Haruki Murakami - 1Q84 (part II)

[ichi-kew-hachi-yon]

A quest, for life and love, and secrets buried deep inside each and everyone of us. A quest in a new world. A world where 'little people' make the 'air dolls' and where a couple of Moons shine upon our utterly confused minds.

In the second part of 1Q84, Murakami continues with the most unbelievable choice of music pieces. Of course, it starts with  Leoš Janáček's Sinfonietta (this time directed by Seiji Ozawa and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra). I believe it slowly becomes the sound that will see our adventure through.

Year 1954. Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy. Tengo's after sex music sessions...

There's no youtube post for Atlanta Blues from the album Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy so I decided to post the one I could find. If you have a Spotify account you can listen to the whole album. Louis Amstrong – Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Piccolo and Strings in C major RV 443 ... Aomame and the Ficus plant...

Tengo and his loneliness... Nothing suits better than Billie Holiday's cracked voice.


and Duke Ellington's smooth sounds.......

Tengo and Fukaeri... like Sony and Cher... the greatest duo... The beat goes on...

'Without your love, it's a honkey-tonk parade...'

'So soon may I follow,

When friendships decay,

From Love's shining circle
The gems drop away.

When true hearts lie withered

And fond ones are flown,

Oh! who would inhabit,

This bleak world alone?'

Well, G. P. Telemann is not the most famous baroque composer. :) Anyways, don't you just love this guy's private little studio?! :)

Jean-Philippe Rameau's suite in G minor.

Marcel Dupré's Cortege et Litanie (Op. 19 No. 2) ... Earl Grey and strawberry jam toast for breakfast...

Louis Armstrong - Chantez Le Bas (Sing 'Em Low) from the album Louis Armstrong sings W.C. Handy... As you can see, I'm not the only geek digging Murakami's music taste. ;)

If you could get a peek into my head's jukebox, I believe that by pressing shuffle, you would get a whole spectrum of sounds: from New Orleans jazz, via french electro sounds, across strawberry fields and grapevines all the way to the Figaro's wedding or maybe barber shop in Sevilla.... I guess that's why I like these sudden changes in sounds, places, dates... It's something I can relate to.......... Cooking with the sounds of the Rollingstones.


digging up memories...


Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98

Robert Schumann - Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13

J.S. Bach - Violin sonata No. 4


The monotonic melody on the phone...

Great Michel Legrand and the Thomas Crown Affair soundtrack, Windmills of Your Mind... Aomame as Faye Dunaway... Cool and sexy... On her quest to return to the world she once knew....

I believe this is the perfect sound chosen to end this chapter of our musical journey in the 1Q84 world... All we can do now is wait, read, listen... wait, read, listen... wait, read and listen....