Mozart, Hosokawa
Momo Kodama (piano), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (cadenzor), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
Kodama is a subtle and poetic soloist in both works, in control of a particularly beautiful range of quiet sonorities in the Hosokawa and matching that, in the Mozart, with ‘pouring-oil’ passagework...
Mozart, Hosokawa
Momo Kodama (piano), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (cadenzor), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
Kodama is a subtle and poetic soloist in both works, in control of a particularly beautiful range of quiet sonorities in the Hosokawa and matching that, in the Mozart, with ‘pouring-oil’ passagework...
About
Momo Kodama whose acclaimed New Series solo album Point and Line contrasted Toshio Hosakawa and Claude Debussy here presents the piano concerto which Hosakawa wrote for her, the shimmering Lotus under the moonlight. Composed in 2006, Lotus is also a homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with distant echoes of Mozart's Concerto. No 23 in A Major, the work with which it is paired here in a concert recording from Japan, with Maestro Seiji Ozawa and his Mito Chamber Orchestra. In a composer's note Hosakawa writes that "Momo Kodama's transparency, sensitivity and expressiveness have continued to inspire my piano music deeply. As she touches this magical instrument, she touches the mysterious energy of the universe and stirs my soul." "Kodama brings a wonderful capacity for stillness to Hosokawa's often ascetic language...but this is an inventive exploration of both composers." - BBC Music Magazine on 'Point and Line'
Contents and tracklist
- Momo Kodama (piano)
- Mito Chamber Orchestra
- Seiji Ozawa
- Recorded: 2006-12-09
- Recording Venue: Art Tower Mito, Mito City, Ibaraki
- Momo Kodama (piano), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (cadenzor)
- Mito Chamber Orchestra
- Seiji Ozawa
- Recorded: 2006-12-09
- Recording Venue: Art Tower Mito, Mito City, Ibaraki
Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2022Nominated - Assorted Programs
May 2021
Kodama is a subtle and poetic soloist in both works, in control of a particularly beautiful range of quiet sonorities in the Hosokawa and matching that, in the Mozart, with ‘pouring-oil’ passagework and deliciously pearly touch. Seiji Ozawa conducts his Mito Chamber Orchestra, performing with equal attention to detail, translucent textures and a deep sense of affection for the music.
June 2021
Sensitive to the textures and colours, Kodama finds worthy companions in the Mito Chamber Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa.
21st March 2021
Momo Kodama plays with delicacy under Seiji Ozawa’s magisterial direction.