France Romance

Name: France Romance
Brand: Naxos
SKU: 8.551414
Price: 14.99 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Artists: Fukuma, Kotaro

Description

Kotaro Fukuma is undoubtedly a special pianist: In Japan he is one of the true stars of the scene and fills even the largest halls there. With his 12 albums to date, which were however mostly only available in Japan, he has established his status as one of the most popular classical artists in his home country. While Fukuma is therefore one of the celebrated "celebrities" in Japan, he is still little known in Germany, …which is surprising: After all, Fukuma has lived in Germany for many years, studied under Klaus Hellwig in Berlin among others, and speaks perfect German. Now Kotaro Fukuma is releasing worldwide via NAXOS. His first album is an exquisite program of French piano music, which contains popular classics as well as extremely rare pieces. Fukuma performs and plays Debussy's Rêverie and Ravel's Pavane, as well as Satie's Gymnopédies and little-known works by the prominent piano colleague Alexis Weissenberg or his own arrangement of Ravel's La Valse. Conclusion: An album that makes you listen closely and makes you curious about Kotaro Fukuma! Recorded in DXD at 24 bit/352.8kHz, this is an album in breathtaking sound quality!

Number	Title	Playing time
1	Rêverie	00:04:35	listen
2	La plus que lente (Valse in G major)	00:04:18	listen
3	Pièces brèves op. 84 No. 1-8 (Excerpt)
3 . 1	No. 5 Improvisation	00:01:36	listen
4 . 2	No. 8 Nocturne	00:02:39	listen
5	Romances sans paroles op. 17 No. 1-3
5 . 1	No. 1 Andante quasi allegretto in A-flat major	00:01:32	listen
6 . 2	No. 2 Allegro molto in A minor	00:02:25	listen
7 . 3	No. 3 Andante moderato in A-flat major	00:02:36	listen
8	Pavane pour une Infante défunte	00:06:06	listen
9	La Valse (Tanzdichtung) (Piano arrangement) (transcribed by Kotaro Fukuma)	00:11:54	listen
10	Gymnopédies No. 1-3 (Excerpt)
10 . 1	No. 1 Gymnopédie No. 1	00:03:17	listen
11	Je te veux (transcribed by Kotaro Fukuma)	00:05:21	listen
12	Improvisation No. 15 FP 176 (for piano)	00:03:42	listen
13	Novelettes No. 1-3
13 . 1	No. 1 Modéré sans lenteur in C major	00:02:58	listen
14 . 2	No. 2 Très rapide et rythmé in B minor	00:01:39	listen
15 . 3	No. 3 Andantino tranquillo in E minor (based on a theme from Manuel de Fallas's El amor brujo)	00:02:06	listen
16	Arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet No. 1-6
16 . 1	No. 1 Coin de rue	00:03:40	listen
17 . 2	No. 2 Vous oubliez votre cheval	00:01:35	listen
18 . 3	No. 3 En avril à Paris	00:03:50	listen
19 . 4	No. 4 Boum!	00:02:02	listen
20 . 5	No. 5 Vous qui passez sans me voir	00:02:43	listen
21 . 6	No. 6 Ménilmontant	00:01:12	listen
22	Parlez-moi d'amour (transcribed by Kotaro Fukuma)	00:02:52	listen