17000

I couldn't let April 6th 2026 pass without mentioning that my music collection has finally, after quite a long time being lazy about cataloguing new additions, finally passed the “17,000 distinct recordings” mark, as shown in the statistics panel thumbnail at the left.

Rather more graphically:

The recent upswing in the number of additions being made to the collection is a result of, at last, Semplice settling down on macOS. There's another 860GB of music which I've purchased in FLAC form, or in physical form and then ripped to FLAC, but which I've yet to tag properly and add to the collection: that process is just now getting seriously underway! I keep meaning to stop purchasing new music… but it's harder than it looks!

The addition which took things 'over the edge', past the 17,000 mark, was this one:

The Rubbra piano concerto was purchased back in about 2020, at the start of Covid, if I remember rightly: it's taken me this long to get round to 'processing' it! It was worth it, though I am now kicking myself for depriving myself of the works' pleasures all this time. It's an excellent piano concerto, recorded nicely and performed well. Recommended!