Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Choeur Symphonique de Namur Noemi Győri (flute) Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Christian Mason Concerto for flute Claude Debussy Nocturnes Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 24 April 2024

Michael Beyer"Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (direction) Schweizer Kammerchor Bryn Terfel (bariton), Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Eteri Gvazava (soprano) Richard Wagner ""Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber"" from Die Walküre Claude Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sébastian (suite) La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques Directed by Michael Beyer Recorded at the Lucerne Festival in 2003.

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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

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Maurizio Pollini (piano) Ferruccio Busoni Lustspiel-Ouvertüre op. 38 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Symphony No.2 in D major, Op. 73 Directed by Henning Kasten

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Richard Strauss and his Heroines Divorce! After six years of marriage the choleric and chronically jealous Pauline, daughter of a general, has had enough of Richard Strauss. Pauline always knew it: her husband who at 36 is celebrated as the most important living German composer across the globe is cheating on her. His congeniality and moral uprightness is just a mask! Are his inspirations for the erotic escapades which are the basis of several of his tone poems and songs based on the love affairs of the artist? The film Richard Strauss and his Heroines goes on an exciting journey discovering the women in Strauss' life. At the focus is primarily his relationship with Pauline, to whom he was married for over 55 years up to his death. Until today she applies as a harridan who often embarrassed her husband in public. It hereby falls under the table that Strauss at the beginning and the end of his relationship composed his finest songs for the trained singer who gave up her career for him and covered his back for the rest of his life. What was it that made the broken old man, who experienced the most varied of epochs in German history, from the Empire to the Nazi dictatorship to the post-war period, write in 1948 in his final song ("At Sunset") one of the most moving declarations of love in the history of music: "We have through sorrow and joy gone hand in hand"? Richard Strauss and his Heroines - this is the first filmed search for clues about the unforgettable heroines created by Strauss. It is both the story of a turbulent, and at the end moving, love story of two people who were prepared to walk through fire for each other. We visit Strauss' last surviving grandchild in Garmisch and we meet the great Strauss singers Brigitte Fassbaender, Reneé Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones and Christa Ludwig, who report on their famous Strauss roles. With the conductor Franz Welser-Möst we research the secret of Strauss' instrumentation genius. Strauss expert Christoph Wagner-Trenckwitz, member of the board of the Vienna Volksoper, leads us through the film. Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2014

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 Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (Conductor) Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Lukáš Vasilek (Chorus master) Philipp Stölzl, Philipp M. Krenn (Stage direction) Philipp Stölzl, Franziska Harm (Sets), Kathi Maurer (Costumes), Philipp Stölzl (Lighting), Judith Selenko, Peter Venus (Video) Nina Stemme (Elektra) Elza van den Heever (Chrysothemis) Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra) Johan Reuter (Orest) Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Aegisth) Anthony Robin Schneider (Der Pfleger des Orest) Serafina Starke (Die Vertraute) Anna Denisova (Die Schleppträgerin) Lucas van Lierop (Ein junger Diener) Andrew Harris (Ein alter Diener) Kirsi Tiihonen (Die Aufseherin) Katharina Magiera (Erste Magd) Marvic Monreal (Zweite Magd) Alexandra Ionis (Dritte Magd) Dorothea Herbert (Vierte Magd) Lauren Fagan (Fünfte Magd) Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, 2024

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Shai Maestro Quartet: Human Shai Maestro (piano), Ofri Nehemya (drums), Jorge Roeder (double bass), Philip Dizzck (trumpet) Nancy, 10 September 2021, Headoffice of the newspaper 'L'Est Républicain' Directed by Nathan Benisty

Émile Parisien 6tet invites Theo Croker Emile Parisien (saxophone), Theo Croker (trumpet), Roberto Negro (piano), Manu Codjia (guitar), Nasheet Waits (drums), Joe Martin (double bass) Festival Jazz sous les Pommiers, May 21, 2022

Tigran Hamasyan Trio Tigran Hamasyan - Piano Matt Brewer - Contrebasse Justin Brown - Batterie Realisation, Colin Laurent Recorded at l'arsenal - Cité musicale the 01/04/2021

Paco de Lucía (guitar) Ramón de Algeciras (guitar) Pepe de Lucía (voice) Juan Manuel Cañizares (guitar) Carlos Benavant (bass) Jorge Pardo (saxophone) Rubem Dantas (percussion) Joaquín Grilo (dance) Mi Niño Curro Labarrosa Tío Sabes Mi Pañuelo Monasterio de Sal Alcázar de Sevilla Playa del Carmen Peroche Zyryab Buana,Buana King Kong Germeringer Jazztage 1996 Directed by Dieter Hens

Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Tito Muñoz (conductor) Benjamin Kruithof (cello), Maria Marica (violin), Alexandra Segal (piano) Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) Cello Concerto in B minor op. 104 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Variation on a theme from Corelli op. 42

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Salome "Musikdrama" in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Richard Strauss after "Salomé" by Oscar Wilde First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 9 December 1905 Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Simone Young (Conductor) Lydia Steier (Stage direction) Momme Hinrichs (Sets, Video), Andy Besuch (Costumes), Olaf Freese (Lighting), Maurice Lenhard (Dramaturgy) Elza van den Heever (Salome) Iain Paterson (Jochanaan) John Daszak (Herodes) Karita Mattila (Herodias) Tansel Akzeybek (Narraboth) Katharina Magiera (Page der Herodias) Matthäus Schmidlechner (Erster Jude) Éric Huchet (Zweiter Jude) Maciej Kwaśnikowski (Dritter Jude) Mathias Vidal (Vierter Jude) Sava Vemić (Fünfter Jude) Luke Stoker (Erster Nazarener) Yiorgo Ioannou (Zweiter Nazarener) Dominic Barberi (Erster Soldat) Bastian Thomas Kohl (Zweiter Soldat) Alejandro Baliñas Vieites (Cappadocier) Thomas Ricart (Ein Sklave) Paris, Opéra-Bastille (Opéra national de Paris), 27 October 2022

Alfred Brendel (piano) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Années de pèlerinage, première année Recorded in 1986 Directed by Humphrey Burton

Alfred Brendel (piano) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année Recorded in 1986 Directed by Humphrey Burton

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Maurizio Pollini (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Tragic overture op. 81 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Max Reger (1873 - 1916) Romantic Suite op. 125 Directed by Agnes Méth

Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch (conductor) Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 5 in E flat major op. 73 "Emperor" Lille, Nouveau Siècle, April 18, 2024 Directed by Nicolas Foulon

Rivalry in Music - Schönberg vs. Stravinsky At the beginning of the 20th century, two famous composers were at the avant-garde while being at the antipodes: Igor Stravinsky, elegant and sophisticated, who revolutionized rhythm on the one hand - and on the other the intellectual and misanthropic Arnold Schoenberg with his visionary 12-tone technique. What began as a respectful meeting between these two composers soon turned into a bitter rivalry that led to a fundamental debate about progress and truth in music. Directed by Sylvie Kürsten 2021

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (Conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 - 1897 Symphony no. 8 in C minor Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 June 2024