Arturo Márquez: Danzón Nº 2

1. how you come across to it:
from youtube
2. why this piece?
" The danzón is to Mexico rather what the tango is to Argentina, a vibrant modern dance tinged with nostalgia."
3. (and...)
Both Gustavo Dudamel and Simon Bolivar Orchestra are a legend.

Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

1. how you come across to it:
At work.

2. why this piece?
Schumann never gets connected to me. Just like how Brahms disconnected to me decade ago. German music isn't something that you will instantly like. But this piece ignites some more understanding -- in sound -- to the world of his. That is enlightening. Don't you think the beginning chord so Beethovenian?

3. (and...)
It's from an album of an orchestra next year. Wonderful playing -- and I know why they choose this in their album!

Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38: II. Allegretto quasi menuetto

1. how you come across to it:
I can't remember it exactly. But there's something about this movement particularly appeals to me (in the past).

2. why this piece?
It gives me the impression that, some strong emotions are wrapped by the seemingly light-hearted outlook. And that people full of passions are doomed to suffer.

3. (and...)
I almost feel like I'm getting back to the old deeply-rooted cravings.

The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)

1. how you come across to it:
introduced by others

2. why this piece?
very musical musical, all characters and passerby inside the film just talk like singing (recitative-like) and walk like dancing, all done naturally rather than artificially
life is so enchanting and cheering
3. (and...)
i am sure you will click the following videos again and again!

you can simply hum out such beautiful melody in solfège at anytime

how come can sing out a murdering news beautifully

what a charming street and charming breakdown

dreamy ballet scene inside just a piano shop!

everyone has its melody showing each of their feelings

林子祥／林振強：《零時十分》

1. how you come across to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC9EmlEUyZE
(but of course it's not the first place that I listened to this piece.)
2. why this piece?
it's just a classic canto-pop in the 1980s. Nice lyrics.
3. (and...)