Carl Maria von Weber : Der Freischütz (Keilberth/Kleiber/Jacobs)

Carl Maria von Weber (11.18.1786 – 06.05.1826) 200th death anniversary.  
Random musings and Der Freischütz (Keilberth/Kleiber/Jacobs)

Francesco Antonio Pistocchi 300th death anniversary. Vocal works.

Francesco Antonio Mamiliano Pistocchi (1659 – 05.13.1726) 300th death anniversary. Vocal Works. 

Dukas 160th birth and 90th death anniversary. 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Published works (solo piano, chamber, orchestral, opera) by Warner and early unpublished works by Bru Zane.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 Birth Anniversary. Complete Works by Warner

Ravel (03.07.1875 – 12.28.1937) 150th birth 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。

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

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

Dmitry Bortniansky 200th death anniversary

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

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

 

Natalie Dessay Farewell Tour. 

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。

Concert: Sasha Cooke (02/04/2024)

Sasha Cooke recital of art songs.

Georg Anton Benda: Romeo und Julie (Michael Schneider)

First known musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo und Julie (1776) by Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795), even comes with a happy ending......

Harnoncourt Complete Sony Recordings

 

Harnoncourt Complete Sony Recordings. Large coffee book design is kind of a space waster. It does come with a large hardcover book with easier-to-read large font, but also pretty clunky. True pioneer of the early music movement, but also generally one that would manage to find fresh ideas to even the most well-known pieces.

J.C. Bach: Zanaida (Opera Fuoco/David Stern)+ Josef Mysliveček: Medonte (L'arte del Mondo/Werner Ehrhardt)

Operas by composers who substantially influenced and shaped Mozart.

J.C. Bach's Zanaida. Josef Mysliveček's Medonte

「他真的Zanaida(超耐打)的!」

「我真的Medonte(沒動它)!」

José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Missa Pastoril para a Noite de Natal (Ensemble Turicum)(Ex Cathedra)

 

Christmas music from the Americas. José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767 - 1830) Missa Pastoril para a Noite de Natal.

旅行中，遲交一天。今年聖誕節，介紹道地美洲的音樂。

Rauzzini + Fiocchi: Piramo e Tisbe. Classical period Italian cantatas

 

Piramo e Tisbe in the Classical Period. Cantatas by Venazzio Rauzzini (1746 - 1810) and Vincenzo Fiocchi (1767 - 1843)

「今天我請客，不然平時Rauzzini(老吃你)的東西。」

「多謝啦，我真是好Fiocchi(福氣)呢～～」

British Composers: Delius/Howells/Hadley

British Composers: Delius/Howells/Hadley

Concert: Ensemble Jupiter (03/03/2022)

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！」

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

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

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～～」

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～～」