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Exhibition Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui | choreographer Ma mère l'Oye Jeroen Verbruggen | Choreographer Tim Van Steenbergen | Set & costume Fabiana Piccioli | lighting designer Jason Kittelberger | Assistant choreography Koen Bollen | Dramaturgy Music | Modest Moussorgski (Maurice Ravel's orchestration ), Pictures of an exhibition / Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une Infante défunte, Ma Mère l'Oye Royal Ballet of Flanders Flanders opera symphonic orchestra Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra des Flandres Yannis Pouspourikas | Conductor Recorded on 2016 at the Antwerp Opera TV Director, Andreas Morell

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Igor Morozov (tenor) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra Symphony No. 1 'Classical' Symphony No. 2 Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra 'Seven, They are Seven', cantata for tenor, choir and orchestra Skythian Suite ('Ala & Lolly') Recorded on April 23, 2016 at the Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow TV direction by François-René Martin

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Sonata for cello and piano No.2 in D major BWV 1028 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Sonata for cello and piano in D minor op.40 Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) 4 pieces op.5, version for cello and piano Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) 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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Thomas Hengelbrock (Conductor) Diana Damrau (Soprano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni, Overture, Kv 527 'L'amerò, sarò constante' from Il rè pastore, Kv 208 Bella mia fiamma, addio - Resta, oh cara, Kv 528 Symphony No. 32, Kv 318 'E Susanna non vien! - Dove sono i bei momenti' from Le nozze di Figaro, Kv 492 Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on September 14th, 2017 TV Director, Dick Kuijs

Vanessa Opera in four acts by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981) Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti First performance in New York, Metropolitan Opera, 15 January 1958 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša (Conductor) The Glyndebourne Chorus Nicholas Jenkins (Chorus Master) Keith Warner (Stage Direction) Ashley Martin-Davis (Sets), Mark Jonathan (Lighting), Alex Uragallo (Video) William Thomas (Nicholas, the Major-Domo) Virginie Verrez (Erika) Emma Bell (Vanessa) Edgaras Montvidas (Anatol) Rosalind Plowright (The Old Baroness) Ray Albert (The Old Doctor Donnie) Romanas Kudriašovas (Footman) Recorded 12 and 14 August 2018 at the Glyndebourne Festival Directed by François Roussillon

Borodin Quartet Ruben Aharonian (violin), Sergei Lomovsky (violin), Igor Naidin (viola), Vladimir Balshin (cello) Florent Héau (clarinet), Yuri Bashmet (viola) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Clarinet Quintet Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) String quartet no. 8 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) String quintet no. 2 op. 111 Recorded in January 2016 at the Philharmonie 2, Cité de la Musique, Salle de Concerts, Paris Directed by par Franck Chaudemanche

Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor) Bryn Terfel (bass) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Good Friday Music from Parsifal Wotan's Farewell and The Magic Fire from Die Walküre Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Pelléas et Melisande (Concert Suite by Claudio Abbado, based on the Orchestral Suite, arranged by Erich Leinsdorf) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Hector Berlioz Love Scene from Romeo et Juliette Recorded at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1st May 2019 TV Director, Henning Kasten

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Yeol Eum Son (piano) George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) Girl Crazy, overture Variations for piano and orchestra on 'I Got Rhythm' Rhapsody in Blue Catfish Row, symphonic suite from 'Porgy and Bess' An American in Paris Recorded 8 January 2021 at the Salle Philharmonique, Liège

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Alain Billard (clarinette contrebasse), Bryce Dessner (guitare électrique) Matthias Pintscher (B. 1971) 'Skull', for three trumpets John Cage (1912 - 1992) 'Seven Haiku' for piano George Crumb (B. 1929) 'Vox Balaenae' (Voice of the Whale) for flute, cello and piano Yann Robin (B. 1974) 'Art of Metal II' for contrabass clarinet and electronics George Crumb 'Black Angels', Thirteen Images From the Dark Land for electric string quartet Bryce Dessner (B. 1976) 'Wires' for electric guitar and ensemble Recorded at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 21 January 2019 Directed by Anaïs Spiro

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

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

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

The Bronze Horseman Ballet in three acts Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and Yuri Smekalov Music by Reinhold Gliere Libretto by Pyotr Abolimov, after a poem by Alexander Pushkin Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus Valery Gergiev, musical director and conductor Andrei Sevbo, production designer Tatiana Noginova, costume Alexander Naumov, lights Alexander Logvinov, video graphics designer Wth Vladimir Shklyarov, Eugene Viktoria Tereshkina, Parasha Vladimir Ponomarev, Peter I Ivan Oskorbin, Ibrahim the Blackmoor Yekaterina Kondaurova, the Queen of the Ball Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova, Columbine Vasily Tkachenko, Harlequin Grigory Popov, Balakirev the Jester Valeria Karpina, Parasha's mother Recorded at the Théâtre Mariinsky II on June 15th and 17th 2016 TV direction by Louise Narboni

Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky (Conductor) Bruno de Sá (Abel) Christophe Dumaux (Cain) Sandrine Piau (Eva) Kresimir Spicer (Adamo) Yannis François (Lucifero) Paul-Antoine Benos-Dijan (La voce di Deo) Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725) Il primo omicidio Recorded at the Opéra-Comédie, Montpellier

Dido and Aeneas Tragic opera in three acts by Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Libretto by Nahum Tate after Virgil's 'Aeneid' Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (Conductor) Franck Chartier (Stage Direction, Choreography) Peeping Tom Eurudike De Beul, Leo De Beul, Marie Gyselbrecht, Hunmok Jung, Brandon Lagaert, Chen-Wei Lee, Yichun Liu, Romeu Runa Justine Bougerol (Sets), Anne-Catherine Kunz (Costumes), Giacomo Gorini (Lightings) Marie-Claude Chappuis (Dido | Sorceress) Emőke Baráth (Belinda | First Witch) Marie Lys (Second Woman | Second Witch) Jarrett Ott (Aeneas) Recorded at the Grand Théâtre, Geneva, 2 May 2021

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Sonata for cello and piano No.2 in D major BWV 1028 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Sonata for cello and piano in D minor op.40 Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) 4 pieces op.5, version for cello and piano Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) 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

The Sleeping Beauty Yuri Grigorovich, choreographer (after Marius Petipa)* P.I. Tchaïkovski, music Ezio Frigerio, set designer Franca Squarciapino, costume designer Vinicio Cheli, lighting designer Svetlana Zakharova (Princess Aurora ) David Hallberg (Prince Désiré) Maria Allash (Lilac Fairy) Alexei Loparevich (Carabosse) Artem Ovcharenko (Bluebird) Nina Kaptsova (Princess Florine) Andrei Sitnikov (King Florestan) Kristina Karasyova (Queen) Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Recorded in November 2011 at the Bolshoi Theater TV Director, Vincent Bataillon

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Igor Morozov (tenor) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra Symphony No. 1 'Classical' Symphony No. 2 Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra 'Seven, They are Seven', cantata for tenor, choir and orchestra Skythian Suite ('Ala & Lolly') Recorded on April 23, 2016 at the Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow TV direction by François-René Martin

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

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

State Academic Symphony Orchestra 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Fuad Ibrahimov (conductor) Sahib Pashazade (tar) Uzeyir Hajibayli (1885 - 1948) Ouverture from Opera 'Koroglu' Haji Khanmammadov (1918 - 2005) Concerto no. 2 for tar and orchestra Fikret Amirov (1922 - 1984) Symphony in memory of Nizami Ganjavi Arif Melikov (1933 - 2019) Symphony 4 Recorded at the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow, 21 October 2020 TV Director, François-René Martin

Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Harding (Conductor) Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Lionel Sow (Chorus master) Christiane Karg (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano) Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphony no. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Recorded on 24 & 25 May 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris Directed by Julien Condemine

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (Conductor) Harry Traksmann (Violin) Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) Fratres Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Adam's Lament Salve Regina Te Deum Recorded on October 20, 2018 at the Philharmonie de Paris TV Director, Olivier Simonnet

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (Conductor) Isabelle Faust (violin), Carmen Romeu (soprano) Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Pulcinella (Suite) Péter Eötvös (1944) Alhambra Concerto for violin and orchestra Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) The three-cornered Hat Recorded at the Festival de Granada, Palacio de Carlos V, 11 & 12 July 2019 TV Director, Arnaud Lalanne

Tosca Melodramma in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after Victorien Sardou's play 'La Tosca' First performance in Rome, Teatro Costanzi, 14 January 1900 Chœur, maîtrise et orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Daniele Rustioni (Conductor) Christophe Honoré (Stage direction and video) Alban Ho Van (Sets), Olivier Bériot (Costumes), Dominique Bruguière (Lighting) Angel Blue (Floria Tosca) Catherine Malfitano (Prima Donna) Joseph Calleja (Mario Cavaradossi) Alexey Markov (Il barone Scarpia) Simon Shibambu (Cesare Angelotti) Leonardo Galeazzi (Il sagrestano) Jean-Gabriel Saint Martin (Sciarrone) Michael Smallwood (Spoletta) Virgile Ancely (Un Carceriere) Recorded on July 2 & 9, 2019, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre de l'Archevêché TV Director, Philippe Béziat

Penthesilea Opera in a prologue, 11 scenes and epilogue by Pascal Dusapin (b. 1955) Libretto by Pascal Dusapin and Beate Haeckl after Heinrich von Kleist First performance in Brussels, Théâtre de la Monnaie, 31 May 2015 Orchestre de Paris Ariane Matiakh (Conductor) Accentus, Richard Wilberforce (Chorus Master) Thierry Coduys (electroacoustic) Christel Loetzsch, mezzo-soprano (Penthesilea) Marisol Montalvo, soprano (Prothoe) Georg Nigl, baryton (Achilleus) Paul Gay, baryton-basse (Odysseus) Noa Frenkel, contralto (OberPriesteri) Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 27 November 2020 Directed and staged by Philippe Béziat

Sadko Opera in seven scenes by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) Libretto by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Vladimir Stasov and Vladimir Belsky First performance in Moscow, Solodovnikov Theatre, 7 January 1898 Bolshoi Orchestra & Chorus, Timur Zangiev (Conductor) Valery Borisov (Chorus Master) Dmitri Tcherniakov (Stage direction, Sets) Elena Zaitseva (Costumes), Gleb Filshtinsky (Lighting) Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov (Sadko) Aida Garifullina (Volkhova) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lioubava Bouslaevna) Mikhail Petrenko (Duda) Yuriy Mynenko (Nejata) Stanislav Trofimov (The Sea King) Maxim Paster (Sopel) Dmitry Ulyanov (A Varangian merchant) Alexei Neklyudov (An Indian merchant) Andrey Zhilikhovsky (A Venetian merchant) Sergei Murzaev (The Apparition) Roman Muravitsky (Foma Nazarich, doyen of Novgorod) Alexandra Durseneva (His wife) Vladimir Komovich (Luka Zinovich, governor of Novgorod) Irina Rubtsova (His wife) Recorded at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 18 February 2020

State Academic Symphony Orchestra 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Fuad Ibrahimov (conductor) Sahib Pashazade (tar) Uzeyir Hajibayli (1885 - 1948) Ouverture from Opera 'Koroglu' Haji Khanmammadov (1918 - 2005) Concerto no. 2 for tar and orchestra Fikret Amirov (1922 - 1984) Symphony in memory of Nizami Ganjavi Arif Melikov (1933 - 2019) Symphony 4 Recorded at the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow, 21 October 2020 TV Director, François-René Martin

Roberto Negro, piano Emile Parisien, saxophone Michèle Rabbia, drums (Dadada) The pianist and composer Roberto Negro presents his new trio Dadada, with Emile Parisien and Michele Rabbia. With its nocturnal and fantasy themes with imperceptible fluctuations and a certain penchant for surprises, the trio's music is fascinating because of its play on timbres, mysterious tonalities and its use of subtle electronic effects. A miraculously inhabited saxophone.A beautifully detailed piano.A sensually choreographed drum set.When Negro leaves for an excursion without satelite beacons, the musique is filled with stars and poetry. Recorded on May 5, 2017 at the Epau Abbey, Europa Jazz Festival TV director, Josselin Carré

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

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

One Thousand and One Nights Ballet in 2 Acts Choreographer & Artistic Director , Andrey Petrov Music, Fikret Amirov Libretto by Maksud & Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nailia Naziorova bassée sur sur le conte Arabe 'Les 1001 nuits' Sets, Tair Salahov Costume, Olga Polyanskaya With The Kremlin Ballet Scheherezada, Ekaterina Pervushina Shahriyar, a Persian tsar, Mikhail Evgenov NuRida, Shahriyar's wife, Irina Ablitsova Masood, a slav of Nurida, Amir Salimov Vizier, father of Sheherezada, Ivan Fadeev Executioner, Nikita Smirnov Alladin, Egor Motuzov Tsarevna Budour, Natalia Balakhnicheva Wizard, Nikita Ivanov Gene of the lamps, Ivan Zakharchenko Sindbad, Maxim Afnasyev Girl, Karina Salimova Bird Ruh, Nikolay Zheltikov Le Sultan, Sergey Vasyuchenko Wife of the Sultan, Ksenia Khabinets Hobo, Dmitry Prusakov Ali-Baba, Eugeny Korolev Marjana, servant Ali-Baba, Alina Kaicheva Maxym robbers, Maxim Sabitov Soloist in bash, Arina Tomilina, Ekaterina Chekryzheva Recorded at the Heydar Aliyev Palace, Bakou, Azerbaïdjan on April 11 & 12, 2019 TV Director, Vincent Massip

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Alain Billard (clarinette contrebasse), Bryce Dessner (guitare électrique) Matthias Pintscher (B. 1971) 'Skull', for three trumpets John Cage (1912 - 1992) 'Seven Haiku' for piano George Crumb (B. 1929) 'Vox Balaenae' (Voice of the Whale) for flute, cello and piano Yann Robin (B. 1974) 'Art of Metal II' for contrabass clarinet and electronics George Crumb 'Black Angels', Thirteen Images From the Dark Land for electric string quartet Bryce Dessner (B. 1976) 'Wires' for electric guitar and ensemble Recorded at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 21 January 2019 Directed by Anaïs Spiro

Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Harding (Conductor) Orchestre de Paris choir, Lionel Sow (chorus master) London voices, Terry Edwards (chorus master) Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003) Sinfonia, for eight voices and orchestra Jörg Widmann (né en 1973) Fantasie, for solo clarinet Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Symphony of Psalms For Mixed Choir And Orchestra Jörg Widmann Au Cœur De Paris (World Premiere) Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) La Mer, Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra Franz Schubert (1897 - 1828) / Luciano Berio An die Musik D 547 Igor Stravinsky The Firebird - Suite (1919) - Final Recorded on november 2nd 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris TV Director, François-René Martin

Ensemble Les Accents, Thibault Noally (Conductor) Tim Mead (counter-tenor) Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Stabat Mater Nisi Dominus Recorded on June 29, 2017 at the Sainte Chapelle, Paris Directed by Don Kent

Semiramide Melodramma tragico in two acts by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868) Libretto by Gaetano Rossi after Voltaire's 'Sémiramis' First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 3 February 1868 Orchestra e Coro Teatro de La Fenice, Riccardo Frizza (conductor) Claudio Marino Moretti (chorus master) Cecilia Ligorio (staging) Nicholas Bovey (sets) Marco Piemontese (costumes) Jessica Pratt (Semiramide) Teresa Iervolino (Arsace) Alex Esposito (Assur) Enea Scala (Idreno) Simon Lim (Oroe) Silvia Frigato (Azema) Recorded on 23 & 25 October 2018 at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice Directed by Stéphane Vérité

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Bernhard Gander (B. 1969) Take death Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) Naval Aviation in Art? Dupree's Paradise The Perfect Stranger Edgard Varèse (1883 -1965) Intégrales John Zorn (B. 1953) For Your Eyes Only Frank Zappa Get Whitey The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat (aka Dog / Meat), G-Spot Tornado Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 29 September 2018 Directed by

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

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Sonata for cello and piano No.2 in D major BWV 1028 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Sonata for cello and piano in D minor op.40 Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) 4 pieces op.5, version for cello and piano Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) 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

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

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