I end the day with a change of rhythm and style, with Chet Baker's "Time After Time". (Belgium, 1964)
Have an evening beautiful like this performance!
Classical Music
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An amateur's corner
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The great Mario Lanza, seen here in “The Great Caruso” film from1951, singing “La Donna e Mobile” from Verdi's “Rigoletto”.
For lunch break, a moment to make you fly with Evgeny Kissin playing Schubert/Liszt - Der Müller und der Bach.
A more energetic start of the week with Gil Shaham, Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker rockin' Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77.
Today I say goodbye with the pure bliss from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K 467, 2nd movement, Andante, "Elvira Madigan", with Herbert von Karajan aus director and pianist.
Evgeny Kissin plays Ludwig van Beethoven's Rondo a Capriccio in G major, Op. 129, known as "Rage Over a Lost Penny" (because it comically depicts outbursts of anger).
London, 1997
One dream that, for now, seems far away is to hear Mozart in the Sagrada Familia.
Here, the beginning of Mozart's Symphony No. 25 with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko.
Have a blessed Sunday!
PS: It's mind-blowing to think that Mozart wrote this when he was 17.
Mood:
Joe Pass, All Things You Are (Brecon Jazz Festival, 1991)
Have a great evening and meet you again tomorrow!
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!
An ad for Wagner’s Siegfried, which will have its last presentation on January 31, from the Opéra de Paris.
Siegfried (Andreas Schager) confronts Mime (Gerhard Siegel) and questions his origins.
A very late start today but for lunch break I chose Bach's Air with Anne Akiko Meyers and Reiko Uchida.
Have a beautiful Friday!
Tonight, I say goodbye with Glenn Gould performing The Goldberg Variations (Bach) in 1964.
Have a good evening!
I take a small detour with Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli playing "J'attendrai", which is the French version of the Italian "Tornerai". (1938)
Somebody in the comments proposed Yehudi Menuhin with Ravi Shankar so here we go.
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Today I start with a bit more joy.
Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Overture, with The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein.
Have a great day!
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!
For today's late lunch break,
Renaud Capuçon and Martha Argerich playing Kreisler's Liebesleid (Love's sorrow) for Violin and Piano.