I'm in the mood for Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, so here we go. This is footage from Seiji Ozawa International Academy in Switzerland, from 2015. Gauthier Broutin (cello), Violaine Despeyroux (viola), Malgorzata Wasiucionek and Elin Kolev (violins)

Nathan Milstein performing Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006

Hilary Hahn playing Bach's Adagio from Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin As a small side note, Bach wrote it shortly after his first wife, Maria Barbara, died unexpectedly while he was away, and this tragedy shaped the Adagio’s tone, making it sound more like a prayer.

The only footage with Ginette Neveu, Paris 1946, playing Chausson's Poème. (3 years later, when she was 29, her plane crashed)

Kristīne Balanas, violin, and Margarita Balanas, cello, playing Vivaldi's Summer.

Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to @Odie 40HPW. Since @Richard Greaser of the @Bugle.News #40HPW🎧 has encouraged him to share some of his music on Nostr, we can help with that too. The best is to quote Odie directly. "I work as a producer and singer in a vocal ensemble, and this is a recording of Våren by Edvard Grieg, arranged for 16 voices. Recorded at our latest concert in Stavanger Concert Hall. My ensemble is called Valen Vokalensemble (8 singers), and we did this concert in cooperation with Edvard Grieg Vokalensemble from Bergen (also 8 singers). In former years of my career, I also used to play keys in a band, I might dig up some history in a later note. After retiring from pop music in 2017, my main focus has been classical music and for the last five years, to build a professional vocal ensemble in my hometown."

Sol Gabetta, Cello, and Polina Leschenko, Piano, playing Frédéric Chopin's Étude, Op. 25, No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor. Have a beautiful evening!

Sabine Devieilhe as Lakmé and Ambroisine Bré as Mallika in "Duo des fleurs" from Delibes's Lakmé. Q: Would anyone be interested if I added in the posts, at least once in a while, the songs as text in the original version (when in French, Italian or German) with the English translation?

When we talk about opera, I truly enjoy more theatrical presentations. In that spirit, Elīna Garanča with "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen. (2010)

Mabel Millán playing Alfonsina y el Mar by Ariel Ramírez. "Nostr shorts"

I will say my goodbye today with Pretty Yende and Benjamin Bernheim singing Verdi's La Traviata, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", alongside the Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris Opera.

During his life, Luciano Pavarotti held quite a few charitable concerns. This footage is from a 2001 event when he sang, together with Tom Jones, "Delilah". This specific event was dedicated to raising funds for the Palestinian kids.

Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for 4 Violins and Orchestra, Op. 3 No. 10 RV 580, The Huberman Festival, 1983. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime concert, with four of the greatest violinists on one stage. Ivry Gitlis, Isaac Stern, Ida Haendel, and Shlomo Mintz, with Zubin Mehta as Conductor. As a side note, Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman also played that day, on the same stage.

Let's start the weekend with Nikolai Lugansky performing Sergei Rachmaninov's Musical Moment No. 4 in E minor. This footage is from a concert recorded in La Roque d'Anthéron, France, in 2002.

In the mood for Jonas Kaufmann performing Canio’s aria, “Vesti la giubba,” from Pagliacci at the Vienna State Opera. Conducted by Nicola Luisotti, January 2025.

Khatia Buniatishvili playing Tchaikovsky’s October seems optimal right now. View quoted note →

Sometimes I wonder. How many normies, like me, were attracted by classical music through Beethoven's Für Elise? Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin conducted by Michael Zukernik.

Yuri Boukoff playing Albéniz's Asturias. View quoted note →

This time, Marianela Nuñez as Cinderella. View quoted note →

To end the day, I want to thank you for following, it's nice to have along a few other like-minded people while travelling through life. Here are some peaceful moments in a crazy world with Elizaveta Frolova singing Chopin's Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, OP. Posth.