Christopher Pickert
@wartybliggens.bsky.social
Author of "Year of the Amphibian", lover of music, books, and the outdoors.
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During Halloween (and Christmas) best at night.
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
During Halloween (and Christmas) best at night.
Have you seen this excellent album - all pieces dedicated to her:
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Have you seen this excellent album - all pieces dedicated to her:
Cool. And in 1989 I bet the local poster artists copied that for the front of theaters, like this picture I took in 1996/97 way down south.
October 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Cool. And in 1989 I bet the local poster artists copied that for the front of theaters, like this picture I took in 1996/97 way down south.
I like the high flyin' way they play her opus 45 on this album:
September 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I like the high flyin' way they play her opus 45 on this album:
Along Margaret's Way trail.
April 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Along Margaret's Way trail.
Parts of Martinu 5 makes me imagine seeing "Bam!" and "Pow!" like in a comic book fight.
March 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Parts of Martinu 5 makes me imagine seeing "Bam!" and "Pow!" like in a comic book fight.
Petrified Forest Crab
February 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Petrified Forest Crab
This eggnog drink at Otter On The Rocks in West Seattle is delicious.
January 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This eggnog drink at Otter On The Rocks in West Seattle is delicious.
10/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Lucas Debargue - Faure complete piano works
Epic project on an unusual piano that sometimes helps bring out the music's qualities and sometimes changes them. Whether or not it's always 'ideal', it's valuable since some of this music is so enigmatic to begin with.
Lucas Debargue - Faure complete piano works
Epic project on an unusual piano that sometimes helps bring out the music's qualities and sometimes changes them. Whether or not it's always 'ideal', it's valuable since some of this music is so enigmatic to begin with.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
10/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Lucas Debargue - Faure complete piano works
Epic project on an unusual piano that sometimes helps bring out the music's qualities and sometimes changes them. Whether or not it's always 'ideal', it's valuable since some of this music is so enigmatic to begin with.
Lucas Debargue - Faure complete piano works
Epic project on an unusual piano that sometimes helps bring out the music's qualities and sometimes changes them. Whether or not it's always 'ideal', it's valuable since some of this music is so enigmatic to begin with.
9/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Adriana von Franque - Filigrane
Color-saturated playing - a feeling of heart and craft in this debut recording.
Adriana von Franque - Filigrane
Color-saturated playing - a feeling of heart and craft in this debut recording.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
9/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Adriana von Franque - Filigrane
Color-saturated playing - a feeling of heart and craft in this debut recording.
Adriana von Franque - Filigrane
Color-saturated playing - a feeling of heart and craft in this debut recording.
8/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Florian Noack - I Wanna Be Like You
Noack continues playing super-virtuosic music off the beaten path on this album of his own amazing transcriptions, some of which seem impossible. The album cover shows one of his hands, but I think he's hiding three more.
Florian Noack - I Wanna Be Like You
Noack continues playing super-virtuosic music off the beaten path on this album of his own amazing transcriptions, some of which seem impossible. The album cover shows one of his hands, but I think he's hiding three more.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
8/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Florian Noack - I Wanna Be Like You
Noack continues playing super-virtuosic music off the beaten path on this album of his own amazing transcriptions, some of which seem impossible. The album cover shows one of his hands, but I think he's hiding three more.
Florian Noack - I Wanna Be Like You
Noack continues playing super-virtuosic music off the beaten path on this album of his own amazing transcriptions, some of which seem impossible. The album cover shows one of his hands, but I think he's hiding three more.
7/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Victor Nicoara - Polyphonic Dreams
I always liked the two-piano version of the trippy "Fantasia Contrappuntistica" more than the earlier solo version. For this Victor Nicoara fixed the solo version with Busoni's later changes, and his playing is riveting.
Victor Nicoara - Polyphonic Dreams
I always liked the two-piano version of the trippy "Fantasia Contrappuntistica" more than the earlier solo version. For this Victor Nicoara fixed the solo version with Busoni's later changes, and his playing is riveting.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
7/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Victor Nicoara - Polyphonic Dreams
I always liked the two-piano version of the trippy "Fantasia Contrappuntistica" more than the earlier solo version. For this Victor Nicoara fixed the solo version with Busoni's later changes, and his playing is riveting.
Victor Nicoara - Polyphonic Dreams
I always liked the two-piano version of the trippy "Fantasia Contrappuntistica" more than the earlier solo version. For this Victor Nicoara fixed the solo version with Busoni's later changes, and his playing is riveting.
6/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Sheila Arnold - "Brahms Intimissimo"
Arnold's focused playing takes advantage of a characterful 1862 Bluthner piano, bringing us closer to how Brahms might have experienced his own music as he composed it.
Sheila Arnold - "Brahms Intimissimo"
Arnold's focused playing takes advantage of a characterful 1862 Bluthner piano, bringing us closer to how Brahms might have experienced his own music as he composed it.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
6/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Sheila Arnold - "Brahms Intimissimo"
Arnold's focused playing takes advantage of a characterful 1862 Bluthner piano, bringing us closer to how Brahms might have experienced his own music as he composed it.
Sheila Arnold - "Brahms Intimissimo"
Arnold's focused playing takes advantage of a characterful 1862 Bluthner piano, bringing us closer to how Brahms might have experienced his own music as he composed it.
5/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Claire Huangci - Made In USA
I already knew that Claire Huangci is fantastic but Amy Beach's "Variations on a Balkan Theme" from this album is all the proof anyone needs. Plus everything else here.
Claire Huangci - Made In USA
I already knew that Claire Huangci is fantastic but Amy Beach's "Variations on a Balkan Theme" from this album is all the proof anyone needs. Plus everything else here.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
5/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Claire Huangci - Made In USA
I already knew that Claire Huangci is fantastic but Amy Beach's "Variations on a Balkan Theme" from this album is all the proof anyone needs. Plus everything else here.
Claire Huangci - Made In USA
I already knew that Claire Huangci is fantastic but Amy Beach's "Variations on a Balkan Theme" from this album is all the proof anyone needs. Plus everything else here.
4/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Mark Viner - Alkan: Character Pieces & Grotesqueries
An album of wacky and amazing things. I've always loved the "Trois Petites Fantaisies" - named to sound lightweight but crazy difficult and clever. Wait until you hear "Le Chemin De Fer". Metal!
Mark Viner - Alkan: Character Pieces & Grotesqueries
An album of wacky and amazing things. I've always loved the "Trois Petites Fantaisies" - named to sound lightweight but crazy difficult and clever. Wait until you hear "Le Chemin De Fer". Metal!
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
4/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Mark Viner - Alkan: Character Pieces & Grotesqueries
An album of wacky and amazing things. I've always loved the "Trois Petites Fantaisies" - named to sound lightweight but crazy difficult and clever. Wait until you hear "Le Chemin De Fer". Metal!
Mark Viner - Alkan: Character Pieces & Grotesqueries
An album of wacky and amazing things. I've always loved the "Trois Petites Fantaisies" - named to sound lightweight but crazy difficult and clever. Wait until you hear "Le Chemin De Fer". Metal!
3/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Lory Wallfisch - George Enescu: piano sonata #1
A historical reissue. Enescu's first piano sonata is one of the best things ever, but few recordings have put it across entirely. This one does! And it's so intense. The pianist noticed everything the score.
Lory Wallfisch - George Enescu: piano sonata #1
A historical reissue. Enescu's first piano sonata is one of the best things ever, but few recordings have put it across entirely. This one does! And it's so intense. The pianist noticed everything the score.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
3/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Lory Wallfisch - George Enescu: piano sonata #1
A historical reissue. Enescu's first piano sonata is one of the best things ever, but few recordings have put it across entirely. This one does! And it's so intense. The pianist noticed everything the score.
Lory Wallfisch - George Enescu: piano sonata #1
A historical reissue. Enescu's first piano sonata is one of the best things ever, but few recordings have put it across entirely. This one does! And it's so intense. The pianist noticed everything the score.
2/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Işıl Bengi - Hydropath
Each of Bengi's albums are intentionally short, as if to concentrate your attention on what she chooses to include, in a particular order. This, her fourth, brings an extra sense of immersion.
Işıl Bengi - Hydropath
Each of Bengi's albums are intentionally short, as if to concentrate your attention on what she chooses to include, in a particular order. This, her fourth, brings an extra sense of immersion.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
2/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Işıl Bengi - Hydropath
Each of Bengi's albums are intentionally short, as if to concentrate your attention on what she chooses to include, in a particular order. This, her fourth, brings an extra sense of immersion.
Işıl Bengi - Hydropath
Each of Bengi's albums are intentionally short, as if to concentrate your attention on what she chooses to include, in a particular order. This, her fourth, brings an extra sense of immersion.
1/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Aline Piboule - Faure Nocturnes & Barcarolles
An all-timer Faure album, each piece illuminated by the exceptional playing, by the 1929 Gaveau piano, and by the clever ordering of the tracks. Get your physical copy of this to keep in your safe.
Aline Piboule - Faure Nocturnes & Barcarolles
An all-timer Faure album, each piece illuminated by the exceptional playing, by the 1929 Gaveau piano, and by the clever ordering of the tracks. Get your physical copy of this to keep in your safe.
December 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM
1/ Favorite 2024 piano albums -
Aline Piboule - Faure Nocturnes & Barcarolles
An all-timer Faure album, each piece illuminated by the exceptional playing, by the 1929 Gaveau piano, and by the clever ordering of the tracks. Get your physical copy of this to keep in your safe.
Aline Piboule - Faure Nocturnes & Barcarolles
An all-timer Faure album, each piece illuminated by the exceptional playing, by the 1929 Gaveau piano, and by the clever ordering of the tracks. Get your physical copy of this to keep in your safe.
Have a merry Eye Of Sauron Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Have a merry Eye Of Sauron Christmas.
And I love this owl.
December 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
And I love this owl.
Another Archie McPhee one.
December 22, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Another Archie McPhee one.
December 22, 2024 at 7:19 PM