Friday (and oh so very TGIF!)

I have not done too much of anything the last day and a half except work and sleep.  So how come I still feel tired?  It doesn't really matter, after truck night tonight I have the weekend off, Yippee!  I will probably bar the door and man the barricades to ensure a little peace and quite around the house, lol.  

Because I have not done anything but work and sleep, I have no idea if someone has finally managed to blow up the world or if Tinker Bell was named successor to Vladimir Putin (wouldn't that be a hoot!).  So I guess we will skip the part where I make wittty reparte' with the news and move on into some great Music and some really hot Men, mmm?

Your featured composer for today is Franz Schubert and in particular two of his Piano Sonatas.  Posted down below is Sviatislav Richter's marvelous 1972 performance of Schubert's Piano Sonata, D 960 recorded live in Prague.  Over on my tumblr, I have Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata posted.  Most of you are familiar with the Arpeggione, most often heard in its Cello transcription, sometimes in the Viola transcription.  

My tumblr has the original version, the Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano, D821 performed on period instruments by Alfred Lessing on Arpeggione and Jozef De Beenhouwer on Pianoforte.  That recording was made between 2000 and 2001 using a copy by Henning Aschauer of a 19th-century Arpeggione built either by J. G. Staufer or by Anton Mitteis (part of the collection of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) and the 1824 Conrad Graf Pianoforte from the Beethoven House in Bonn.  There is a movement to revive the Arpeggione as an instrument which you can read more about at the Arpeggione Project.

Then what would Friday be without a little eye candy to whet your appetite for a fun weekend?  I have hotness galore posted down below in this week's edition of Fantasy Fuel.  I am sure you all will find someone there that will trip your trigger!  Meanwhile, the Hottie of the Day! over on my tumblr wants you to know he is a real 'Outlaw' in bed.  Thanks for the visit, see you again for the Sunday Morning Concert.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!