Timothy Weir

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Too bad you couldn’t use small doses.

Happy birthday to Jenő Blau, whom we know as Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985). The celebrated, long-serving Music Director (42 yrs.) of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he left a long recorded legacy on Columbia and RCA. I'm grateful to Sony Classical for giving us the majority of it in beautiful sets.

Happy Positivity Monday. That's my kind of cup!

Happy Positivity Monday. Laugh and love.

That’s exactly how it feels - steadfast and true.

Happy Friyay! My geraniums live on indoors and are quite content.

it means everything. Happy World Kindness Day 2025.

So glad to hear that. Eveyone can make a difference right now.

Happy Positivity Monday. With food insecurity happening in our community, find a way to feed a neighbor.

A dream come true: film footage of Simon Barere on TV in 1950 has surfaced and it's extraordinary. He plays an abridged version of the Gounod-Liszt Faust Waltz with his legendary dazzling technique & great lyricism - and the unmoving face of Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch & other greats. Link in comments!

Feed one. It’s a start.

Victor Schiøler's Exquisite Chopin Preludes | The Piano Files Get more from The Piano Files on Patreon

An introduction to Victor Schiøler and a link to the latest recordings, with a special focus on one of the superb Chopin Preludes from his unpublished 1956 cycle; also, two tributes I prepared about the artist:

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Danish pianist Victor Schiøler studied with Friedman & Schnabel, taught Victor Borge, and produced hours of superb recordings. His 1956 Chopin Preludes remained unpublished, and extensive searches finally uncovered a pressing uncatalogued in the archive - and WOW! Check the link in the comments!

Sonatas by his contemporaries Dussek and Moscheles suffer the same fate.

Happy Almost-Friyay!

Legendary pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) was born in Lyon, France, to German parents 130 years ago today. He was a master colorist who became closely identified with the piano music of French composer Claude Debussy. A timeless artist.

Ceramic violin 1710 At the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon. (from post by Jeanphi Lippe)

Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025) passed away from congestive heart failure yesterday in Kingston, New York. He brought his fluid, versatile playing to Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and, more recently, Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio. Rest in Peace.

His message that day in Philadelphia was for others.

Happy Positivity Monday. They are.

I think you tipped me off to this one. It is one of my favorites, too.

Remarkable that she had not sung professionally until this recording.

It certainly represents a change in how people listen to music.

Some records stand the test of time to become classics. This one has. Verve's album from saxophonist Stan Getz, “Getz/Gilberto,” was a cultural phenomenon in the mid-1960s, fueling the popularity of Bossa-Nova music. This Impex Records SACD/1Step is its best release yet.

Enjoy your Friday morning, coffee, friends.

Painting “Provence Café Morning“ by David Lloyd Glover, oil on canvas

Art today. Sharing this 1912 oil painting, “The Road to Cape Porpoise,” by artist Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858-1925), a leading American Impressionist and member of the Ten American Painters, or simply, The Ten. His best known works are of the New England countryside and shore.

Hear it?

What a complete waste.

All the best in your new venture!