I will wish you a peaceful evening and good night with Pablo Sáinz Villegas performing Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio movement). Orquesta de Radio y Televisión de España directed by Carlos Kalmar. Teatro Monumental de Madrid, 2015 👏👏👏

For our American brothers and sisters, who today celebrate Thanksgiving, I chose Verdi's "Và Pensiero", from Nabucco. Metropolitan Opera, conducted by James Levine, 2001

Today's Kickstarter is Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana. Arnold Schoenberg Chor with the Wiener KammerOrchester, conducted by Francisco Navarro Lara. Golden Saal Musikverein Vienna, 2024 Have a great day!

I will end the day with Josef Hofmann playing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2. (1945) Did you know that Rachmaninov, after finishing his 3rd Concerto, asked Hofmann to play it at its premiere in 1909? While Hofmann refused, and Rachmaninoff was the one to play it, now we witness the original intention, so to speak, because the 3rd Concerto was dedicated to Hofmann.

Always an immense pleasure, Martha Argerich playing Bach's English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808, The Gavottes. (Rosengarten Mannheim, 2023)

Enjoy your coffee with Marie-Astrid Hulot playing Bach's Toccata and Fugue! (I added a few pictures with coffee places from Vienna to wish you an even better day.)

My goodbye post for today is with Caroline Campbell wonderfully playing Monti's Csàrdàs. PS: Thank you for your comments! 👏

Today's double espresso feeling is given by Itzhak Perlman playing Fiocco's Allegro. Have a great day!

A short moment with Juliana Grigoryan from Puccini’s La Bohème, “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì”.

For lunch break, Maurizio Pollini playing Beethoven's Appassionata. Epic ending!

Let's begin with the classic guitar, Émilie Fend playing Se ela Perguntar by Dilermando Reis. Have a great week!

The trailer for Mozart's The Wedding of Figaro with Christian Gerhaher as the Count of Almaviva and Sabine Devieilhe as Susanna. Opéra National de Paris, until December 27th.

Ingemisco from the "Dias irae" movement of Verdi's Requiem. Young Pavarotti and Karajan, Scala di Milano, 1967. Did you know that Pavarotti was a goalkeeper? I might have said it before...

I will leave you today with the "Wings and Feathers" trailer from Semperoper Ballet Dresden. Auf Wiedersehen!

One of the most peaceful songs, Paul de Senneville's Mariage D'amour, played by Iva Kosić.

This is new for me. I just found out that last week we had the Vienna Japanese Ball. Have a beautiful day!

I will end the day and wish you all a fantastic weekend through another leap back in time with Ivry Gitlis, violin, and Tasso Janopoulo, piano, performing Elgar's La capricieuse, Op.17. (Paris, 1962)

A beautiful evening with Ida Haendel, violin, and Ilya Itkin, piano, playing Beethoven's Sonata for violin and piano No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, also known as the "Kreutzer" Sonata (Finale: Presto).

For lunch break, I'm back with Ana Vidović, this time performing Bach's Partita in A minor, BWV 1013, Corrente.

Maria João Pires playing the first movement of Mozart's piano concerto no 21, K. 446 (1985)