Dukas 160th birth and 90th death annivesary. Dukas Edition (Warner). Prix de Rome works (Bru Zane)

Dukas (10.1.1865 – 05.17. 1935) 160th birth and 90th death anniversary.

Published works (solo piano, chamber, orchestral, opera) by Warner and early unpublished works by Bru Zane.

Ravel 150th Death Anniversary. Complete Works by Warner

Ravel (03.07.1875 – 12.28.1937) 150th death anniversary. The Complete Works box set by Warner.

2025年冥誕與逝世大週年的重要作曲家還蠻多的，自己設下的聆聽目標，在有限時間內只得做出一定的取捨。今年最瘋狂的，莫過於先前貼過的Johann Strauss II(小史特勞斯)管弦樂作品全集。而上半年開始卻未完成的Warner那套Ravel全集，則是近來在聖誕假期內完成。

Arnold Matthias Brunckhorst: Opera Omnia (Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg)

Forgotten music by Arnold Matthias Brunckhorst (c1670－1725). Keyboard works, Christmas History (Oratorio), and Easter History (Oratorio).

「必須得這樣做，不然可是(Brunckhorst)會被罵的！」

Baroque Christmas Music medley (12/25/2025)

Baroque Christmas Music medley (from mostly CPO).

Bizet: Carmen + Les pêcheurs de perles (Solti/Plasson/Bloch)

Revisiting Bizet's most beloved operas in his 150th death anniversary year.

Concert: SF Symphony Youth Orchestra - Peter and the Wolf (12/14/2025)

Boys' first orchestra experience at Davies Hall, also mine in a long time..... SF Symphony Youth Orchestra presents Peter and the Wolf. Highly impressed with the high standard of playing.

Dmitry Bortniansky 200th death anniversary

Bortniansky 200th death anniversary. Two HIP (historically informed performances) albums of his neglected music.

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale - Gloria (12/07/2025)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale presents Vivaldi's Gloria and other Christmas-themed works. Getting into the holiday spirit!

Early Music Medley (11/30/2025)

Early Music Medley. Listening spree during Thanksgiving Break.

古樂大集錦。

Johann Strauss II: Complete Orchestra Works (Naxos)

Finished listening to the complete orchestral works of Johann Strauss II (10.25.1825 – 06.03.1899) on his 200th bicentennial birth year.

小史特勞斯滿月！(能跟我一樣那麼瘋狂的人，應該就只有Decca Chu朱醫生了)

Concert: Pepe Romero (11/22/2025)

An evening of guitar music by maestro Pepe Romero.

Remembering Sir Roger Norrington (03.16.1934 – 07.18.2025)

Remembering Sir Norrington (03.16.1934 – 07.18.2025)

Concert: Modigliani Concert (11/14/2025)

Wonderful Modigliani Quartet concert.

Concert: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra + Rachel Podger - Brilliant Baroque (11/06/2025)

Tafelmusik - Brilliant Baroque.

Rachel Podger guest conducting Tafelmusik. Finally hearing Tafelmusik live for the first time, and seeing Podger again after 10 years.

Andreas Hammerschmidt: Instrumental and Sacred Music (Hesperion XX / Jordi Savall) (Movimento) (Weser-Renaissance/Manfred Cordes)

Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/1612 – 29 October 1675) 350th death anniversary.

Instrumental and Sacred Music

(Hesperion XX / Jordi Savall) (Movimento) (Weser-Renaissance/Manfred Cordes)

「新買的東西好用嗎?」

「最近太忙了，都Hammerschmidt(還沒試咩)～～」

Concert: Hayato Sumino (Cateen) (10/27/2025)

Hayato Sumino (角野隼斗) (Cateen) recital.

Alessandro Scarlatti: Il martirio di Sant'Orsola (Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu / Franck-Emmanuel Comte)

Alessandro Scarlatti (05.02.1660 – 10.22.1725) 300th death anniversary.

Il martirio di Sant'Orsola. (The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula).

(Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu / Franck-Emmanuel Comte)

What connects Alessandro Scarlatti, Caravaggio, Virgin Islands, and Lyon?

大史卡拉弟專輯的遐想～～

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra + Maya Kherani + Vaclav Luks - Fury and Heartbreak (10/10/2025)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 2025-2026 season first concert. Fury and Heartbreak. Featuring guest conductor Vaclav Luks and soprano Maya Kherani.

Caldara: La passione di Gesù Cristo (Europa Galante / Biondi)

Music for Holy Week and Easter. Musical settings of La passione di Gesù Cristo (The passion of Jesus Christ) by Metastasio, the OG 18th century version centuries before Mel Gibson.

First setting by Antonio Caldara (1730) (Europa Galante/Biondi).

Concert: Voices of Music + Danielle Reutter-Harrah - L'Amorosa Ero: Hero in Love (03/28/2025)

Voices of Music Concert. L’Amorosa Ero: Hero in Love. Featuring soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah and viol consort legend Wendy Gillespie.

Concert: Anastasia Chin - A Springtimie Salon (03/23/2025)

A Springtime Salon. Fortepiano concert by Anastasia Chin.

Concert: Les Arts Florissants - Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons at 300 (03/19/2025)

Lively performances of Vivaldi's 4 Seasons by Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Les Arts Florissants.

Concert: Esme Quartet (03/16/2025)

Wonderful Esmé Quartet concert. San Jose Chamber Music Society event.

Life and Music of Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen

Celebrating the life and music of forgotten female Classical composer Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745 – 1818) for 2025 International Women's Day.

「他這球Sirmen(射門)超帥的！」

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Handel's Alceste (Whelan/Snouffer/Sheehan) (03/05/2025)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performs Handel's Alceste. Featuring guest conductor Peter Whelan, soprano Lauren Snouffer, and tenor Aaron Sheehan. 

Concert: Natalie Dessay Farewell Tour (03/01/2025)

 

Natalie Dessay Farewell Tour. 

Vaughan Williams: Film Music (BBC Philharmonic/Gamba)

Vaughan Williams: Film Music (BBC Philharmonic/Gamba)

Antonio Valente (c.1520－c.1580): Intavolatura de Cimbalo (Cera/Maurer/Falcone)

Antonio Valente (c.1520－c.1580). Intavolatura de Cimbalo. One of the earliest published Neapolitan keyboard works. (Cera/Maurer/Falcone)

「Valente(哇！連爹)都這樣說?」

Taneyev: (Almost) Complete Chamber Music (Taneyev Quartet)

 Taneyev (almost) complete chamber music. Taneyev Quartet.

「等等記得幫Taneyev(他拿衣服)去洗～～」

Concert: Marc-Andre Hamelin (02/08/2025)

Awesome Marc-Andre Hamelin performace at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre

感謝好友的招待。神級技巧的鋼琴家，一生必須去聽一次現場。

Johann Philipp Krieger 300th Death Anniversary

 

Johann Philipp Krieger (02.27.1649－02.07.1725) 300th death anniversary.

「他超愛吃梨子，真的是個Krieger(嗑梨哥)！」

Ferdinand Ries: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

 

Ferdinand Ries. Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra.

「一定要記取教訓，Ries(歷史)不能重演！」

Johann Mattheson: Boris Goudenow (Theresia/Andrea Marchiol)

 Boris Goudenow (Godunov) by ..... Johann Mattheson (1681－1764) ??!!

「他Mattheson (媽太鬆)了，難怪教養那麼差！」

早Mussorgsky 150多年的《鮑利斯‧郭多諾夫》歌劇。(平時西方名還是習慣打英文，中譯名字實在對我太拗口了～～) 一邊聽音樂，一邊學地理歷史～～

Méhul: Symphonies (Minkowski/Juteau)

 

Étienne Nicolas Méhul: Symphonies (Minkowski/Juteau)

「得去買菜了。冰箱裡Méhul(沒魚)了～～～」

來自法國，可以和貝多芬平起平坐的交響曲。

Concert: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) with soprano Julia Bullock (01/19/2025)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) with soprano Julia Bullock.

The Golden Age of the Baroque

Georg Caspar Schuermann: Opera music and cantatas.

Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672/73－1751) opera music and cantatas. 

"Hey, I might need a favor...."

"Schürmann (sure, man), anything for you!"

Sergei Bortkiewicz: Piano Music (Klaas Trapman)

Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877－1952) Piano Music (Klaas Trapman).

Who needs AI to remix Chopin/Liszt/Rachmaninoff when you already have Bortkiewicz?

Christmas at St. Thomas in Leipzig (Johann Rosenmueller Ensemble/L'Arpa Festante/La Petite Bande/Musica Fiorita)

Part of this past holiday road trip's driving music. Christmas music written by the St. Thomas Cantors of Leipzig can be enjoyed anytime. Deserving of special mention: arguably one of the best Christmas Oratorio recordings committed to disc.