Love Brahms' 2nd piano!! Especially that horn that opens the piece, wow. So many versions -- Fleisher, Pollini, Barenboim, etc. Jasper is a sweet place, less touristy than Banff and quieter even in peak summer season. Near Jasper, be sure to see tiny Spirit Island by boat tour cruise...

Hi Luis, Glad you and yours had a great time in Canada. We're not as enriched with classical fests/concerts as in Europe, but Nature compensates with sublime scenery and experiences. Next time, do visit the Rockies out in Alberta! Best CM

Time for Handel's Hallelujah chorus!!

Hello LM, I'm OK, hope you are too. Just enjoying my stereo system and musik whenever I can. Getting pumped for retirement this fall. Looking forward to other projects and to spending more time with family out east. Hoping to getting some travel done now that restrictions are easing at...

Angela Hewitt talks about recording: https://www.cbc.ca/music/how-angela-hewitt-gets-the-most-out-of-her-recording-sessions-1.6333981?cmp=FEED_PROG_music

Angela Hewitt interview, on recording and on Beethoven's sonatas: https://www.cbc.ca/music/how-angela-hewitt-gets-the-most-out-of-her-recording-sessions-1.6333981?cmp=FEED_PROG_music

LuisMad, thanks for this documentary re. Gergiev. He's an interesting character, with very mixed reviews for his Bruckner (Munich) and other conductors. Some conductors communicate with their eyes, others, like him, seem to prefer just a flick of their hands. Abbado did both, Haitink hands...

^ Nothing wrong with "Mille tres" GFs, although back then, mortality from syphilis was astronomical. :scream: :couple_with_heart::bikini::bikini::bikini:

Funny, that was what I was also thinking. Raiders of the Lost Pill. off to the supermarket. TC, CM

Salzburg video ^: I think that's Thomas Hampson, looking for his Viagra pills.

Heck, in that video of DB playing Pathetique....he even dresses like Ludwig van!! :dt880smile: High collar, mussy hair, pout. Enjoying the heat wave here -- -6C right now. T-shirts and lemonade. cheers CM

Cheers LM.