I end the day with a history page from September 14, 1969, when David Nadien played the Swan Lake solo with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
CBS transmitted it as part of an educational series of concerts called "Young People's Concerts".
For my afternoon coffee, and yours, I have pure opera. Luciano Pavarotti singing "Una furtiva lagrima" from Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore".
An emblematic start of the day with Stefan Dohr performing the Horn Solo of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, 2nd movement. (It ends a bit abruptly.)
(Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado)
For today's goodnight, Yukine Kuroki performs Liszt's 2nd Ballade. Live performance at TivoliVredenburg during Liszt Utrecht 2022, where she won first prize.
A late espresso today, backed by Víkingur Ólafsson performing Bach´s "Prelude & Fugue" in C minor, live from Harpa, Reykjavík.
A few moments from last weekend's Mass at the Frauenkirche in Munich. Have a great week ahead!
To mark the end of this week, I chose a cover of Radiohead's "Creep" accompanied by a brass band.
Morgan James & Brass Against
I should post more young artists. Someone's always complaining without considering their limited years of experience, so here we go. Today, Justus Eichhorn is playing Liszt's Grande Étude de Paganini No. 2.
Have a fine Sunday!
If you ever asked yourself how ABBA would sound in a Baroque era, you're in the right place. (From Boston Baroque)
I must say that I was quite impressed by Wiggenstein's arrangement of Barber's "Adagio for Strings". Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
My late lunch choice for today is Daniil Trifonov playing Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66.
This video is from his Yellow Lounge performance in Berlin (2018), but it's quite an experience to observe how his passion has evolved since 2010 at the Chopin Institute.
Let's start the day with elegance.
Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100, second movement (Andante con moto). Isabelle Faust (violin), Soll Gabetta (cello), and Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano).
Have a good day!
In November, Sotheby's New York will auction Van Gogh's "Châtaigniers en fleurs". It hasn't been seen in public for over 60 years, and if you have the opportunity, this is your chance to see it before it might disappear for who knows how many decades again.
For a quick espresso, I will bring you back to Austria. Here are a few moments with the Vienna Synchron Orchestra and P.T. Adamczyk creating the score for "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt".
For your morning coffee, today I have Sabine Devieilhe singing Ophelia's aria "Adieu, dit-il, ayez foi!" from Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet.
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées with Louis Langrée, conductor
Opéra Comique, Salle Favart, 21 December 2018
On September 30, 1791, Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" (The Magic Flute) premiered in Vienna, conducted by Mozart himself. Today, I want to celebrate these 235 years with Diana Damrau singing the Queen of the Night aria.
From her album "Arie Di Bravura"
Make your lunch epic with the opening chorus of the St Matthew Passion by Bach. Performed by the Malmö Chamber Choir and Orchestra in Lund Cathedral, Sweden, and conducted by Prof. Dan-Olof Stenlund.
Today I kick off once again with Gautier Capuçon, this time with his ensemble "Capucelli", performing Javier Martínez Campos' "Fantaisie pour la Classe d'Excellence".
Have a great day!
On Friday, Itzhak Perlman released a new recording based on George Gershwin's “Someone to Watch Over Me”, built around an old recording by Ella Fitzgerald, over which he added new violin and orchestral arrangements.
The song is more of a teaser from Perlman’s album “The Way We Were: My American Songbook,” which will be released tomorrow.
And with this, I wish you all a good evening!
Well, this was fun! A Japanese mandolin ensemble singing Eduardo Mezzacapo's <Tarantella "Napoli">. The group may be called "Gclef", but it's beyond me to understand anything.
