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

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

Early Music Medley (11/30/2025)

Early Music Medley. Listening spree during Thanksgiving Break.

古樂大集錦。

Remembering Sir Roger Norrington (03.16.1934 – 07.18.2025)

Remembering Sir Norrington (03.16.1934 – 07.18.2025)

Vaughan Williams: Film Music (BBC Philharmonic/Gamba)

Vaughan Williams: Film Music (BBC Philharmonic/Gamba)

250th death anniversary of Niccolò Jommelli

 250th death anniversary of Niccolò Jommelli (09.10.1714 – 08.25.1774).

「你現在一直跑來跑去，等一下Jommelli(就沒力)氣了。」

I've Found a New Baby: Baroque Meets Afro-Latin Jazz (Rumbarroco)

I've Found a New Baby: Baroque Meets Afro-Latin Jazz.

Lively toe-tapping stylistic fusion of different regions and time periods by Rumbarroco.

Korngold: Film Music for The Sea Hawk (BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold film music for The Sea Hawk. BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba.

Bernard Herrmann Film music: Hangover Square & Citizen Kane (BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba)

Film Music of Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975). Hangover Square & Citizen Kane. BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba.

Hangover Square's Concerto Macabre is Herrmann's response to Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto.

John Adams: Hallelujah Junction + Collected Works

 

Happy birthday John Adams (b. 1947.02.15).

Novel: Liszt's Kiss

"Liszt's Kiss", a novel.

Sweelinck 400th Anniversary

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

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)

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。

Pyramus and Thisbe

 

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

Godowsky: Strauss Transcriptions (Hamelin)

 

Godowsky: Strauss Transcriptions (Marc-André Hamelin)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite (Armenian Philharmonic/Tjeknavorian)

Christmas Music from a Russian not named Tchaikovsky: Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve Suite. Merry Xmas Eve! 

Handel: Atalanta (Philharmonia Baroque/McGegan)

Handel: Atalanta

 

一齣Handel歌劇，閒扯到美國歷史與選舉～～

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio (Argerich/Kremer/Maisky)

 

Music on the occasion of my birthday. On this same day (October 30th) in 1882, was the first public performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor, op.50, "In memory of a great artist".

Zelenka Works by Ensemble Inegal

 

Shipment of CDs from Prague finally arrived! Brilliant performances by Ensemble Inegal. Big dose of Zelenka will keep me occupied for a while.