I wish you all a great New Year with Händel/Halvorsen "Passacaglia" performed by Renaud Capuçon (violin) and Gautier Capuçon (cello).

I have the pleasure of closing the day with a page of jazz history, with Miles Davis' first European TV appearance, this being the oldest known footage with him performing. It was filmed on December 7, 1957, for the French show “Au clair de la lune” and broadcast later on Christmas Day. He's performing along with Barney Wilen (tenor saxophone), René Urtreger (piano), Pierre Michelot (double bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums). I wish you all a beautiful evening and, just in case I won't be able to post tomorrow, a happy New Year!

Ivry Gitlis performing the Rondo finale of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, "La Campanella". While most people know it because of Liszt's piano transcription, this is how it was intended, written to sound like a small silver handbell. (When Liszt heard Paganini performing it in Paris, in 1832, he enjoyed it so much that he decided to transcribe it for keyboard.)

Evgeny Kissin plays Franz Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 on Liszt's personal piano at the Liszt House in Weimar, which was his summer residence.

A beautiful moment in the history of jazz with Count Basie and Oscar Peterson playing Jumpin' At The Woodside. It's part of a BBC4 special, from 1980 (link with the full show attached), where they perform together with Joe Pass (guitar), Niels Pedersen (bass) and Martin Drew (drums). And with this, I wish you all a fine evening! 🥂

A leap back in time, to 1955, with Franco Corelli singing "E lucevan le stelle" from Puccini's Tosca. 👏👏👏

For this morning, I chose Shura Cherkassky playing the Godowsky-Albeniz Tango (a transcription by Leopold Godowsky of Isaac Albeniz's original work). Have a great week!

Today I'll say goodbye with Ruggiero Ricci playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Finale). Have a great evening! 🥂

A beautiful afternoon with Ana Vidović playing Paganini's Allegro Risoluto.

For today's "Jazz moment", Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk" together with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass, and Ben Riley on drums, recorded live at the University Aula in Oslo during Monk's 1966 Scandinavian tour.

Today I visited (again) the Christmas Market in Antibes (South of France) and there was a Blues/Rock'n'Roll/etc concert. [I post and shitpost regular stuff on my main account @Constantin. I also started a mostly bad train travel account called @Trainstr, if you're into European train travel, without expectations.]

This morning, watching the sea while waiting for the sunrise, "Cri de l'âme" feels right. Composed and performed by Roman Kim and accompanied by Jure Gorucan at the piano. And with this, I wish you all a beautiful day!

For today's goodbye, Hilary Hahn playing Bach's Partita for Violin Solo No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 - 4. Double (Presto). Have a great evening!

For the Jazz fans, Ron Carter's bass solo.

A peaceful afternoon with Maria João Pires performing Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17, The Tempest.

For everyone who thought it should be a good idea for me to create this npub, for everyone who reposted and zapped: Verdi’s Requiem with Angela Gheorghiu, the Berliner Philharmoniker, and conductor Claudio Abbado.

Pablo Sarasate’s Caprice Basque performed by Andrei Korsakov, violin, and Iolanta Miroshnikova, piano. (1977, Soviet TV. The audio is not the original because they had recording issues, but the performance is great nonetheless.)

Merry Christmas! 🎁 🎄 From the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances for String Orchestra Sz 56 BB 68.

For your lunch break espresso, an excerpt with Khatia Buniatishvili playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor.

Mood: Annie Fischer playing the 2nd movement (Romance-Larghetto) of Chopin's piano concerto No. 1 in E minor. (From 1976, so not the best sound, but it's a page of history.) This is the link to the full YouTube concerto: