Literature and Music (24)

Composers and Writers

Composers have often fueled their passion with literature, which has become an unending source of inspiration. From Purcell to Debussy, you will find below a special selection of musical masterpieces inspired by our literary heritage!

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Alice by Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn, music by Philip Glass
Alice by Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn, music by Philip Glass

Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin

ballet
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Marin Alsop conducts Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Ravel
Marin Alsop conducts Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Ravel

Britten-Pears Orchestra

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Laurence Equilbey conducts Weber and Mendelssohn — With Alexei Volodin, Sheva Tehoval, and Anna Reinhold
Laurence Equilbey conducts Weber and Mendelssohn — With Alexei Volodin, Sheva Tehoval, and Anna Reinhold

Midsummer Night's Dream(s) — With accentus and ...

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Bizet's Carmen
Bizet's Carmen

Martin Kušej (stage director), Daniel Barenboim...

opera
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Alma Deutscher's Cinderella
Alma Deutscher's Cinderella

Brad Dalton (stage director), Jane Glover (cond...

opera
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Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia

Annabel Arden (stage director), Enrique Mazzola...

opera
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Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland (world premiere)
Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland (world premiere)

Achim Freyer (stage director), Kent Nagano (con...

opera
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Brett Dean's Hamlet
Brett Dean's Hamlet

Neil Armfield (director), Vladimir Jurowski (co...

opera
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Strauss's Elektra
Strauss's Elektra

Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director), Kent Nagan...

opera
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Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler and Schönberg
Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler and Schönberg

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

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The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2000 Europakonzert — Berlin
The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2000 Europakonzert — Berlin

With Claudio Abbado and Mikhail Pletnev

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Christoph Prégardien sings Schubert's "Die schöne Müllerin"
Christoph Prégardien sings Schubert's "Die schöne Müllerin"

Michael Gees (piano)

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Christoph Prégardien and Menahem Pressler perform Schubert's Winterreise
Christoph Prégardien and Menahem Pressler perform Schubert's Winterreise

Verbier Festival 2012

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Daniel Harding conducts Schumann and Brahms
Daniel Harding conducts Schumann and Brahms

Verbier Festival 2010

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Carl Orff's Carmina Burana – With Sally Matthews, Lawrence Brownlee, and Christian Gerhaher
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Carl Orff's Carmina Burana – With Sally Matthews, Lawrence Brownlee, and Christian Gerhaher

Berliner Philharmoniker

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Nicholas Angelich plays Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage, Second Year
Nicholas Angelich plays Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage, Second Year

Recorded during the 31st Piano Festival at La R...

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Verdi's Macbeth
Verdi's Macbeth

Luca Ronconi (stage director), Giuseppe Sinopol...

opera
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Puccini's Manon Lescaut
Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Ansgar Weigner (stage director), Frank Beermann...

opera
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Massenet's Werther
Massenet's Werther

Benoît Jacquot (stage director), Michel Plasson...

opera
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Martha Argerich and Yuri Temirkanov perform Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major
Martha Argerich and Yuri Temirkanov perform Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major

2009 Nobel Prize Concert

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Evgeny Kissin plays Prokofiev
Evgeny Kissin plays Prokofiev

Verbier Festival 2009

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Francis Poulenc plays his own works with his favorite performers
Francis Poulenc plays his own works with his favorite performers

Denise Duval (soprano), Gabriel Bacquier (barit...

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Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau perform French melodies
Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau perform French melodies

Verbier Festival 2009

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Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Sibelius and Schumann
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Sibelius and Schumann

Chamber orchestra of Europe

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