Jeanne D'arc Au Bucher - DVD

In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, the young Joan leads the army of the King of France. When she is captured, the Church sends her for trial on charges of heresy. Refusing to accept the accusations, the graceful Joan of Arc will stay true to her mission. Bruno Dumont's decision to work with a ten-year-old actress re-injects this heroine's timeless cause and ideology with a modernity that highlights both the tragic female condition and the incredible fervor, strength and freedom women show when shackled by societies and archaic virile orders that belittle and alienate them.

Here is the introduction to the opera Giovanna d Arco conducted by Bruno Bartoletti with the MET Royal Opera House Salzburg Festival and Paris Opera.

If the legend of the 'sermon to the birds' constitutes a magnificent example of narrative art on the piano, for this way of expressing extra-musical ideas solely with notes the three series of Années de Pèlerinage would seem to be a salient cycle in Liszt's oeuvre. These 'years of pilgrimage' contain a total of 26 character pieces, forming a kind of musical diary for Liszt's years of travelling. After the very successful of Volume 1 (InchSvizzerlandInch) the young and talented Italian pianist Francesco Piemontesi takes care of the second part, InchItalyInch. Again, an impressive movie accompany the pianist on his trip throug Italy, on the traces of Franz Liszt. This shows not only the beauty of the landscape but also interesting statements of Francesco Piemontesi about his actual recording.