I’d love to keep track of all the classical pieces and composers I’ve written about—whether from concert reflections or deep-dive listening sessions that make me curious about a piece’s background.
Music taste is hard to align, but I hope this list offers a practical glimpse into mine. Maybe you’ll find some insight—or even a new favorite piece.
So here’s the list:
- From Shostakovich to Synths | A Quick History of Film Music
- (Der Karajanuskopf) What’s in Karajan’s Head? (Rossini Remix)
- the “Glenn Gould vs. Mozart’s Greatest Concerto” series
- Fauré’s Pavane
- New Year Concert Series: Wiener Philharmonic (and its ticket lottery), Beliner Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- Dvořák’s Rusalka
- Whitney and Pavarotti sing opera
- Tugan Sokhiev with Munich Philharmonic at Shanghai, Closing the Shanghai International Art Festival: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin and Encore Piece Nutcracker’s Russian Dance
- Rachmaninov featured in Enio Morricone’s movie score, The Legend of 1900
- The encore piece on Nov. 5 2024 | Martha Argerich at Shanghai Oriental Concert Hall
- Bernstein’s recording of Carnival of the Animals
- The Story of Classical produced by Apple Music Classical
- Presto with Emmanuel Pahud
- concert etiquette: when to clap
- Sonatina for Flute and Piano | I. Moderato
- the famous Abbado-Agerich recording, featuring work of Prokofiev and Ravel
- Prokofiev Plays his Prelude Op.12 No.7 ‘Harp’
- two interesting Mendelssohn paraphrases
- Lucas Debargue | the Encore No.2 at Shanghai Oriental Art Center
- Vladimir Horowitz’s piano recitals
- Andante Cantabile II
- Andante Cantabile
- Zen and Art of Piano | Horowitz
- The Day Vladimir Horowitz and Sergei Rachmaninoff Arrived Together at Steinway Hall
- Variation 18 of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Sergei Rachmaninov | the beautiful and tortured soul
- all by myself by Celine Dion featuring Rachmaninov
- Mozart’s Flute Anecdotes
- the deceptive simplicity of Mozart’s sonata facile, K.545
- tango between shadows and light | Histoire du Tango: II. Café 1930
- Tchaikovsky in Met Gala: the Grande Valse from the Sleeping Beauty
- Shostakovich–the Return of Maxim, Op.45, No. 3, Valse
- My Favourite Overtures (2024 May)
- Tchaikovsky essential | The Nutcracker Miniature Overture
- Sunday Night Lieder | back to Schubert
- Saturday Night Lieder | at the opera
- Changyong Liao: ‘Foreign Audiences Prefer Hearing Me Sing Chinese Songs’
(From April. 2024 and on)