp, to portray 'the soul of Vietnam' and its quickening evolution. There are jaunty folkish tunes, temple bells and ethereal melodies, and a storm of electric guitars. Nguyên's life-long friend, the famous Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu adds elegant Miles Davis-like peaks to a powerful, fauvism-coloured fusion of ancient and modern. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Thomas de Pourquery & Supersonic Thomas De Pourquery, saxophone alto Laurent Bardainne, saxophone ténor Fabrice Martinez, trompette Arnaud Roulin, piano, claviers Frederick Galiay, basse Edward Perraud, batterie Playlist Thomas De Pourquery; Mermaids Sun Ra, We travel the space ways Thomas De Pourquery, Slow down, Present eternity, Sons of love, Simple forces, Give the money back, Révolutions, Disco 2100 Sun Ra, Love in outer space Recorded on June 15, 2019 at the Cité de la musique TV Director, Josselin Carré

Roberto Fonseca ABUC & Special Guests Roberto Fonseca, piano, keyboard, vocal Eliades Ochoa, vocal, guitar Daymé Arocena, vocal Ucha, vocal Javier Zalba, saxophone, flute, clarinet Jimmy Jenks, saxophone Matthew Simon, trumpet Ramses 'Dinamite' Rodriguez, drums Adel Gonzalez, percussion Yandy Martinez, Electric & acoustic bass Ariel Gustavo Vigo Muniz, saxophone The 40-something star of Cuban jazz (born in Havana in 1975) with nine albums under his belt (the last is Ubuc) and former pianist for the Buena Vista Social Club is a hero of new musica habanera. The piano and percussion maestro (he started out as a drummer) studied music for a long time in Havana. Meeting the saxophonist Javier Zalba from the band Irakere inspired Fonseca to explore alternative music such as Keith Jarrett or Herbie Hancock and traditional beats. He began blending vibrant Cuban rhythms with Santeria's African roots, classical music and jazz ('Yo', 2012). Roberto Fonseca is now seen as an icon of Latin jazz and a potential heir to Chucho Valdes. After a poignant duet with the Mali singer Fatoumata Diawara (2014), the pianist is back with Eliades Ochoa, one of the latest figures in the Buena Vista Social Club and the best-known Cuban vocalist on the scene. He's also joined by 25 year old Daymé Arocena, a singer who blends traditional rumba, jazz, soul and Yoruba culture. Recorded on 2017, July, 7th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Dhafer Youssef, Diwan of Beauty And Odd Dhafer Youssef, oud and voice Aaron Parks, piano Ben Williams, bass Justin Faulkner, drums Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet After the phenomenal success of his previous album 'Birds Requiem', which sold over 50,000 copies, Dhafer Youssef, the master of the oud, an exceptional singer and prolific composer, returns to the concert platform with one of the most anticipated albums of 2016: 'Diwan Of Beauty And Odd'. Dhafer Youssef is definitely one of the most innovative musicians of the decade. An indefatigable explorer, his album 'Diwan Of Beauty And Odd' shows his extraordinary ability to transcend musical genres and experiment with the asymmetry of the off-beat. The result is complex and mesmerising, beautiful and universal. Recorded on April 14th at L'Olympia, Paris TV director , Laurent Hasse

Airelle Besson quartet - Radio One Airelle Besson, trumpet Isabel Sörling, lyric Benjamin Moussay, piano, Fender Rhodes Fabien Moreau, Drums Recorded on June16, 2019 at the Philharmonie de Paris TV Director, Josselin Carré

Quintette Chet Baker Studio Recording 'Bye Bye Blackbird','Isn't It Romantic','Airegin','Time After Time','So What'. With René Urtreger (piano), Luigi Trussardi (bass), Franco Manzecchi (drums), Jacques Pelzer (alto sax & flute). Recorded on 1964 TV Director Serge Leroy

Théo Ceccaldi Trio - Django, Anne Paceo, Vincent Peirani Théo Ceccaldi, violon Valentin Ceccaldi, violoncelle Guillaume Aknine, guitare Playlist Fats Waller, HoneySuckle Rose Django Reinhardt / Stéphane Grapelli, Minor Swing Théo Ceccaldi, Gris Bleu Django Reinhardt, Rythme Futur Théo Ceccaldi, Currywurst, Nin-Nin je t'aime James Price Johnson, Charleston Josef Myrow, Blue Drag Django Reinhardt, Manoir de mes rêves, Blues en Mi Recorded on June 15, 2019 at the Philharmonie de Paris TV Director, Josselin Carré

The comet is coming Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone ténor Dan Leavers, synthétiseur Max Hallet, batterie Sixty years after Sun Ra released his debut album, the influence of the late avant garde jazz musician and 'cosmic philosopher' persists. Sun Ra is a clear touchstone for futurists band The Comet is coming. They're formed of saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (aka King Shabaka), and the two members of Soccer96: synths guy Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue The Conqueror) and drums man Maxwell Hallett (aka Betamax Killer). Formed in 2013 after saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings spontaneously joined funk duo Soccer96 on stage, the trio combines Sun Ra's mythological themes and love of the experimental, whipping up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-upstyle, starting with an orthodox jazz sensibility and taking it to the dancefloor. For millennia, humankind has viewed comets as harbingers of doom, portents of change and destruction. The Comet Is Coming are here to recognize these world-altering prophecies and to help us dance like it's the end of the world. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Madama Butterfly 'Tragedia giapponese' by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after David Belasco's play 'Madame Butterfly' First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 February 1904 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber (Conductor) The Glyndebourne Chorus Nicholas Jenkins (Chorus master) Annilese Miskimmon (Stage Direction) Nicky Shaw (Sets), Mark Jonathan (Lighting), Kally Lloyd Jones (Choreography), Ian William Galloway (Video) Olga Busuioc (Cio-Cio-San) Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton) Michael Sumuel (Sharpless) Carlo Bosi (Goro) Simon Mechlinski (Prince Yamadori) Oleg Budaratskiy (The Bonze) Adam Marsden (Yakuside) Ida Ränzlöv (Kate Pinkerton) Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki) Michael Mofidian (Imperial Commissioner) Jake Muffett (The Official Registrar) Jennifer Witton (The Cousin) Scott Sendall (The Aunt) Beatrix Prawanna/Rupert Wade (Dolore) Record 17 & 21 June 2018, Glyndebourne Festival Directed by François Roussillon

François Salque (cello), Eric Le Sage (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Cello sonata No 1, op. 38 Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Romain Descharmes (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Violin sonata No 1, op. 78 Recorded on June 9, 2018 at the Bouffes du Nord Theater, Paris TV directors, Marc Wieviorka and Guillaume L'Hôte

The comet is coming Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone ténor Dan Leavers, synthétiseur Max Hallet, batterie Sixty years after Sun Ra released his debut album, the influence of the late avant garde jazz musician and 'cosmic philosopher' persists. Sun Ra is a clear touchstone for futurists band The Comet is coming. They're formed of saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (aka King Shabaka), and the two members of Soccer96: synths guy Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue The Conqueror) and drums man Maxwell Hallett (aka Betamax Killer). Formed in 2013 after saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings spontaneously joined funk duo Soccer96 on stage, the trio combines Sun Ra's mythological themes and love of the experimental, whipping up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-upstyle, starting with an orthodox jazz sensibility and taking it to the dancefloor. For millennia, humankind has viewed comets as harbingers of doom, portents of change and destruction. The Comet Is Coming are here to recognize these world-altering prophecies and to help us dance like it's the end of the world. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet) Hector Berlioz Le Carnaval Romain, Overture Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 5 in F major, op. 103 ''Egyptian'' Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture, op. 96 Piano Concerto no 1 op. 35 Claude Debussy La Mer Recorded on October 23 & 25, 2017 at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires Directed by Jean-Pierre Loisil

Dhafer Youssef, oud, vocals Eivind Aarset, electric-guitars Kristjan Randalu, piano Phil Donkin, double bass Ferenc Nemeth, drums On his last album Birds Requiem, Tunisian singer and oud maestro Dhafer Youssef explores all possible combinations between traditional Arabic music and contemporary jazz and rock. From the sacred to the profane, from the divine to the earthly, discover an incantatory voice beyond compare.

Quintette Chet Baker Studio Recording 'Bye Bye Blackbird','Isn't It Romantic','Airegin','Time After Time','So What'. With René Urtreger (piano), Luigi Trussardi (bass), Franco Manzecchi (drums), Jacques Pelzer (alto sax & flute). Recorded on 1964 TV Director Serge Leroy

Glen Davis Andrews @ Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2015 Glen David Andrews, voice and trombone James Martin, saxophone Jonathan Gross, tuba John Notto, guitar Glen Finister Andrews, drums Recorded on October 13rd 2015, La Souris Verte, Epinal, Nancy Jazz Pulsations TV director, Sylvain Pierrel

Il Corsaro, opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after 'The Corsair' by Lord Byron First performance in Trieste, Teatro Grande, October 25, 1848 Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Fabio Biondi (Conductor) Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Nicola Raab (Stage Direction) George Souglides (Sets & Costumes), Ran Arthur Braun (Choreography), David Debriny (Lighting Design), Miguel Bosch (Video) Michael Fabiano (Corrado) Oksana Dyka (Gulnara) Kristina Mkhitaryan (Medora) Vito Priante (Seid) Evgeny Stavinsky (Giovanni) Ignacio Giner (Selimo) Antonion Gómez (eunuch) Jesús Rita (Slave) Recorded on April 5 & 8, 2018 at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia Directed by Olivier Simonnet

Moscow Soloists, Yuri Bashmet (direction) Brassfire Band Jens Lindemann (trumpet), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Gabriele Nani (baritone), Vadim Repin (violin), Kristian Alexandrov (piano), Jeremy Coates (bass), Joel Fountain (percussions) Christoph Willibald Gluck Overture to Orfeo ed Euridice Joseph Haydn Concerto for trumpet in E minor, Hob.:VIIe/1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto no. 9 in E minor, KV271 Gioachino Rossini Figaro's Cavatina (« Il Barbiere di Siviglia ») Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 'Non piu andrai' (Le Nozze di Figaro) Piotr Illitch Tchaikovsky Meditation op. 42 no. 1 Maurice Ravel Tzigane Bela Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56 Allan Gilliland Dreaming of Masters III Recorded on 13 February 2015 at the Winter International Arts Festival, Sochi (Russia) Directed by William Japhet

Snow White, a choreography by Angelin Preljocaj Théâtre de Chaillot, Paris Nagisa Shirai, Snow White Sergio Daz, The Prince Celine Galii, The Queen Music by Gustav Mahler Additional music by 79 D Costumes: Jean-Paul Gaultier Sets: Thierry Leproust Lights: Patrick Riou assisted by Cécile Giovansili and Sébastien Dué After his amazing Eldorado (Sonntags Abschied), Angelin Preljocaj brings us a contemporary and romantic adaptation of the famous tale Snow White, which won the 2009 Globe de Cristal for Best Dance Production, with music by Gustav Mahler. Jean-Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for the 26 dancers of the Ballet Preljocaj. Directed by Angelin Preljocaj (2009) - 90mns

Playlist #1 Angelin Preljocaj, Choreographer Ballet Angelin Preljocaj Danseurs Virginie Caussin, Margaux Coucharrière, Léa De Natale, Isabel García López, Verity Jacobsen, Émilie Lalande, Cecilia Torres Morillo, Sergi Amoros Aparicio, Idir Chatar, Baptiste Coissieu, Simon Ripert, Redi Shtylla, Aaron Smeding RETOUR À BERRATHAM (2015) - (2 extracts) Text, Laurent Mauvignier Scenography, Adel Abdessemed Lights, Cécile Giovansili-Vissière Creative sound, 79D assisté de Didier Muntaner Additional music, George Friedrich Haendel LES NUITS (2013) - (1 solo, 2 duos) Music, Arnouar Brahem Trio , Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai ,Sahba Motallebi Costumes, Azzedine Alaïa Scenography, Constance Guisset - Lights, Cécile Giovansili-Vissière SUIVRONT MILLE ANS DE CALME (2010) - (1 duo) Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonate au Clair de Lune Scenography, Subodh Gupta Costumes, Igor Chapurin Lights, Cécile Giovansili-Vissière SPECTRAL EVIDENCE (2013) - (2 duos, 1 solo) Music, John Cage Additional music, 79D Costumes, Olivier Theyskens Lights, Mark Stanley LE PARC (1994) - (1 duo) Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Creative sound, Goran Vejvoda Sets, Thierry Leproust Costumes, Hervé Pierre Lights, Jacques Chatelet PAYSAGE APRÈS LA BATAILLE (1997) - (1 extract) Music, Underworld Sets and costumes, Adrien Chalgard Lights, Jacques Chatelet LA STRAVAGANZA (1997) - (1 duo) Music,Robert Normandeau, Éclats de voix Scenography, Maya Schweizer Costumes,Hervé Pierre Lights, Mark Stanley BLANCHE NEIGE (2008) - (1 extract) Costumes, Jean-Paul Gaultier Music, Gustav Mahler Musique additionnelle, 79D Sets, Thierry Leproust Lights, Patrick Riou ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (1996) - (2 duos) Sets, Enki Bilal Costumes, Enki Bilal et Igor Chapurin Music, Serge Prokofiev, Roméo et Juliette Creative sound, Goran Vejvoda Lights, Jacques Chatelet Recorded on December 15th, 16th and 17th 2017 at the Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles TV Director, Benjamin Bleton

Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé (conductor) Lucile Richardot (La Nuit, Vénus italienne), Violaine Le Chenadec (Une Heure, Cintia, Une grâce française), Caroline Weynants (Eurydice, Une grâce française), Ilektra Platiopoulou (Junon), Caroline Dangin-Bardot (Vénus, Le Silence), Judith Fa (Pasitea, Mnémosyne), Deborah Cachet (La Lune, Déjanire, Une grâce française), David Tricou (Apollon, L'Aurore), Davy Cornillot (Endymion), Etienne Bazola (Le Sommeil), Renaud Bres (Hercule), Nicolas Brooymans (Grand Sacrificateur) Sean Patrick Mombruno (dancer) Le ballet Royal de la Nuit Grand divertissement pour le jeune Roi Soleil Performed on February 23, 1653 at the Petit-Bourbon, Paris Based on ''Le Ballet royal de la nuict'' (1653) by Isaac de Benserade (1613?-1691), Jean de Cambefort (1605-1661), Louis Constantin (1679-1779) and others composers Orfeo (1647) by Luigi Rossi (1597-1653), Ercole Amante (1661) by Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) and airs de ballet by Antoine Boësset (1587-1643), Michel Lambert (1610-1696) Recorded on November 11 & 12, 2017 at the Théâtre de Caen Directed by François-René Martin

Lohengrin 'Romantische Oper' in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Libretto by Richard Wanger First performance in Weimar, Grossherzoliches Hoftheater, 28 August 1858 La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu (conductor) La Monnaie Chorus, Martino Faggiani (Chorus Master) Olivier Py (Stage Direction) Pierre-André Weitz (sets, costumes), Bertrand Killy (lighting) Eric Cutler (Lohengrin) Ingela Brimberg (Elsa von Brabant) Andrew Foster-Williams (Friedrich von Telramund) Elena Pankratova (Ortrud) Gábor Bretz (Heinrich der Vogler) Werner Van Mechelen (Heerrufer) Recorded at La Monnaie | De Munt, Brussels, April 22 & 26 2018 TBV Director, Christian Leblé

Glen Davis Andrews @ Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2015 Glen David Andrews, voice and trombone James Martin, saxophone Jonathan Gross, tuba John Notto, guitar Glen Finister Andrews, drums Recorded on October 13rd 2015, La Souris Verte, Epinal, Nancy Jazz Pulsations TV director, Sylvain Pierrel

The comet is coming Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone ténor Dan Leavers, synthétiseur Max Hallet, batterie Sixty years after Sun Ra released his debut album, the influence of the late avant garde jazz musician and 'cosmic philosopher' persists. Sun Ra is a clear touchstone for futurists band The Comet is coming. They're formed of saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (aka King Shabaka), and the two members of Soccer96: synths guy Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue The Conqueror) and drums man Maxwell Hallett (aka Betamax Killer). Formed in 2013 after saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings spontaneously joined funk duo Soccer96 on stage, the trio combines Sun Ra's mythological themes and love of the experimental, whipping up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-upstyle, starting with an orthodox jazz sensibility and taking it to the dancefloor. For millennia, humankind has viewed comets as harbingers of doom, portents of change and destruction. The Comet Is Coming are here to recognize these world-altering prophecies and to help us dance like it's the end of the world. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Airelle Besson, trumpet Sebastien Sternal, piano, Fender Rhodes Jonas Burgwinkel, drums Clémence Colin, chansigneuse For her third and last year in residence, Airelle Besson and her new trio (featuring Sebastian Sternal and Jonas Burgwinkel) embark on a bold and original project: to make human bodies resonate with their music in collaboration with deaf actress Clémence Colin. Unanimously praised by the critics, this young trio, whose jazz can be at once rhythmical and ethereal, pushes boundaries even further in this new encounter with what could be termed 'sign-song '. Recorded on May 25, 2017 at the Festival Jazz sous les pommiers TV Director, Laurent Hasse

Michael Wollny Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions stian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double basse Pit Huberty, 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