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Kimiko Higuchi - Chopin: Polonaise No.6, Ballade No.3, etc - Japan CD
Kimiko Higuchi - Chopin: Polonaise No.6, Ballade No.3, etc - Japan CD
CD
Classical Music
15. November 2024
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Catalog No.: MF-25706
JAN/ISBN: 4580107741175
Number of Discs: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Credits:
Kimiko Higuchi
Description:
All Souls! Bach, Debussy, and Messiaen are all fine, but Kimiko Higuchi is still a first-rate Chopin player, having inherited the solid European tradition from Liebensaum, a well-known disciple of Schnabel, during her 33-year long career in Berlin, where she also studied with Chopin virtuoso She also studied with Cherny Stefanska, but owes much of her modern, international virtuosity to the legendary Uruguayan pianist Dinorah Varzi. Having heard Varzi perform, I am now convinced of this: her Chopin releases on N&F include "Memories of Nohán," featuring Sonata No. 3, and "Exercises, Op. 10," which shows Bach's influence on Chopin. Nohant was a summer resort where Chopin stayed with the novelist Georges Sand, and since all the pieces on this CD were composed there, it could be called "Memories of Nohant 2," but since the "Hero Polonaise" is also on this CD, I used that as the title. In our house, this piece has a special meaning.His grandfather Kiichiro Higuchi, an army officer stationed in Warsaw before the war, was a unique figure who became popular in social circles as a master of the waltz, and was particularly fond of the music of Chopin. He was especially fond of the music of Chopin. He is known to have defended Hokkaido from the Soviet invasion as commander of the Fifth Area Army at the end of his life. In February 1945, when his mother Utako married into the Higuchi family at the age of 19, his grandfather made his mother play the "Hero Polonaise" in front of the staff officers. He probably wanted them to hear the history of Poland, which had been continuously overrun by Russia, and Chopin's longing for home, so that they would be prepared to defend their homeland. Around this time, Stalin had demanded Roosevelt's partition and occupation of Japan at the Yalta Conference, and this information was probably brought to him by his grandfather's subordinate, Onodera Makoto, a military officer stationed in Sweden. Even after the war, the young Kimiko recalls her grandfather squinting at the Chopin she played; in October 2022, a bronze statue of him was erected at Izanagi Shrine on Awaji Island, his hometown, and Kimiko was asked to play a commemorative performance of his "Polonaise de Hero" with all her heart. Universal Music/IMS
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