César Franck (1822 – 1890) Hulda Opera in four acts and an epilogue Libretto by Charles Grandmougin after a play by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson First performance in Monte-Carlo, Opéra, 4 March 1894 Concert version Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Chœur de Chambre de Namur Jennifer Holloway (Hulda), Véronique Gens (Gudrun), Marie Karall (la Mère de Hulda), Judith van Wanroij (Swanhilde), Marie Gautrot (Halgerde), Ludivine Gombert (Thordis), Edgaras Montvidas (Eiolf), Boris Pinkhasovich (Gudleik), Matthieu Lécroart (Aslak), Artavazd Sargsyan (Eyrick), François Rougier (Gunnard), Sébastien Droy (Eynar), Guilhem Worms (Thrond), Matthieu Toulouse (Arne | Un Héraut) Liège, salle Philharmonique, 15 May 2022 Directed by Yan Proefrock

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K.454 Violin Sonata in E-flat major, K.481 Recorded at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 13 April 2020

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Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Renaud Capuçon (Conductor) Stefan Dohr (horn) Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Serenade for winds Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Horn Concerto no 3, KV447 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto no 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony in G minor no 40, KV550 Lausanne, Salle Métropole, 14 September 2022

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Simone Young (Conductor) Bo Skovhus (Baryton) Luciano Berio (1925-2003) Rendering Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr. for chamber orchestra by A. Schoenberg) Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht, op.4 (version 1943) Salle Métropole, Lausanne, 14/04/2022 TV director, Chantal Bernheim & Patrick Siegenthaler

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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

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor) Javier Perianes (piano) Sauli Zinovjev (b. 1988) Un grande sospiro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Piano Concerto no 21 in C major, KV 467 Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) Symphony no 4 in D minor, op.120 Recorded at the Salle Métropole, Lausanne, 11 December 2019

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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (Conductor) Marc Perrenoud (piano), Dmitry Rasul-Kareyev (clarinet), Lionel Cottet (cello), Elçim Özdemir (viola) Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra in B flat major Duke Ellington (1899 – 1974) New World A-Comin', for piano and orchestra Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Don Quixote op. 35 Geneva, Victoria Hall, 21 September 2022

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (Conductor) Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Jacques Ibert (1890 – 1962) Flute Concerto Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Symphonny No 5 in C sharp minor Geneva, Victoria Hall, 16 February 2022

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Dee Dee Bridgewater | Bayfront Jazz Festival 2021 Miami, 2021 Directed by Amos Rozenberg The 2021 inaugural edition of the Bayfront Jazz Festival takes place in Miami's Bayfront Park. The festival's mission is to honor and celebrate the current and future giants of Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Latin and electronic music. This year's unique line-up includes Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Ayers, Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola and Mark Guiliana's Beat Music. Dee Dee Bridgewater is a daring performer of great depth whose singing talents have earned her three Grammy Awards as well as a Tony Award. At Bayfront Jazz Festival, she performed together with "The Memphis Soulphony".

Chucho Valdés | Bayfront Jazz Festival 2021 Miami, 2021 Directed by Amos Rozenberg The 2021 inaugural edition of the Bayfront Jazz Festival takes place in Miami's Bayfront Park. The festival's mission is to honor and celebrate the current and future giants of Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Latin and electronic music. This year's unique line-up includes Roy Ayers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola and Mark Guiliana's Beat Music. Winner of six Grammy and three Latin Grammy Awards, the Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban Jazz. In a rich career spanning sixty years, Chucho has pushed boundaries in pursuit of new expressions in Afro-Cuban music. His influence in the genre is immeasurable, his work establishing the standard by which younger generations set our to create their own.

Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Aymee Nuv | Bayfront Jazz Festival 2021 Miami, 2021 Directed by Amos Rozenberg The 2021 inaugural edition of the Bayfront Jazz Festival takes place in Miami's Bayfront Park. The festival's mission is to honor and celebrate the current and future giants of Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Latin and electronic music. This year's unique line-up includes Roy Ayers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola and Mark Guiliana's Beat Music. One highlight of Bayfront Jazz Festival was Gonzalo Rubalcaba, – another Cuban pianist -, who left Cuba in the early 1990s and now resides in Coral Gables, near downtown Miami – appeared with singer Aymée Nuviola, with whom he made the Grammy-nominated album Viento y Tiempo – Live at Blue Note Tokyo.

Così fan tutte "Dramma giocoso" in 2 acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756- 1791) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Premiered at the Burgtheater, Vienna, January 26, 1790 Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Martin Wright (chorus master) Vincent Huguet (Stage director) Irene Selka (Lighting), Clémence Pernoud (Costumes), Aurélie Maestre (Sets), Louis Geisler (dramaturgy) Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi) Marina Viotti (Dorabella) Barbara Frittoli (Despina) Paolo Fanale (Ferrando) Gyula Orendt (Guglielmo) Lucio Gallo (Don Alfonso) Berlin, Staatsoper unter der Linden, October 3, 2021

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Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, András Schiff (piano & conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Keyboard Concerto no. 3 in D major, BWV1054 Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) Divertimento for string orchestra, SZ 113 Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 Recorded in Lausanne, Salle Métropole, 16 December 2020 Directed by Andy Sommer

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor) Nederlands Kamerkoor Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Benjamin Appl (bass) Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) Symphony No. 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Requiem, KV 626 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 25 November 2022