Something a bit cheerful...

Libiamo ne' lieti calici/Drinking Song with the divine Maria Callas (from Verdi's La Traviata)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owYTgJEnR-4

(A translation can be found here: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/la-traviata-libiamo-ne-lieti-calici-lets-drink-joyful-cups.html)

Satie. Gnossienne No.1

https://youtu.be/oOTpQpoHHaw

No.3

https://youtu.be/yxY5NCPxs8A

Gymnopedie No.1

https://youtu.be/TL0xzp4zzBE

John Williams pays Asturias by Albenoz.

https://youtu.be/GY5y4Rp3tU8

Some more later....

The haunting and exotic “Asie” (1. in Ravel’s Schéhérazade) has great beauty and an air of the mysterious about it.

There are several wonderful performances/recordings, with sopranos like Ameling, Gens, Jessye Norman, and more… and I LOVE all of those versions, but I’d like to link to Suzanne Danco as her cool lyric voice with its impeccable French is perfectly suited to it and she’s not as well known today as she should be. I hope you find it as mesmerising as I do.

https://youtu.be/E3TR1gTG3oQ

Last night, after finally sleeping a bit, I woke up hearing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in my head (even if I had not even recently listened to it).

Here is the main theme I heard in my head:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNQFB0TDfY

Von Karajan. Berlin Philharmonic and Beethoven's 9th, second movement. 🥰

https://youtu.be/9NI6bFdRfxk

Greig. In The Hall Of The Mountain King.

https://youtu.be/kLp_Hh6DKWc

Saint-Saens. La Danse Macabre.

https://youtu.be/71fZhMXlGT4

Rossini - The Barber Of Seville (Overture)

https://youtu.be/qlrqdMXM0u0

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3

https://youtu.be/SCHg9tup9NA

Russian boys choir. 🙂

https://youtu.be/EFHQNgO3jTA

Dudley Moore 😄

https://youtu.be/h28kF6xDX3E

Bach - The Goldberg Variations (played by Glenn Gould)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah392lnFHxM