Performing Arts
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...
An evening with Francis Blanche
An actor, director and scriptwriter, Francis Blanche also wrote numerous poems and more than 600 songs (for Edith Piaf and Charles Trenet amongst others) and was known not only for his prank phone calls and fake advertisements, but also his hugely successful soap operas in collaboration with Pierre ...
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...
Concerto Equestre
This is an equestrian and musical show of the French Republican Guard, the cavalry regiment of the Republican Guard, the Choir of the French Army, The fanfare of the Republican Guard, the string quartet of the orchestra of the Republican Guard.
Program recorded at the Haras du Pin, in the musical S...
Coronation of the horse (Mario Lurasci)
In this extraordinary show, a mixture of comedia del arte and technical achievement, the horse is an actor, not a mere tool of the rider.
Mario Lurasci ‘s career starts in the sixties by the story of a feather, a passion for indians which leads him to the discovery of horses. Trainer, stuntman, ride...
FOR EVER FORTUNE: 18th century Scottish music
Devoted to the mysterious charms of traditional Scottish music, with its dance tunes, songs and “grounds”, this programme will appeal to both early and folk music fans. Convivial, everyday music, composed for dances, home entertainment or concerts as the circumstances dictated, taken from publicatio...
FRED WESLEY – Jazz in Vienna
American trombonist and emblematic figure of funk Fred Wesley, plays the greatest hits by his band, Fred Wesley & The New JBs.
Known as “The world’s funkiest trombone player”, he made his name as James Brown’s musical director. He has also played with the Count Basie Orchestra, Ike and Tina Turner, ...
GRAND ODE TO SAINT CECILE, Henry Purcell – Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry
A pure masterpiece, “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, composed in celebration of Saint Cecilia, is also a wonderful representation of Purcell’s genius. Rich and varied, it’s a work within which the sacred and profane respectfully rub shoulders. As is often the case in Purcell’s music, euphoria is never very f...
Haydn, “Sunrise” Quartet, Op.76, No. 4
The "Sunrise" quartet owes its name to the theme that begins the work: it evokes the special moment when the light shines forth beginning a new and inevitably joyous and unforgettable day, if we are to believe the dazzling acceleration of this quartet.
It is part of a group of six quartets, composed...
