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～～」