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The collection “Classic Archive” presents great performances by legendary artists, remastered using the latest digital technology and enhanced with commentary for today’s audiences. These jewels of music broadcasting have been salvaged from various…
Length
90 mins
Prog. No.
7996
The Verbier Festival is arguably one of the most prestigious classical music events in the world. The quality of the participating artists as well as the originality of the programmes has established the festival as a culminating point in the music…
Length
97 mins
Prog. No.
7992
This series of twelve TV programmes presents the very best of the concerts of the 17th edition of the Verbier Festival with the most prestigious artists in classical music. As ever, the musical encounters gather established musicians such as Martha…
Length
93 mins
Prog. No.
7944
One of the most promising young violinist - Valery Sokolov - and one of the most prestigious chamber orchestras - the Chamber Orchestra of Europe - play under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy at the Cité de la musique in Paris. This concert captures…
Length
90 mins
Prog. No.
7874
The Verbier Festival, created in 1994, has rapidly acquired a reputation for artistic excellence and is now considered one of the major European music festivals. For a fortnight each summer, the greatest stars of the classical music world come…
Length
90 mins
Prog. No.
7805
The Creation is one of Haydn’s masterpieces. Despite its biblical subject (the seven days of the creation of the world), it remains a secular work, written for a concert hall rather than a church. It also takes a few liberties with the libretto…
Length
101 mins
Prog. No.
7638
Each summer, for more than a quarter of a century, music lovers from around the world have come together in the majestic Swiss Alps to take part in a community of exchange between great masters of classical music and the most promising musicians of…
Length
91 mins
Prog. No.
7623
The evening begins with a rare treat: the Prelude from Glazunov’s 1902 orchestral suite From the Middle Ages. Evoking medieval Europe through orchestral music reminiscent of opera, the suite portrays a passionate young couple, blissfully ignorant of…
Length
105 mins
Prog. No.
7610
The third and final operatic event of the 2017 festival was Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Stanislav Kochanovsky leads the young musicians and singers of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra and the Verbier Festival Academy in Timothy Carroll’s semi…
Length
130 mins
Prog. No.
7609
Music Director of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (VFCO) since 2007, Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts three masterpieces of the classical orchestral repertoire: Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor with Mikhail Pletnev as…
Length
100 mins
Prog. No.
7607