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Winter & Winter

Poetry Album

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Masako Ohta
Format
CD
Label
Winter & Winter
Released
Jul 20, 2018
Catalog #
910244-2
UPC
025091024421

About

One of the most famous pieces in the piano literature is Ludwig van Beethoven's Fur Elise. But what if originally the work was called "For Therese?" Every work of music is in some way relational, and since Beethoven, when he was 40, fell in love with 19-year-old Therese Malfatti, it seems logical. Similarly, Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated the "Prelude and Fugue in C Major" to his deep love Anna Magdalena. This musical journey takes us on a journey through time to explore these and similar relationships. Japanese pianist Masako Ohta devotes herself to classical and contemporary classical music. She studied piani at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, the University of the Arts Berlin, and with Gyorgy Sebok, Andras Schiff, and Gyorgy Kurtag. She compiled the musical declarations of love for this album alongside producer Stefan Winter.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Játékok (Games), Book 3: Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 4 (Szerelem, szerelem, jatkozott gyotrelem…) (Adoration, adoration, accursed desolation…) 04:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Játékok (Games), Book 3: Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 4 (Szerelem, szerelem, jatkozott gyotrelem…) (Adoration, adoration, accursed desolation…)
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    György Kurtág
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  2. 2 Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: 6th Ordre in B-Flat Major: Les Bergeries (naivement) 03:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: 6th Ordre in B-Flat Major: Les Bergeries (naivement)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  3. 3 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor 04:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  4. 4 3 Romances, Op. 11: No. 1. Romance in E-Flat Minor 02:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    3 Romances, Op. 11: No. 1. Romance in E-Flat Minor
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  5. 5 Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 02:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  6. 6 Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 02:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  7. 7 Für Alina (For Alena) 06:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Für Alina (For Alena)
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  8. 8 I. Modéré 04:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Modéré
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  9. 9 II. Mouvement de Menuet 03:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Mouvement de Menuet
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  10. 10 III. Animé 03:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Animé
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  11. 11 I. Slowly, sadly and as if to converse with 03:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Slowly, sadly and as if to converse with
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  12. 12 II. Quietly and with a cruel reverberation 03:19
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Quietly and with a cruel reverberation
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  13. 13 III. A song of love 02:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. A song of love
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  14. 14 Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise" 02:24
    Track
    14
    Title
    Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  15. 15 Játékok (Games), Book 3: Hommage à Kurtág Márta 02:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    Játékok (Games), Book 3: Hommage à Kurtág Márta
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    György Kurtág
    Performer
    Masako Ohta
  16. 16 Studien für den Pedal-Flügel (Studies for Pedal Piano), Op. 56: No. 2. in A Minor: Mit innigem Ausdruck 03:56
    Track
    16
    Title
    Studien für den Pedal-Flügel (Studies for Pedal Piano), Op. 56: No. 2. in A Minor: Mit innigem Ausdruck
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Masako Ohta, Mariko Takahashi