Classical Music

Today I will say goodbye with Mariella Devia singing "Com’è bello!" from Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia". https://nostr.download/58fe6a3d1f1cec4784385ac0919662024c0a2757e376a970a1fae8efe7d25d32.mp4

One more post off the beaten path, Nina Simone performing "Strange Fruit" at Jazz à Juan, the International Jazz Festival from Juan-les-Pins, France, in 1965. (The festival still takes place every year.) Nina appears alongside Lisle Atkinson (bass), Rudy Stevenson (guitar & flute) and Bobby Hamilton (drums). https://nostr.download/19c21bf48a18f92094a2de203c84a2d456fd7919b66c003c4f31d4525d39c24b.mp4

A small detour with Es Devlin's Library of Light in Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano. It was available this spring, and every evening at 8 o'clock, there was a recorded reading of extracts from "The Order of Time" by Carlo Rovelli, read by Benedict Cumberbatch, and preceded by an extract from "Il Cielo Mistico" by Maria Gaetana Agnesi. It’s underscored by Polyphonia with extracts from Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61. https://nostr.download/1b31a59dfba356721940b4b130d4e98d725a27f5967d3a11a744ebec737cd3c9.mp4 In the second video, her newest installation, "Library of Us," is located on the beach in Miami. https://nostr.download/10269d4cfccbe1197adcdee3aab8a2ae36032f60c708d7df816c9512b5b9d48b.mp4

I will say goodbye today with a special page of music's history, Arthur Grumiaux’s magnificent interpretation of Ernest Bloch’s Baal Shem, the second movement, Nigun. (Nobody seems to know who the pianist is, only that the recording is from the 1970s.) https://nostr.download/32edb8460379ebfbf0c66da3610d908bf06160fb3235ee3490b94e44c5efa230.mp4 He really makes it feel like a prayer. As a side note, Yehudi Menuhin, who knew Bloch since childhood, described him as “a musician like an Old Testament prophet, with a divine fire that could scorch the bystander". And with this, I wish you all a great evening!

Happy 2nd Sunday of Advent! ”O du fröhliche“ with the Philharmonic of Vienna. https://nostr.download/f0efe20ef94e3308c320d82e649d9eb4eaf17f8fc8b79cc25f562432e2db5a34.mp4

Perhaps less known in Europe, Jeanine De Bique singing Handel's V'adoro Pupille. https://nostr.download/aa52760c1fdae289ad44bf41d269012f378ad5913805ee91ecd201a06dda29f4.mp4

A slow morning with Tatiana Nikolaiyeva playing the andante from Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Concerto. (1992) Have a great day! https://nostr.download/86dc0c9018ab25dda8b5e8c7b38e7d786415a12a30caac332d9d710f1a270a51.mp4

I can't leave this day with so few posts so here's a leap back to 1975 with Henryk Szeryng playing Kreisler’s Schön Rosmarin. Have a beautiful evening! https://nostr.download/b807a11b97e1322cdec031921986da9d40fcceb73affe94392e2841d5e169392.mp4

Not much posting today but I'll say goodbye with the trombone from Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. https://nostr.download/14dc892d810c05b5bf995deeadab229371fbe4fde36d430fbe9f81c4ee3580b4.mp4

Continuing a bit with Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, beginning on December 14, Nureyev's Nutcracker launches in cinemas. https://nostr.download/8c739763e2323a4164b5897651846083d7f468342468f8cc231e303f08722a97.mp4 nostr:nevent1qqsgz3u4u3m3puzrtmejrrz82s6sl97769um9d68snglsuuqtl04t8cpypmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnfw33k76twv35hxarjd93hgtn0wfnj7q3qjjmn7wwhz0aat6d7czxwnqz4ula490smzx3ayvuxxpey493ua8lsxpqqqqqqz96qcpk

This may come as a surprise to some, but today, Ballet Opéra de Paris is presenting the premiere of “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, inspired by Victor Hugo's novel. Have a great day! 🥐☕ https://nostr.download/bfc44841d4bcff15e597523a83275b0ee8e9ba6cbc476b6815daf2f461c6b74d.mp4

I wish you a beautiful weekend with Ana Vidović playing Bach's Partita in E major, BWV 1006. Wonderful! https://nostr.download/4e49c048ea3f8aa8cc08401bac1c84d63c7cfe26b5435bf39f5e00ec921ca357.mp4

My baroque mood of the day: Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, played by organist Hans-André Stamm on the Trost-Organ of the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen, Germany. https://nostr.download/55cc594c522bd82abc599dbcbbb7f73b12b4a7b84d8961c571457db72e528b26.mp4

This would probably be my ideal alarm for my phone. I don't remember hearing anyone performing Monti's Czardas on the flute but Jasmine Choi definitely nailed it. Have a great Friday! https://nostr.download/215f5abe69261ce2a69ef8278fb700942cd3b3cfd80ba17a69eae5e27115d7c5.mp4

I just realised that I skipped opera for some time. In conclusion, today I'll say goodnight will this absolute masterpiece from 1981 with Claudio Desderi and Paolo Montarsolo singing “Un segreto d’importanza” from Rossini’s “La Cenerentola”. 👏👏👏 I wish you all a beautiful evening! https://nostr.download/1f629983cf384abdb8c78517fa6350325dcdebfb846384b3cca88af49c3e62ab.mp4

For today's lunch break, Nikolai Lugansky is playing Rachmaninov's Moment musical Op. 16 No. 4 in E minor, Presto. La Roque d’Anthéron, France, 2002. https://nostr.download/b0c2a3246389cfcfb8019848b1a1af6cbfde37329f6028d18f4dfe6b4d98caed.mp4

A peaceful moment with Kazuhito Yamashita playing on a classical guitar, Bach's Cello Suite No.6, Prélude BWV 1012. https://nostr.download/bd80b59142ea312cea4d7f754260600c53b30650d8bb93bf9974bc0ac628e6e7.mp4

Our morning coffee today is with Maria Clara Mandolesi performing Piatti Caprice No. 12. Have a great day! https://nostr.download/4fdd555d9699faa4ed4bb192aea482c09a08a9e6a58ebf6e5fcd87831347d4a6.mp4

Warner Bros Italy hits different, I guess. From December 25, Primavera in Cinemas. https://nostr.download/53705edb766823f95063633003d8eb78954a0cd85fb9792e43245f74676e7624.mp4

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