Today, I say goodbye with Yuja Wang playing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, 2nd movement, Andante. So peaceful...
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For lunch break, a short moment with Gil Shaham, under Claudio Abbado's direction, Brahms' Violin Concerto, 1st movement.
Today we have a Viennese start with soprano Ingeborg Hallstein singing Frühlingsstimmen Walzer (Voices of Spring Waltz). (1963)
Have a great day!
Today I say goodbye with another history page, this time with Samson François playing the end of the first movement from Ravel's piano concerto in G major. (1964)
Have a beautiful evening! 🥂
I don't remember hearing Gautier Capuçon playing Monti's Czardas so it was a surprise. Here, together with Kim Bernard playing the piano.
I've been trying to post this since Friday...
Sol Gabetta performing Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 119 (Opus Klassik 2019).
Have a beautiful evening!
For today's lunch break, a history page with Franco Corelli singing "Nessun dorma" from the 1958 Turandot TV film.
Let's have an epic end the week with Wagner's "Das Rheingold" (Entry of the Gods into Valhalla). Metropolitan Opera, 1990
For today's brunch, I propose from Wagner's Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's death and Funeral march. Klaus Tennstedt conducting the London Philharmonic at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. (1988)
A short moment with a young Pavarotti performing Verdi's “Ingemisco” from Messa da Requiem at the Teatro alla Scala in 1967, when he was only 32, under the direction of Herbert von Karajan.
Have a beautiful Sunday!
Today I say goodbye with Gautier Capuçon playing Jacques Prévert and Joseph Kosma's "Les Feuilles mortes".
Have a beautiful Saturday!
For your lunch break, Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu singing "Vogliatemi bene" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. 🥂
For today's lunch break, Khatia Buniatishvili performing Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude". She's just great! 👏
Some of you might find this more "out there". Fazıl Say's own work, and most famous, called "Black Earth".
Have a good day!
Probably it wouldn't be right if I didn't post it performed by Wladyslaw Szpilman, too (see "The Pianist").
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To set the mood, I'm travelling by train and listening to Menahem Pressler absolutely mastering Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor.
Have a beautiful day!


I'll end the day as I started, probably with a bit of melancholy. While it's a short performance, I have it on repeat for some time and I want to share it with you.
Grigory Sokolov playing Griboyedov's Waltz No. 2 in E Minor.
Have a beautiful evening!
For today's lunch break, I propose Martina Filjak playing Ravel's "Une barque sur l'ocean". Not the most popular piece but some of you might enjoy it.
I wish you all a beautiful day like Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
I wish you a great day with Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna (from the film "Requiem for a Dream", 2000).
The Metropole Orkest and Nederlands Concertkoor led by Vincent de Kort (conductor) and Louis Buskens (choir director).