A conductor recommends: François-Xavier Roth’s highlights For this playlist, François-Xavier Roth – esteemed guest conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker – has compiled some of his favourite works and performances from the Digital Concert Hall archive, with multi-faceted works of the 20th and 21st centuries juxtaposed with Wagner’s great opera Tristan und Isolde . At the helm of the orchestra, chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and his predecessor Sir Simon Rattle are joined by Pierre Boulez.
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Igor Stravinsky Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) (concert performance) Pierre Boulez Berliner Philharmoniker Barbara Hannigan Soprano (Nightingale) Stephanie Weiss Mezzo-Soprano (Cook) Julia Faylenbogen Mezzo-Soprano (Death) Edgaras Montvidas Tenor (Fisherman) Roman Trekel Baritone (Emperor of China) Georg Zeppenfeld Bass (Chamberlain) Peter Rose Bass (Bonze) Jan Remmers Tenor (Japanese Ambassador) Wolfram Tessmer Baritone (Japanese Ambassador) Rundfunkchor Berlin (Tenants) Simon Halsey Chorus Master Helmut Lachenmann My Melodies , Music for 8 Horns and Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle Berliner Philharmoniker Stefan Dohr french horn Stefan de Leval Jezierski french horn Georg Schreckenberger french horn Sarah Willis french horn Andrej Žust french horn Klaus Wallendorf french horn Thomas Jordans french horn Marie-Luise Neunecker french horn Paul Dukas La Péri , Poème dansé Kirill Petrenko Berliner Philharmoniker Arnold Schoenberg Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 36 Kirill Petrenko Berliner Philharmoniker Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde : Act 1 (concert performance) Sir Simon Rattle Berliner Philharmoniker Eva-Maria Westbroek Soprano (Isolde) Stuart Skelton Tenor (Tristan) Sarah Connolly Mezzo-Soprano (Brangäne) Michael Nagy Bass-Baritone (Kurwenal) Stephen Milling Bass (König Marke) Roman Sadnik Tenor (Melot) Simon Stricker Baritone (Steersman) Thomas Ebenstein Tenor (Shepherd, Sailor) Rundfunkchor Berlin Simon Halsey Chorus Master