Mari Kodama - Bruckner:Piano Works - Import SACD

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Mari Kodama

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Unexpected change for the Bruckner Year! Mari Kodama's SACD hybrid disc of piano works including world premiere recordings. This year, 2024, is Bruckner's bicentennial year, and many companies are releasing discs of Bruckner's works. This is her first attempt at Bruckner's piano music. The titles of the waltzes, mazurkas, and exercises are eye-opening. There are several different discs of Bruckner's piano music, but Mari Kodama's performance is an unparalleled luxury. What is even more exciting is that she presents 10 of the unpublished piano pieces from "Kitzler's Practice Book" that are complete and ready for performance. Among them are Haydn-like variations, melodious and lovely waltzes and polkas reminiscent of Schubert, and more technical exercises. At the same time, after being baptized by Wagner, the "Fantasy in G major" and "Memories," as well as the powerful sonata, of which only the first movement was left, are of endless interest, as they reveal a world similar to that of the symphonies.For pianists, Bruckner is a composer with whom pianists are not familiar, and Mari Kodama, working on her first piano piece, was initially surprised and immediately hooked. She also regretted that these gems were underrated, and decided to produce a CD, including world premiere recordings, in order to have them heard more. Needless to say, her husband Kent Nagano is an authority on Bruckner's symphonies, and it is noteworthy that his advice is reflected in this CD. The music is studded with the personality and essence that would later flourish in the symphonies, and Mr. Nagano was impressed by the charm of the music she played. The piano is exceptional in terms of rich tone, musical depth, and technique. This is truly a definitive collection of piano works from the Bruckner year. King International