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Brahms & the Schumanns: New Paths / Mari Kodama
PENTATONE

Brahms & the Schumanns: New Paths / Mari Kodama

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Composer
Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
Artist
Mari Kodama
Format
SACD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Nov 18, 2022
Catalog #
PTC5186976
UPC
827949097669

About

Mari Kodama presents New Paths, exploring the young Johannes Brahms and his fascinating friendship with Clara and Robert Schumann. The album derives its title from Robert Schumann’s famous essay “Neue Bahnen”, in which he heralded the young Brahms as the most eminent musical voice of the future. The program brings together Brahms’s first piano sonata, his Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9, as well as his Theme And Variations, Op. 18B, made at Clara Schumann’s request. The final word is given to Clara’s arrangement of Robert’s song Widmung.

New Paths not only explores the unique bond of these three remarkable composers, but also shows the energetic self-confidence of the young Brahms, so different from his later melancholia. Kodama performs these works on a brand new Yamaha piano that almost sounds like a period instrument, coming much closer to Brahms’s sound ideal. 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), Martinu’s Concerto for Two Pianos (2018), Kaleidoscope, Beethoven Transcriptions and MON AMI Mon amour (both 2020).

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 10:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:42
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  2. 2 II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede) 05:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede)
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e con fuoco 05:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e con fuoco
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 07:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  5. 5 Theme 01:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Theme
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  6. 6 Variation 1 01:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 1
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  7. 7 Variation 2 00:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 2
    Duration
    00:25
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  8. 8 Variation 3 01:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 3
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  9. 9 Variation 4 00:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 4
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  10. 10 Variation 5 00:47
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 5
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  11. 11 Variation 6 00:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 6
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  12. 12 Variation 7 00:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 7
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  13. 13 Variation 8 01:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 8
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  14. 14 Variation 9 00:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 9
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  15. 15 Variation 10 01:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 10
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  16. 16 Variation 11 00:50
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 11
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  17. 17 Variation 12 00:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 12
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  18. 18 Variation 13 00:40
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 13
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  19. 19 Variation 14 00:54
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 14
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  20. 20 Variation 15 01:40
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 15
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  21. 21 Variation 16 02:09
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 16
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  22. 22 Theme and Variations in D Minor (arr. of String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato) 11:09
    Track
    22
    Title
    Theme and Variations in D Minor (arr. of String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato)
    Duration
    11:09
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Mari Kodama
  23. 23 Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1. Widmung (arr. C. Schumann for piano) 02:30
    Track
    23
    Title
    Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1. Widmung (arr. C. Schumann for piano)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Mari Kodama