Is he a genius? Is he a madman? Is he a child? Is he an old man? He is music!

7) Bach: Lute works. Hopkinson Smith.

This is the soul of music at its most quintessential. As I listen to Hoppy, my island becomes a world. When Bach is played on the lute, the strings of the universe reverberate to the sound of his art.

8) Debussy. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Sailing on the sea of impressionist music is like looking at Monet’s paintings..., cathedrals in the mist..., fields strewn with flowers. Are unresolving harmonies “bleu”?

9) Chopin. Etudes. Maurizio Pollini

An incomparable artistic expression. Could one judge between Salamanca Cathedral and Paris’s Notre Dame? Beauty is unique.

10) Sara Vaughan. Tokyo Concert Live