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Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada, Truls Mørk: Saint-Saëns, Franck

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (conductor) Truls Mørk (cello) Gounod (1818 - 1893) Symphony No. 1 in D Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 César Franck (1822 - 1890) Symphony in D minor Monte-Carlo, Auditorium Rainier III, November 28, 2021 TV director, Christophe Boula

Verdi: Il Trovatore - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time - Renaud Capuçon, Kian Soltani

Renaud Capuçon (Violin), Kian Soltani (Cello), Pascal Moraguès (Clarinet), Hélène Mercier (Piano) Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992) Quartet for the End of Time Directed by Isabelle Soulard Aix-en-Provence, Camp des Milles (Festival de Pâques), 11 April 2022

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Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Bruce Liu, Dalia Stasevska - Chopin, Gubaidulina, Sibelius

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Dalia Stasevska (Conductor) Bruce Liu (piano) Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931) The Light of the End Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104 Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21 Montreal, Maison Symphonique, 20 April 2023 Directed by Benoît Guérin

INSO-Lviv Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska, Joshua Bell - Bacewicz, de Hartmann, Chopin

Dizzy Gillespie Quartet - Berliner Jazztage

Dizzy Gillespie Quartet - Berliner Jazztage Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) Mickey Roker (drums) Earl May (bass) Alexander Gafa (guitar) Berlin, Deutschlandhalle, 2 November 1974 Directed by Sigrid Schröder

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Monteverdi from Mantua to Venice - John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi from Mantua to Venise John Eliot Gardiner - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists An exceptional musical journey by John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir in Italy at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua and in Venice, particularly the Basilica dei Frari, where the composer's tomb is located. Directed by Sébastien Glas

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34 - Takács Quartet, Zoltán Kocsis

Takács Quartet, Zoltán Kocsis (piano) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34 1992 Directed by Janos Darvas

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Ballet by John Neumeier

A Midsummer Night's Dream by John Neumeier John Neumeier – Choreographer Music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and György Ligeti Jürgen Rose - Sets and costumes Anna Laudere - Dancer (Hippolyte/Titania) Alexandr Trusch - Dancer (Philostratus/Puck) Edvin Revazov - Dancer (Theseus/Oberon) Hélène Bouchet - Dancer (Helena) Madoka Sugai – Dancer (Hermia) Karen Azatyan - Dancer (Demetrius) Jacopo Bellussi - Dancer (Lysander) Marc Jubete - Dancer (Bottom) The Hamburg Ballet Directed by Myriam Hoyer Hamburg, Staatsoper Hamburg, 2021

Klaus Mäkela conducts the Christmas Concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor) Chen Reiss (soprano) Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) The Hebrides (Fingal's cave) Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805 – 1847) Hero und Leander Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Felix Mendelssohn Infelice Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 25 December 2023

Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 - William Kentridge, Michael Sanderling

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea - Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

L'Incoronazione di Poppea ‘Dramma musicale’ in a prologue and three acts by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello First performance in Venice, Teatro SS Giovanni et Paolo, 1643 Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón (Conductor) Ted Huffman (Stage director) Johannes Schütz (Set design), Anna Wörl (Sets), Astrid Klein (Costumes), Bertrand Couderc (Lighting) Elsa Benoit (Poppea) Jake Arditti (Nerone) Ambroisine Bré (Ottavia | La Virtù) Maya Kherani (Drusilla) Alex Rosen (Seneca) Iestyn Davies (Ottone) Maya Kherani (La Fortuna) Julie Roset (L'Amore) Stuart Jackson (Arnalta) Directed by Julien Condemine Château de Versailles, Opéra Royal, 29 January 2023

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine - Orkester Nord, Martin Wåhlberg

Mozart: Symphony no. 40 - Gianluigi Gelmetti, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 Directed by Janos Darvas 1991

Mozart: Symphony no. 36 Linz - Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Symphony no. 36 in C Major, K. 425, ‘Linz’ Vienna, Schloss Schönbrunn, 16 November 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - DNO Amsterdam

Boris Godunov Opera in a prologue and four acts by Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky based upon 'Boris Godunov' by Alexander Pushkin St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre, 8 February 1874 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (Musical direction) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Nieuw Amsterdams Children’s Chorus Kirill Serebrennikov (Stage director, set and costume designer) Evgeny Kulagin (Co-director and choreographer), Olga Pavliuk (Co-set designer), Tanya Dolmatovskaya (Co-costume designer), Sergey Kucher (Lighting designer), Yurii Karikh (Video designer), Daniil Orlov (Dramaturgy) Tomasz Konieczny (Boris Godunov) TBA Feodor Inna Demenkova (Xenia) Polly Leech (Xenia’s nurse) Ya-Chung Huang (Prince Vasili Ivanovich Shuisky) Dmitry Cheblykov (Andrej Schelkalov) Vitalij Kowaljow (Pimen) Najmiddin Mavlyanov (Grigori) Raehann Bryce-Davis (Marina Mnisjek) Gevorg Hakobyan (Rangoni) Shen Yang (Varlaam | Mitjoecha) TBA Misail Eva Kroon (The Innkeeper) Odin Lund Biron (A Simpleton) Roger Smeets (Nikititsj) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 23 June 2025