New Paths Mari Kodama

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1:
• 1 Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro 10:42
• 2 Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: II. Andante 05:19
• 3 Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto e con fuoco - Più mosso 05:28
• 4 Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco 07:03
• Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9:
• 5 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Thema. Ziemlich langsam 01:15
• 6 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 1, L'istesso tempo 01:18
• 7 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 2, Poco più moto 00:25
• 8 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 3, Tempo di tema 01:20
• 9 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 4, Poco più moto 00:39
• 10 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 5, Allegro capriccioso 00:47
• 11 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 6, Allegro 00:52
• 12 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 7, Andante 00:56
• 13 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 8, Andante 01:27
• 14 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 9, Schnell 00:36
• 15 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 10, Poco adagio 01:46
• 16 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 11, Un poco più animato 00:50
• 17 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 12, Allegretto, poco scherzando - Presto 00:46
• 18 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 13, Non troppo presto 00:40
• 19 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 14, Andante 00:54
• 20 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 15, Poco adagio 01:40
• 21 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 16, Adagio 02:09
• Theme & Variations in D Minor, Op. 18b:
• 22 Brahms: Theme & Variations in D Minor, Op. 18b 11:09
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Myrthen, Op. 25:
• 23 Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1, Widmung (Arr. C. Schumann for Solo Piano) 02:30
• Total Runtime 01:00:31

Info for New Paths

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 programme 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), Martinů’s Concerto for Two Pianos (2018), Kaleidoscope, Beethoven Transcriptions and MON AMI Mon amour (both 2020).

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