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.

Telemann: Christmas Cantatas (Il Fondamento/Dombrecht)

 

Happy holidays. Beautiful festive Christmas Baroque music from someone not named J.S. Bach or Handel.

Telemann, partnering with hymnologist Erdmann Neumeister, were influential in shaping the German sacred cantata in the early 18th century. It was to have a profound effect on the likes of J.S. Bach, Fasch, Graupner, etc in their own compositions to come.

今年聖誕佳節聽的相關節慶音樂走德國路線。

Concert: Voices of Music - Seicento - Italian Music of the 17th Century (10/25/2024) (Sherezade Panthaki)

Wonderful Voices of Music opening concert of 2024-2025 season.

Seicento - Italian Music of the 17th Century, featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki.

Early Roman trio sonatas (sinfonias) before Corelli by Colista, Lonati, and Stradella (Accademia per Musica/Ensemble Giardino di Delizie)

Early Roman trio sonatas (sinfonias) before Corelli by Colista, Lonati, and Stradella. Great earlier recording by Accademia per Musica and more recent ones by Ensemble Giardino di Delizie alike.

Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen: Piano Works (Jaworska/Steen-Nøkleberg) and Piano Concertos (Shelley)

 

Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (11.26.1823 – 10.06.1874) , pupil of Chopin, 150th death anniversary. 

Piano works and piano concertos. 

「最近生活實在搞得Tellefsen(太累，分身)乏術了～～」

Young adult memories of Bruckner. Masses

Young adult memories of Bruckner and other musings.

Bruckner誕辰200年，再回想起年輕時與他有關的回憶。

Tesori di Napoli

Tesori di Napoli (Treasure of Naples). The short-lived ambitious Opus 111 series that planned to showcased 300 years (1500-1800) of Neapolitan music.