Performing Arts
The French National Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi & Fazil Say
Recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in paris, october 2014
Creation or performance, Fazil Say masters the art of taking the public’s breath away. His virtuosity allows him to use a stunning spontaneity during his concerts. Concerts he is performing here under the direction of Kristjan Järvi with the...
The Pilgrim Woman, a Florentine celebration opera
Combining different artistic disciplines for the first time, La Pellegrina marks the birth of the opera from the sixteenth century, twenty-eight years before Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Jacopo Peri’s Eurydice.
In the spring of 1589, to welcome Christine of Lorraine, who was coming to join her new husband...
The Rembrandt Manuscript
Recorded as part of the Festival d'Avignon.
A real document or a work of fiction? After a great deal of research, the mystery of the "Rembrandt manuscript" remains unsolved.
One of the most illustrious painters of all time, Rembrandt, the researcher, the visionary, the proud, is reincarnated here wi...
URBAN VOICES: ON THE ROAD TO INDIA
Imagine a choir of nearly a thousand people of different ages, sex and origin.
Imagine a wonderful melting pot, a fabulous cross section of the people of Nantes, coming from every neighbourhood to sing songs from around the world together. Enthusiastic, curious, joyful, motivated, they come together...
A house in Normandy
Nine characters have come for a long weekend in an old house in Normandy. They’re here somewhat reluctantly, but all hope that, together, they can make something out of the place: a holiday home in which to meet up with friends, a fitness centre, a real estate investment ... However, one after the o...
André Manoukian & China Moses
An exquisite duo! China is not a jazz singer. China is not a blues singer. China is a singer of torch song. The Torch Song, song made to reawaken the flame of impossible love, is a genre whose masters were Sinatra and Jessica Rabbit. André Manoukian is a Voice searcher and lover, wrapping them up wi...
Bartok & Beethoven
The Orchestre National de France, conducted by Bernard Haitink, proposes a two-part concert to pay tribute to two great composers :
- Béla Bartók : Concerto for orchestra BB 123
- Ludwig Van Beethoven : Symphony n°3 of half flat opus 55 , the so-called "Eroica"
The first concerto by Bartok is ...
Beethoven, Symphony # 3 Op. 55, «Eroica»
Beethoven firstly devoted this symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte but the composer gave up this idea when he learned that the first consul was crowned emperor. He then renamed it in memory of a great man, though it has been finally dedicated to his main patron, the Prince of Lobkowitz. This symphony is ...
Beethoven, Symphony N°8 in F major, op. 93
Beethoven spent the summer of 1812 in Bohemia, in the spas of Teplitz and Carlsbad. It was in Teplitz, where he wrote his famous love letter to his "Immortal Beloved," that he composed most of the Eighth Symphony, continuing immediately on from the Seventh.
The symphony is distinguished by its simpl...
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
In the Autumn of 1806, Beethoven was staying in Silesia with his main patron, Prince Lichnowsky, who gave him a large allowance and showed a great deal of interest in him. This friendship ended with a violent quarrel, provoked by Beethoven, who refused to play for visiting French officers (Germany b...