Notes and Editorial Reviews
MOZART
Rondo in a.
BRAHMS
Piano Sonata No. 3 in f.
RAVEL
La Valse
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Mami Shikimori (pn)
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CLAUDIO CR60002-2 (58:20)
One might say by way of criticism that Mami Shikimori plays Mozart a bit in the style of Brahms, and Brahms a bit in the style of Mozart. However the playing is elegant and pristine, beautifully phrased and full of color. It is a pleasure to see old friends in new
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surroundings, and it is a pleasure as well to hear these two moving works at a new vantage point through the forthright and loving hands (and fingers) of this fine artist. As the Ravel is a show piece, it gets the showy treatment it deserves, and makes us respect Shikimori’s technique without being distracted by the work’s depth, which doesn’t happen to exist.
FANFARE: Raymond Beegle
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Works on This Recording
1.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op. 5 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Mami Shikimori (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Germany
Venue: St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
Length: 35 Minutes 39 Secs.
2.
Rondo for Piano no 3 in A minor, K 511 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Mami Shikimori (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria
Venue: St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
Length: 10 Minutes 20 Secs.
3.
La valse by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Mami Shikimori (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; France
Venue: St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
Length: 11 Minutes 36 Secs.
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