Special offer. Kaleidoscope - Beethoven Transcriptions
Saint-Saëns, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Beethoven
Mari Kodama (piano)
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Instrumental Choice
he Saint-Saens Allegretto (from Op. 59 No. 1) comes over with a light and velvet touch and not a trace of mannerism…Most successful are Musorgsky’s deft arrangements of movements from the F...
Special offer. Kaleidoscope - Beethoven Transcriptions
Saint-Saëns, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Beethoven
Mari Kodama (piano)
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Instrumental Choice
he Saint-Saens Allegretto (from Op. 59 No. 1) comes over with a light and velvet touch and not a trace of mannerism…Most successful are Musorgsky’s deft arrangements of movements from the F...
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After her acclaimed complete recording of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, Mari Kodama returns with a programme consisting of Beethoven string quartets transcribed for piano by Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky and Balakirev, as well as Beethoven’s variations on the finale of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. Most pieces are recorded for the first time. Kaleidoscope is designed as a homage, considering and experiencing Beethoven through the lens of other great composers. 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) and Martinů’s Concert for Two Pianos (2018).
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Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineJuly 2020Instrumental Choice
July 2020
he Saint-Saens Allegretto (from Op. 59 No. 1) comes over with a light and velvet touch and not a trace of mannerism…Most successful are Musorgsky’s deft arrangements of movements from the F major Quartet, Op. 135: the Vivace feels entirely natural on a piano, and the Lento assai exudes a grave beauty, with occasional hints of the ghost of the original work. Beethoven’s little variations on Mozart’s theme reflect the composer at his most exuberant and inventive.
August 2020
It takes real thought to come up with something genuinely unusual in Beethoven year, so full marks to Mari Kodama for this recital of transcriptions of string quartet movements, most of which are appearing on disc for the first time...So an intriguing disc, very nicely recorded, with some real discoveries along the way.
