Anniversary programs 2016

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Anniversary
EUROARTS
ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMS
TV-Catalogue | 01/2016
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ARTISTS & COMPOSERS ANNIVERSARIES
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DANIIL
TRIFONOV
BORN 25 YEARS AGO
* 05 MARCH 1991
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2014
DANIIL TRIFONOV, ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING YOUNG PIANISTS
TCHAIKOVSKY: Thème et variations en Fa
majeur
RACHMANINOV: Variations on a Theme of
Chopin
SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes
Daniil Trifonov piano
Daniil Trifonov is a Russian concert pianist and composer. In February 2013
Trifonov made his debut at Carnegie
Hall in a concert recorded by Deutsche Grammophon for an album release later that year. He was awarded
the Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Italy’s foremost
music critics. Previous recipients of
the prestigious award include such
keyboard giants as Maurizio Pollini, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav
Richter, Radu Lupu, and András Schiff.
Daniil Trifonov is - without a doubt - one
of the most interesting young pianists
currently playing the concert stages of
the world. In this recording from the Verbier Festival 2014, he showcases a stunning program featuring pieces by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Schumann.
2014
84’
Director:
Christian Leblé
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, MUSEEC, medici.tv
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VERBIER FESTIVAL
2014
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2013
VERBIER 2012
LEONIDAS KAVAKOS AND DANIIL
TRIFONOV
DANIIL TRIFONOV LIVE IN VERBIER
DANIIL TRIFONOV PLAYS CHOPIN
SCHUMANN: Sonata No.1 for violin and
piano in A minor
BUSONI: Sonata No.2 for violin and
piano
STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne (Version
Dushkin, 1934)
And many more
SCRIABIN: Sonata Fantasy No.2 in Gsharp minor
LISZT: Sonata in B minor
CHOPIN: 24 Preludes
TRIFONOV: Rachmaniana (Suites 1,2,3)
WALTZS AND ÉTUDES BY CHOPIN
DEBUSSY: Hommage à Rameau
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Masaaki Suzuki conductor
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Daniil Trifonov, live at the Eglise
de Verbier, for a concert in which they
play masterpieces of the violin and
piano repertoire! Third and last concert of Daniil Trifonov at the 2014 Verbier Festival: following a recital and a
Rachmaninov concerto with the great
Yuri Temirkanov, he is back this time
in a chamber ensemble, with violinist
Leonidas Kavakos. They play together
for the first time at the Verbier church, in a concert surely unforgettable.
This piano recital gathers three pieces
written during or in a souvenir of a love
story. Scriabin dedicated his Sonata
Fantasy No. 2 to his first love, Natalya
Sekerina. Lizst wrote his unique sonata the Sonata in B minor – while he
was sharing his life in Weimar with the
Polish-Russian princess Carolyne zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein. Eventually, the 24
Preludes by Chopin were composed during his vacation in Mallorca with George
Sand and her children. Concluding this
recital, Daniil Trifonov performs one of
his own compositions, Rachmaniana.
The Verbier Festival is arguably one
of the most prestigious classical music events in the world. The quality of
the participating artists as well as the
originality of the programmes has established the festival as a culminating
point in the music season. This series of TV programmes by Idéale Audience present the highlights of the
19th edition of the Verbier Festival.
2014
106’
2014
90’
2013
70’
Director:
Corentin Leconte
Director:
Corentin Leconte
Director:
Pierre-Martin Juban, Anaïs Spiro
Produced by:
Idéale Audience & MUSEEC / medici.
tv
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
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ANNETTE
DASCH
SOPRANO ANNETTE
DASCH
DIE GRETCHENFRAGE
BORN 40 YEARS AGO
THAT IS WHY MUSIC IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING
ANNETTE DASCH, ONE OF THE
MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SINGERS
* 24 MARCH 1976
A FILM BY ANNETTE SCHREIER
SCHUBERT: Gretchen am Spinnrade
(orchestrated by Max Reger)
SCHUBERT: Ave Maria
GOUNOD: Konzertwalzer
BERLIOZ: D’amour l’ardente flamme
from La Damnation de Faust
And many more
Annette Dasch soprano
Marc Piollet conductor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Annette Dasch is a German soprano,
who performs in operas and concerts.
She made her debut at the Bavarian
State Opera as the Gänsemagd (Goose
girl) in Humperdinck‘s Königskinder,
at La Scala as Elvira in Mozart‘s Don
Giovanni, at the Salzburg Festival 2006
as Aminta in his Il re pastore, and at
the Opéra National de Paris as Antonia in Offenbach‘s Contes d‘Hoffmann.
On the concert stage she appeared
at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in
Mendelssohn‘s Elijah with Seiji Ozawa.
This portrait follows Annette Dasch
in her time in Bayreuth, Geneva, Munich and Berlin, during rehearsals,
in performances, and in preparations
of her show Annettes DaschSalon.
The 2010/2011 season was marked
by special events: In Bayreuth Annette Dasch excelled as Elsa in Wagner‘s
opera Lohengrin, and in Geneva, she
made her debut as The Merry Widow
in Lehár‘s eponymous operetta; she
created new programmes for concerts, recitals and her DaschSalon.
2011
30’
Annette Dasch started her fulminant
career as a winner of prestigious international singing competitions and
is nowadays one of the most soughtafter singers. She is also known for
developing her own musical programmes. In 2011, an extraordinary concert of the star soprano took place.
Based on The crucial question, Annette Dasch dedicated the programme to mythical female characters in
desperate crisis situations, with works
by Schubert, Berlioz and Schumann.
2011
90’/43‘/30‘
Director:
Annette Schreier
Director:
Michael Beyer
Produced by:
Screen Land Film, BR, arte
Produced by:
Screen Land Film, BR, arte
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5990
THE CREATION
HAYDN COMMEMORATION CONCERT
HAYDN: The Creation
BÉLA
BARTÓK
BORN 135 YEARS AGO
BÉLA BARTÓK
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES OF
CLASSICAL MUSIC
* 25 MARCH 1881
† 26 SEPTEMBER 1945
A FILM BY GÜNTER ATTELN
Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of
the most important composers of the
20th century; he and Liszt are regarded as Hungary‘s greatest composers.
Through his collection and analytical
study of folk music, he was one of the
founders of comparative musicology,
which later became ethnomusicology.
The Concerto for Orchestra by Bela
Bartok is one of the most frequently performed works of the twentieth
century. The French composer and
conductor Pierre Boulez explains
how he interpreted this composition with the Berlin Philharmonic. He
also describes its fascination against
the backdrop of Bartok’s biography.
Annette Dasch | Thomas Quasthoff
Adam Fischer conductor
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
This performance at the beautiful historic concert hall of Esterházy Palace
in Eisenstadt, Austria is a tribute to one
of the world’s greatest musical genius,
Joseph Haydn, on the occasion of his
200th anniversary of death in 1809. The
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra,
founded in 1987 by the internationally
renowned conductor Adam Fischer,
and world famous soloists such as
Annette Dasch and Thomas Quasthoff
honour the composer by presenting
his masterpiece, oratorio The Creation.
2009
110’
2009
Director:
Henning Kasten
Director:
Günter Atteln
Produced by:
EuroArts, NHK, ORF and Joseph
Haydn Burgenland GmbH
Produced by:
EuroArts
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5609
37‘ / 28‘
5
6
CLASSIC ARCHIVE
BOULEZ CONDUCTS
BARTÓK
LEAVING HOME:
EPISODE 4
SANDOR VEGH AND ALBERTO LYSY
PLAY BARTÓK
AN ALL-BARTÓK PROGRAMME
FEATURING GIDON KREMER
THREE JOURNEYS THROUGH DARK
LANDSCAPES
DUOS AND SONGS BY BARTÓK
BARTÓK: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1
BARTÓK:
Concerto for Viola und Orchestra (SZ.
120
BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin;
Dance Suite
BARTÓK: Bluebeard‘s Castle
BARTÓK: Miraculous Mandarin
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
And many more
Sandor Vegh violin
Alberto Lysy violin
Gidon Kremer | Yuri Bashmet
Pierre Boulez conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
This episode of Classic Archive presents a program entirely dedicated to
Béla Bartók, the Hugarian composer,
with the performance of his 44 duos
for two violins. These duos, composed
in 1931, were commissioned by a music teacher and were originally intented for music lessons. But soon after
(in 1932) they began to be perfomed in
concert - as with this film for French TV
from 1974. Two great violinists perform
those duos: Sándor Végh and Alberto
Lysy. They change the chronological order of the cycle at will, combining the
most difficult duos with easier ones.
An All-Bartók programme featuring one
of the leading violinists - Gidon Kremer
- and viola players - Yuri Bashmet - our
time, accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonics conducted by Pierre Boulez.
A conducted tour by Simon Rattle This
series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the orchestral
music of the twentieth century. Each
of the one-hour programmes features
thirty-five minutes of specially shot
music in performance, with maestro
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. His
concise and accessible introductions
to the music, illustrated with documentary material and evocative images
filmed on location in England, Europe
and the USA, help viewers to discover a
sound world of excitement and beauty.
2000
52’
2004
105’
1996
52’
Director:
Philippe Truffault
Director:
Bob Coles
Director:
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
EuroArts, ZDF, ARTE
Produced by:
RM Arts, LWTP, Channel Four, ABC,
NPS and others
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5385
Barrie Gavin, Deborah May, Peter West
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GÁBOR
TAKÁCS-NAGY
BORN 60 YEARS AGO
* 17 APRIL 1956
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2014
GABOR TAKACS-NAGY AND STEPHEN KOVACEVICH
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24
BACH: Prelude Partita No.4 in D major
BACH: 5. Sarabande
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.3 Eroica
Stephen Kovacevich piano
Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
Gabor Takács-Nagy is a Hungarian violinist and conductor who began to study the violin at the age of eight. Gábor
Takács-Nagy is a dedicated and highly
sought-after chamber-music teacher.
He is Professor of String Quartet at
the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva and International Chair in Chamber
Music at the Royal Northern College of
Music in Manchester. In June 2012 he
was awarded honorary membership of
the Royal Academy of Music in London.
After Charles Dutoit and the Verbier
Festival Orchestra, it is, like every year,
Gábor Tákacs-Nagy‘s turn to perform
at the Salle des Combins, with his Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Gábor Tákacs-Nagy, chamber music specialist and music director of the Verbier
Festival Chamber Orchestra since
2007, performs Mozart‘s Concerto for
piano and orchestra No. 24 by Mozart,
with the pianist Stephen Kovacevich, as
well as Beethoven‘s Eroica symphony.
2014
83’
Director:
Anais Spiro
Produced by:
7520
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8
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2013
VERBIER 2012
VERBIER 2011
GABOR TAKACS-NAGY AND
KENT NAGANO
GABOR TAKACS-NAGY AND
GAUTIER CAPUCON
GABOR TAKACS-NAGY AND LARS
VOGT
HAYDN: Symphony No. 104
STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du Printemps
MOZART: Symphony No.25
SAINT-SAËNS: Cello concerto No.1
And many more
MOZART: Overture from Lucio Silla
MOZART: Piano Concerto No.16
CHOPIN: Nocturne No.20
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.4
Gábor Takács-Nagy | Kent Nagano
Verbier Festival Orchestra | Verbier
Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gautier Capuçon cello
Lars Vogt piano
Gabor Takacs-Nagy conductor
point in the music season. This series of TV programmes by Idéale Audience present the highlights of the
of the most prestigious classical music events in the world. The quality of the participating artists as well
as the originality of the programmes
has established the festival as a culminating point in the music season.
This series of TV programmes by
Idéale Audience present the highlights of the Verbier Festival 2011.
2014
58’
2013
85’
2012
68’
Director:
Anaïs Spiro
Director:
Anaïs Spiro
Director:
Sébastien Glas & Anaïs Spiro
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience in coproduction with
Museec – medici.tv
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VERBIER FESTIVAL
2010
SYMPHONIC WORKS
SOL
GABETTA
BORN 35 YEARS AGO
HAYDN: Symphony No.98
BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire: Overture
BIZET: Symphony in C
* 18. APRIL 1981
Charles Dutoit | Gabor Takacs-Nagy |
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra |
Verbier Festival Orchestra
This series of twelve TV programmes presents the very best of the
concerts of the 17th edition of the
Verbier Festival with the most prestigious artists in classical music.
2010
65’
EASTER FESTIVAL IN
BADEN-BADEN 2014
SOL GABETTA AND SIR SIMON
RATTLE
LIGETI: Atmosphères
WAGNER: Prelude Act 1 fromLohengrin
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor
Sol Gabetta cello
Sol Gabetta is an Argentine cellist of
French and Russian descent. She achieved international acclaim upon winning
the Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award in
2004 and making her debut with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Valery Gergiev.
In 2014 she had her highly acclaimed debut with Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle at
the Baden-Baden Easter Festival.
It has changed over the years that Edward Elgar’s warm and melodically
charged Cello Concerto – long considered to be behind the times – once again
sounds modern and fresh. Sol Gabetta recently released a highly praised
recording of the work and on Easter
Sunday 2014 the cellist made her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
2014
Director:
Anaïs Spiro
Director:
Torben Schmidt Jacobsen
Produced by:
Idéale Audience SAS
Produced by:
EuroArts, SWR, arte, NHK
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5996
89’
9
10
THE VIOLONCELLIST
SOL GABETTA
SOL GABETTA PLAYS
HAYDN AND VASKS
A PART OF MY SOUL
With THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
BASEL AND GUY BRAUNSTEIN
YEHUDI
MENUHIN
BORN 100 YEARS AGO
A FILM BY ANNETTE SCHREIER
A FILM BY GÖSTA COURKAMP AND DAVID
STEVENS
* 22 APRIL 1916
† 12 MARCH 1999
The violoncellist Sol Gabetta has become an essential part of the international concert scene. On stage, she
seems to perfectly merge with her instrument. The portrait of A part of my soul
leads us through rehearsals and performances, including works by Elgar,
Schumann, Shostakovich, Bloch, Vivaldi and Schubert. Written for Sol Gabetta the world premiere of Presence by
Peteris Vasks marks the end of the film
about a soloist, who not only impresses
the audience with her unique musical touch, but also with her charisma.
Sol Gabetta and the Chamber orchestra Basel perform Haydn’s Concert for
violoncello and orchestra in C major
in the magnificent St. Martin Baroque
church in Rheinfelden. The second piece is Plainscapes for mixed choir,
violin and violoncello, composed by
Peteris Vasks in 2002 for Sol Gabatta.
This piece has been beautifully captured, both visually and musically, in the
atmospheric Klosterkirche in Olsberg.
Yehudi Menuhin was an American-born
British and Swiss violinist and conductor who is widely considered one of the
greatest violinists of the 20th century.
2013
55’
2009
43’
Director:
Annette Schreier
Director:
Gösta Courkamp, David Stevens
Produced by:
Screen Land Film, NDR, arte
Produced by:
Inpetto Filmproduktion
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5948
CLASSIC ARCHIVE
CLASSIC ARCHIVE
CLASSIC ARCHIVE
YEHUDI AND JEREMY MENUHIN
YEHUDI MENUHIN AND
DAVID OISTRAKH
YEHUDI MENUHIN
BARTÓK: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin
and Piano
ENESCO: Sonata No. 3, movement 1
BLOCH: Abodah
RAVEL: Kaddish
And many more
BACH: Concerto for two Violins in D
minor
MOZART: Violin Concerto No.3 in G
Major (rehearsal and concert)
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major
BACH: Partita No. 3 in E Major, Prélude
Yehudi Menuhin violin | Hephzibah Menuhin piano | Jeremy Menuhin piano |
Thea King clarinett | Yit-Kin Seow piano
Yehudi Menuhin | David Oistrakh
Pierre Capdevielle conductor
Orchestre de Chambre la RTF
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Colin Davis conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
This episode presents the three Menuhins: Yehudi, Hephzibah and Jeremy.
The first three works are by Bartok and
were recorded in 1973. Contrasts for
clarinet, violin and piano, performed by
Yehudi Menuhin, his son and the clarinettist, Thea King, is followed by a very
1970’s style Sonata No.1 for violin and
piano, performed by Yehudi Menuhin
and his sister, Hephzibah. Then, Yehudi Menuhin performs the Unaccompanied violin sonata. In the next three
pieces, the repertoire is also contemporary. Yehudi and Hephzibah perform
the Sonata No.3 in A minor by Enesco.
In this program of Classic Archive, Yehudi Menuhin and David Oïstrakh perform Bach’s Two violins Concerto. The
performance took place in 1958 with the
Orchestre de Chambre de la RTF under
Pierre Capdevielle conducting. Then,
the program presents an archive from
1967, when Yehudi Menuhin performed
the Violin Concerto No.3 by Mozart with
the Orchestre de Chambre de l’ORTF.
First the rehearsal and then the concert.
This episode of Classic Archive introduces Yehudi Menuhin, one of the violin’s
“maestros”. From the age of eight, he
showed the talents of a child prodigy
and begged his teacher to be allowed
to work on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
in D major, op.61. It’s this piece he performs here with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis in
1962 in the International Concert Hall.
J. S. Bach was also a composer dear to
the violinist and throughout his career he
performed Bach’s sonatas and partitas.
2000
50’
2000
52’
2000
Director:
Philippe Truffault
Director:
Philippe Truffault
Director:
Philippe Truffault
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
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53’
11
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MENUHIN PLAYS
MENDELSSOHN
BRAHMS VIOLIN
CONCERTO
CONCERT MAGIC
THE FIRST EVER CONCERT FILMED
FOR MOVIE AUDIENCES
THE MEETING OF MUSICAL LEGENDS
THE FIRST EVER CONCERT FILMED
FOR MOVIE AUDIENCES
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E
minor
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Major
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No.1 in D
major, mov. 1
BACH: Preludio from Partita for Violin
Solo No.3 in E major
MENDELSSOHN: Étude in F major, No.2
And many more
Antal Dorati conductor
Symphony Orchestra Hollywood
Kurt Masur conductor
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin | Eula Beal and
others Antal Dorati conductor
Symphony Orchestra Hollywood
In 1947 Concert Magic was filmed in Hollywood making it the first ever concert
filmed for movie audiences. In addition,
many short films were made to fill the
space between the traditional „double
features“. They were also often used as
encores when enthusiastic audiences
demanded them and feature works by
composers whom no one knew Menuhin performed. Among these encores
is an especially valuable rarity, the violin concerto of Felix Mendelssohn.
To call this a meeting of musical legends might just be too modest a term: In 1982, Yehudi Menuhin met Kurt Masur for a rendition of
Brahm‘s Violin Concerto in D Major.
In 1947 Concert Magic was filmed
in Hollywood making it the first ever
concert filmed for movie audiences.
Yehudi Menuhin and other internationally renowned interpreters played
classical and romantic works and
created a worldwide success for the
director Paul Gordon. At 32 years
old, Menuhin, the featured performer was at the height of his career.
2004
44’
1982
58’
1947
78’
Director:
Paul Gordon
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
Paul Gordon
Produced by:
Concert Films Corporation
Produced by:
EMI Music Production
Produced by:
Concert Films Corporation
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THE VIOLIN OF THE
CENTURY
CONVERSATIONS
WITH MENUHIN
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MENUHIN TELLING THE STORY OF
HIS WONDERFUL CAREER
AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF LEGENDARY VIOLINIST YEHUDI MENUHIN
BORN 125 YEARS AGO
A FILM BY BRUNO MONSAINGEON
* 23 APRIL 1891
† 12 MARCH 1999
Lord Yehudi Menuhin, relaxing at his
home in the Greek isles, tells the story of his wonderful career on the eve
of his 80th birthday. A wealth of rare
archival material illustrates this highly informative and entertaining profile
of the world‘s greatest violinist, providing insight into the life of the young
San Franciscan wonderchild, his sudden rise to stardom which led to an
outstanding international career, his
encounters with the world‘s greatest musicians and music traditions,
and his involvement in world politics.
Bruno Monsaingeon is famous for
getting up close and personal to
world-class artists in his documentaries. In this invaluable historical
document, he offers the audience an
intimate portrait of living-legend violinist Yehudi Menuhin - talking about
everything from his musical career, politics, his childhood and family
and his work as an ambassador for
peace and understanding in the world.
Sergei Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. As the
creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous musical genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.
1995
117’
Clippings available
1994
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
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186’
13
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ABSOLUTE
PROKOFIEV
MARIINSKY THEATRE:
THE GAMBLER
BETROTHAL IN A
MONASTERY
THE EASTER FESTIVAL IN MOSCOW
5 PARTS
PROKOFIEV FLOWS IN THE VEINS
OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE
AN OUTSTANDING NEW STAGING
BY THE KIROV OPERA
PART 1: Symphony No.1 | Piano Concerto No.1 | Symphony No.5
PART 2: Symphony No. 2 | Piano
Concerto No. 2 | Symphony No. 3 | and
many more
Sergei Aleksashkin | Tatiana Pavlovskaya | Vladimir Galuzin| Larisa Dyadkova | Nikolai Gassiev | Alexander
Gergalov | Nadezhda Serdyuk | Andrei
Popov | Oleg Sychev | Andrei Spekhov
Larissa Diadkova mezzo soprano |
Nikolai Gassiev tenor | Sergei Aleksashkin bass | Anna Netrebko soprano
| Yevgeny Akimov tenor
Valery Gergiev conductor
Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky
Theatre, St Petersburg
Vladislav Pazi stage director
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
The Easter Festival is an internationally
renowned event among classical music
lovers, traditionally opened in Moscow
on Easter Sunday. Each year the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and its musical director Valery Gergiev travel across
Russia - for the past 10 years now! In
2012 we can anticipate an exceptional
musical gift: the Mariinsky Theatre
Symphony Orchestra under the baton
of Valery Gergiev performs the complete cycle of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies and piano concerti - a composer
with whom Maestro Gergiev and the
orchestra seem particularly in tune.
Prokofiev flows in the veins of the Mariinsky Theatre’s musicians, and has
moreover done so for a long time; and
the fact that, under Gergiev’s baton, the
orchestra and the opera company performed all of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies, all of his concerti and all of his
operas more than once is here of fundamental significance. All the senses
and all the emotions are presented here
by the orchestra in full on an immense yet refined palette of sounds, with a
full understanding of both the text and
subtext of the events, in the lively action and with Gergiev’s inherent magic.
Deliberate confusion in 18th-century
Seville which is entangled with three
marriages blessed by the monks
of the monastery. After performances at the famous ‚Stars of the White
Nights‘Festival held in St. Petersburg
and the 1991 - 92 festival dedicated to
Prokofiev, this outstanding new staging
of Betrothal in a Monastery was recorded at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, brilliantly performed by the
Kirov Opera Company and Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Valery Gergiev.
2012
448’
2012
155’
1997
156’
Director:
Sébastien Glas
Director:
Laurent Gentot
Director:
Aarno Cronvall
Produced by:
EuroArts, Idéale Audience, Mariinsky
Theatre, TV Kultura and others
Produced by:
The Mariinsky Theatre in co-operation with EuroArts Music
Produced by:
EuroArts , VIDEAL/brilliant media,
NHK Tokyo and others
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THE FIERY ANGEL
A SUPERBLY ORIGINAL AND IMAGINATIVELY DARING PRODUCTION
Galina Gorchakova | Sergei Leiferkus | The St Petersburg Mariinsky
Acrobatic Troupe
David Freeman stage director
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
David Freeman‘s superbly original and
imaginatively daring production resulted from a collaboration between
the Kirov Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Recorded
live from the Mariinsky Theatre in St.
Petersburg, Prokofiev‘s disturbingly
enigmatic work – a tale of the supernatural, of religious hysteria and demonic possession, set in Germany at the
time of the Inquisition – features Galina
Gorchakova as Renata and Sergei Leiferkus as Ruprecht. (Sung in Russian)
1993
124’
Director:
Produced by:
RM Arts, BBC, La Sept-ARTE, Philips
Classics
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M
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WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
PASSED AWAY 400 YEARS AGO
* 26 APRIL 1564 (BAPTISED)
† 03 MAY 1666
GIUSEPPE VERDI:
FALSTAFF
A BRILLIANT COMEDY OF WITTY
CHARACTERS
Bernd Weikl Sir John Falstaff | Steffen Schantz Fenton | John Pichering
Dr. Cajus | Marian Henze Bardolfo
| Alexis Wagner Pistola | Carlos
Aguirre Ford | Adelheid Fink Alice
Ford
Bernd Weikl stage director
Uwe Sandner conductor
Choir of the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
William Shakespeare was an English
poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language and the world‘s preeminent dramatist. His extant works,
including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays,154 sonnets, two
long narrative poems, and a few other
verses, some of uncertain authorship.
Towards the end of his operatic work,
Verdi succeeds in a brilliant comedy
of characters with philosophical wisdom and sparkling musical wit. The
libretto of Arrigo Boito is based upon
Shakespeare’s comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. Bernd Weikl’s witty production
shows the simultaneity of tragedy and
comedy. The opera’s motto “All the
world’s a burlesque” is also reflected
in the stage design of Thomas Doerfler
and in the costumes of Julia Holewik.
2010
Director:
Ellen Fellmann
Produced by:
Monarda Arts, Arthaus
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GIUSEPPE VERDI:
MACBETH
GIUSEPPE VERDI:
MACBETH
GIUSEPPE VERDI:
OTHELLO
A HUGE CRITICAL ACCLAIMED
OPERA
THE FIRST RECORDING FROM
GLYNDEBOURNE
ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF OPERA
Renato Bruson | James Morris | Mara
Zampieri | Dennis O‘Neill | David
Griffith
Josephine Barstow soprano | Kostas
Paskalis baritone | James Morris
bass | Keith Erwen tenor
Vladimír Bauer | Hanns Nocker |
Christa Noack | Hanna Schmoock |
Hans-Otto Rogge | Peter Seufert |
Erich Blasberg | Herbert Rössler |
Horst-Dieter Kaschel
Luca Ronconi stage director
Giuseppe Sinopoli conductor
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Michael Hadjimischev stage director
John Pritchard conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Walter Felsenstein stage director
Kurt Masur conductor
From the Deutsche Oper Berlin 1987.
This live recording stars the great baritone Renato Bruson and soprano Mara
Zampieri as the murderous couple in
Verdi‘s opera, based on Shakespeare‘s
tragedy. Luca Ronconi‘s production
won huge critical acclaim at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, in particular for
the conductor, Giuseppe Sinopoli, whose individual virtuosity brought fresh
colour to the dramatic score. The cast
also features David Griffith as Malcolm,
James Morris as Banquo and Dennis
O‘Neill as Macduff. (Sung in Italian)
This
epic
opera,
inspired
by
Shakespeare‘s tragic masterpiece, was
the first recording from Glyndebourne.
The designer, Emanuele Luzzati, created a series of stunning visual impressions, including the chilling witches‘ chorus, the banquet at which Macbeth sees
the ghost of Banquo and Lady Macbeth‘s
hear-trending sleepwalking scene.
Guiseppe Verdi who was enthused by
Shakespeare’s plays produced with
Othello an ingenious late work that the
fantastic librettist, Arrigo Boito, had
specially adapted for him beforehand.
In his penultimate opera, the composer once again demonstrates his entire
creative energy and turns the beauty
and tragedy of the love between the
endearing Desdemona and Othello,
the commander who everyone regards
mistrustfully because he is black, into
music that excites the audience today just as much as it did back then.
1987
150’
1972
146’
Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin
1969
Director:
Brian Large
Director:
David Heather
Director:
Walter Felsenstein
Produced by:
RM Arts, ZDF, La Sept, RTSI
Produced by:
Southern Television © Southern
Television
Produced by:
ErbG Felsenstein
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ERIK
SATIE
BORN 150 YEARS AGO
FALSE TRACES
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FASCINATING WORKS OF ERIK SATIE
DAVID
FRAY
BORN 35 YEARS AGO
* 17 MAY 1866
† 01 JULY 1925
A FILM BY FELIX BREISACH
* 24 MAY 1981
Erik Satie was a French composer
and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements
such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.
A fascinating documentary, introducing viewers to the life and works
of the French composer Erik Satie.
This „music film“ features biographical details, performances of Satie‘s
most popular compositions and
many of his drawings and graphics.
David Fray is a French classical pianist.
Voted „Newcomer of the Year 2008“
by the BBC Music Magazine, Fray has
gained attention for his musical interpretation as well as his eccentricities in
performance and rehearsal, which were
highlighted in our the 2008 documentary
about him titled Swing, Sing and Think.
1996
60’
Director:
Felix Breisach
’
Produced by:
Radio Bremen, ARTE, ORF, EuroArts,
VIDEAL/ brilliant media and others
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DAVID FRAY: MOZART
PIANO CONCERTO
DAVID FRAY: MOZART
PIANO CONCERTO
SWING, SING & THINK
DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING FRAY‘S
RECORDING FOR VIRGIN CLASSICS
BACH: Keyboard concerto in A major
BACH: Keyboard concertos in F minor
and in G minor
David Fray piano
Van Zweden Jaap conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Fray piano
Van Zweden Jaap conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Fray piano
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Bremen
The beauty of David Fray‘s playing, the
rhythmic flow and vital energy he generates, his imagination and charismatic
personality, make him a pianist destined for very great things. His new CD
recording for Virgin Classics features
Mozart’s KV 482 and 503 piano concertos, performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Jaap
van Zweden. This recording at Abbey
Road in London was a new opportunity for Bruno Monsaingeon to film him
as he pursues his entirely personal
way of addressing these major works.
The beauty of David Fray‘s playing, the
rhythmic flow and vital energy he generates, his imagination and charismatic
personality, make him a pianist destined for very great things. His new CD
recording for Virgin Classics features
Mozart’s KV 482 and 503 piano concertos, performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Jaap van
Zweden. This recording at Abbey Road
in London was a new opportunity for
Bruno Monsaingeon to film him again
as he pursues his entirely personal
way of addressing these major works.
David Fray’s sparkling talent is such
that he is one of the few pianists of
the new generation to have signed an
exclusive recording contract recently
with one of the current majors, Virgin
Classics. In January 2008 he recorded a programme entirely devoted to
Bach, comprising four concertos for
keyboard and orchestra. For the public these concertos are among the
most popular and stimulating of Bach’s
works. For David Fray one of the major problems facing the contemporary
performer of these works is that they
have been “visited” by Glenn Gould.
2010
36’ / 16‘
2010
33’ / 10‘
2008
97’
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, Cinétévé, ZDF/ARTE
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, Cinétévé, ZDF/ARTE
Idéale Audience, Arte France, Mezzo
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Produced by:
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VERBIER FESTIVAL
2009
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2009
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
AND DAVID FRAY
DAVID FRAY AND VALERY SOKOLOV
DAVID FRAY PLAYS SCHUBERT,
BACH AND SCHUMANN
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
BEETHOVEN: Violon Sonata No. 6 in A
Major
BACH: Violin and Piano Sonata in C
minor
SCHUBERT: Allegretto in C minor
SCHUBERT: Klavierstück No. 2
BACH: Partita No. 6
SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen No. 1
DEBUSSY: La Mer
RAVEL: Concerto in G Major
BACH: Partita No. 6 in E minor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.7 in A Major
(short version without the Beethoven
Symphony)
David Fray piano
Valery Sokolov violin
David Fray piano
David Fray piano
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Orchestre de Paris
This series of TV programmes presents the very best of the 16th Verbier Festival with worldwide renowned artists such as Martha Argerich,
Mischa Maisky, René Pape, Joshua Bell, and Philippe Jaroussky.
This series of TV programmes presents the very best of the 16th Verbier
Festival with worldwide renowned artists such as Martha Argerich, Mischa
Maisky, Joshua Bell, Philippe Jaroussky, and David Fray who virtuoso features well-known pieces by Schubert,
Bach, and Schumann on the piano.
Esa-Pekka Salonen is particularly renowned for his expertise in music of
the 20th century. In this concert, he
conducts Debussy and Ravel for the
first time with the Orchestre de Paris. It is also a rare opportunity to
hear the maestro conducting Classical repertoire, specifically Beethoven.
2009
43’
2009
51’
2011
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
François-René Martin
Director:
Sébastian Glas
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
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92‘ / 53‘
J
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MARTHA
ARGERICH
BORN 75 YEARS AGO
* 05 JUNE 1941
MARTHA ARGERICH &
DANIEL BARENBOIM
A SUMMIT MEETING OF TWO OF
THE MOST EMINENT PIANISTS
MOZART:
Sonata for two pianos in D major
SCHUBERT: Variations on an Original
Theme in A-flat Major
(Version for piano, 4 hands)
Martha Argerich piano
Daniel Barenboim piano
Martha Argerich is a Swiss-Argentinian pianist, widely regarded as one of
the greatest of the second half of the
20th century. Argerich rose to international prominence when she won
the seventh International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1965,
at age 24. She is also famous for her
interpretation of Prokofiev‘s Piano
Concerto No. 3, Ravel‘s Piano Concerto in G, and Bach‘s Partita No. 2 in C
minor, which she has recorded several times and continues to perform.
Both come from Buenos Aires, both
have made global careers for themselves. Martha Argerich and Daniel
Barenboim are not only fellow countrymen; they also both began to give concerts in their youth, as soloists and with
an orchestra. In addition, the two have a
particular interest in chamber music in
common - the repertoire spanning from
the classics to modernism. They now
appear together: a summit meeting of
two of the most eminent pianists of the
past few decades and of the present.
2014
74’
Director:
Michael Beyer
Produced by:
EuroArts, RBB, ARTE, Unitel
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BLOODY DAUGHTER
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2014
MARTHA ARGERICH
PLAYS CHOPIN
THE MOTHER THROUGH THE
DAUGHTER’S EYES
CHARLES DUTOIT AND MARTHA
ARGERICH
PRODIGIOUS TECHNIQUE WITH
UNCANNY MUSICALITY
A FILM BY STÉPHANIE ARGERICH
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1
BRAHMS: Symphony No.1
SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen
CHOPIN: Concerto No.1 in E minor
CHOPIN: Mazurka No.2
SCHUMANN: Traumeswirren No.7 (from
Fantasie Stücke)
Charles Dutoit conductor
For the first time in ten years, Martha
Argerich performs Tchaikovsky‘s Piano Concerto No. 1. Argerich has been
dominating the piano scene since the
1960s thanks to a wide and varied repertoire, never conformist. Her phenomenal technique and great sensitivity
have allowed her to stamp her mark on
the most demanding works of the repertoire. She is very familiar with the
Verbier Festival, and she opened the
2014 edition with the famous Concerto for piano No. 1 by Tchaikovsky, with
conductor Charles Dutoit, musical director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra.
The Argentine pianist Martha Argerich
has been dazzling audiences for decades with what the New York Times has
referred to as “prodigious technique
with uncanny musicality.” She is the last
remaining pianist of legend, one of the
most secretive and endearing artists of
our time. In this programme Argerich
performs the Chopin Concerto No. 1.
A family portrait blending intimate
conversations, agreements and disagreements, and shred ties of sounds
and blood. An intimate portrait of two
musical giants. This documentary by
Martha Argerich’s daughter Stéphanie is made up of sequences focusing
on the two characters of Martha and
Stephen Kovacevitch in their everyday lifes, in rehearsal and in performance, the film will be largely given
over to intimate conversations, delicious anecdotes, and a few scenes in
which we will see the family reunited.
2012
95’
2014
86’
2013
Director:
Stéphanie Argerich
Director:
Corentin Leconte
Director:
Pierre-Martin Juban
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, Pierre Olivier Bardet and others
Produced by:
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
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VERBIER FESTIVAL
2009
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2008
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2007
MARTHA ARGERICH AND YUJA
WANG
MARTHA ARGERICH
MARTHA ARGERICH AND LANG
LANG IN VERBIER
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2
SCARLATTI: Sonatas K 427 and K 455
MOZART/VOLODOS: Turkish March
BACH: Partita No. 2 in C minor
MOZART: Andante and Variations (for
four hands) in G Major
GRIEG: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A
minor
BARTÓK: Sonata for two pianos and
percussion
RAVEL: Ma Mère l‘Oye
LUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a Theme of
Paganini
Martha Argerich | Yuja Wang piano
Gabor Takacs-Nagy conductor
Stephen Kovacevich piano
Mischa Maisky cello
Martha Argerich | Nelson Freire |
Lang Lang | Gabriela Montero | and
many more
For its 15th anniversary, the Verbier Festival has once again brought together
the most prestigious artists in classical
music. This series of TV programmes
presents the very best of the 28 concerts.
For its 14th edition, the Verbier Festival has once again brought together
music. This series of 12 TV programmes
presents the highlights of Verbier 2007.
2009
43’
2008
54’
2008
51’
Director:
Philippe Béziat
Director:
Louise Narboni
Director:
Dominique Pernoo, Philippe Béziat
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, ARTE France
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, Arte France
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MEMORY OF A
CONCERT
MARTHA ARGERICH &
RICCARDO CHAILLY
MARTHA ARGERICH
EVENING TALKS
GIDON KREMER AND MARTHA
ARGERICH
A MUSICAL SENSATION OF THE
SCHUMANN YEAR 2006
A UNIQUE FILM ON ONE OF THE
MOST SECRETIVE ARTISTS
A FILM BY ALEXANDER LÜCK AND DANIEL
FINKERNAGEL
SCHUMANN: Concerto for piano and
orchestra | Von fremden Ländern
und Menschen from Kinderszenen |
Symphony No. 4 | Adagio and Allegro
brilliante from Symphonic Etudes
(Instrumentation: Tchaikovsky) |
Carnaval
A FILM BY GEORGES GACHOT
Riccardo Chailly conductor
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
“We are not a couple in the traditional sense. And that is exactly what is
so paradoxical – a musical couple can
become even more intimate with one
another than a couple in love”. This is
how Gidon Kremer describes his long
partnership with Martha Argerich. In
2006, these two exceptional musicians set out on tour performing solos
and duets by Bartók und Schumann.
The last of the concert series at the
Berliner Philharmonie has been recorded for this film, featuring a rare
solo performance by Martha Argerich.
.
2008
55’
An All-Schumann Programme as highlight of the Schumann Year 2006. Martha Argerich has long been hailed as
one of the greatest and most uniquely
imaginative pianists. This legendary
Argentinean musician is surrounded by
an aura of mystery: some find her too
uncompromising, others generous and
beautiful, yet to all she is without doubt
incredibly talented! When Argerich and
Chailly performed the Schumann Piano
Concerto it created a musical sensation!
2006
94’
Martha Argerich is the last remaining
pianist of legend. A wild child and a
rebel at heart, this legendary Argentinean musician is surrounded by an
aura of mystery: some find her too uncompromising, others generous and
beautiful, yet to all she is without doubt
incredibly talented. For the very first
time on camera Martha Argerich shares with us her memories, confides in
us her doubts, and transmits to us her
incredible appetite for music making.
2002
57’
Director:
Alexander Lück, Daniel Finkernagel
Director:
Bob Coles
Director:
Georges Gachot
Produced by:
EuroArts, finkernagel&lück, ZDF/
ARTE, Gidon Kremer
Produced by:
EuroArts, ZDF, ARTE
Produced by:
Georges Gachot, Idéale Audience
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PROMETHEUS
CLASSIC ARCHIVE
AN EXPLORATION OF THE PROMETHEUS MYTH
MARTHA ARGERICH PLAYS PROKOFIEV AND TCHAIKOVSKY
BEETHOVEN:
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
LISZT: Prometheus
SCRIABIN:
Promethée | Le Poéme du Feu
NONO: Prometeo
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.3
Claudio Abbado conductor
Sir Charles Groves conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
An exploration of the Prometheus
myth through the works of four composers, evocatively visualized by television director Christopher Swann.
1993
56’
Two unpublished performances filmed
by BBC television in 1977: Celebrated pianist Martha Argerich plays two
of her warhorses: Tchaikovsky’s first
piano concerto and Prokofiev’s third,
which are both technically demanding and prove to be an ideal vehicle for Argerich’s musical inspiration.
1977
Director:
Christopher Swann
Director:
Pierre-Martin Juban
Produced by:
EuroArts, Sony Classical, MDR, SFB,
WDR, ARTE and others
Produced by:
Pierre-Martin Juban
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26 ARTISTS & COMPOSERS ANNIVERSARIES
J
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RICCARDO
MUTI
EUROPAKONZERT
2009
FROM NAPOLI
BORN 75 YEARS AGO
* 28. JULY 1941
VERDI: La forza del destino, overture
MARTUCCI: La canzone dei ricordi
SCHUBERT: The Great Symphony No. 8
in C Major, D 944
Violeta Urmana mezzo-soprano
Riccardo Muti conductor
Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor and holds two music directorships: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Giovanile
Luigi Cherubini Muti has been a prolific recording artist and has received dozens of honors, titles, awards
and prizes. He is particularly associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi.
With the Europakonzert, the Berliner
Philharmoniker celebrate the anniversary of their foundation in 1882.
Performing each year in another European city, 2009 the concert took place
in Naples in Southern Italy. Together
with the charismatic conductor Riccardo Muti and Violeta Urmana, one
of the leading sopranos of the Italian opera, they present the overture of
Verdi’s magnificent opera La forza del
destino and La canzone dei ricordi by
Giuseppe Martucci, who died in Naples.
2009
97’
Director:
Michael Beyer
Produced by:
EuroArts, RBB, NHK and CCTV
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FESTKONZERT FROM
SALZBURG
LUIGI CHERUBINI
AN UNMATCHABLE HIGHLIGHT OF
THE MOZART YEAR
MESSA SOLENNE IN SOL
MAGGIORE
MOZART: Piano Concerto K.503 | Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and
orchestra K.364 | Arias from Le nozze
di Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic
Flute | Symphony K.385 “HaffnerSymphony”
CHERUBINI: Messe Solenne
Thomas Hampson | Mitsuko Uchida
Wiener Philharmoniker
Coro Filarmonica della Scala
Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
An unmatchable highlight of the Mozart year is the Festkonzert from Salzburg. A Gala concert with the Wiener
Philharmoniker under Riccardo Muti
and stars of the highest calibre such
as Thomas Hampson (baritone), Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet
(viola) and Mitsuko Uchida (piano).
A special rendition of Cherubini‘s
Messa Solenne, recorded at the Piazza San Francesco during the Ravenna Festival with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala under
the direction of Riccardo Muti.
2006
1992
48’
Director:
Brian Large
Director:
Hugo Käch
Produced by:
EuroArts, ORF
Produced by:
Sony Classical, EuroArts © Sony
Classical, VIDEAL, brilliant media
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A
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U
S
T
THE YEAR
OF BRAZIL
O SAMBA
A DOCUMENTARY ON WHAT LIES
BEHIND THE SAMBA CLICHÉ
A FILM BY GEORGES GACHOT
After the spectacular Soccer World
Championship in 2014, 2016 will once
more be all green and yellow, and all
eyes will be on Brazil when athletes
from all around the world travel to
South America for the 2016 Summer
Olympics. So make sure you take a
look at the following programs that
would go nicely with your Brazil spotlight this summer.
Samba might be one of the first things
that come to mind when you think of
brazil – and yet, as this documentary
shows, there’s still a lot to learn about
it, behind the clichés and stereotypes.
2014
52/82’
Director:
Georges Gachot
Produced by:
Gachot Films, arte/ZDF & SRF Swiss
Television
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SÃO PAULO SAMBA
MORO NO BRASIL
CLASSICS MEETS LATIN IN THIS
CONCERT LIVE FROM SÃO PAOLO
EXPLORE THE WORLD OF
BRAZILIAN MUSIC
A COLLECTION OF LATIN AMERICAN AND
BRAZILIAN CLASSICS, INCLUDING WORKS BY
BOSCO, PIAZZOLLA AND VILLA-LOBOS
A FILM BY MIKA KAURISMÄKI
John Neschling conductor
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de Sao
Paulo
With this concert, the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo proves its
position as the most important orchestra in Latin America. Conducted by
charismatic Maestro John Neschling
since 1997, the orchestra is defined by
its emblematic interpretations of Latin
American music. The Banda Mantiqueira and singer Mônica Salmaso
complement the show.
2009
105’
In this film, Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki sets out to discover the music
of Brazil – meeting singers, musicians, dancers, and ultimately finding a
musical diversity far beyond Samba or
Bossa Nova.
2002
105’
Director:
Michael Beyer
Director:
Mika Kaurismäki
Produced by:
EuroArts & ZDF/arte
Produced by:
Magnatel TV, arte, Marianna Films,
TV Cultura & Lichtblick
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ANTONÍN
DVORÁK
HERREWEGHE CONDUCTS DVORÁK
BORN 175 YEARS AGO
A SUPERB PERFOMANCE OF
DVORÁK‘S REQUIEM
* 08 SEPTEMBER 1841
† 01 MAY 1904
DVORÁK: Requiem in B-flat minor, Op.
89
Collegium Vocale Gent and others
Philippe Herreweghe conductor
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Antonín Dvorák was a Czech composer. Following the nationalist example of Bedrich Smetana, Dvorák frequently employed aspects, specifically
rhythms, of the folk music of Moravia
and his native Bohemia. Dvorák’s ten
operas all have librettos in Czech and
were intended to convey Czech national spirit, as were some of his choral works. By far the most successful of the operas is Rusalka. He has
been described as „arguably the most
versatile... composer of his time“.
Philippe Herreweghe, principal conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, has devoted himself for over
ten years to fresh and invigorating
readings of the (pre-) Romantic repertoire. Together with the Collegium Vocale, founded in 1970 by Herreweghe
himself, and superb soloists they will
perform Dvorák’s superb Requiem.
2014
Director:
Leonid Adamopoulos
Produced by:
EuroArts, VRT
6057
97’
STABAT MATER
ANTONÍN DVORÁK‘S
EIGHTH SYMPHONY
A DEEPLY MOVING PERFORMANCE
A HIGH PRAISED PERFORMANCE
VALERY
SOKOLOV
BORN 30 YEARS AGO
DVORÁK: Stabat Mater
DVORÁK: 8. Symphony
Yvonne Kenny | Eva Randova
Václav Neumann conductor
The Prague Philharmonic Chorus
André Previn conductor
Recorded live from the Vladislav Hall in
the Hradchin, Prague, Václav Neumann
conducts the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Prague Philharmonic
Choir in a deeply moving performance
of Dvorák‘s choral work. (Sung in Latin)
After the premiere of Dvorak‘s 8 Symphony in Prague, this piece received
such high praise in England that it
was named the English Symphony. For his graduation thesis in 1892,
Dvorak chose to conduct the symphony instead of the usual lecture.
1990
86’
1989
* 22 SEPTEMBER 1986
39’
Director:
Klaus Lindemann
Director:
Claus Viller
Produced by:
RM Arts, Bayerischer Rundfunk,
Supraphon
Produced by:
SFB, WDR, VIDEAL, brilliant media ©
VIDEAL, brilliant media
8167
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Valeriy Sokolov is a Ukrainian violinist.
He is one of the most outstanding young
artists of his generation. working regularly with the world‘s leading orchestras. Sokolov has performed at many
major European festivals including
Verbier, and regularly performs in the
major concert halls around the world
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TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN
CONCERTO
BARTÓK VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2
NATURAL BORN
FIDDLER
DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING
SOKOLOV‘S RECORDING SESSIONS
DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING
SOKOLOV‘S RECORDING SESSIONS
A MAGNIFICENT VIRTUOSO
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 2
David Zinman conductor
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
David Zinman conductor
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
In October and November 2010, Valery
Sokolov recorded the Tchaikovsky Concerto and the Bartok second Concerto
for Virgin Classics with the Tonhalle-Orchester-Zürich conducted by David Zinman, in the Tonhalle Great Hall. On this
occasion, Bruno Monsaingeon filmed
the recording sessions and discussions
with Valery Sokolov and David Zinman
on one hand, and his violin teacher,
Mark Lubotski, on another hand.
In October and November 2010, Valery
Sokolov recorded the Tchaikovsky Concerto and the Bartok second Concerto
for Virgin Classics with the Tonhalle-Orchester-Zürich conducted by David Zinman, in the Tonhalle Great Hall. On this
occasion, Bruno Monsaingeon filmed
the recording sessions and discussions
with Valery Sokolov and David Zinman
on one hand, and his violin teacher,
Mark Lubotski, on another hand.
2010
49’
2010
44’
„There are today magnificent virtuosos, the Yitzhak Perlmans, Vadim
Repins,Hilary Hahns, Maxime Vengerovs and the like, but none of them,
in my opinion, bears the indisputable
mark of that which made the intensely
original art of the great violinists of the
recent past. Since the death of David
Oïstrakh and Yehudi Menuhin, I didn‘t
imagine hearing again in my lifetime
a sound gifted with such incandescence.“ Bruno Monsaingeon In Natural Born Fiddler on Valery Sokolov.
2004
63’
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, ARTE France and
many more
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, ARTE France and
many more
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, ARTE France,
France 3
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2009
VALERY SOKOLOV INTERPRETS SIBELIUS
DAVID FRAY AND VALERY SOKOLOV
SIBELIUS‘ VIOLIN CONCERTO: ONE
OF THE MOST DEMANDING PIECES
BEETHOVEN: Violon Sonata No. 6
BACH:
Violin and Piano Sonata in C minor
SIBELIUS: Valse triste | Rakastava
SIBELIUS: Concerto for violin in D minor
SCHUMANN: Symphonie No. 2 in C Major
David Fray piano
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
One of the most promising young violinist - Valery Sokolov - and one of
the most prestigious chamber orchestras - the Chamber Orchestra of
Europe - play under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy at the Cité de la musique in Paris. This concert captures
the collaboration with Vladimir Ashkenazy - an established conductor who
himself has been a major soloists for
the past half-century - in one of the
most demanding pieces of the violin
repertoire: Sibelius’ violin concerto.
2009
43’
2006
90’ / 52‘
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Director:
Bruno Monsaingeon
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, ARTE France,
France 3
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RUGGERO
RAIMONDI
MY FAVOURITE OPERA:
RUGGERO RAIMOND
W. A. MOZART: DON GIOVANNI
BORN 75 YEARS AGO
* 03 OCTOBER 1941
A FILM BY PAUL SMACZNY AND CLARA FABRY
Ruggero Raimondi is an Italian bassbaritone opera singer who has also
appeared in motion pictures. He is an
actor, known for Don Giovanni, Carmen and Das Leben ist ein Roman.
In our film, Ruggero Raimondi returns
to his birthplace of Bologna to perform the title role in Mozart‘s masterwork Don Giovanni, a role he has
performed over 400 times world-wide.
1992
58’
Director:
Paul Smaczny and Clara Fabry
Produced by:
EuroArts, Pioneer LDC, SWF © VIDEAL, brilliant media
0182
VERDI: REQUIEM
A MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE
EVGENY
KISSIN
BORN 45 YEARS AGO
VERDI: Requiem
* 10 OCTOBER 1971
Ruggero Raimondi |José Carrera
The Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Recorded live from the Usher Hall,
Edinburgh, in 1982 this memorable performance features four highly distinguished soloists – Jessye Norman (soprano), Margaret
Price (soprano), José Carreras (tenor) and Ruggero Raimondi (bass).
1982
97’
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2014
EVGENY KISSIN PLAYS SCHUBERT,
SCRIABIN, CHOPIN AND BACH
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No.17
SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No.2 | Piano
Sonata | Etudes, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11,
12 | Etude, No.5
BACH: Siciliano
CHOPIN: Polonaise, No.6
Evgeny Kissin piano
Evgeny Kissin is a Russian–British–Israeli classical pianist. He first came to
international fame as a child prodigy.
Kissin has a wide repertoire and is especially known for his interpretations of
the works of the Romantic era, particularly those of Frédéric Chopin, Sergei
Rachmaninoff and Franz Liszt. He is
commonly viewed as a great successor
of the Russian piano school because of
his virtuosity and powerful key touch.
He is without doubt one of the most beloved pianists of our times; the young
Evgeny Kissin is back at the Verbier Festival for a Schubert and Scriabin recital.
His perfect virtuosity and the lyricism of
his interpretations have made him one
of the most beloved artists of his generation. A sought-after artist throughout the world, Evgeny Kissin has been
loyal to the Verbier Festival for years.
2014
97’
Director:
Humphrey Burton
Director:
Anais Spiro
Produced by:
RM Arts, BBC
Produced by:
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VERBIER FESTIVAL
2013
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2013
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2011
EVGENY KISSIN PLAYS HAYDN AND
BEETHOVEN
EVGENY KISSIN PLAYS SCHUBERT
AND LISZT
EVGENY KISSIN: AN ALL-LISZT
RECITAL
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in E-flat Major
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.32
GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice: Melody
SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, Nos.1 &
3 | Four Impromptus, Nos.3 & 4
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody, No.12 in C
sharp minor
LISZT: Etude d‘execution transcendante No.9 La Ricordanza| Sonata
in B minor | Funérailles | Vallée
d‘Obermann
Evgeny Kissin piano
Evgeny Kissin piano
Evgeny Kissin piano
of the most prestigious classical music events in the world. A true star of
the Russian piano, Evgeny Kissin is a
regular guest of the Verbier Festival
where he has performed many times
since the very first edition in 1994. In
this exceptional programme, Haydn’s
Piano Sonata No.32, Op.111 give Kissin the opportunity to show hisperfect
virtuosity, the lyricism of his interpretation but also his phenomenal charisma for which he has ever since his
childhood been considered as one of
the greatest artists of his generation. .
Schubert and Liszt are among the two
greatest Romantic composers for the
piano. Evgeny Kissin, the true star of
the piano ever since his childhood,
pays tribute to these two great composers who have left an imperishable
mark on Western music. With excerpts
from Schubert’s Impromtus Op. 90 and
Op.142, Schubert’s The Trout arranged
for piano solo by Liszt and excerpts from
Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies and Transcendental Etudes, this programme recorded at the 20th edition of the Verbier
Festival is a moment of sheer music.
point in the music season. This series
of TV programmes by Idéale Audience
present the highlights of the Verbier
Festival 2011, featuring renowned artists such as Martha Argerich, Evgeny
Kissin, Lars Vogt, Yuja Wang, Renaud
Capuçon, Khatia Buniatishvili, and
Nelson Goerner. Filmed during the
2014
53’
2014
50’
2012
68’
Director:
Christian Leblé
Director:
Christian Leblé
Director:
Anaïs Spiro
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience, Museec, medici.tv
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VERBIER FESTIVAL
2009
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2009
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2009
EVGENY KISSIN PLAYS CHOPIN
EVGENY KISSIN PLAYS PROKOFIEV
EVGENY KISSIN PLAYS
TCHAIKOVSKY
CHOPIN: Concerto for piano No. 2 |
Etudes No. 1, 2,3, 4, 12, Etudes No. 5,
6, 11
PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, Mercutio, Montaigues and Capulets from
Romeo and Juliet‘ | Piano Sonata No.
8 in B Major | Suggestion Diabolique
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor - A
memory of a great artist
Evgeny Kissin piano
Charles Dutoit conductor
Evgeny Kissin piano
Joshua Bell violin
Mischa Maisky cello
Evgeny Kissin piano
Festival with world wide renowned artists such as Martha Argerich, Mischa
Maisky, René Pape, Joshua Bell, Philippe Jaroussky, and Evgeny Kissin.
Festival with worldwide renowned artists such as Martha Argerich, Mischa
Maisky, René Pape, Joshua Bell, Philippe Jaroussky, and Evgeny Kissin
This series of TV programmes presents the very best of the 16th Verbier Festival with world wide renowned artists such as Martha Argerich,
Mischa Maisky, René Pape, Joshua Bell and Philippe Jaroussky.
2009
57’
2009
49’
2009
Director:
Sébastien Glas
Director:
François-René Martin
Director:
Sébastien Glas
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
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VERBIER FESTIVAL
2007
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2007
GALA FROM BERLIN
2011
EVGENY KISSIN AND ESA-PEKKA
SALONEN IN CONCERT
EVGENY KISSIN RECITAL
WITH MULTI-AWARDED RUSSIAN
PIANIST EVGENY KISSIN
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
CHOPIN: Waltz No. 7 | Waltz No. 6
MENDELSSOHN: Spinnerlied
LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3
BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations in C minor
BRAHMS: Six Pieces for Piano
CHOPIN: Andante spianato & Grande
Polonaise brillante
BIZET /HOROWITZ: Carmen Variations
DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance No. 1
GRIEG: Symphonic Dance No. 2 | Piano
Concerto A minor
RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird
And many more
Evgeny Kissin piano
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra
Evgeny Kissin piano
Evgeny Kissin piano
This year the Berliner Philharmoniker and their musical director Sir Simon Rattle welcome the New Year
together with multi-awarded Russian
pianist Evgeny Kissin. Kissin‘s musicality, the depth and poetic quality
of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have placed him
at the forefront of today‘s pianists.
2008
50’
2008
59’
2011
Philippe Béziat, François-René Martin
Director:
Philippe Béziat
Director:
Henning Kasten
Produced by:
Produced by:
Produced by:
EuroArts, RBB
Director:
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ANTON
BRUCKNER
LUCERNE FESTIVAL
2005
GREAT CONDUCTORS:
CARLO MARIA GIULINI
ABBADO CONDUCTS BRUCKNER 7
GIULINI IN REHEARSAL
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9
Alfred Brendel piano
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
The concerts of the new established
Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Claudio Abbado as its conductor made triumphal headlines worldwide: from «the
miracle of Lucerne» (Tagesspiegel) to
«superbe et éphèmère» (Le Figaro). In
Summer 2005 Claudio Abbado and his
elite Orchestra with outstanding musicians such as Kolja Blacher, Albrecht
Mayer, Georg Faust, Emmanuel Pahud
and the Sabine Meyer Ensemble perform Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No.7.
Carlo Maria Giulini - the enigmatic Italian conductor who found success in
both the opera house and the concert
hall. Modest, reserved and unruled by
ambition, Giulini‘s interpretations are
refined and precise, marked by rich
string textures and a lyrical warmth.
In this program, we witness the creation of one of these milestones as
we observe Giulini rehearsing Anton
Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony with the
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
* 04 SEPTEMBER 1824
† 11 OCTOBER 1896
Anton Bruckner was an Austrian
composer known for his symphonies,
masses, and motets. The first are
considered emblematic of the final
stage of Austro-German Romanticism
because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character,
and considerable length.Bruckner‘s
compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing
to their dissonances, unprepared
modulations, and roving harmonies.
2005
67’
1997
Director:
Michael Beyer
Director:
Agnes Meth
Produced by:
EuroArts, SF DRS, ARTE, NHK
Produced by:
SDR © SDR
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PIERRE BOULEZ CON- CELIBIDACHE CONDUCTS BRUCKNER
DUCTS BRUCKNER
SERGIU CELIBIDACHE
CONDUCTS THE BPO
ON THE OCCASION OF BRUCKNER‘S
100TH DAY OF DEATH
HIGHLIGHTING THREE OUTSTANDING SYMPHONIES
CELIBIDACHE‘S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE PODIUM OF THE BPO
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8
PART 1: BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E major
Pierre Boulez conductor
Sergiu Celibidache conductor
Münchner Philharmoniker
Sergiu Celibidache conductor
On the occasion of Bruckner‘s 100th
day of death, Pierre Boulez conducts
his eighth Symphony. Boulez‘ much
discussed interpretation is unique in
its clarity of the musical structure without losing the rich expression of the
symphony. “I remember him coming to
Threepart programme featuring Sergiu
Celibidache and the Münchner Philharmoniker performing Bruckner. Each
part highlights a different symphony.
For the first time after 37 years, Celibidache returned to the podium of the
Berliner Philharmoniker for a reconciliatory concert. This was to be his final
concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker before his death. Also available is the
documentary The Triumphant Return.
my concert in Paris one and being very
disparaging about Bruckner. But then,
15 years later, there he was conducting Buckner himself, not out of weakness but because his thinking evolved.”
Daniel Barenboim, New York Times
1996
79’ / 16‘
1994
71‘/85‘/105‘
1992
94’
Director:
Brian Large
Director:
Rodney Greenberg
Director:
Rodney Greenberg
Produced by:
EuroArts, ORF, VIDEAL/brilliant
media
Produced by:
Sony Classical © Sony Classical
Produced by:
EuroArts, Sony Classical, © Sony
Classical, VIDEAL, brilliant media
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5294-5296
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WORLD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
SERGIU CELIBIDACHE
BRUCKNER NO. 9
BRUCKNER‘S
DECISION
WITH TOP PERFORMERS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD
A LOOK AT A REHEARSAL, INCLUDING UNPUBLISHED FOOTAGE
A COMPLETE PORTRAIT OF
BRUCKNER
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
A FILM BY JAN SCHMIDT-GARRE
In his late years, Sergiu Celibidache
focused his attention on one particular
composer: Anton Bruckner. In March
1991 he rehearsed Bruckner´s Ninth
in unusually long and intense sessions
with the Munich Philharmonics. Using
unpublished footage, this film shows
the individual stages of this tantalizing
process of a seemingly familiar piece
being rediscovered. Again and again
Celibidache interrupts the musicians
to communicate his sharply articulated thoughts. Theory and practical work aren´t opposed anymore.
At the age of 43, Anton Bruckner has
not developed his full musical genius.
Although everything inside him is striving towards music he finds one excuse after another to turn away from
his vocation. Having completed every
imaginable course of study in music,
he is now confronted with the decision of his life: shall he go to Vienna and
complete his work as a composer, or
shall he remain in his home town of
Linz as a teacher and organist? A complete portrait of Bruckner illustrated
through a very small episode of his life.
Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
World Philharmonic Orchestra
Top orchestral soloists and performers
from around the world have combined
to form the unique World Philharmonic Orchestra. In this concert recorded in Stockholm, the WPO performs in aid of international charities.
1985
90’
2006
58‘
1995
Director:
Francisco J. Miranda
Director:
Jan Schmidt-Garre
Director:
Jan Schmidt-Garre
Produced by:
World Philharmonic Orchestra,
Primetime
Produced by:
Pars Media, BR, ARTE
Produced by:
Pars Media © Pars Media
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41
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SERGIU CELIBIDACHE
BRUCKNER
BRUCKNER‘S MASS IN F MINOR
A grand concert at St. Florian‘s Church
in Linz, Austria. This film documents
the work process from initial rehearsals
with piano and chorus to the final integration of chorus, orchestra and soloists.
.
1993
59’
Director:
Jan Schmidt-Garre
Produced by:
PARSfilm © PARSfilm, VIDEAL, brilliant media
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KENT
NAGANO
BORN 65 YEARS AGO
* 22 NOVEMBER 1951
VERBIER FESTIVAL
2013
GABOR TAKACS-NAGY AND KENT
NAGANO
HAYDN: Symphony No. 104
Kent Nagano conductor
Verbier Festival Orchestra and others
Kent Nagano is an American conductor and opera administrator. He
is currently the music director of the
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
Nagano made a number of recordings
with the orchestra, including music by
Ludwig van Beethoven, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Bruckner, Alexander
von Zemlinsky, and Gustav Mahler.
After ten year of absence from the
Verbier line-up, Kent Nagano is back
to conduct the Verbeir Festival Orchestra for the closing concert. He is
one of the pioneers of Verbier since
he was invited to perform since the
festival was launched 20 years ago.
2014
Director:
Anaïs Spiro
Produced by:
Idéale Audience
6068
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43
44
WALDBÜHNE 2000
COPPELIA
RHYTHM AND DANCE
KENT NAGANO TEAMS UP WITH
THE OPERA NATIONAL DE LYON
WITH PIECES BY GERSHWIN | RAVEL | JIPING
| And many more
Françoise Joullie Swanilda | Josu
Zabala Franz | Nerses Boyadjian Coppélius | Maria Brown Coppélia
Susan Graham | Eitetsu Hayashi
Kent Nagano choreographer
Yorgos Loukos director
Maguy Marin choreographer
Ballet de l’Opéra national de Lyon
Under the motto “Rhythm and Dance”
Kent Nagano created one of the most
exciting programmes the Berliner Philharmoniker ever played at the Waldbühne with his combination of popular and rather unusual music from
the 20th Century. Nagano injected so
much sensuality and pulsing vividness that the audience had no choice
but to beat the rhythm with their feet
and to give standing ovations to him.
Marin‘s reworking of this much-loved
classic is a hugely entertaining and
constantly surprising piece of dance
theatre. The modern idiom of her imaginative choreography teams perfectly
with the infectious melodies of Leo Delibes‘ lively score, played by the Lyon
National Opera Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano. Marin‘s Coppelia has lost
none of the charm of the original, but
has taken on a wry humour, which adds
to its appeal for today‘s audiences.
.
2000
127’ / 90‘
1994
68’ / 62‘
Director:
Bob Coles
Director:
Thomas Grimm
Produced by:
EuroArts, SFB ©EuroArts, brilliant
media/ VIDEAL
Produced by:
RM Arts, Danmarks Radio, Lyon
Opera, ZDF-ARTE, and others
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BENJAMIN
BRITTEN
* 22 NOVEMBER 1913
† 04 DECEMBER 1976
PETER GRIMES ON
ALDEBURGH BEACH
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OPERA OF
POST-WAR BRITAIN
Alan Oke Peter Grimes | Giselle Allen
Ellen Orford | David Kempster Captain
Balstrode | Chorus of the Opera North
| Chorus of the Guildhall School of
Music & Drama
Tim Albery live production director
Steuart Bedford conductor
Britten-Pears Orchestra
Benjamin Britten was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a
central figure of 20th-century British
classical music, with a range of works
including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His bestknown works include the opera Peter
Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962)
and the orchestral showpiece The Young
Person‘s Guide to the Orchestra (1945).
Based on George Crabbe’s 1810 poem
The Borough, Britten’s powerful and
masterful evocation of the North Sea in
all its moods has become inextricably
linked with the Aldeburgh that was
home to Crabbe in the late eighteenth
century and Britten in the twentieth,
and where both poem and opera were
written. Conceived and hosted by the
Aldeburgh Festival, the performances
of Peter Grimes were directed by Tim
Albery who placed the audience on the
beach watching the story of Peter Grimes unfold as dusk fades over the sea.
2013
Director:
Margaret Williams
Produced by:
Arthaus Musik
8792
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45
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ALBERT HERRING
PETER GRIMES
THE TURN OF THE
SCREW
EXPLORING SOCIETY‘S REACTION
TO AN ODD INDIVIDUAL
THE INDIVIDUAL SET AGAINST THE
COMMUNITY
A GRIPPING DRAMA EXPLORING
THE SUPER-NATURAL
Allan Clayton Albert Herring | Nancy Gustafson Lady Billows | Felicity
Palmer Florence Pike | Ailish Tynan
Miss Wordsworth | Christopher Purves
Mr. Gedge Simeon Esper Mr. Upfold
Andrew Greenan Superintendant Budd
Leigh Melrose Sid
Philip Langridge | Janice Cairns |
Alan Opie | Ann Howard | Andrew
Greenan
Helen Field | Mandi Davies | Richard
Greager | Machiko Obata
Richard Brunel stage director
Laurence Equilbey conductor
Orchestra of the Opéra de Rouen
Tim Albery stage director
David Atherton conductor
English National Opera Orchestra
Michael Hampe stage director
Steuart Bedford conductor
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Albert Herring, Benjamin Britten‘s co-
Tim Albery‘s startlingly original treatment of Britten‘s vivid tragedy was
hailed as a landmark production when it
was staged at the English National Opera. The critics were unanimous in their
praise of Philip Langridge‘s remarkable portrayal of Grimes, and the whole
company, won countless accolades,
as did the inspired musical direction of
conductor David Atherton. The individual set against the community: this is the
theme of the opera and never has this
stark opposition been so sharply realised as in Albery‘s very abstract vision.
Based on Henry James‘ novel of the
same name, this gripping drama explores an encounter with the super-natural.
mic opera is gently laced with moments
of farce and a jocular parody on life in
East Suffolk at the turn of the 20th
century. The libretto by Eric Crozier is
based on Guy de Maupassant‘s story Le
Rosier de Madame Husson and transposed entirely to an English setting. The
opera was premiered in Glyndebourne
on 20 June 1947, conducted by the
composer. The text itself is genuinely
funny and there are myriad musical
quotations, but despite the light subject
there are as well some complex forms.
2009
140’
1994
144’
1990
114’
Director:
Martin Fraudreau
Director:
Barrie Gavin
Director:
Claus Viller
Produced by:
AMIRAL-LDA, Mezzo
Produced by:
RM Arts, BBC, Decca, Bayerischer
Rundfunk and others
Produced by:
SDR, Maran Film GmbH © Maran
Film GmbH
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BILLY BUDD
A GRIPPING STORY OF INJUSTICE
ABOARD A BRITISH MAN-O‘-WAR
Sir Thomas Allen | Philip Langridge |
Richard van Allan
JOSÉ
CARRERAS
JOSÉ CARRERAS:
AROUND THE WORLD
BORN 70 YEARS AGO
A MUSICAL JOURNEY AROUND THE
WORLD
* 05 DECEMBER 1946
A FILM BY MICHAEL BECKER
José Carreras is a Spanish tenor who is
particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini.
He made his debut on the operatic stage at 11 and went on to a career that
encompassed over 60 roles, performed
in the world‘s leading opera houses
and in numerous recordings. Carreras
gained fame with a wider audience as
one of the Three Tenors along with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti
in a series of mass concerts that began in 1990 and continued until 2003.
‚I have always been very keen to try to
sing original music from many countries in the world, not only the classic
countries in music like Italy, France,
England, Germany and Austria, but
also from more exotic countries.‘ José
Carreras accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra on a musical journey around the world. Shot
at scenic places of interest in Vienna,
Rome, Athens, Moscow, Tokyo, New
Zealand, New York, Caribbean, Buenos
Aires, Senegal, Berlin and Barcelona.
Tim Albery stage director
David Atherton conductor
Orchestra of the English National
Opera
Based on Herman Melville‘s literary
masterpiece, Britten‘s opera tells a
gripping story of sadism and injustice
aboard a British man-o‘-war. Recorded
live from the English National Opera,
Tim Albery‘s powerful production features leading baritone Sir Thomas Allen
in one of his most distinguished roles,
as the vulnerable Billy. With Philip Langridge as the tormented Captain Vere
and Richard Van Allan as the malevolent
Claggart, “the casting is as near ideal
as one could imagine“ (The Guardian).
1988
157’
2001
Director:
Tim Albery
Director:
Michael Becker
Produced by:
RM Arts, BBC
Produced by:
Filmhaus, MDR
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47
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STRAUSS GALA
CARRERAS & ABBADO JOSÉ CARRERAS AND
IN FRANKFURT
FRIENDS
ENTERTAINMENT FOR A BROAD
AUDIENCE
LIVE FROM THE ALTE OPER
FRANKFURT
A ROYAL GALA EVENING
J. STRAUSS: Wiener Blut | Stadt und
Land | Csárdás from Die Fledermaus |
An der schönen blauen Donau
And many more
WAGNER: Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
BERLIOZ: Te Deum
BERNSTEIN: Tonight from West Side
Story
BERNSTEIN: Overture from Candide
BIZET: Seguidilla from Carmen
And many more
Andrea Rost | José Carreras
Zubin Mehta conductor
Martin Haselböck | José Carreras
José Carreras | Katia Ricciarelli
Jacques Delacote conductor
The London Arts Orchestra
An evening of polka, waltz, and operetta under the skies of Vienna. The
Wiener Philharmoniker with the internationally renowned conductor Zubin
Mehta sweep through the repertoire of
evergreens and popular operetta melodies by Johann Strauss, father and
son. With star tenor José Carreras
and the compelling lyric soprano Andrea Rost interpreting highlights like
Wiener Blut and Der Ziegeunerbaron.
Entertainment for a broad audience
as well as for the refined music lover.
José Carreras is the soloist in this
performance of Berlioz‘s Te Deum Op.
22, which was recorded live from the
Alte Oper Frankfurt. He sings with the
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, the Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Tölzer Boys‘ Choir.
Claudio Abbado conducts the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra. The organist is Martin Haselböck. This gala
concert opens with the orchestra
playing the overture to Wagner‘s opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
A blend of operatic arias, duets and popular songs. This glittering event has
been staged in aid of The José Carreras International Leukaemia Fund
by Alan Sievewright, who also acts as
presenter on stage. All proceeds from
the evening and sales of this television presentation go to the Foundation.
1999
104’
1992
62‘
1991
90’
Director:
Bob Coles
Director:
Rodney Greenberg
Director:
Chris Hunt
Produced by:
EuroArts, ORF, 3sat, VIDEAL/brilliant
media
Produced by:
RM Arts, Alte Oper Frankfurt
Produced by:
lambic, Primetime © lambic
1637
8132
3437
VERDI: REQUIEM
A MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE WITH
4 HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED SOLOISTS
VERDI: Requiem
WALT
DISNEY
* 05 DECEMBER 1901
† 15 DECEMBER 1966
José Carrera | Ruggero Raimondi
The London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded live from the Usher Hall,
Edinburgh, in 1982 this memorable performance features four highly distinguished soloists – Jessye Norman (soprano), Margaret
Price (soprano), José Carreras (tenor) and Ruggero Raimondi (bass).
1982
97‘
PHILIP GLASS: THE
PERFECT AMERICAN
IMAGINING THE FINAL MONTHS OF
THE LIFE OF WALT DISNEY
Christopher Purves Walt Disney |
David Pittsinger Roy Disney | Donald
Kaasch Dantine | Janis Kelly Hazel
George | Marie McLaughlin Lilian
Disney | Sarah Tynan Sharon | Rosie
Lomas Lucy / Josh | Zachary James
Abraham Lincoln / A morgue employee
Phelim McDermott stage director
Dennis Russell Davies conductor
Teatro Real Madrid Orchestra & Choir
Walter Elias „Walt“ Disney was an
American entrepreneur, cartoonist,
animator, voice actor, and film producer. As a prominent figure within
the American animation industry and
throughout the world, he is regarded as a cultural icon, known for his
influence and contributions to entertainment during the 20th century.
Imagining the final months of the life
of Walt Disney - the person who has,
more than any other, influenced the
current world of consumers. Children
nowadays only see mices and ducks
as Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck,
thanks to the image invented for them
by Walt Disney factory. In opposition to
the world of happiness he devised, the
existence of this perfect American was
marked by an unhappy youth and a personality whose “political correctness”
outdid that of even Richard Nixon.
2013
111’
Director:
Humphrey Burton
Director:
János Darvas
Produced by:
RM Arts, BBC
Co-Produced by:
EuroArts, Idéale Audience, Teatro
Real de Madrid, WDR, NHK & TVE
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5957
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