Gergiev, Takács-Nagy, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra - Verbier Festival: The 25th Anniversary Concert [Blu-Ray] (2019)

The Verbier Festival is one of classical musics greatest events. In celebration of the festivals 25th anniversary, this unique concert brings together 36 classical stars in an unprecedented evening of ingenious programming and captivating performances. The line-up includes the worlds greatest violinists, violists, cellists and pianists as well as other leading performers conducted by Valery Gergiev and Gabor Takacs-Nagy. Founder and director Martin T:son Engstroem writes: We started this incredible adventure in 1994, and 25 years on, our Festival has become one of the worlds most important cultural events. But it is not just another festival; our vision right from the beginning was to build something which combined important musicians with a very visible youth and learning element. This is what we set out to do and this is what we achieved.

Cast:
Emily Edmonds, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
Martin Frost, clarinet
Brendan Kane, double bass

Violin: 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

Viola: Gérard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Tabea Zimmermann

Cello: Andrei Ioniţă, Mischa Maisky, Edgar Moreau

Piano: Sergei Babayan, Seong-Jin Cho, Richard Goode, Evgeny Kissin, Denis Kozhukhin, Mikhail Pletnev, András Schiff, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang

RIAS Chamber Chorus
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor

Track List
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