Bruckner: Piano Works - Kodama
PentaTone Classics PTC 5187224
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid
Classical - Instrumental
Mari Kodama (piano)
Mari Kodama celebrates the Bruckner bicentenary year with a collection of piano works, most of which are rarely heard. While some of them, such as the Fantasie, Erinnerung and Stille Betrachtung, reveal the serious symphonist and church composer, the many dances included on this album illuminate a lighter side of the composer. In general, hearing his approach to the piano enriches our understanding of this enigmatic genius.
As much of the material was taken from study sketch books, these pieces allow us a look into the workshop of this ever-searching spirit. To Kodama, the Bruckner that appears from his works is in many ways more interesting than the various, cliché-ridden accounts of his life and character. Instead, Kodama aims to paint a nuanced Bruckner portrait, gaining in depth thanks to the original selection and perspective.
Mari Kodama is one of the most extraordinary pianists of our age, and has an impressive Pentatone discography, featuring Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas (2003-2014), piano concertos of Loewe and Chopin (2003), Tchaikovsky Ballet Suites for Piano Duo (2016), De Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain (2017), Martinů’s Concerto for Two Pianos (2018), Kaleidoscope, Beethoven Transcriptions and MON AMI Mon amour (both 2020), New Paths (2022) and Mozart & Poulenc Double Concertos (2024).
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- Anton Bruckner: Andante in E flat major, WAB deest 3
- Anton Bruckner: Chromatische Etüde, WAB 212
- Anton Bruckner: Erinnerung, WAB 117
- Anton Bruckner: Etude in G major, WAB 214
- Anton Bruckner: Fantasie in D minor
- Anton Bruckner: Fantasie in G major, WAB 118
- Anton Bruckner: Klavierstück in E flat major, WAB 119
- Anton Bruckner: Lancier Quadrille in C major (4), WAB 120
- Anton Bruckner: Mazurka in A minor, WAB 218
- Anton Bruckner: Minuet & Trio in G major, WAB 220
- Anton Bruckner: Polka in C major, WAB 221
- Anton Bruckner: Sonata movement in G minor, WAB 243
- Anton Bruckner: Steiermärker in G major, WAB 122
- Anton Bruckner: Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend, WAB 123
- Anton Bruckner: Theme and Variations No. 5, WAB 223
- Anton Bruckner: Waltzes (2), WAB 224
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