This limited 4-CD edition of previously unreleased live recordings from the Verbier Festival celebrates the festival’s 25th anniversary.

Featuring such admired DG artists as Martha Argerich, Yevgeny Kissin, Mikhail Pletnev, Bryn Terfel, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang and conductors Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Kent Nagano and Kurt Masur in performances of both core classics and lesser-known works from the orchestral, concert, chamber and operatic repertoires.

The beautiful hardcover box includes a 32-page booklet (French, English and German) with a note by Julian Sykes and a Foreword by the Festival’s founder, musical and executive director, Martin T:son Engström.

Since 1994 the Verbier Festival has transformed a small Swiss Alpine resort into a unique hothouse for musicians to explore new repertoire and new partnerships, always with revelatory results. Founder Martin T:son Engström’s ambitious idea to create a summer festival in the Swiss Alps with a resident youth orchestra and an academy has for 25 years encouraged musical excellence and created a platform for young musicians to learn from the world’s finest artists, as well as offering audiences a dynamic, music-centered experience. A quarter century after the first festival, Verbier’s magic continues unabated and surely will do for years to come.

“I’ve been coming to Verbier since I was 21 and it was there that all these fantastic musicians who lived in my head became real. Verbier is so magical for me – it always feels like coming home, or a fun vacation with my closest friends.” – Yuja Wang

Contents:

CD1
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
- Verbier Festival Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
- Recorded in 2015
Berio - Folk Songs (1964)
- Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) ∙ Verbier Festival Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel
- Recorded in 2005

CD2
Mendelssohn - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in G minor, op.25
- Yuja Wang (piano) ∙ Verbier Festival Orchestra / Kurt Masur
- Recorded in 2009
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.19
- Martha Argerich (piano) ∙ Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra / Gabor Takacs-Nagy
- Recorded in 2009
Tsfasman - Suite for Piano and Orchestra (Jazz Suite)
- Mikhail Pletnev (piano) ∙ Verbier Festival Orchestra / Kent Nagano
- Recorded in 2013

CD3
Brahms - Piano Trio No.1 in B major, op.8
- Daniil Trifonov (piano) ∙ Ilya Gringolts (violin) ∙ Truls Mørk (cello)
- Recorded in 2015
Dvořák - Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
- Evgeny Kissin (piano) ∙ Vadim Repin (violin I) ∙ Laurent Korcia (violin II) ∙ Yuri Bashmet (viola) ∙ Alexander Kniazev (cello)
- Recorded in 2004

CD4
Wagner - Die Walküre: Act 3
- Bryn Terfel (Wotan) ∙ Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde) ∙ Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde) ∙ Verbier Festival Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
- Recorded in 2013