Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon (musical direction) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden (Whoever exalts himself, will be abased), BWV 47 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (O eternity, you word of thunder), BWV 60 Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, who hast wrested my soul) BWV 78 Recorded at the Festival de Saintes, 21 July 2020 TV Director, Sébastien Glas

Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (direction) Gilone Gaubert (violon) Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) from 'Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione' Op. 8 Concerto No. 1 in E major, "La primavera" (Spring), RV 269 Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 'L'estate' (Summer), RV 315 Concerto No. 3 in F major, 'L'autunno' (Autumn), RV 293 Concerto No. 4 in F minor, 'L'inverno' (Winter), RV 297 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Harpsichord Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 Recorded at the Festival de Saintes, 19 July 2020 TV Director, Sébastien Glas

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Betrothal in a Monastery Lyrico-comic opera by Sergey Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Mira Mendelson after "The Duenna" by Richard Sheridan First performance in Prague, National Opera Theatre, 5 May 1946 Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (Conductor) Staatsopernchor Martin Wright (Chorus master) Dmitri Tcherniakov (Stage Direction, Sets) Elena Zaytseva (Costumes), Gleb Filshtinsky (Lighting) Stephan Rügamer (Don Jeronimo) Aida Garifullina (Luisa) Andrei Zhilikhovsky (Don Ferdinand) Violeta Urmana (La Duenna) Goran Jurić (Mendoza) Anna Goryachova (Clara D'Almanza) Lauri Vasar (Don Carlo) Arttu Kataja (Padre Augustin) Live from the Staatsoper Berlin TV Producer, Andy Sommer

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Raul Midòn (guitare, percussion, voice) Paris, 2021 Recorded at New Morning, the 3 july 2021 TV director, Sîla

Marc Berthoumieux (accordion) Linley Marthe (bass) Giovanni Mirabassi (piano) Stéphane Huchard (drums) Paris, 2021 Recorded at New Morning the 4 july 2021 TV Director, Sîla

Mario Canonge (piano) Michel Alibo (bass) Arnaud Dolmen (drums) Paris, 2021 Recorded at New Morning the 4 july 2021 Tv Director, Sîla

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The Little Cunning Vixen, by Leoš Janáček Orchestra, Chorus and Atelier Lyrique of Opéra National de Paris, Dennis Russell Davies (direction) André Engel (stage director) Elena Tsallagova (the vixen), Jukka Rasilainen (Gamekeeper), Michèle Lagrange (Gamekeeper's wife / Owl), Hannah Esther Minutillo (the fox), David Kuebler (Schoolmaster), Roland Bracht (Priest), Paul Gay (Harasta) Directed by Don Kent Recorded at the Opéra national de Paris in 2008

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Le Caravansérail, Bertrand Cuiller (musical direction, organ) François Couperin (1668 – 1733) Leçons de ténèbres Recorded at the Festival de Saintes, 23 July 2020 TV Director, Sébastien Glas

Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Le Kwartet Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924) Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869) Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Henri Duparc (1848 – 1933) Mélodies Recorded at the Festival de Saintes, 19 July 2020 TV director, Sebastien Glas

Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (theorbo) Marin Marais (1656 – 1728) Robert de Visée (1650 – 1725) Henri d'Anglebert (1629 – 1691) Antoine Forqueray (1671 – 1745) Recorded at the Festival de Saintes, 22 July 2020 TV director, Sébastien Glas

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Cinderella Choreography, Jean-Christophe Maillot Music, Serge Prokofiev Scenography, Ernest Pignon-Ernest Costume, Jérôme Kaplan Lights, Dominique Drillot Bernice Coppieters, fairy/mother Chris Roelandt, father Aurélia Schaefer, Cinderella Francesco Nappa, prince Gioia Masala, mother in lax Agalie Vandamme, Francesca Dolci, sisters in law Jérôme Marchand, Gaëtan Morlotti, Superintendents of pleasure and the dancers from Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo TV Director, Jean-Christophe Maillot Recorded on 2007 at Monte Carlo, Salle Garnier

"Choreographer, Jean-Christophe Maillot Music, P.I. Tchaikovsky Additional music, Bertrand Maillot Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor, Nicolas Brochot Scenography, Ernest Pignon-Ernest Costume, Philippe Guillotel Dramaturgy, Jean Rouaud Lights: Jean-Christophe Maillot and Samuel Thery Monte-Carlo Ballet 'In recent years, performances of Swan Lake have tried hard to subvert the original libretto to ward off any accusation of academicism. We tend to forget that the story has its roots in ancient Germanic tales and feeds on our ancestral fears – that night may win against daylight, Von Rothbart against Siegfried – and that its inner workings come from the most powerful drive towards transgression, mimetic desire. Odette-Odile, White Swan-Black Swan, two of a kind? ' Jean Rouaud Jean-Christophe Maillot reveals a personal vision he has been fashioning for ten years. He asked writer Jean Rouaud, the winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1990, to devise a new dramaturgy for this monument of the repertoire. Together, they adapted the timeless story of Siegfried and Odette to make it relevant to our present-day concerns. Plastician Ernest Pignon-Ernest, a long-time collaborator of Jean-Christophe Maillot's designs the scenography and Philippe Guillotel the costumes. Tchaikovsky's music is played by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Nicolas Brochot. Once again, Jean-Christophe Maillot surrounds himself with artists of the highest caliber for a re-reading of a major work in the repertoire and a brilliant ballet for the end-of-year celebrations. Directed by Denis Caïozzi Recorded at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte-Carlo in January 2013 "

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Aida Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni after a scenario by Auguste Mariette First performance in Caire, Opera House, 24 December 1871 Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (Conductor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Shirin Neshat (Stage Direction) Christian Schmidt (Sets), Tatyana van Walsum (Costumes), Reinhard Traub (Lighting) Martin Gschlacht (Video), Thomas Wilhelm (Choreographer) Roberto Tagliavini (Il Re) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris) Anna Netrebko (Aida) Francesco Meli (Radamès) Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis) Luca Salsi (Amonasro) Directed by Michael Beyer Recorded at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 2017