VA - Verbier Festival: 25 Years of Excellence (2018)

This limited 4-CD edition of previously unreleased live recordings from the Verbier Festival celebrates the festival’s 25th anniversary.

Featuring admired DG artists as Martha ARGERICH, Yevgeny KISSIN, Mikhail PLETNEV, Bryn TERFEL, Daniil TRIFONOV, Yuja WANG and conductors Valery GERGIEV, Gustavo DUDAMEL, Kent NAGANO and Kurt MASUR in performances of both core classics and lesser-known works from the orchestral, concert, chamber and operatic repertoires.

Artists:
Malena Ernman (mezzo), Yuja Wang (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Truls Mørk (cello), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vadim Repin (violin I), Laurent Korcia (violin II), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde)

Verbier Festival Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Kurt Masur, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Kent Nagano

Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique": Adagio - Allegro non troppo
2. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique": Allegro con grazia
3. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique": Allegro molto vivace
4. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique": Finale. Adagio lamentoso - Andante
5. Berio: Folk Songs: Black is the color - USA
6. Berio: Folk Songs: I wonder as I wander - USA
7. Berio: Folk Songs: Loosin yelav - Armenia
8. Berio: Folk Songs: Rossignolet du bois - France
9. Berio: Folk Songs: A la femminisca - Sicily
10. Berio: Folk Songs: La donna ideale - Italy
11. Berio: Folk Songs: Ballo - Italy
12. Berio: Folk Songs: Motettu de Tristura - Sardinia
13. Berio: Folk Songs: Malurous qu'o uno fenno - France
14. Berio: Folk Songs: Lo fiolaire - Auvergne. France
15. Berio: Folk Songs: Azerbaijan love song - Azerbaijan

Disc: 2
1. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1: Molto allegro con fuoco
2. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1: Andante
3. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1: Presto - Molto allegro e vivace
4. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2: Allegro con brio
5. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2: Adagio
6. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo. Molto allegro
7. Tsfasman: Suite for Piano and Orchestra: Snowflakes. Allegro vivace
8. Tsfasman: Suite for Piano and Orchestra: Lyrical Waltz. Moderato
9. Tsfasman: Suite for Piano and Orchestra: Polka. Allegrett
10. Tsfasman: Suite for Piano and Orchestra: Career. Presto

Disc: 3
1. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1: Allegro con brio
2. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1: Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio. Meno allegro
3. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1: Adagio
4. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1: Finale. Allegro
5. Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2: Allegro ma non tanto
6. Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2: Dumka. Andante con moto
7. Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2: Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace
8. Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2: Finale. Allegro

Disc: 4
1. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Walkürenritt: »Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heiaha!
2. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Schützt mich und helft in höchster Not!
3. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich
4. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Steh! Brünnhild'!
5. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Wo ist Brünnhild'. wo die Verbrecherin?
6. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Hier bin ich. Vater: gebiete die Strafe!
7. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Wehe! Weh! Schwester. ach Schwester!
8. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): War es so schmählich. was ich verbrach
9. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Nicht weise bin ich. doch wusst' ich das eine
10. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): So tatest du. was so gern zu tun ich begehrt
11. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht
12. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Leb wohl. du kühnes. herrliches Kind!
13. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Denn einer nur freie die Braut. der feier als ich. der Gott!
14. Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 3): Loge. hör! Lausche hieher!