Concert: The Aulos Ensemble + Julianne Baird (12/5/2021)

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (with Keiran Campbell and Jonathan Cohen) (11/10/2021)

 

Paderewski Gala Concert (Kevin Kenner)

Paderewski Festival Gala Concert, featuring Kevin Kenner

Copland: Appalachian Spring (Original Chamber Version) (Columbia Chamber Ensemble / Copland)

 

Music on the occasion of my birthday. On this same day (October 30th) in 1944, Copland's Appalachian Spring premiered at the Library of Congress in D.C.. It would go on to win the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music. 

Concert: The Paris Quartet - The Great Trios and Beyond (10/22/2021)

Malcolm Arnold: 100th year birth anniversary. Symphonies and Orchestral Works (Penny/Handley)

Malcolm Arnold (10.21.1921 - 9.23.2006) 100th year birth anniversary.

Sweelinck 400th Anniversary

400th Anniversary of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 10.16.1621)

Brescianello : Tisbe (Il Gusto Barocco)

Brescianello : Tisbe (Il Gusto Barocco)

「中頭獎的是我嗎？」「當然Brescianello(不是你囉)～～」

DG New Stravinsky Complete Edition

Finally finished listening to the entire new 2021 DG Stravinsky Edition.

Arriaga: Orchestra and Vocal Works (Il Fondamento/Dombrecht)

 

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga (1806 - 1826) Orchestral and Vocal Works (Il Fondamento / Paul Dombrecht)

「什麼祕密？！Arriaga((閩南語) 啊你啊～～共(呷)) 我講啦！」

Paderewski: Piano Concertos (Piers Lane/Jonathan Plowright)

 

30 years and 83 releases later (yes, I actually collected all of them), back to Paderewski. 

 

「剛有人被壞人追殺，超可Paderewski(怕的咧～～付司機)的錢來不及掏，就趕緊下車跑了～～」 

Pulcinella's Original Sources (Gallo/Wassenaer/Monza)

 

"Can I entertain you with some music by Gallo, Wassenaer, or Monza?"

"Who?"

"The true sources behind Stravinsky's Pulcinella."

"Oh!!" 

Howard Hanson: Orchestral Works (Schwarz)

 

Howard Hanson (1896-1981): Orchestral Works (Gerard Schwarz)

「好懷念小時候讀的Hanson(漢聲)小百科～～」

Mozart HIP sets (Bilson/Immserseel/Bezuidenhout)

Finding solace in HIP Mozart.

Lully: Proserpine (Niquet) / Stravinsky: Persephone (Nagano)

Persephone and Proserpina, Greek and Roman versions of the same goddess, and the classical music based on her.

Teodorico Pedrini: Sonatas op.3 (XVIII-21)(Sirocco)(Wilson/Lindorff)

 

350th birth anniversary of Teodorico Pedrini (6.30.1671 – 12.10.1746), Italian priest, composer, and missionary in China. His 12 violin sonatas are the only Baroque musical compositions known to exist in 18th century China.

「靠過來咩～」
「Pedrini (呸！得離你)越遠越好～～～」

Igor Stravinsky (Michael Oliver)

 

Michael Oliver's Igor Stravinsky, nice biography of one of 20th century's most influential composers. A book of just the right length covering his life and major works at the right depth.

Jeanne Lamon (1949.8.14 – 2021.6.20)

 

RIP Jeanne Lamon (1949.8.14 – 2021.6.20)

Merulo: Organ-Alternatim Masses (Federico del Sordo/Nova Schola Gregoriana/In Dulci Jubilo)

Claudio Merulo (1533-1604): Organ-Alternatim Masses

 

「得準備回轉了。前面Merulo(沒路囉)～～」

Offenbach operettas (Minkowski)

Offenbach operettas conducted by... Marc Minkowski ??!!

 

「這pizza要怎麼切？」

「Offenbach(喔，分八個)等分好了～～」

Albinoni: Op.2 Sinfonie e Concerti (1700) (Insieme Strumentale di Roma)(Ensemble 415)

 

Happy 350th birth anniversary Albinoni (1671-1751), famous today for something he didn't actually write. For something he did write, his op.2 Sinfonie e Concerti (1700) marks the end of his early discovery phase.

「你玩這個很無聊耶～～」
「Albinoni(阿，比弄你)的有趣多了～～」

Clerambault + Monteclair: Pyrame et Thisbe and other French Baroque cantatas

 

Clerambault + Monteclair: Pyrame et Thisbe and other French Baroque cantatas

 

年初曾簡短聊過Ovid的Metamorphoses裡的Pyramus and Thisbe故事，該是介紹有關它的音樂了。

Dohnanyi: Orchestral Works (BBC Philharmonic/Bamert)

 

Dohnanyi: Orchestral Works (BBC Philharmonic/Bamert)

 

「這東西重死了，找了壯丁們來還是Dohnányi(都很難移)動～～」

The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Alex Ross)

 

Finished after many "false starts". Comprehensive overview of the development of classical music in the 20th century. Tedious but ultimately rewarding. 

 

不見得需要喜歡，但應該要多瞭解。

Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus (Gardiner)(d'Herin)

 

Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus (Gardiner)(d'Herin)

 

「別獨自一人躲在上面～～」

「說的也Scylla et Glaucus(是啦～～唉，閣樓苦思)也想不出任何東西......」

George Onslow + Louis Spohr: Nonets (Osmosis)

 

George Onslow (1784-1853) and Louis Spohr (1784-1859): Nonets (Osmosis)

 

簫韶「九」成。

 

Clara Schumann + Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios (The Nash Ensemble)

 

(Belated) Classical Music for Mother's Day. Music written by moms: Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel chamber music (The Nash Ensemble)

 

遲來的發文，節日過後才趕出來。今年母親節，聽的是浪漫時期兩位最有名，又為人母的女性音樂家及作曲家所寫的音樂。

Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt + Requiem (Chorus Musicus Koeln/Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering)

 

Lesser-known vocal works of Robert Schumann. Der Rose Pilgerfahrt + Requiem (Chorus Musicus Koeln/Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering)

「他讀Schumann(書慢)，但做事可快了～～」

Zachow: Cantatas (Cantus Thuringia/Capella Thuringia/Bernhard Klapprott)

 

Music for Easter: Zachow Easter Cantata (Cantus Thuringia/Capella Thuringia/Bernhard Klapprott)

 

「下一堂課開始前，記得將黑板Zachow(擦好)。」(重用老梗)

 

Gottfried August Homilius: St. John Passion (Dresdner Kreuzchor/Dresdner Barockorchester/Roderich Kreile)

 

Music for Passiontide/Holy Week. St John Passion by Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785). (Dresdner Kreuzchor/Dresdner Barockorchester/Roderich Kreile)

「剛考試看小抄，還Homilius(好沒老師)看到～～」

 

Jean Gilles: Lamenations of Jeremiah (Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet)

 

Music for Holy Week: Jean Gilles (1668-1705) Lamentations of Jeremiah (Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet)

 

「 我真的等不Gilles(及了)！」

Paganini: 24 Caprices (Zehetmair)

 

Paganini 24 Caprices (Zehetmair). Unlike most all-too-often modern renditions adhering to strict note-perfect execution, this one captures a truer Paganini spirit, complete with modifications and embellishments!

 

忠於原「音」還是忠於原「義」?

Bach: Keyboard Works (Scott Ross)

Happy Belated Birthday, J.S. Bach, the namesake of my older boy. An even more belated birthday to the late pioneering Scott Ross. 

 

Music of Marianna Martines (La Floridiana/Nicoleta Paraschivescu)

 

Classical Music for International Women's Day:

Music of Marianna Martines (1744 - 1812)

 

「記得你還小的時候，太大塊的食物，都是Martines(媽替你撕)成小塊再餵你吃的嗎?」

Black Composers Series (Paul Freeman)

Classical Music for Black History Month. Black Composers Series (Paul Freeman).

 

每逢二月就是美國的Black History Month，目的在慶祝和紀念美國非裔歷史與文化。二月結束前，特地來聊聊分享一下這套頗有意思的Black Composers Series。

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle + Stabat Mater (Spering)。

 

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle + Stabat Mater (Spering). 

If Rossini stopped writing operas at the age of 37 and went into semi-retirement the next 40 years, at least he left us 2 rather interesting sacred masterpieces. 

 

「同樣的狀況，Rossini(若是你)，會怎麼處理?」

Barsanti: Concerti Grossi Op.3 (Ensemble Marsyas)(Auser Musici)

 

Barsanti: Concerti Grossi Op.3 (Ensemble Marsyas)(Auser Musici)

(and other personal musings on Barsanti)

 

「你Barsanti(爸身體)好硬朗呀，完全看不出來如此高齡耶！」

Holst: The Planets (Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle)

 

Big Space Adventure! A musical journey through the planets with none other than Holst's The Planets......

 

古典音樂帶你飛向外太空～～ 

Mondonville: Grand Motets (Higginbottom/Christie/Coin/Vashegyi)

 

Mondonville: Grand Motets (Higginbottom/Christie/Coin/Vashegyi)

 

「她那Mondonville(懵懂未了)事的樣子，真的好可愛！」

Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia: Complete Works (Horst Göbel)

 

 

 

Complete Works of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1772-1806). Dedicatee of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3, but more importantly a gifted pianist and composer himself.

名副其實的「音樂王子」。

 

Music by the Sons of J.S. Bach (Freiburger Barockorchester)

 

 

Music by the Sons of J.S. Bach (Freiburger Barockorchester)

 

子承父業呢～～

Zelenski: Piano Quartet + Piano Concerto (Jonathan Plowright + Szymanowski Quartet / BBC Scottish Symphony)

 

100th year death anniversary of Polish composer Władysław Żeleński (1837-1921)

「Zelenski(這人事跡)實在是太傳奇了！」

Telemann: Moral Cantatas

 

Telemann: Moral Cantatas

道德勸說，寓教於「樂」。

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (Markus Schäfer/Tobias Koch)

 

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (Markus Schäfer/Tobias Koch). True HIP (historically informed practice) performance!

Pyramus and Thisbe

 

Pyramus and Thisbe. The "original" Romeo and Juliet, and the music it inspired.