Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Jennifer Holloway (soprano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Egmont, overture op. 84 Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Wesendock-Lieder Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan" Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 16 September 2023

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Titon et l'Aurore "Pastorale héroïque" in a prologue and three acts by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711 - 1772) Libretto by Antoine Houdar de la Motte First performance in Paris, Académie Royale de Musique, 9 January 1753 Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (Conductor) Basil Twist (Stage Direction, sets, costumes, puppets) Daniel Brodie (Video Design), Jean Kalman (Lighting design) Reinoud Van Mechelen (Titon) Gwendoline Blondeel (L'Aurore) Emmanuelle de Negri (Palès) Marc Mauillon (Eole) Julie Roset (Amour) Renato Dolcini (Prométhée) Virginie Thomas, Maud Gnidzaz, Juliette Perret (Nymphes) Valentin Arnoux, Coline Fouilhé, David Girondin Moab, Cristina Iosif, Sylvain Menard, Diana-Elizabeth Neva Jaramillo, Candice Picaud, Philippe Rodriguez-Jorda (puppeteers) Recorded at the Opéra Comique, Paris, 19 January 2021

Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Elena Schwarz (Conductor) Kit Armstrong (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violon), Edgar Moreau (cello) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Triple concerto in C major for piano, violin, cello and orchestra, op. 56 Symphony no 1 in C major, op. 21 Recorded 31 January 2020 at the Eglise de Saanen (Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad)

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Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Behzod Abduraimov (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1981 - 1953) Piano Concerto no 2 in G minor Op. 26 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony no. 10 in E minor Op. 93 Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, 10 September 2021 Directed by Jean-Pierre Loisil

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Thomas Guggeis (Conductor) Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (mezzo-soprano), Attilio Glaser (Tenor) Maurice Ravel (1975 - 1937) Ma mère l'oye Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) The Song of the Earth Toulouse, Halle aux Grains, 6 November 2021 TV director, Sébastien Berger

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Rusalka Opera in three acts by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil First performance in Prague, National Theatre, 31 March 1901 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Joana Mallwitz (Musical direction) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Edward Ananian-Cooper (Chorus master) Philipp Stölzl, Philipp M. Krenn (Stage direction) Philipp Stölzl (Lighting design), Heike Vollmer, Philipp Stölzl (Set design), Anke Winckler (Costume design), Juanjo Arqués (Choreography), Simon Berger (Dramaturgy) Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka) Pavel Černoch (Princ | Prince) Annette Dasch (Cizí kněžna | Foreign Princess) Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ježibaba) Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev (Vodník | Water Goblin) Karin Strobos (Kuchtík | Kitchen Boy) Erik Slik (Hajný | Gamekeeper) Georgiy Derbas-Richter (Lovec | Hunter) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 13 June 2023

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Sleeping beauty Ballet in a prologue and two acts by Christian Spuck Music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky Ballett Zürich, Junior Ballett Philharmonia Zürich, Robertas Šervenikas (conductor) Directed by Michael Beyer Zurich, Opernhaus, 2022

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) Janine Jansen (violin) Lili Boulanger 1893 - 1918 D'un matin de printemps Samuel Barber 1910 - 1981 Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Serge Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 London, Barbican Hall, 14 April 2024

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Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor) Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan" Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 10 July 2023

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulose, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Piano Concerto in G Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Symphony no 4 in A major, op. 90 "Italian" Recorded at the Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, 26 June 2020

Berliner Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons (conductor) Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826) Der Freischütz, op. 77: Overture Der Freischütz: "Nein! länger tragʼ ich nicht die Qualen" - "Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen" Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3 Lohengrin: "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten" Lohengrin: "Mein lieber Schwan" Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28 Ständchen, op. 17 No. 2 Freundliche Vision, op. 48 No. 1 Cäcilie, op. 27 No. 2 Der Rosenkavalier, Suite, op. 59 Berlin, Waldbühne, 24 June 2023

L'Orfeo "Favola in musica" in a prologue and five acts by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Libretto by Alessansdro Striggio First performance in Mantue, Palazzo Ducale, 24 February 1607 Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (Conductor) Pauline Bayle (Stage Direction) Pascal Noël (Lighting), Bernadette Villard (Costumes), Emmanuel Clolus (Sets) Luciana Mancini (Euridice | La Música) Marc Mauillon (Orfeo) Marianne Beate Kielland (Proserpina | La Speranza) Furio Zanasi (Apollo) Salvo Vitale (Plutone | Caronte) Lise Viricel (La Ninfa) Sara Mingardo (La Messaggera) Alessandro Giangrande (Eco) Paris, Opéra Comique, 10 June 2021

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Conductor) Gabriela Montero (piano) Raminta Šerkšnytė (born in 1975) De Profundis (Dutch premiere) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Mieczyslaw Weinberg Symphony No. 3 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 April 2023