Verbier Festival – The 25th Anniversary Concert 2018《BDMV 31.2G》

Title: Verbier Festival – The 25th Anniversary Concert
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Classical
Production/Label: Naxos Classical
Duration: 02:11:56
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 30015 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 31.29 GB

Since the summer of 1994, the biggest world stars of the classical music meet every year at the Verbier Festival for young, hopeful young talents. During the 17 days of the festival workshops are held in the picturesque winter sports resort and numerous free concerts are given against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the festival, Valery Gergiev and Gábor Takács-Nagy conducted a festival concert on July 25, 2018, which was peppered with the who-is-who of the current classical music scene. So were u. a. Thomas Quasthoff, Martin Fröst, Kristóf Baráti, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, Vilde Frang, Ilya Gringolts, Daniel Lozakovich, Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, Gérard Caussé, Tabea Zimmermann, Mischa Maisky, Edgar Moreau, Sergei Babayan, Evgeny Kissin Denis Kozhukhin, Mikhail Pletnev, András Schiff, Rodion Shchedrin, Daniil Trifonov and Yuja Wang with works by Bach, Brahms, Dvoák, Lutos awski, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Rossini and Johann Strauss. The memorable evening with its surprising program and captivating performances by a total of 36 world stars can now be enjoyed in the best picture and sound quality at home.

Contents

Recorded at the Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland, 25 July 2018

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (arr. M. Pletnev)

Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra, Op. 33 (arr. D. Sitkovetsky)

Peter Heidrich: Variations on Happy Birthday

Bedřich Smetana: Sonatensatz in E Minor

Johannes Brahms: Souvenir de la Russe, Anh. IV/6: Nos. 2-4

Sergey Rachmaninov:
2 Pieces for Piano 6 Hands: No. 2. Romance
Polka italienne
Fantaisie tableaux – Suite No. 1, Op. 5

Antonín Dvořák:
Slavonic Dances, Series 2, Op. 72, B. 145: No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2 (version for piano 4 hands)
Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 78: No. 5 in A Major (version for piano 4 hands)

Witold Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini

Gioachino Rossini:
Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture (arr. for 4 pianos 16 hands)
Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618

George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah

Johann Strauss II:
Eljen a Magyar!, Op. 332
Die Fledermaus: Champagne Medley (arr. S. Koncz)
Die Fledermaus: Overture

Personnel
Emily Edmonds, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
Martin Frost, clarinet
Brendan Kane, double bass
Kristóf Baráti, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, Alexandra Conunova, Vilde Frang, Ily Gringolts, Leonidas Kavakos, Daniel Lozakovich, Vadim Repin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Kirill Troussov, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Gérard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Andrei Ioniţă, Mischa Maisky, Edgar Moreau, cello
Sergei Babayan, Seong-Jin Cho, Richard Goode, Evgeny Kissin, Denis Kozhukhin, Mikhail Pletnev, András Schiff, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang, piano
RIAS Chamber Chorus
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra