Karl Böhm's classic interpretation of Beethoven's Pastorale symphony is out! The recording has been re-mastered and directly cut to lacquer from the 4-track master using only analogue technology. Discover more at the-original-source.com

Domani ad Omnibus La7 ore 8.00 con Frediano Finucci Lando Maria Sileoni FABI Brunello Rosa Massimiliano Marzo Manuela Donghi Antonio Tomassini European Central Bank #bce #fisco

Enjoyed to participate at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in Vatican gardens. Talked about the debt challenges of Global South and international financial architecture distortions due asymmetric supply of #SafeAssets. It was my great honor to meet Pope Francis.

Richard Strauss was born on this day 160 years ago. Here is one of my favourite Lieder by maestro Strauss, Die Nacht, sung exquisitely by Kammersängerin Edita Gruberová with Friedrich Haider at piano. youtu.be/35RbSsq3O2Y?si…

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Team RIV in their element this #WorldProductivityDay, pushing boundaries and achieving excellence everyday! 🚀 #Productivity #WorkHardPlayHard

Hear from our visionary CEO, Roberto on the work culture at RIV! #WorkCulture #CompanyCulture #Dubai #Office

35 years of silence...

The top of page 1 from the score of Brahms' magisterial Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major. The oddly objectifying inscription reads "Dedicated to his dear friend and teacher Eduard Marxsen." The piece was completed in 1881; Marxsen was still alive and kicking at age 75.

Proust, il grande wagneriano: "Convinto che i brani che ascoltavo (il preludio del Lohengrin, l'ouverture del Tannhäuser...) esprimessero le più sublimi verità, ...affidavo loro tutto quanto custodivo allora di migliore, di più profondo." (All'ombra delle fanciulle in fiore)

Oggi iniziano le Olimpiadi di Parigi. Avrebbero potuto svolgersi a Roma, ma qualche anno fa il Movimento Cinque Stelle riunì il meccanico e il fruttivendolo di Di Battista e chiese loro cosa fare. Loro dissero di no e, conseguentemente, allora l’allora sindaco Virginia Raggi

"When you listen to the last chord of "Tristan", the tonality of it, the spirit of that chord, you feel that there is nothing material anymore. It is pure spirit, and it is two spirits united. Finally... wherever they unite" - Semyon Bychkov on Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

Euro is massively overvalued, which means the Euro zone is importing deflation. EUR/$ at 1.09 doesn't seem like a big deal (white), but in trade-weighted terms the Euro is the strongest it's been since peak-oil in 2008 just before the global financial crisis. Deflation is coming.

Johann Strauss II e l'amicone Brahms

I posted about the beauty of Bologna's porticoes before, but I didn't realise there are a still a few of the original, wooden-style porticoes in existence.

Starting August 20, 2024, Swiss banks will introduce instant payments, allowing money transfers within 10 seconds, 24/7. lenews.ch/2024/08/08/ins… #Switzerland #InstantPayments #Banking #BankingNews

Relive the Berliner Philharmoniker's beloved 1993 summer concert at the Waldbühne under the direction of the legendary Seiji Ozawa! The orchestra’s virtuosity and expressivity shined on Aram Khachaturian's Sabre dance. bit.ly/3AskgFu

Julien Prégardien was in tears at the end of Die schöne Müllerin, and I am in tears too! What an amazing performance by him and by Andras Schiff tonight at the Mozarteum

The Solti/Gruberova was my favorite until I lent it to a charming young lady one evening 😇 never saw her or the disc again 📀 can’t imagine anything surpassing this performance #MyBoyBöhm 💎 Auger’s Constanze ethereal 🪐 @StaatskapelleDD 🌴🇹🇷🩵⭐️

“Freddo, fame, miseria, ma io gli alamari li ho sempre tenuti”. La testimonianza unica, toccante e piena di vita del Maresciallo dei #Carabinieri Renato Quaglia, 106 anni, agli Allievi della storica caserma Cernaia di Torino #PossiamoAiutarvi