Luciano Pavarotti had his final public performance in 2006, at the Opening Ceremony of the Torino Winter Olympics, with "Nessun dorma" from Puccini’s Turandot. I wish you all a peaceful evening!

For the beginning of December, I chose something more peaceful. Clara-Jumi Kang performing Méditation from Massenet's Thaïs with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Shi Yeon Sung. Seoul Arts Centre, Symphonic Festival 2018

I will say goodbye today by wishing you a joyful First Day of Advent with Wiener Philharmoniker and ”Es ist ein Ros entsprungen“ (A rose has sprung up), a Christmas song from the 16th century.

Johan Halvorsen's "Passacaglia and Sarabande with variations on a theme by Handel", based on Handel's Passacaglia from Suite in G minor, HWV 432, performed by Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman. (1997) Have a great Sunday!

I will say goodbye today with Glenn Gould playing Bach's The Art of Fugue.

Today, I bring a small homage to Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Brahms' Ballade Op. 10 No. 4 in B major, through Michelangeli's hands, works like Xanax.

This morning, I will deviate for a moment from my usual posts with a short video from Keith Jarrett's improvisation for the Norwegian Molde Jazz Festival in 1972. The entire 46-minute-long performance is called "Molde-72".

Before going to sleep, I'll shill a young organist, Jan Liebermann, while performing Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor at Lutherse Kerk, Groningen.

My only post for today, Nathan Milstein playing Paganiniana. It feels highly appropriate to describe this week. I wish you all a great weekend!

I will wish you a peaceful evening and good night with Pablo Sáinz Villegas performing Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio movement). Orquesta de Radio y Televisión de España directed by Carlos Kalmar. Teatro Monumental de Madrid, 2015 👏👏👏

For our American brothers and sisters, who today celebrate Thanksgiving, I chose Verdi's "Và Pensiero", from Nabucco. Metropolitan Opera, conducted by James Levine, 2001

Today's Kickstarter is Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana. Arnold Schoenberg Chor with the Wiener KammerOrchester, conducted by Francisco Navarro Lara. Golden Saal Musikverein Vienna, 2024 Have a great day!

I will end the day with Josef Hofmann playing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2. (1945) Did you know that Rachmaninov, after finishing his 3rd Concerto, asked Hofmann to play it at its premiere in 1909? While Hofmann refused, and Rachmaninoff was the one to play it, now we witness the original intention, so to speak, because the 3rd Concerto was dedicated to Hofmann.

Always an immense pleasure, Martha Argerich playing Bach's English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808, The Gavottes. (Rosengarten Mannheim, 2023)

Enjoy your coffee with Marie-Astrid Hulot playing Bach's Toccata and Fugue! (I added a few pictures with coffee places from Vienna to wish you an even better day.)

My goodbye post for today is with Caroline Campbell wonderfully playing Monti's Csàrdàs. PS: Thank you for your comments! 👏

Today's double espresso feeling is given by Itzhak Perlman playing Fiocco's Allegro. Have a great day!

A short moment with Juliana Grigoryan from Puccini’s La Bohème, “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì”.

For lunch break, Maurizio Pollini playing Beethoven's Appassionata. Epic ending!

Let's begin with the classic guitar, Émilie Fend playing Se ela Perguntar by Dilermando Reis. Have a great week!