On l'appelle le "tsar de la musique russe" : un portrait inédit du chef d'orchestre Valery Gergiev, par le grand documentariste Allan Miller.

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The Art of Renée Fleming brings together 18 defining tracks spanning Renée’s finest Decca recordings, including favorite arias by Puccini, Handel and Gershwin and duets with Bryn Terfel and Plácido Domingo. Four special bonus tracks reflect Renée’s prominence beyond classical repertoire with two Broadway classics, Amazing Grace - which she memorably sang at the site of the World Trade Centre and a brand new version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.

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A '92 session mixing fusion, R&B, and light jazz by Art Porter with a host of guest stars and participants, including Jeff Lorber, Paul Jackson, Jr., Buzz Feiten, Paul Pesco, Paulinho Da Costa, and Valeri Davis. There are also some vocals and elaborate production.

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Un spectacle inoubliable autour de trois ballets de Stravinsky, avec notamment Le sacre du printemps dans la version originale de Nijinski.

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A Russian folk tale in two scenes. Serge de Diaghilev heard Stravinsky for the first time on 6 February 1909, the day when his Fantastic Scherzo and Fireworks were created. Diaghilev was extremely impressed by this last work. Since his Ballets Russes had already performed for a season in Paris in 1909 and were a great success, he wished to repeat the experience the following year and include a brand new work inspired by the legend of the Firebird.

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The successful model Valerie hired just before Christmas, a room at the exclusive Hyatt Hotel in Berlin. But actually it is broke. She gets no more business, their credit card is covered and has been locked in her apartment in Paris and she has given up everything she owns is still, in her old car. But the fact that her career is a model with 29 over, she does not want to admit.

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The lessons of Art Blakey travel far and wide as disciples like trumpeter Valery Ponomarev carry the musical word.The hard bop trumpeter who was always most inspired by Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan, is in excellent form on this 1995 outing. Ponomarev fronts a lively full-bodied quintet, and lucky for him and us, Ben Riley fills this particular drum seat. Ponomarev's brash, rough around the edges lead on "Autumn In New York" gives the tune a wintry feel rather than one of warm autumnal longing. This tight knit group is a crowd pleaser.

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S.Rachmanihov wrote "Vespers" in 1915. It is a work of large scope, fully in keeping with the requirements of the genre and style of church music. At the same time "Vespers" bears the mark of the composer's unbounded imagination and is imbued with the poetry of antiquity and the enchantment of Russian folk art.

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For 35 consecutive years in the Principality of Monaco is one of the most prestigious festivals in the world of circus arts. A circus festival this year came 18 best troupes of circus artists from 10 countries: Russia, USA, China, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Romania. The CD contains 14 performances the festival. As a bonus - 11 rooms with no less famous French show "Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde"

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An open-air concert in the gardens of the Schonbrunn palace in June 2011, given by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Benjamin Schmid is the soloist in the first movement of Paganini's 1st Violin Concerto. The Vienna Philharmonic: There is perhaps no other musical ensemble more consistently and closely associated with the history and tradition of European classical music than the Vienna Philharmonic.

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Amazing collection with 12 CD-Portraits of prominent jazzmen. So much beautiful jazz music in one collection is a real paradise for any jazz lover. Enjoy an endless parade of masterpieces in lossless. Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Tal Farlow, Louis Bellson, Curtis Fuller, Clifford Brown, Art Blakey, Eddie Costa, Erroll Garner, Sal Salvador and Buddy Rich, full of promises and improvisations are all here for you. Enjoy.