Mari Kodama - New Paths (2022) [SACD]

Kodama has long been fascinated by the love, friendship and music of this creative trio, and explores it here from Brahms’s point of view, opening with an energetic account of the Piano Sonata No. 1…[The Variations on a Theme by Schumann is] a work shot through with melancholy, beautifully handled here by Kodama who’s even more in her stride than in the Sonata,


Tracks:

1. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro (10:44)
2. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: II. Andante (5:19)
3. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto e con fuoco - Più mosso (5:29)
4. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco (7:04)
5. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Thema. Ziemlich langsam (1:15)
6. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 1, L'istesso tempo (1:18)
7. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 2, Poco più moto (0:26)
8. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 3, Tempo di tema (1:20)
9. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 4, Poco più moto (0:39)
10. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 5, Allegro capriccioso (0:48)
11. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 6, Allegro (0:52)
12. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 7, Andante (0:56)
13. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 8, Andante (1:28)
14. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 9, Schnell (0:37)
15. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 10, Poco adagio (1:47)
16. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 11, Un poco più animato (0:51)
17. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 12, Allegretto, poco scherzando - Presto (0:47)
18. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 13, Non troppo presto (0:41)
19. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 14, Andante (0:55)
20. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 15, Poco adagio (1:41)
21. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 16, Adagio (2:09)
22. Brahms: Theme & Variations in D Minor, Op. 18b (11:09)
23. Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1, Widmung (Arr. C. Schumann for Solo Piano) (2:31)