February's CD Labyrinth  　　　    JAPANESE     In the lyrics of the Eagles' Hotel California,  I remember a line 'we are all just prisoners here, of our own device'.  What is this all about?   Do they want to say that all people are getting lost in the labyrinth made by themselves?  Is it a translation of an enlightenment like 'all realities you experience are your creation' from the pessimistic side?      I have a lot of CDs.  I lose my sense of time while playing them.   I sense a warm smell of colitas,   I see the pink champagne on ice.   I think finally I'm lost.   I can checkout any time I like, but I can never leave! INDEX  Under construction articles (No.3 to 42) are now in Japanese.  CD cover images and favorite signs ♥ are only available. My Fave Classical CDs  (CD comparison / compare CDs)   1.  Organ Landscape / Florian Pagitsch  ENGLISH   2.  'Ma Solitude' / Maurice Ravel  ENGLISH   3.  Vivaldi / The Four Seasons (comparison)    4.  The Summit of the Baroque and Violin Pieces / Ciaccona   5.  Another Bolero Rushing to Collapse / Couperin 'Passaglia'    6.  Fascination of Ambivalent Chords / Louis Couperin's Cosmos    7.  Beethoven Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (comparison)    8.  Beethoven Symphony No.5 (comparison)     9.  Beethoven Symphony No.3 'Eroica' 10.  Beethoven Symphonies No.2 & No.4  11.  Beethoven Symphony No.7  12.  Beethoven Symphony No.9 'Choral'  13.  'Harp' on period instruments / Beethoven SQ. No.10  14.  Requiem Just After the Tragedy / Mozart Requiem  15.  Who Are You？/ Last Concert of Karajan (Brahms)  16.  Dvořák Symphony No.9 'From the New World' (comparison)  17.  Only Japanese Don't Know / Beethoven The Late Quartets  18.  Digitally Remaster + High Quality Plastic CD (comparison)  19.  So Beautiful / A Poet's Love  20.  A Quiet Touch / Beethoven  Moonlight Sonata  21.  Comforting Baroque Cello / Bach Suites for Cello  22.  The Best Recording Ever! / Mahler 'The Titan'  23.  Grieg's Violin Sonatas!  24.  Berlioz Simphonie fantastique (compare CDs)  25.  Francois's Chopin  26.  The Magic Hour of Richard Straus / Four Last Songs  27.  The Genius of Scholl / Andreas Scholl  28.  The Swan Song of Mozart / Clarinet Quintet CDs +  29.  Shimmering Candle Light in the Dark / Lecons de Tenebres  30.  Melodies and Chamber Music of Gabriel Faure 31.  Faure Requiem (compare CDs) 32.  Brahms Symphony No.4 CDs and a bit about Johannes 33.  Romance and Longing / Brahms Chamber Music 34.  Brahms Symphony No.1, 2 and 3 35.  Brahms Violin Concerto 36.  Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 36.  Stroke / Shostakovich Symphony No.5 37.  Ask for Peace / Requiem of Campra and Gilles 38.  Bach / English Suites 39.  Bach / French Suites 40.  Bach / 6 Partitas 41.  Bach / Italian Concerto 42.  Bach / Well Tempered Clavier 43.  Bach / Goldberg Variations 44.  Beethoven Piano Sonatas 20 Pianists In Comparison 45.  A Masterpiece of Kempff's Later Years 46.  St. Matthew Passion BWV244 47.  St. John Passion BWV245   48.  Mass in B minor BWV232 49.  Dvořák String Quartet "American" 50.  A Reminiscence of "Cypresses" 51.  The Greatness of Schbert? / The Great Symphony 52.  Death and the Maiden,  Longing or Foreboding? 53.  Almost Paradise / Vivaldi Lute Concerto 54.  Orthodox and Unorthodox Missa Solemnis 55.  Rediscovery of the German Requiem 56.  Greyish Waltz / Dvořák Symphony No.8 57.  Haydn  "Le Matin",  "Le Midi",  "Le Soir" 58.  Lark and the Other Birds / Haydn String Quartets 59.  Mozart's Masterpiece? / Symphony No.40 (CD comparison) 60.  Is This Also the Swan Song? / Mozart Symphony No.39 61.  Again, About Automatic Pianos and Recorded Music 62.  An Old Enlightened Meditator? / Menahem Pressler 63.  Beethoven Violin Concerto 64.  Beethoven Violin Sonatas 65.  Borodin / String Quartet No.2, etc. 66.  Borodin / In the Steppes of Central Asia, etc 67.  Harmonious Melody of Bach / Concerto for Violin and Oboe 68.  Brandenburg Concertos Comparing 33CDs 69.  Bach Orchestral Suites, a little bit 70.  Graf's Mozart 71.  Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets 72.  Beethoven Piano Trio "Archduke" Comparing 26CDs 73.  Bach: Flute Sonatas Comparing 10CDs 74.  Grief of Loss? / Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord 75.  Classical Symphony, What's that all about? 76.  Beethoven Symphony No.1 77.  Beethoven Symphony No.8 78.  Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" 79.  Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 / Complete Concertos 80.  The Craze of Viole / Bach Viola da gamba sonatas 81.  Renaissance, Lute, Dowland 82.  Christmas Concertos / Corelli and CDs for Christmas 83.  Mozart Piano Concertos 84.  Haskil / Kraus / Haebler 85.  Bach Cantatas, Which piece to choose? 86.  Buxtehude, Buxtehude 87.  Schubert Symphony No.8 (7) "Unfinished" 88.  Schubert Symphony No.5 89.  Schubert Piano Quintet "Trout" 90.  Grieg's Piano Concert and Peer Gynt 91.  Schumann Symphony No.4 (comparison) 92.  F. Couperin / Concerts, Les nations, Apotéoses 93.  Dvořák Cello Concert / Silent Woods 94.  Dvořák Serenade for Strings and Humoresque 95.  Nimrod and Adagio for Strings... Memorial? 96.  Jazz for Classical Music Fans? / Bill Evans + 97.  Gregorian Chant and Other Chants / Early Music 1   98.  Is the Sad Minor Third Intrinsic? / Early Music 2   99.  Monteverdi / Early Music 3 100.  Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 'Pathétique' (CD comparison) 101.  Handel Goes Wild / Handel's Famous Melodies 102.  Handel / Water Music & Royal Fireworks 103.  Handel / Violin Sonatas 104.  Handel / Concerti Grossi op.6 & 3 105.  Handel / Organ Concertos op.4 & 7 106.  The Blue Danube / Introduction 1 107.  The Moldau / Introduction 2 108.  Finlandia / Introduction 3 109.  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Introduction 4 110.  Mahler Adagietto / Introduction 5 111.  Holst / The Planets / Introduction 6 112.  Schoenberg / Transfigured Night / Introduction 7 113.  Pictures at an Exhibition / Introduction 8 114.  A Night on Bald Mountain / Introduction 9 115.  Stravinsky / The Rite of Spring / Introduction 10 116.  Stravinsky / The Firebird / Introduction 11 117.  Orff / Carmina Burana / Introduction 12 118.  Rodrigo / Concierto de Aranjuez / Introduction 13 119.  Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 / Introduction 14 120.  Rachmaninov Rhapsody / Introduction 15   121.  Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 / Introduction 16 122.  Chopin Pianists 123.  Mendelssohn Violin Concerto / Introduction 17 124.  An Alpine Symphony / Introduction 18 125.  Debussy Orchestral Works / Introduction 19 126.  Debussy Piano Works / Introduction 20 127.  Bach / Easter Oratorio 128.  Bach / Magnificat 129.  Bach / Motets 130.  Franck / Violin Sonata 131.  Giazotto / Adagio in G Minor / Introduction 21 132.  Pachelbel's Canon / Introduction 22 133.  Marcello "Anonimo Veneziano" / Introduction 23 134.  Bach / 6 Organ Trio Sonatas 135.  Bach / Musical Offering BWV 1079 136.  Gershwin / Rhapsody in Blue 137.  Gershwin / Porgy and Bess + Jazz Standards 138.  Gershwin / An American in Paris 139.  Mozart / Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 5 140.  Mozart / Mass in C Minor (Great Mass) K.427 141.  Mozart / Piano Sonatas 142.  Beethoven / Cello Sonata No.3 op.69 143.  Saint-Saëns / Symphony No.3 "Organ" 144.  Saint Saëns / The Swan / Introduction 24 145.  Saint Saëns / Swan Songs (ob, cl, fg sonata) 146.  Canteloube / Songs of the Auvergne 147.  Canzone napoletana 148.  Nessun Dorma / Opera Arias / Introdugtion 25 149.  Der Lindenbaum / Schubert's Winterreise 150.  Massenet / Thaïs: Méditation / Introduction 26 151.  Träumerei (Kinderszenen) / Introduction 27 152.  Beethoven / Overtures 153.  Schütz / Die Sieben Worte SWV 478 154.  Rameau / Pieces de clavecin en Concerts 155.  Handel / Messiah, oratorio HWV 56 HOME      E mail me at       feb_blanket@yahoo.co.jp