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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 Recorded at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, 9 November 2017 TV Director, Birgit Malzer

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.

Yuja Wang (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) César Franck (1822 - 1890) Sonata for cello and piano (transcription by Jules Delsart of the Sonata for violin and piano) Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1949) Introduction et Polonaise brillante in C major op. 3 Sonata for cello and piano Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 20 January 2020

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Christian Arming (direction) Emmanuel Ceysson (harpe) Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921) Hänsel und Gretel (excerpts) Reinhold Gliere (1874 - 1956) Concerto for harp in E flat major Op. 74 Félix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op.32 Piotr Tchaïkovski The Nutcracker, suite op.71a Recorded on 24 November 2016 at the Salle Philharmonique de Liège Directed by Frédéric Caillierez

Michel Dalberto (piano) Novus Quartet Jaeyoung Kim (violin), Young-Uk Kim (violin), Kyuhyun Kim (viola), Woongwhee Moon (cello) César Franck (1822-1890) Prélude, fugue et variation in B minor op. 18 (Trans. Harold Bauer, excerpt) Prélude, aria et final in E major op. 23 Prélude, choral et fugue in B minor Piano Quintet in F minor Recorded at the Salle Philharmonique, Liège, 14 October 2018 TV Director, Guillaume L'Hôte

Omer Avital Quintet Omer Avital, double bass Alexandre Levin, saxophone Asaf Yuria, saxophone Eden Ladin, piano, keyboard Ofri Nehemya, drums Recorded on Spetember 8th 2017 at the cité de la musique, Jazz à la Villette festival TV Director, David Unger

Bokanté Malika Tirolien, voice Michael League, guitar & voice Chris McQueen, guitar & voice Bob Lanzetti, guitar Roosevelt Collier, steel guitar Jamey Haddad, percussion Keita Ogawa, percussion André Ferrari, percussion An experiment conceived by Snarky Puppy founder and GroundUP Music creator Michael League (who has traded his bass in for a baritone guitar in this group), the process of formation was all but conventional. The music and some of the melodies were written by League, demoed while on tour with other bands, and then sent to Tirolien with lyrical concepts attached. Tirolien then wrote lyrics and melodies, demoing and ping-ponging the new content back to Michael. Many of the musicians had never even met until the first day of recording. By the end of the week-long session in upstate New York's legendary Dreamland Studios, the band felt abnormally cohesive. 'Unity was paramount in the formation of this group,' observed League. 'Though the ensemble is multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-generational, we all feel connected as musicians and people. And in combining our different accents I feel that there is a strangely common and poignant sound, one that can reach and relate to listeners around the world.' Recorded on July 20, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

Don Carlos Opéra in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1883) Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle after Friedrich von Schiller's 'Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien' First performance in Paris, Opéra, 11 March 1867 Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Paolo Arrivabeni (Conductor) Pierre Iodice (Chorus master) Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (Stage Director) Gary Mc Cann (sets) Fernand Ruiz (costumes), Franco Marri (lighting) Gregory Kunde (Don Carlos) Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Philippe II) Yolanda Auyanet (Elisabeth de Valois) Kate Aldrich (La Princesse Eboli) Lionel Lhote (Marquis de Posa) Roberto Scandiuzzi (Grand Inquisiteur) Patrick Bolleire (Un Moine) Caroline De Mahieu (Thibault) Maxime Melnik (Le Comte de Lerme) Louise Foor (Une voix céleste) Recorded at the Opéra Royal de Liège-Wallonie, 17 & 19 April 2020

Eric Legnini trio invites Thomas Dutronc & Hugh Coltman Eric Legnini, piano Thomas Bramerie, bass Franck Agulhon, drums Thomas Dutronc, guitar and voice Hugh Coltman, guitar and voice Set List E.Legnini trio Boda-Boda - Breakfeast at Dawn ou Doo We Doo - The Jive Hugh Coltman If Only for a minute - Near the house - Night Birds - The sun will dance Thomas Dutronc Plus je t'embrasse - Petite Fleur - C'est si bon - La belle vie Recorded on June 23, 2020 at Jazz à Vienne, Théâtre antique TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Erik Truffaz Quartet feat. Rokia Traoré Erik Truffaz, trumpet Rokia Traoré, song Benoît Corboz, claviers Marcello Giuliani, bass Arthur Hnatek, drum kit Is it still necessary to present him? A Slender figure, straight hair with a white beard, Erik Truffaz has marked the history of European jazz with at least two albums: The Dawn and Bending New Corners. Hip-hop, jungle rhythms and a timbre similar to that of Miles Davis: a cocktail that you just can't get enough of. The Swiss trumpet player, who has often taken an interest in non-western music, is making a comeback today - after a series of more pop style records with various singers including Sophie Hunger - this time with a new recording which is looking towards Africa: Doni Doni. Clearly in love with women's voices, he has invited Malian singer Rokia Traoré into the studio, who will of course be there for this stylistically very open-minded evening. Recorded on Sptember, 2016 at the Festival Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

Jacob Collier @ Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Jacob Collier, guitar, synth, drums, bass and voice Recorded on July 7th 7 2016 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Club TV Director, Marc Schütrumpf

José James José James (voice, guitar) Marcus Machado (guitar) Aneesa Strings (bass, voice) Aaron Steele (drums) Since bursting onto the international scene a little over a decade ago, José James and his honey-sweet voice are still as bewitching. The Minneapolis artist admits to being inspired by Marvin Gaye, the producer Flying Lotus and John Coltrane for his stylish blend of what makes up Great Black Music. Flitting between raw soul, soul folk, hip hop and jazz, James is in the microcosm of vocalists capable of keeping the crossover created by Ray Charles in the 50s alive. His first album (The Dreamer, 2008) pays tribute to Martin Luther King. The next one, Blackmagic, features the beatboxer Taylor McFerrin. His fourth album (in the meantime he recorded with Junior Mance, Chico Hamilton, Flying Lotus and the pianist Jef Neve), No Beginning No End, is on Blue Note. The more soulful than ever singer is back with Lean On Me (2018). After leaning on Billie Holiday and John Coltrane, this time he pays tribute to the living legend of American pop and the immense soulman Bill Withers. There are twelve unforgettable tracks by Withers, who celebrates his 80th birthday in July, produced by Don Was and recorded by a dream band: bassist Pino Palladino, Kris Bowers (fabulous Rhodes on the cover of Ain't No Sunshine), Brad Allen Williams and Nate Smith. Recorded on July 02, 2019 at Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Mikaël Favard

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

Christian McBride's New Jawn Christian McBride,leader/bass Nasheet Waits, drums Marcus Strickland, sax tenor Josh Evans, trumpet Powered by a relentless energy and a boundless love of swing, Christian McBride's path has described a continuous positive arc since his arrival on the scene. With a career now blazing into its third decade, the Philadelphia native has become one of the most requested, most recorded, and most respected figures in the music world today. His latest grouping, Christian McBride's New Jawn, is a killer unit, tight, soulful, in the pocket and in the groove. By the way, Jawn is Philly slang to describe just about everything and anything, but most importantly to understand why McBride named his new band so, it is probably this: 'Jawn' is one Philly thing New York can't lay claim to'. Recorded on July 20, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Hannu Lintu (Conductor) Isabelle Moretti (harp) Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Petite suite for chamber orchestra (arr. David Walter) Danses sacrée et profane for harp and string orchestra Bruno Mantovani (b. 1974) Danse libre Robert Schumann (1810 -1856) Symphony no 1 in B flat major, op. 38, 'Spring' Enregistré à la Salle Métropole, Lausanne, 12 juin 2018

Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Jan Latham-Koenig (director) Pascal Amoyel , piano Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Overture Die Hebriden Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907) Piano concerto in A minor opus 16 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphonie no 7 Recorded on April, the 21st 2016 at the Concertgebouw, Bruges

Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor) Yefim Bronfman (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Variations on a theme by Haydn., op. 56a Concerto for piano no.1, op. 15 Recorded on February 2015 at the Severance Hall, Cleveland Directed by William Cosel

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Helen Grime (b. 1981) Fanfare (world premiere) Thomas Adès (b. 1971) Asyla Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934) Violin Concerto Oliver Knussen (1950 - 2018) Symphony No 3 Edward Elgar (1957 - 1934) Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma' Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London, 14 September 2017 TV Director François-René Marin

Ensemble intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Sébastien Vichard (piano), Jens McManama (horn), Pierre Strauch (cello), Hae-Sun Kang (violin) György Ligeti (1923-2006) Piano Concerto Hamburgisches Konzert for horn and chamber orchestra Cello Concerto Violin Concerto Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 10 May 2019 Directed by Olivier Simmonet

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Kazuki Yamada (conductor) Adam Laloum (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Piano Concerto no 1 in D minor op. 15 Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Don Juan, op. 20 Der Rosenkavalier, waltz suite op.59 no 1 Recorded on March 14th 2015 at the Halle aux Grains de Toulouse TV Direction, Jean-Pierre Loisil

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Rauf Abdullayev (Conductor) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Alim Qasimov (voix) Fikrat Amirov (1922 - 1984) Symphonic Mugham 'Kyurd Ovshary' Piano Concerto Symphonic Mugham 'Gulustan Bayati Shiraz' Azerbaijani Capriccio 'Song of the blind Arab' from the opera 'Sheikh Sanan' Recorded at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 12 May 2019 Directed by François-René Martin

Snarky Puppy 11 musicians Performed music from the last recording, IMMIGRANCE. Two years after their sold-out French tour, the jazz group phenomenon is back to celebrate the release of its latest album. Based in Brooklyn, the community group brings together around thirty musicians who work with the greatest names in music. Having achieved recognition three times at the Grammy awards, Snarky Puppy, endeavours to create 'music for the body and the mind'. Recorded at the salle Pleyel on November 22, 2019 TV Director, Patrick Savey

Erik Truffaz Quartet feat. Rokia Traoré Erik Truffaz, trumpet Rokia Traoré, song Benoît Corboz, claviers Marcello Giuliani, bass Arthur Hnatek, drum kit Is it still necessary to present him? A Slender figure, straight hair with a white beard, Erik Truffaz has marked the history of European jazz with at least two albums: The Dawn and Bending New Corners. Hip-hop, jungle rhythms and a timbre similar to that of Miles Davis: a cocktail that you just can't get enough of. The Swiss trumpet player, who has often taken an interest in non-western music, is making a comeback today - after a series of more pop style records with various singers including Sophie Hunger - this time with a new recording which is looking towards Africa: Doni Doni. Clearly in love with women's voices, he has invited Malian singer Rokia Traoré into the studio, who will of course be there for this stylistically very open-minded evening. Recorded on Sptember, 2016 at the Festival Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

Omer Avital Quintet Omer Avital, double bass Alexandre Levin, saxophone Asaf Yuria, saxophone Eden Ladin, piano, keyboard Ofri Nehemya, drums Recorded on Spetember 8th 2017 at the cité de la musique, Jazz à la Villette festival TV Director, David Unger

Diane Reeves Dianne Reeves, vocal Peter Martin, keyboard Romero Lubambo, guitar Reginald Veal, bass Terreon Gully, drums Recorded on Spetember 10th 2017 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette festival TV Director, David Unger

Bokanté Malika Tirolien, voice Michael League, guitar & voice Chris McQueen, guitar & voice Bob Lanzetti, guitar Roosevelt Collier, steel guitar Jamey Haddad, percussion Keita Ogawa, percussion André Ferrari, percussion An experiment conceived by Snarky Puppy founder and GroundUP Music creator Michael League (who has traded his bass in for a baritone guitar in this group), the process of formation was all but conventional. The music and some of the melodies were written by League, demoed while on tour with other bands, and then sent to Tirolien with lyrical concepts attached. Tirolien then wrote lyrics and melodies, demoing and ping-ponging the new content back to Michael. Many of the musicians had never even met until the first day of recording. By the end of the week-long session in upstate New York's legendary Dreamland Studios, the band felt abnormally cohesive. 'Unity was paramount in the formation of this group,' observed League. 'Though the ensemble is multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-generational, we all feel connected as musicians and people. And in combining our different accents I feel that there is a strangely common and poignant sound, one that can reach and relate to listeners around the world.' Recorded on July 20, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

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

Jacob Collier @ Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Jacob Collier, guitar, synth, drums, bass and voice Recorded on July 7th 7 2016 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Club TV Director, Marc Schütrumpf

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

Badbadnotgood at the festival SingJazz 2016 With Matthew A. Tavares, keyboards Alexander Sowinski, drums, sampler Chester Hansen, bass guitar, upright bass Leland Whitty, saxophone, viola, violin Recorded on March, the 4h 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Amos Rozenberg, TV director

Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal invite Naissam Jalal & Keyvan Chemirani Ballake Sissoko, Kora Vincent Segal, cello Track list Music from 'Musique de Nuit' (Night music) Recorded on June 18, 2020 at Jazz à Vienne, Théâtre antique TV Director, Fabien Raymond

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 Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Pierre Iodice (Chorus master) Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (Stage Director) Jean-Guy Lecat (sets) Fernand Ruiz (costumes), Franco Marri (lighting) Svetlana Aksenova (Cio-Cio-San) Alexey Dolgov (Pinkerton) Mario Cassi (Sharpless) Sabina Willeit (Suzuki) Saverio Fiore (Goro) Alexise Yerna (Kate Pinkerton) Luca Dall'Amico (Lo Zio Bonzo) Patrick Delcour (Il Commissario/ Yamadori) Recorded at the Opéra Royal de Liège-Wallonie, 28 September 2019  

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.

Romeo and Juliet Ballet in three acts by Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov and Adrian Piotrovsky after William Shakespeare's eponymous play The Ural Opera House ballet Vyacheslav Samodurov (Choreography) Anthony Mcilwaine (Sets), Irena Belousova (Costumes), Simon Bennison (Lights) Orchestra of the Ural Opera House Pavel Klinichev (Musical Direction) With Ekaterina Sapogova (Juliet) Alexandr Merkushev (Romeo) Igor Bulytsyn (Mercutio) Gleb Sageev (Benvolio) Vadim Eremin (Tybalt) Victor Mekhanoshin (Lord Capulet) Elena Safonova (Lady Capulet) Nadezhda Shamshurina (Nurse) Rafaela Ernandes Morel (Rosaline) Andrei Veshkurgev (Rosaline's Suitor) Maxim Klekovkin (Paris) Ivan Sobrovin (Friar Laurence ) Anton Guzeev (The Duke) Sofiya Tyupa (The Duke's companion ) Live from the Ural Opera House, Yekaterinburg TV director, Denis Caïozzi

Svetlana Zakharova, The Divine Shot in the Bolshoi Theater before its reconstruction, this film is a behind-the-scenes account of principal dancer Svetlana Zakharova. We follow her in rehearsal for Sleeping Beauty with coach Ludmilla Semeniaka and on stage as she performs in The Dying Swan (Michael Fokine), Don Quixote (Marius Petipa) , La Bayadère (Marius Petipa), Giselle (JeanCoralli et Jules Perrot), Swan Lake (Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) , The Sleeping Beauty (Marius Petipa), Scheherazade (Michael Fokine) and Middle Duet (Alexeï Ratmansky). This director's cut of 'Tsarina of the Dance' reveals the passions, agonies and joys of a prima ballerina at the height of her career. Text extract form Jean Blot's book ''Le soleil se couche à l'est'' (The sun set in the East) Choreographies extracts from : Dying Swan (Michael Fokine), Don Quixote (Marius Petipa) , La Bayadère (Marius Petipa), Giselle (JeanCoralli et Jules Perrot), Swan Lake (Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) , The Sleeping Beauty (Marius Petipa), Scheherazade (Michael Fokine) and Middle Duet (Alexeï Ratmansky) With : Svetlana Zakharova, Farukh Ruzimatov, Andreï Uvarov, Andreï Merkuriev, NikolaÏ Tsiskaridze and the dancers from the Bolshoi and from the Mariinsky Theaters. Music from : Zemfira, Camille St Saens, Ludwig Minkus, Adolphe Adam, Piotr Illich Tchaikosky, NikolaÏ Rimsky-Korsakov, Yuri Khanon, And : Ekaterina Belyaeva (Dance Critic), Iaroslav Svedov (Dance Historian and Critic), Yuri Grigorovitch (former Bolshoi Artistic Director & Director of Krasnodar Ballet), Natalia Bessmertonova (former Bolshoi Ballerina), Ludmilla Semeniaka (former Ballerina and coach) Recorded in 2016, Moscow and St Petersburg TV Director, Laurent Gentot

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Werner Güra (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass) Netherlands Radio Choir Ludwig van Beethoven Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Directed by Joost Honselaar Recorded in 2012 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Conductor) Boris Brovtsyn (violin) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Violin Concerto no 2 in G minor, op. 63 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony no 7 in A major, op. 92 Recorded at the Salle Métropole, Lausanne, 18 December 2019

Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares Omar Sosa (piano) Yilian Cañizares (voix, violin), Gustavo Ovalles (percussions) Since leaving Cuba in 1993 and his first albums (Omar Omar and Free Roots, in 1997), Omar Sosa has been on quite a journey. The pianist's thrilling melting pot music is rooted in his Afro-Cuban background, jazz, hip hop, electro, world music and Yoruba spirituality. He formed an incredible trio with Paolo Fresu and Trilok Gurtu to visit us in 2016 for his thirtieth album (Eros). Following Transparent Water bottled with Seckou Keita's kora and the faithful Cuban percussionist Gustavo Ovalles, the Es:sensual (2018) escape with the NDR Bigband and Jacques Morelenbaum, the pianist in white is back with the singer and violinist Yilian Cañizares (born in Havana, based in Switzerland). They've just recorded Agua together, another album devoted to water and specifically Oshun, the goddess of love and spirit of rivers. Something special was sparked with Yilian who came into the public eye with two vibrant albums (Ochumare and Invocacíon). Omar Sosa: 'Agua reflects our traditions, our emotions and our nostalgia. I'm 53, Yilian is 35, and together we create meditative music that exudes modesty, peace and dignity. No gimmicks! Everyone thinks that Cuban music is fabulous and should make you want to dance but Cuba has so much more to offer.' Recorded on July 08, 2019 at Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Mikaël Favard

Christian McBride's New Jawn Christian McBride,leader/bass Nasheet Waits, drums Marcus Strickland, sax tenor Josh Evans, trumpet Powered by a relentless energy and a boundless love of swing, Christian McBride's path has described a continuous positive arc since his arrival on the scene. With a career now blazing into its third decade, the Philadelphia native has become one of the most requested, most recorded, and most respected figures in the music world today. His latest grouping, Christian McBride's New Jawn, is a killer unit, tight, soulful, in the pocket and in the groove. By the way, Jawn is Philly slang to describe just about everything and anything, but most importantly to understand why McBride named his new band so, it is probably this: 'Jawn' is one Philly thing New York can't lay claim to'. Recorded on July 20, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

Jacob Collier @ Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Jacob Collier, guitar, synth, drums, bass and voice Recorded on July 7th 7 2016 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Club TV Director, Marc Schütrumpf

Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal invite Naissam Jalal & Keyvan Chemirani Ballake Sissoko, Kora Vincent Segal, cello Track list Music from 'Musique de Nuit' (Night music) Recorded on June 18, 2020 at Jazz à Vienne, Théâtre antique TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Magic Malik Rythms and dancses from Cameroon Magic Malik, flute, voice, co-composer, co-artistic direction, Hilaire Penda co-composer, co-artistic direction, Zaf Zapha, bass, Maciek Lassere, saxophone, William Ombe, percussions, voice, Merclin Nyakam, choreography, dance, voice Created in 2017 on the occasion of the residence of Magic Malik in Royaumont, this programme focusing on Cameroon was an invitation to see much further by looking much closer. To start with, it was a question of an encounter between the flautist with large antennas and a Fulani flute played by the Burkino Faso citizen Dramane Dembelé. However, along the way, the imagined project with the late Hilaire Penda and of which the Cameroonian dancer Merlin Nyakam has become the principle mediator, feeds off traces from the past in order to question the very nature of what we call jazz and to fertilise it by projecting it into the contemporary field of a 'creolised' world'. Recorded on March 28, 2019 at the Banlieues Bleues festival TV Director, Guillaume Dero

Tony Allen - The Source Tony Allen (drums) Mathias Allamane (double bass) Indy Dibongue (guitar) Jean-Phi Dary (Piano - keyborad) Nicolas Giraux (trumpet) Yann Jankielewicz (Tenor saxophone) Playlist Bad Roads Ewajo On Fire Wolf eat Wolf Push and Pull Crusing Cool Cats (Album The Source (Universal >Blue Note Records) Born in 1940 in Lagos, Tony Allen had never played any of the traditional percussion instruments only to straightaway become interested in their far-off cousin, that is to say, the drum kit. Self-taught, it was by listening to the recordings of Art Blakey or Max Roach that he perfected his technique of drum playing, even though he was working as a technician at the National Radio of Nigeria. His destiny took a new turn when in 1964 he made the acquaintance of Fela Kuti, firstly as part of the Koola Lobitos, then as conductor of Africa 70 where he developed a new language known as the Afrobeat, a mixture of Yoruba rhythms, of funk and of revolutionary themes. With Fela Kuti, Tony would append his rhythmic signature to around twenty albums, a unique manner of drawing out the rhythms with caressing energy, but which is fantastically efficient. For the rest of his career, Tony would spend it remaining faithful to the original Afrobeat and a multidirectional emancipation leading him through jazz, Dub music and international Pop. Recorded on August 31, 2019 at the Grande Halle de la Villette Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

Emile Parisien celebrates the 40 years of Europajazz Emile Parisien, saxophone Vincent Peirani, accordion Michel Portal, clarinet Fabrice Martinez, trompet Manu Codjia, guitar Roberto Negro, piano Julien Touery, piano Simon Tailleu, double-bass Ivan Gelugne, double-bass Mario Costa, drums Julien Loutelier, drums Recorded on May 11 & 12, 2019 à the Epa Abbey TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux

Lucia di Lammermoor, dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848) Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, after Walter Scott's 'The Bride of Lammermoor' First performance in Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 26 September 1835 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Marco Armiliato (Conductor) Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master) Damiano Michieletto (Stage Direction) Paolo Fantin (Sets), Carla Teti (Costumes), Martin Gebhardt (Lighting) Elena Mosuc (Lucia di Lammermoor) Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo) Marco Caria (Enrico) Simón Orfila (Raimondo) Albert Casals (Arturo) Jorge Rodríguez Norton (Normano) Sandra Ferrández (Alisa) Recorded on December 20th & 23th 2015 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona Directed by Fabrice Castanier

Robot ! Choreography, artistic direction Blanca Li Musical robots, Maywa Denki NAO Robots , Aldebaran Robotics Scenography, Pierre Attrait Light, Jacques Chatelet Music, Tao Gutierrez In partnership with Aldebaran Robotics for the NAO robots Dancers, Yacnoy Abreu Alfonso, Emilie Camacho, Géraldine Fournier, Yann Hervé, Aliashka Hilsum, Samir M'Kirech, Margalida Riera Roig, Gael Rougegrez and 8 robots Eight dancers and the musically animated humanoids of the Japanese collective Maywa Denki are directed by Blanca Li and investigate the relationship between man and machine, in the particular context where robots tend to become more and more human. This innovative performance is immediately engaging and the audience is dazzled by the technical prowess of the robotic choreography. A futuristic fantasy, 'Robot!', Blanca Li's new creation for the Montpellier Dance Festival, is one of these unidentified objects the choreographer from Andalusia particularly enjoys. In this approach to 'total theatre', she involves eight dancers and the animated humanoids of the Japanese collective Maywa Denki. The resulting opera takes stock of a world in which mathematics and technology try to harness human life and design thinking machines. Machines with desires... A post-dadaist choreographer, influenced by psychoanalytically-minded Martha Graham and her native city of Granada where she was a gymnast at the age of twelve, Blanca Li enjoys a comical and poetical form of humour. Her 'Garden of Earthly Delights' after Hieronymus Bosch, premiered at Montpellier in 2009, her opera 'Rag Time' after Scott Joplin, a commercial for the Longchamp brand and a show for Jean-Paul Gaultier all partake of her invitation to 'come and dance with me'. 'Robot!' clearly belong to this tradition. Recorded at the Maison des Arts & de la Culture de Créteil TV directors, Blanca Li and Fabien Raymond

Elektro Kif Choreography and staging , Blanca LI Lighting design, Jacques Châtelet Original Music, Tao Guttierrez Costume, Françoise Yapo Dancers Khaled Abdulahi (alias Cerizz) Jeremy Alberge (alias Jerem) , Arnaud Bacharach (alias Nino), Roger Bepet (alias Big Jay) , William Falla (alias Treaxy) , Slate Hemedi (Alias Crazy) , Alou Sidibe (alias Kyrra), Adrien Sissoko (alias Fiasco) Recorded on 2013 at la Cigale, Paris TV Director,

MusicAeterna byzantina, MusicAeterna choir, Teodor Currentzis (Conductor) Alexey Retinsky (b. 1986) Salve Regina Ave rex gentis anglorum Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) O vis aeternitatis Kyrie eleison Te ri rem Malek Theotoke i Elpis Vai me Exomologiste ton kirion Recorded at the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 26 October 2019 TV Director, François-René Martin

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

Die Entführung aus dem serail (The Abduction from the seraglio) Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie, new version by Luk Perceval and Aslı Erdoğan First performance in Vienna, Burgtheater, 16 July 1782 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Fabio Biondi (conductor) Alan Woodbridge (Chorus master) Luk Perceval (Stage Direction) Philipp Bussmann (Sets), Ilse Vandenbussche (Costumes), Mark Van Denesse (Lighting), Luc Joosten (Dramaturgy), Ted Stoffer (Choreography) Olga Pudova (Konstanze) Claire de Sévigné (Blonde) Julien Behr (Belmonte) Denzil Delaere (Pedrillo) Nahuel Di Pierro (Osmin) Françoise Vercruyssen (Old Konstanze) Iris Tenge (Old Blonde) Joris Bultynck (Old Belmonte) Patrice Luc Doumeyrou (Old Osmin) Recorded at the Grand Théâtre, Geneva, 24 & 26 January 2020

Christian McBride's New Jawn Christian McBride,leader/bass Nasheet Waits, drums Marcus Strickland, sax tenor Josh Evans, trumpet Powered by a relentless energy and a boundless love of swing, Christian McBride's path has described a continuous positive arc since his arrival on the scene. With a career now blazing into its third decade, the Philadelphia native has become one of the most requested, most recorded, and most respected figures in the music world today. His latest grouping, Christian McBride's New Jawn, is a killer unit, tight, soulful, in the pocket and in the groove. By the way, Jawn is Philly slang to describe just about everything and anything, but most importantly to understand why McBride named his new band so, it is probably this: 'Jawn' is one Philly thing New York can't lay claim to'. Recorded on July 20, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

José James José James (voice, guitar) Marcus Machado (guitar) Aneesa Strings (bass, voice) Aaron Steele (drums) Since bursting onto the international scene a little over a decade ago, José James and his honey-sweet voice are still as bewitching. The Minneapolis artist admits to being inspired by Marvin Gaye, the producer Flying Lotus and John Coltrane for his stylish blend of what makes up Great Black Music. Flitting between raw soul, soul folk, hip hop and jazz, James is in the microcosm of vocalists capable of keeping the crossover created by Ray Charles in the 50s alive. His first album (The Dreamer, 2008) pays tribute to Martin Luther King. The next one, Blackmagic, features the beatboxer Taylor McFerrin. His fourth album (in the meantime he recorded with Junior Mance, Chico Hamilton, Flying Lotus and the pianist Jef Neve), No Beginning No End, is on Blue Note. The more soulful than ever singer is back with Lean On Me (2018). After leaning on Billie Holiday and John Coltrane, this time he pays tribute to the living legend of American pop and the immense soulman Bill Withers. There are twelve unforgettable tracks by Withers, who celebrates his 80th birthday in July, produced by Don Was and recorded by a dream band: bassist Pino Palladino, Kris Bowers (fabulous Rhodes on the cover of Ain't No Sunshine), Brad Allen Williams and Nate Smith. Recorded on July 02, 2019 at Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Mikaël Favard

João Bosco, lead, guitar/vocals Ricardo Silveira, guitar Guto Wirtti, bass Kiko Freitas, drums João Bosco has been loved in his home country of Brazil for decades, since the 60s when he first began composing and performing. In the early 90s, Bosco mounted a major tour of the US, and since then he has become increasingly popular internationally, regularly performing at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Despite his growing popularity outside of his homeland, Bosco remains thoroughly attached to Brazil to the point of never leaving it for extended periods; his music, though rooted in Brazil's classic samba and bossa nova traditions, combines rock and roll, jazz and other ethnic styles in an eclectic brew that is as inventive and challenging as he is. In 2017 Bosco received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Latin Recording Academy at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. His new album, Mano Que Zuera, was released at the end of the year. Recorded on July 21, 2018 at the Malta Jazz Festival TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

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