Classical New Release of Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Thanks to Spotify, this is the very first time I heard of the composer Castelnuovo-Tedesco, who migrated from Italy to the States because of his race and became a prolific Hollywood film composer. What I found most interesting though, is that the Naxos recording of his Concerto No.3 only features a violin and a piano. I googled quite a bit and there isn't much info (or other recordings) about this piece and seems to be written for 2 instruments intentionally.

古代科學家是窮人嗎？

今天和朋友討論科研的問題，今時今日科學家在大學取得教席及開創新公司都可獲可觀收入，友人以為古代科學家如Newton或Kepler均家境清貧，事實並非如此：Newton父親是一位擁有農地及動物的農夫，而Newton曾當教授再轉職皇家鑄幣廠至該處首長之位，相信不會是窮人吧。至於Kepler的確出身寒微，而他第一位結婚對象是一位繼承了已故丈夫遺產的年輕寡婦，她父親（未來岳父）亦曾因為Kepler太窮而反對婚事，直至他出版第一本著作為止，可見書中真有黃金屋！

後話：Kepler這位夫人後來也不幸因病去世，他為續弦花了不少心思，總共考慮了十一位女士！看看此文解釋，說穿了就是選擇困難症吧，可幸的是他最終選的五號帶給他一段美好的婚姻（本人應該會選四號:）