What a strange idea Mondonville had! Based on a cruel fable by La Fontaine with a tragic ending, he wrote a charming opera libretto with a happy ending, and composed a delightful pastoral. In the prologue, Dame Clémence Isaure, the mythical founder…

Giacomo Puccini honours his own code by bringing all those elements together in a single work, Il trittico, which is made up of three one-act operas. Finding the right librettos was not easy, but one month after the end of the First World War, his…

So, what is this “Arod”? A forgotten composer, a mythical city, a mysterious acrostic? In fact, the Arod Quartet chose as their tutelary figure a horse imagined by Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings. A symbol of strength and ardor. The Quartet was born…

On occasion of this 90th birthday, internationally acclaimed pianist Joaquín Achúcarro delivers a magnificent performance, brimming with warmth, colour, and a full display of his unpaired technique, of some of his signature pieces by favourite…

Born in 2009, the young prodigy Tsotne Zedginidze, who goes by the stage name Tsotne, offers an astonishing programme which includes his own compositions: Dolorem, Spring, Improvisation and Lullaby, alongside a selection of Debussy Preludes, Bartók's…

Mikhail Pletnev proposes a journey in the world of Chopin, throwing a new light on each piece. The short version of the recital is presented without the 6 Nocturnes.

Mao Fujita returns to the Verbier Festival with a recital demonstrating the versatility of his art from Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Brahms.

Gautier Capuçon: Cello recital: Brahms, Grieg

A Russian piano recital by the 20 year old pianist Alexander Malofeev who demontrates his extraordinary abilities in Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Tchaikovsky and the challenging Sonata No.7 and Toccata by Prokofiev.

This performance of Bach's monumental Mass in B minor is recorded live at Thomaskirche Leipzig. The masterpiece is a dazzling example of the exuberance of the late German baroque and it is produced for the first time with the new Thomaskantor Andreas…