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Closed – A Ballet from Real Life Many people live in a closed world. What happens to them when they step onto an arena where they can be themselves, free of their usual roles and status? In the film "Closed" we encounter four completely different people who once a week leave their everyday lives and get together in a closed café, where they get the opportunity and help to relax and momentarily dis

Friedrich Gulda, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata B flat major K 333 Friedrich Gulda Menuett For Rico Miles Davis All Blues Joe Zawinul For The Moment Herbie Hancock/Friedrich Gulda Improvisation on 2 Pianos Directed by Horant Hohlfeld, Kurt Liewehr Salzbourg, Cathedral square, 1989 (Senderinfo).

Friedrich Gulda, Herbie Hancock (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750 Prelude and Fugue in A flat Major BWV 886 Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor BWV 849 Prelude and Fugue in G Major BWV 861 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Piano Sonata in B flat Major K 333 Directed by Georg Wübbolt Munich, Philharmonie, 1989 (Senderinfo).

Mc Coy Tyner trio Estival Jazz 1985 Mc Coy Tyner (piano) Louis Hayes (drums) Avery Sharte (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti (Senderinfo).

Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Bavarian Radio Choir, Ennio Morricone (conductor) Susanna Rigacci (Soprano), Henry Raudales (Violin), Norbert Merkl (Viola), Ulrich Herkenhoff (Pan flute), Gilda Buttà (Piano) Ennio Morricone 1928-2020 The Untouchables; Main Theme: "The Strength of the Righteous" Once Upon a Time in America; Deborah's Theme – Poverty – Main Theme The Legend of 1900; Main Theme Cinema Pa

Radu Lupu (piano) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, David Zinman (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Piano Concerto no. 19 in F Major K 459 Directed by Janos Darvas 1990 (Senderinfo).

Homero Francesch (piano) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Gerd Albrecht (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Piano Concerto no. 26 in D Major KV 537 "Coronation" Directed by Janos Darvas 1990 (Senderinfo).

Die Walküre First day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen" by Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883) Libretto by de Richard Wagner Munich, Königliches Hof- und National Theater, 26 June 1870 Philharmonia Zürich Gianandrea Noseda (Direction) Andreas Homoki (Stage direction) Christian Schmidt (Set and Costume Design), Franck Evin (Lighting design) Eric Cutler (Siegmund) Christof Fischesser (Hunding) Tomasz Konieczny

Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, New London Chamber Choir, Jennifer France (soprano), Virpi Räisänen (mezzo-soprano) György Ligeti 1923 – 2006 Requiem Anton Bruckner 1824 – 1896 Symphony no. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" (1878-1880 version) Directed by Paris, Philharmonie, 19 November 2025 (Senderinfo).

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (Conductor) Marc Perrenoud (piano), Dmitry Rasul-Kareyev (clarinet), Lionel Cottet (cello), Elçim Özdemir (viola) Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra in B flat major Duke Ellington (1899 – 1974) New World A-Comin', for piano and orchestra Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Don Quixote op. 35 Geneva, Victoria Hall, 21 September 2

The Noseda Effect A film by Alex Olegnowicz The Noseda Effect is an intimate portrait of Gianandrea Noseda, filmed over three years, from his hometown of Milan, at the famous Teatro alla Scala, and continues at the Juilliard School, the Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Opera and the Zurich Opera. The film features interviews with his family, friends and artistic collaborators, including Piotr Becz

Ivan Klanský (piano) Virtuosi de Praha, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K 466 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas (Senderinfo).

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, David Zinman (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas (Senderinfo).

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

Richard Strauss and his Heroines Divorce! After six years of marriage the choleric and chronically jealous Pauline, daughter of a general, has had enough of Richard Strauss. Pauline always knew it: her husband who at 36 is celebrated as the most important living German composer across the globe is cheating on her. His congeniality and moral uprightness is just a mask! Are his inspirations for the

La Chauve-Souris (Die Fledermaus) Operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II 1825-1899 Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée based on "Le Réveillon" by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy First performance in Vienna, Theater an der Wien, 5 April 1874. New production adapted in French based on the text and the names of the characters of "Le Réveillon" Orchestre de Picardie, Johanna Malangré (mus

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Last Words The great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was greatly admired for his interpretive insight, note-perfect control of the tonal qualities, and shadings of color in his voice, for exceptional rhythmic sense and impeccable diction. His reputation as a lieder singer is so high – he had a repertoire of more than 3.000 songs – that it is easy to forget his ex

Jon Hendricks & co Estival Jazz 1986 Jon Hendricks (Bandleader, sing) Clifford Barbaro (drums) Cyrus Chestnut (Piano) Kevin Burke (Choral) Marcus McLaurine (Doublebass) Judith Hendricks (Choral) Aria Hendricks (Choral) Recorded in 1986, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti (Senderinfo).

English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Symphony no. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter" Vienna, Schloss Schönbrunn, 16 November 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas (Senderinfo).

Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Bavarian Radio Choir, Ennio Morricone (conductor) Susanna Rigacci (Soprano), Henry Raudales (Violin), Norbert Merkl (Viola), Ulrich Herkenhoff (Pan flute), Gilda Buttà (Piano) Ennio Morricone 1928-2020 The Untouchables; Main Theme: "The Strength of the Righteous" Once Upon a Time in America; Deborah's Theme – Poverty – Main Theme The Legend of 1900; Main Theme Cinema Pa

Radu Lupu (piano) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, David Zinman (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Piano Concerto no. 19 in F Major K 459 Directed by Janos Darvas 1990 (Senderinfo).

Homero Francesch (piano) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Gerd Albrecht (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Piano Concerto no. 26 in D Major KV 537 "Coronation" Directed by Janos Darvas 1990 (Senderinfo).

Accident: A family portrait Vilde Frang violin; Francesca Amante, Nataša Novotná, Maja Dworak Strømgren, Line Tørmoen, Viktor Konvalinka, Václav Kuneš, Jo Strømgren, Rostislav Novák Sen. (dead man) Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for solo violin In 'Accident', death comes unexpectedly and abruptly to a family that has recently been challenged by the pater familia's marriage to a younger woman. Whe

Roméo et Juliette "Drame lyrique" in 5 acts by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after the tragedy by William Shakespeare First performance in Paris, Théâtre-Lyrique du Châtelet, 27 April 1867 Philharmonia Zürich, Roberto Forés Veses (Music Direction) Chor der Oper Zürich, Ernst Raffelsberger (Chorus Master) Ted Huffman (Stage director) Andrew Lieberman (Stage d

Takács Quartet, Nobuko Imai (viola) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 String Quintet No. 1 in F major, op. 88 1977 Directed by Janos Darvas (Senderinfo).

Takács Quartet, Nobuko Imai (viola) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 String Quintet No. 2 in G major, op. 111 1977 Directed by Janos Darvas (Senderinfo).

Sinfonía por el Perú, Ana María Patiño-Osorio (conductor) Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) Vincenzo Bellini Norma; Overture I Capuleti e i Montecchi; O, di Capellio... È serbata a questo acciaro... L'amo tanto e m'è sì cara Gaetano Donizetti Roberto Devereux; Ed ancor la tremenda porta… Come uno spirito angelico… Bagnato il sen di lagrime Il Duca d'Alba; Inosservato penetrava... Angelo casto e bel Giu

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) The choir of the music-oriented classes of Puolala School Marie Lambert-Le Bihan (stage director) John Torres (lighting designer) Charles Ives 1874-1954 The Unanswered Question Rachel Portman 1960- The First Morning of the World Gustav Mahler 1860-1911 Ich atmet' einen linden Duft (from Rückert-Lieder) Marco Uccellini ca.

Jascha Heifetz – God's Fiddler Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin, a musical "wunderkind" who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. Through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, this documentary filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in Los Angeles, re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century. We hear from all

Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" (1877-80. Ed. Leopold Nowak/Robert Haas) Festival de Granada, 12 July 2024 (Senderinfo).

Le Corsaire Jules-Henry Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier, libretto inspired by Lord Byron's Le Corsaire Adolphe Adam, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo, Cesare Pugni, music José Martínez (Choreography, after Marius Petipa) Iñaki Cobos Guerrero (Scenography, Costumes and Sets), Luis Perdiguero (Lighting), Johannes Ferm Winkler (Video) Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux Orchestre National B