Grigory Sokolov (piano) Franz Schubert Four Impromptus D 899 Franz Schubert Three Klavierstücke D 946 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano sonata no. 29 in B flat major Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" Bis Jean-Philippe Rameau Les tendres plaintes Les tourbillons Les cyclopes La follette Les sauvages Johannes Brahms Intermezzo Opus 117 no. 2 Recorded on June the 5th, 2013 at the Philharmonie, Berlin Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon "

Berliner Philharmoniker, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor) Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) Lieutenant Kije Suite, op. 60 Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Shéhérazade, song cycle after Tristan Klingsor Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, ballet, op. 64 (arranged in the form of a suite by Tugan Sokhiev) Recorded at the Waldbühne, Berlin, 29 June 2019 TV Director, Henning Kasten

LBT – LEO BETZL TRIO Leo Betzl | Piano Maximilian Hirning | Bass Sebastian Wolfgruber | drums Play list Circadian Dysrhythmia | Maximilian Hirning Arpeggione | Maximilian Hirning Way up in the blue |Maximilian Hirning Tacete | Maximilian Hirning Sober | Maximilian Hirning So Mellow | Maximilian Hirning The Riff | Maximilian Hirning Plectral Comfort Zone | Maximilian Hirning This is not the way to Vernazza | Maximilian Hirning Zappa | Maximilian Hirning Recorded on March 27, 2019 at the Burghausen Jazz Festival TV Director, Susanne Sammet

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

BELMONDO QUINTET – 08/07/2021- Jazz à Vienne Line Up : Lionel Belmondo (ts,ss,fl) Stéphane Belmondo (t, fh) Eric Legnini (p) Sylvain Romano (cb) Tony Rabeson (dms)

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

A feature documentary about female singers living inside Iran and their daily life and the deepest wish: "I want my voice to be heard". Dealing with cultural censorship in Iran, women singers started using also digital media more. Invited by Negar, a magical entity, female voices from all over this vast country come out of isolation, gather in a garden in the very middle of Iran to make their dream come true. Nobody has tried this before, so Negar seeks the help of two travellers to connect. Along the way they meet surprisingly strong female personalities of diverse cultural backgrounds and come closer to understanding the orient...

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

Elektra "Tragödie" in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocle's "Electra" First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 25 January 1909 The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor) Patrice Chéreau (Stage Director) Richard Peduzzi (Sets), Caroline de Vivaise (Costumes), Dominique Bruguière (Lighting) Nina Stemme (Elektra) Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis) Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra) Eric Owens (Orest) Burkhard Ulrich (Aegisth) Susan Neves (Overseer | Confidant) Bonita Hyman (Serving Woman) Maya Lahyani (Serving Woman) Andrea Hill (Serving Woman) Claudia Waite (Serving Woman) Roberta Alexander (Serving Woman) Andrea Hill (Trainbearer) Mark Schowalter (Young Servant) James Courtney (Old Servant) Kevin Short (Guardian) Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 30 April 2016 Directed by Gary Halvorson

Orchestre de Paris, Thomas Hengelbrock (Conductor) Annette Dasch (soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro, overture Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Johann Strauss Die Fledermaus, overture Emmerich Kalman ''Heut Nacht hab ich geträumt von dir'' from Das Veilchen vom Montmartre Franz Lehar ''Lippen Schweigen'' from Die lustige Witwe Johann Strauss Csárdás, from Ritter Pázmán Charles Lecocq ''O Paris, gai séjour de plaisir'' from Les Cent vierges Jacques Offenbach Galop, Ballet des mouches, from Orphée aux Enfers Emmerich Kálmán ''Mein lieber Schatz... sag ja, mein Lieb, sag ja'' from Gräfin Mariza Jacques Offenbach ''C'est le ciel ... Ce n'est qu'un rêve'', from La Belle Hélène Recorded on June 8, 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris Directed by Julien Condemine

Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle (Conductor) Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Don Juan op. 20 Alban Berg (1885 – 1935) Sieben frühe Lieder for voice and orchestra Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Shéhérazade Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) Pétrouchka (1947) Recorded at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, 25 March 2019 Directed by Nele Münchmeyer

Berliner Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (conductor) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Vittoria Yeo (soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) Messa da Requiem Recorded at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, 14 & 20 April 2019 Directed by Nele Münchmeyer

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

The Flames of Paris Ballet in two acts Choreography, Alexei Ratmansky after the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen Libretto by Alexander Belinsky and Alexei Ratmansky after the original libretto by Nicolai Volkov and Vladimir Dmitriev. Music, Boris Asafiev Scenography, Ilya Utkin and Evgeny Monakhov Costume, Yelena Markovskaya LIghting, Damir Ismagilov Dramaturgy, Yuri Burlaka Bolschoi ballet et Bolshoi Theater Orchestra Pavel Sorokin, conductor With Natalia Osipova (Jeanne) Denis Savin (Jérôme) Ivan Vasiliev (Philippe) Yuri Klevtsov (Marquis Costa de Beauregard) Nina Kaptsova (Adeline) Anna Antonicheva (Mireille de Poitiers) Recorded on March 2010 at the Bolshoi Theater TV Director, Vincent Bataillon

Two Suns Ballet in two acts, creation & choreography by Roudolf Kharatian, Based on a poem by Grigor Narekatsi "The bool of Lamentations" Music, Armenian composers from 4th to 21th century : Mesrop Mashtots, Grigor Narekatsi, Aram Khachaturian, Alan Hovhaness, Arno Babjanyan, Avet Terterian et Ashot Ariyan Sets & costumes, Astghik Stepanyan Hip Hop Choreography, Hovhannes (Jungle) Howhannisyan With Jonathan Jordan (Narekatsi), Garegin Baelyan (Arshile Gorky), Maria Lakka (Toros Roslin), Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (Narrator), Sona Kharatian (Holy Mother), Sayaka Wakita (Faith), Nicole Fedorov (Hope), Marie Garnier (Love), Sayaka Wakita (The Girl) and the corps de ballet Hip Hop Dancers Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Gegham Tadevosyan, Gor Karapetyan, Karen Tchagharyan, Hovhannes Minasyan Recorded on June 2015 at The Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia TV Director, Jeff Kalousdian

London Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor & soprano) Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992) L'Ascension Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Symphony No 4 London, Barbican Hall, 12 March 2023

The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's "Ode to joy" Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With The Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald Recorded on November 9 th 2014 at the NHK Hall Tokyo TV Director, Mari Hnamasu

Swan Lake Music Piotr Tchaikovsky Choreography Yuri Grigorovich (2001 version) Scenes in choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov,Alexander Gorsky used Bolshoi orchestra Pavel Sorokin, conductor With, The Etoiles, the Soloists and the Corps de Ballet of the Bolshoi Odette-Odile, Svetlana Zakharova The Mother, Yekaterina Barykina Prince Siegfried, Denis Rodkin The Evil Genius, Artemy Belyakov The Tutor, Alexei Loparevich The Fool, Igor Tsvirko Friends to the Prince, Kristina Kretova, Elizaveta Kruteleva Master of Ceremonies, Alexander Fadeyechev Hungarian Bride, Angelina Karpova Russian Bride, Anna Rebetskaya Spanish Bride, Anna Tikhomirova Neapolitan Bride, Daria Khokhlova Polish Bride, Maria Semenyachenko, Three Swans, Angelina Karpova, Olga Marchenkova and Ana Turazashvili Four Swans, Yulia Lunkinan, Svetlana Pavlovan, Margarita Shrainern and Anna Voronkova Waltz, Karim Abdullin, Ivan Alexeyevn, Dmitry Efremovn, Egor Khromushinn, Nelli Kobakhidzen, Anna Okunevan, Yanina Parienkon and Anna Rebetskaya Recorded on Januarty 25th 2015 at the Bolshoi of Moscow TV Director, Vincent Bataillon

Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle (conductor) Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Symphony No. 6 in A minor Recorded on June 20, 2018, at the Philharmonie, Berlin TV Director, Michael Beyer