Classical music
Les surprises de l’amour – Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Ensemble "Les Nouveaux Caractères", directed by Sébastien D'Hérin, plays "Les Surprises de l'amour" by Jean Philippe Rameau, with sopranos Caroline MUTEL and Virginie POCHON, mezzo soprano Karine DESHAYES, tenor Anders DAHLIN , and the baritone Pierre Yves PRUVOT.
This concert was r...
Monteverdi’s Madrigals, Book V
Paul Agnew’s monumental project to perform all eight books of Monteverdi’s madrigals in just four years seems as ambitious as performing the complete works of Bach! A bold challenge, like the work itself. Contained within these eight Books are the foundations of modern music, from the end of the Ren...
Montserrat Figueras
Musical portrait of a major figure in early music and the leading voice of a vast Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque repertoire.
Through interviews and musical extracts, Spanish soprano Montserrat Figueras takes us on musical and spiritual quest, in which she tells us about her life and shares her...
Musical portrait of Jean Philippe Rameau
This 2-part documentary traces Rameau’s life: his struggles, his successes and the originality of his style and writing, which made him one of the greatest composers in the history of French music.
Through extracts from a performance of one of his major works, “les surprises de l’amour ”, and int...
Schubert, symphonie N°8 “Unfinished”
Because it has only two movements, it is still known as the "Unfinished Symphony" (German: Die Unvollendete). It seems surprising that Schubert was unable to compose two other movements to complete a symphony so firmly initiated. How to understand this sudden decline of his musical inspiration? To t...
The Childhood of Christ (Berlioz)
This oratorio for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ, composed in 1854 by the French composer Hector Berlioz, recounts three scenes of the Christ’s life, from his birth to his 30 years old : Herod’s Dream, The Flight to Egypt and The Arrival at Sais.
Filmed at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Deni...
Vladimir Cosma at the Grand Rex
An anthology of the best movie soundtracks composed by Vladimir Cosma , performed by l'Orchestre National de Belgique and les Choeurs du 7ème art.
The Genius child coming from a musicians family in Bucharest made the conservatory in Romania then entered the Paris Conservatory in 1964. His first film...
Alice Coote, Nathalie Dessay, Orfeon Donotiarra : MAHLER Symphony # 2 “Resurrection” (Artistic Confessions)
Artistic confessions on an absolute masterpiece of the post-Romantic repertoire that WARNER recorded for the first time: Mahler's titanic Symphony No. 2, a true orchestral vessel requiring at least 150 musicians and choristers as well as 2 singers. It was Paavo Jarvi, future conductor of the Paris O...
Beethoven, Symphony N°6 op. 68, “Pastoral”
Unlike most of Beethoven’s works, the 6th symphony refers to real world themes and wild nature phenomenons, hence "Pastoral". Created in Vienna on december 22nd 1808, its structure is not the classical one for a symphony : five movements instead of four, each one illustrating a particular episode ...
Brigitte Engerer
Documentary tribute to the pianist Brigitte ENGERER, who disappeared on June 23, 2012. Far from a traditional biography, the film focuses on the most moving moments of the musician’s life: her childhood and life in Russia, her musical friends, her Pianoscope festival and her last concert in the comp...
