One is Swiss, the other Mexican. Beyond the barriers of language and oceans, they invite us to transcend the frontiers in inviting Latin American jewels to communicate freely with Parisian creations – just as musicians coming from beyond the Atlantic Ocean a century ago were welcomed with open arms by “the most beautiful city in the world”.

Nelson Freire made his recording debut with the Brahms F minor sonata in 1967. Now, half a century later, he returns to this monumental work.

After the mystical 'Hebrides' Overture and the masterly ‘Reformation’ Symphony, Mendelssohn embarked on his second violin concerto. After a long gestation in which he polished the orchestration and meticulously revised the solo part, the work was finally premiered in Leipzig in 1845. From David to Joachim, virtuosos honed the violin part with the composer over successive revivals, leaving to posterity traces of their playing style: fingering, bowing and score markings.

Daniel Müller-Schott has arranged two famous concertos for the cello. With Mozart’s Flute Concerto, he has in some ways filled the void left by the lack of a cello concerto by the composer. The arrangement of Haydn’s G-Major Violin Concerto for cello also stands out an excellent addition to the cello repertoire.

A stunning recording by bassoonist and early music specialist Sergio Azzolini of Mozart’s only bassoon concerto and a new recording of Michael Haydn’s Serenade with the Streicherakade-mie Bozen. Mozart wrote only one bassoon concerto (K.191), but it is considered one of his best concertos across all instruments. A world premiere recording of Serenade by Michael Haydn (1737-1806), reconstructed by Azzo-lini himself.

„Instruments“ is an acoustic project by internationally celebrated producer/performer/composer Henrik Schwarz. He is an artist highly on request to create energetic dance music productions for Boy George, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, indie stars Ane Brun, The Foals, Omar, or jazz legends like Mark Murphy. His intense laptop performances in major clubs and at the largest international music festivals in Japan, USA, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America catapulted Schwarz into the Top Ten League of electronic music performers.

Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the world's foremost pianists and is frequently invited by major orchestras and festivals around the world. An acclaimed interpreter of music from the classical period, his comprehensive repertoire also encompasses numerous 20th century compositions and has been a recording artist for over four decades now resulting in a vast catalogue of more than 200 releases. Amongst them, Sony’s release of the entire 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven, that was awarded the prestigious ECHO Klassik prize.

A traveling duo, a friendship and a sacred pair of fresh air! Paul Meyer, clarinet recognized at the top of the world rankings on this instrument, and Pascal Contet, herald of contemporary accordion, exploring together the unexpected paths of opera fantasies and the classical repertoire.