Rika Zayasu - Debussy & Takemitsu (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Images, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau
02. Images, L. 110: II. Hommage à Rameau
03. Images, L. 110: III. Mouvement
04. Images, L. 111: I. Cloches à travers les feuilles
05. Images, L. 111: II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
06. Images, L. 111: III. Poissons d'or
07. Images oubliées, L. 87: No. 1, Lent (mélancolique et doux)
08. Images oubliées, L. 87: No. 2, Souvenir du Louvre
09. Images oubliées, L. 87: No. 3, Quelques aspects de Nous n'irons plus au bois parce qu’il fait un temps insupportable
10. Les yeux clos
11. Les yeux clos II
12. Rain Tree Sketch
13. Rain Tree Sketch II In memoriam Olivier Messiaen

“These pieces are evocative and ethereal, their transcendental nature emphasised through the precise use of pedals, and the pianist’s ability to allow sounds to resonate and ring, or fade to nothing, which create an exquisite sense of stillness”

An impressive record, with some of the finest piano tones on disc I have ever heard. The playing of this gifted artist is of high quality throughout, the Claudio Q-Lab Sound being stunningly lifelike. All in all, here is an exceptional disc; the repertoire selected is equally intelligent and compelling.

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