For lunch break, between an espresso and a cigarette, I propose Rossini's "The Barber of Seville", Act I Finale, with Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva.
Did you know that the premiere (February 20, 1816, in Rome) was a complete bust? Only after that did it start to gain traction and become the success we all know it to be.
For your morning coffee, a short moment with Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma playing Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Flight of the Bumblebee". If you want to take a deeper dive into this, their collaboration began with their 1992 album "Hush" (more than two years at the top of the Billboard Classical).
For today, a flamenco moment with Carlos Montoya performing "Farruca".
Starting tomorrow, I should be back with more frequent posting.
I was in the mood for Vivaldi and decided to share with you a moment with Esther Abrami playing "Winter". 🥂
For today, an excerpt from a 1971 live performance of Ahmad Jamal, “Extensions”, and a few pictures with the Mediterranean Sea from the South of France.
Have a beautiful weekend!
Possibly my only post for today, Keith Jarrett playing "I Fall In Love Too Easily" at the Lugano Estival Jazz in 1986.
Have a great day!
My only post for today, maybe a bit dark, Gabriel Fauré's "Élégie" performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Patricia Zander in 1983, in Tokyo.
Have a great day!
A few pictures from Juan-Les-Pins, where every year there's "Jazz à Juan", a famous festival that dates back to 1960. This year, it takes place from July 9 to July 19. If you have kids and don't want to pay the tickets, the venue is right at the park and you can listen to the music for free, with a bottle of wine, while the little ones are having a good time too.
Probably my only post for today, Sonny Rollins and Rufus Harley (with bagpipes!) playing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" in 1978, London.
Have a fine day!
Today I say goodbye with Narciso Yepes playing Bach's Prelude (Passaggio, Presto) and Bourrée BWV 996 on his 10-string guitar for the Spanish Television in 1976.
A few pictures from Saint Paul de Vence, France, which was home to Marc Chagall.
(I'll add a few more as a reply to this post.)
If you're already sick of the news, let's have a better start of the week with Puccini's "Nessun Dorma", magnificently interpreted by the tenor Jonathan Tetelman together with the Lithuanian National Orchestra.
For both ladies who follow this account, a history page with Annie Fischer playing Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 10, in G major, Op. 14 No.2, III. Scherzo: Allegro Assai. (1976)
Have a beautiful day!
Open that whiskey bottle and let's enjoy Lee Morgan working that trumpet for "I Remember Clifford" together with Benny Folsom (sax), Bobby Timmons (piano), Art Blakey (drums) and Jymie Merritt (bass).
Recorded at L'Olympia, Paris, on November 22, 1958.
We can have "Nostr Shorts" too. Today, Angela Gheorghiu as Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata.
Always a mood-booster, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, and Valentina Lisitsa rocks it.
Have a great weekend!
Herbert von Karajan and Berliner Philharmoniker performing Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". (Berlin Philharmonie, 1966)
Watching this black-and-white video, I can't resist asking myself how it would be for us to be able to watch Bach or Mozart, for example. 🤷
For your coffee break, Nina Simone playing "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free". (Montreux, 1976)
I say goodbye with guitars. Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin showing off with "Mediterranean Sundance".
Have a fine evening!
"Siegfried’s horn call."
As a side note, or a "fun fact", the coincidence is that Klaus Florian Vogt was a horn player before becoming a tenor. Still, the horn that you hear is played by Giovanni Emanuele Urso, principal horn player.
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