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Mendelssohn - Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4

I won’t share the moment with anyone else when listening to this piece

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Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor

Delicate, mesmorising, and just not over-the-limit

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Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80

 A masterpiece with much dramatic elements, as measured by Mendelssohn’s standard. The despair and agony as presented in the yelling in the final movement can rarely be heard in other Mendelssohn’s work.

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Schubert 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946 - Wilhelm Kempff

The second trio in the stücke No.2 does deserve repetition (as how it’s rendered by Cyprien Katsaris recorded in the Schubert Collector’s Edition). It is just like falling leaves in autumn, silently leaving its beauty, noticed or not, before gradually drawing on.   

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Brahms ‎– Piano Quartet No. 2

The longest of Brahms's chamber works, a splendid masterpiece that can bring great satisfaction after listening.    

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Albinoni. Concerto Op. 9 No. 8 in G minor for oboe, strings & continuo  

This elegant piece is all I need to live another dull day, soothing strained nerves that have settled in since yesterday afternoon. The last movement stands out in particular as seemingly a secluded garden.  

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Paul Hindemith - Sonata for Viola and Piano in F major, Op. 11 No. 4  

With a start that has much romantic element, the variations are soon to proceed differently: the varied theme seems to reflect, more and more, the inescapable reality, as being more gloomy and clumsy than bright and delicate, outweighs the dream that no one would not be comfortable with.

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Brahms No.2 piano and clarinet sonata in E flat major

The scherzo style second movement is such a beauty – having both the graceful, relaxing mood that calmly flows, only reinforced a bit before the ending; and the sublime, dreamy trio section, like meditation.  

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Bach - BWV 544 - Praeludium h-moll / b minor

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Brahms - Sonata No.1 for violin & piano Regen-Sonate （Rain Sonata）

A beauty of cohesion -- all the three movements seem to originate from same thematic materials

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“In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.”

― 村上 春樹, Kafka on the Shore

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Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor (Opus 10), conducted by Paavo Järvi

As Shostakovich’s first symphony written at the age of 19, it already contains some of his trademark musical elements – the fragment of dissonant notes, the satirical tone, and the unpredictability that can be heard in his later works. Notably the piano part is reminiscent of the piano concertos written 10 years later.

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J.S. Bach - BWV 582 - Passacaglia c-moll / C minor

Totally blown away by this structural behemoth..

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Bériot Violin Concerto No.9, Op.104 (1st & 2nd movements), played by Takako Nishizaki (西崎崇子)

 I wish my daughter could play this piece when she's 8 (not necessarily as good as Julia Fischer though .. lol)

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Bach "Toccata, Adagio & Fugue" C major BWV 564

After being wrapped up in the richness of the Toccata, filled with jumpy excitement that can hardly be refrained, it’s more or less a relief to hear the Adagio; as if stepping into an enchanted forest, enveloped in a curtain of starry night, where the elves are murmuring the secret of their world. An exuberant Fugue comes later; the party’s back, and the spirit has been revitalised.

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Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäuspassion)

‘…even if we don't believe (in religion), we learn to use art (even secular art) as a resource for comfort, identification, guidance and edification, very much what religions do with art.’ – Alain De Botton

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