Classical Music

I think I skipped the cello for some time so I should fix it. Always a good idea, Gautier Capuçon performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 - I. Adagio. Moderato, with the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Antonio Pappano. Have a great evening! https://nostr.download/47ff081e1bcfa530bf1ed85fae247eb68a59c5d764de9f03a4ad336548eb6359.mp4

Less than four weeks until the annual New Year’s Concert from the Philharmonic of Vienna. Always a pleasure with rich people inside having champagne, and the poor outside watching it live on a big screen. On a positive note, our drinks never get warm. Here's a video from last year’s performance with Riccardo Muti conducting the Freiheitsmarsch. https://nostr.download/4327f69cd62420037da6c329516d328a523389a4914cef07a29bc8378ed49da7.mp4

Jascha Heifetz playing Bach's Chaconne, the fifth and final movement of the Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. Have a great day! https://nostr.download/b30269e9361fd5bcd596a1a8178658f3abfd24cc9b39abbc5347165d4b8dab37.mp4

In 1967, to commemorate 100 years of Canadian Confederation, Glenn Gould performed Bach's Concerto No. 7 in G minor for his first colour telecast, "The Canada Centennial Concert“, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Vladimir Golschmann. A beautiful evening to everyone! https://nostr.download/44863c59a77a6b8f633703dfc82f731966f8d5e2b2a66acb50a2f6e9c840e382.mp4

For this lunch break, I suggest Sviatoslav Richter's amazing performance of Chopin's Etude Op. 25, No. 11, "Winter Wind". https://video.nostr.build/638100cbff851efdc932c7835b921603c96138f893f4d0cdf9c56a34bb92a67c.mp4

Let's start the day right with Ana Vidović playing Francisco Tárrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Overwhelming talent and experience. https://video.nostr.build/19295f554bd21f6bf97357fe0aa5b09178f2a1cb0211a7b9c128ff3932169984.mp4

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! https://video.nostr.build/11a65da0b9bbe37a463714a543f8fab42f3fae282074e18e642c8c3c7a08e90b.mp4

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 https://nostr.download/db85fba6e8b9722d2963c2ed7b2567f269a0e2e46d99ca2a80648fc3844f418e.mp4

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. https://video.nostr.build/3b7ab7e2171886214e23d8b555f6ab9d7d954906c4306a5680cb10628849d3bd.mp4

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! https://nostr.download/b1a74fb3150db718c56e105211c9fc809f48c36a2b8e3df6eb87885ab8c5d8f3.mp4

I will say goodbye today with Glenn Gould playing Bach's The Art of Fugue. https://nostr.download/606bc0e4c66fdb06f7da42086edee915efd9baaf6a12b7ecf6b90adad693a514.mp4

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. https://nostr.download/1966319c70f636277c1aacbd7b9a1f25d7467c2d88c2899f19b22fa89ae74e3c.mp4

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". https://nostr.download/fbace743f4686ac7df0c25d3f502d6e955ce6ad5b849ce81cd44570ba3b5c850.mp4

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. https://video.nostr.build/ddd964c43a44669c075006777927c74292711491a377274b94c4f0b4f363ece3.mp4

My only post for today, Nathan Milstein playing Paganiniana. It feels highly appropriate to describe this week. I wish you all a great weekend! https://nostr.download/7d7e62c436a1d9c4642b1fbbb051d3d939159be77eeb5ce1857ba15aa929430e.mp4

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 👏👏👏 https://nostr.download/849a955f70da7c02e29948af9daaba696e31f4b4aa3b0a07e5eef70e3f276708.mp4

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 https://nostr.download/b9352a439705a3146818579a08c9541da52b136947440696bb0e47ba72d41129.mp4

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! https://nostr.download/d369a6357449ac400bb1ef01eb4c44a70efba19e015d7762fdd954d15b71718d.mp4

I will end the day with Josef Hofmann playing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2. (1945) https://nostr.download/779a28d55c6b54a2efd6e827632c38cc1d4770c688319c97c96ceb97158ee715.mp4 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) https://nostr.download/f9612df2e99b9cec39466ea34b603b055418d4f047b2c7f158c453e9a4f955e2.mp4