Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion BWV 245

Jan Petryka, Evangelist
Matthias Winckhler, Jesus
Miriam Feuersinger, Soprano
Raffaele Pe , Countertenor
Christoph Filler, Pilatus

Le Concert des Nations
La Capella Nacional de Catalunya
Jordi Savall, Conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Robin Tritschler, Evangelist (tenor)
Manuel Walser, Christus (baritone)
Sophie Junker, soprano
Hugh Cutting, countertenor
Laurence Kilsby, tenor
Samuel Hasselhorn, baritone

Matthew Halls, conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
Wiener Singakademie

Thomas Quasthoff, recitation
Lea Hausmann, violin
Samuel Shepherd, cello
Mengjie Han, piano

History often reduces wars to a collection of statistics. It is easy to forget that behind every number, every flag, every battle, there is a person who is someone's child, parent, spouse, or lover. During World War I, pen and paper was often all that many had to keep in touch with their far-flung loved ones.

Based on these field letters, of which an incredible 30 billion were sent on the German side alone, Quasthoff and the Amatis Trio trace the humanity in wartime and the personal struggle of the people behind the statistics.

Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion BWV 245

Jan Petryka, Evangelist
Matthias Winckhler, Jesus
Miriam Feuersinger, Soprano
Raffaele Pe , Countertenor
Christoph Filler, Pilatus

Le Concert des Nations
La Capella Nacional de Catalunya
Jordi Savall, Conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244

Anna-lena Elbert, Soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Bass-baritone

Iván Fischer, Conductor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Cantemus Mixed Choir
Nationaal Kinderkoor

Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Cornelius Meister, conductor
Tiago Rodrigues, staging
taken over by Sophie Bricaire
Fernando Ribeiro, stage
José António Tenente, costumes
Rui Monteiro, light
Simon Hatab, dramaturgy
Stephen Schreiber, musical assistance
Nicolas Chesneau, choir director

Daniel Brenna, Tristan
Annemarie Kremer, Isolde
Marie-Adeline Henry, Brangäne
Alexandre Duhamel, Kurwenal
David Steffens, Roi Marke
David Ireland, Melot
Kaëlig Boché, a shepherd, a sailor
Sofia Dias, Vítor Roriz, choreography dance

Chœur de l’Opéra de Lille
Orchestre National de Lille

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Julia Kleiter, field marshall
Christof Fischesser, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Christina Bock, Octavian
Adrian Eröd, Lord of Faninal
Slávka Zámečníková, Sophie
Angel Romero, a singer

Axel Kober, conductor
Otto Schenk, staging
Rudolf Heinrich, stage
Erni Kniepert, costumes

Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244

Anna-lena Elbert, Soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Bass-baritone

Iván Fischer, Conductor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Cantemus Mixed Choir
Nationaal Kinderkoor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Arias for Mezzosoprano and Chamber Orchestra

Patricia Nolz, mezzosoprano
Elias Keller, piano
Serge Falck, moderation

Ustina Dubitsky, conductor
Wiener KammerOrchester

Hans Zender / Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise

Werner Güra, Tenor

Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla Y León
Jordi Francés, Conductor