A moment with Wagner's Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries. Say what you want about the Metropolitan Opera but they know how to leave an impression. 2019)

For the Jazz lovers, Count Basie and Cleveland Eaton playing with Booty's Blues.

Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo-Yo Ma doing magic with Beethoven's Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II.Largo. Have a beautiful Saturday!

After a long week, a peaceful moment with Daniel Glover playing Bach's Arioso from Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056. Have a beautiful weekend!

Tonight, I say goodbye with Glenn Gould performing The Goldberg Variations (Bach) in 1964. Have a good evening!

Yehudi Menuhin, together with Stéphane Grappelli, also called "the grandfather of jazz violin", having fun with Gade’s 1925 tango, “Jalousie” (Tango Tzigane). I should come back at some point with Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Until then, have a beautiful evening!

After a long time, we had a few hours of sun and it made it into the news. They even said that we might see the sun again in ten days. 😂 Anyway, Vivaldi's Winter makes it easier, especially through Mari Samuelson's violin. Have a good evening!

Probably the best "Flight of the Bumble Bee" I'll hear during my lifetime is György Cziffra's arrangement played by Yuja Wang. Have a beautiful Sunday and meet you again tomorrow!

Today, we begin with Anne-Sophie Mutter's violin performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, together with Herbert von Karajan and Berliner Philharmoniker. I also attached the YouTube link for the whole performance. (1984) Side note: Mutter was discovered by Karajan when she was only 13 years old, but he recognised the talent and kept her under his wing. This specific recording is Karajan's last, and due to his deteriorating health, it remained unpublished until after his death in 1989, and it went unnoticed for many years before becoming a symbol of the German music school.

I never refer to someone's nationality or whatever personal details unless it's absolutely relevant to the plot. This time, I will make an exception. Mezzo-soprano Anja Mittermüller, from my beautiful adoptive country, Austria, won the SWR contest for young opera singers, on January 17. And she's magnificent! 👏👏👏👏👏 I uploaded the trailer and added the YouTube link for the (small and friendly) contest. [Ruperto Chapí y Lorente's "Al pensar en el dueno de mis amores" from "Las Hijas del Zebedeo"]

While I usually prefer "old jazz", a notable exception would be The Midnight Hour, on this occasion performing "Redneph in B Minor". (Live at Linear Labs, 2018) Not like anyone asked, but my "favourite" jazz, so to speak, is played at night in basements full of cigarette smoke.

A late start today, with McCoy Tyner performing a solo piano performance of John Coltrane's Giant Steps. (Hamburg, 1996) I didn't post Jazz in some time so here we go.

I wish you all a fine weekend with the finale of Mahler's Symphony No. 1, Titan, with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle.

For today's lunch break, let's have a change of rhythm with Anne-Sophie Mutter playing John Williams' "Across the Stars" from "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" together with the Staatskapelle Berlin, under the baton of Manfred Honeck.

A history page with Camille Saint-Saëns playing his Valse Mignonne, Op.104. The video is from a silent film of Saint-Saëns, made by Sacha Guitry in 1914, synchronised with the composer's audio recording of 24 November 1919. Have a great evening!

I will have a small detour from my usual posts with the Orlando pas de deux from Woolf Works, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s writing. (The Royal Ballet)

For lunch break, a bit of emotion with Juliana Grigoryan breaking everyone's heart as Mimì in Puccini’s "La Bohème".

This is the kind of drama that I prefer in my life. Have a great day! (Paul Fey, The Phantom of the Opera).

I still have a celebratory post for today, since it's Plácido Domingo's 85th birthday. Tatiana Troyanos & Plácido Domingo singing “Tu qui, Santuzza?” from Mascagni's “Cavalleria Rusticana”. (Met Opera, 1978)

Today, I say goodbye with Yuja Wang playing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, 2nd movement, Andante. So peaceful...