Megumi
Fujita (Piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110
Maurice
Ravel
Miroirs
Sergei
Rachmaninoff
Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op.42
Dvorak
and Smetana
Piano Trios
Antonin DVORAK
(1841 - 1904)
'Dumky' Piano Trio in E minor Op.90
1 I Lento
maestoso - Allegro (4:19)
2 II Poco Adagio (6:37)
3 III Andante (6:10)
4 IV Andante moderato (5:05)
5 V Allegro (3:32)
6 VI Lento maestoso (4:43)
Bedrich SMETANA (1824 - 1884)
Piano Trio in G minor Op.15
7 I Moderato
assai (11:22)
8 II Allegro, ma non agitato -- (8:31)
Alternativo 1 : Andante -- Tempo 1
Alternativo 2 : Maestoso -- Tempo 1
9 III Finale: Presto (8:56)
Antonin DVORAK
10 'Silent
Woods' Op.68 No.5 (5E40)
from 'From the Bohemian Forest' (arr Dvorak for Cello & Piano)
Franz
Peter Schubert
The Two Piano Trios
Piano Trio
No.1 in B flat major D898 Op.99
I Allegro moderato
[15'10]
II Andante un con mosso [8'51]
III Scherzo, Allegro - Trio [6'17]
IV Rondo, Allegro vivace - Presto [9'19]
Piano Trio
No.2 in E flat major D929 Op.100
I Allegro [12'16]
II Andante con moto [9'37]
III Scherzando, allegro moderato -Trio [6'37]
IV Allegro moderato [13'15]
Five out
of Five by P-G Bergfors of Goteborgsposten (Swedish dayly newspaper)
CELESTIAL SCHUBERT
Such riches, such a gift!
The two Schubert Piano Trios for the first time on the same maxed out
CD, in a luminous, well balanced recording. And the way these three
Japanese sisters are playing! Their skilful phrasing, their sensitivity
to the Schubert intimacies, their natural choice of tempi, their obvious
dexterities in the musical details with out loosing any sense of spontaneity
(which I suppose comes from the fact that they play concerts and record
from memory, i.e. without sheet music in front of them)
The feel of this recording
is as it was a live recording by Schubert in two of his most blissful
chamber music works. The interpretation of the slow movements is better
than any recording I can remember. And their frisky playing in the concluding
movements of both trios is uplifting.
P-G. Bergfors
(Goteborgsposten 18/12 2007)
Recorded
at Studio 2, Swedish radio, Stockholm
Jun 13-14 2007 by Torbjörn Samuelsson
Edited and mastered by Torbjörn Samuelsson
Producer Jan Johansson
Graphic design and artwork
Peter Lundin / pius musik
Trio photo by Aidan Woodcock
Piano : Steinway & Sons Model D (Hamburg)
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Piano Trio
Dmitry
SHOSTAKOVICH
- Piano Trio
No.1 in C minor Op.8 (12:49)
- Piano Trio
No.2 in E minor Op.67
Andante -Moderato-Poco più mosso (7:05)
- Piano Trio
No.2 in E minor Op.67
Allegro non troppo (2:58)
- Piano Trio
No.2 in E minor Op.67
Largo (5:26)
-
Piano
Trio No.2 in E minor Op.67
Allegretto - Adagio (10:18)
Maurice RAVEL
- Piano Trio
in A minor Modéré (9:20)
- Piano Trio
in A minor Pantoum (4.26)
- Piano Trio
in A minor Passacaille (6:58)
- Piano Trio
in A minor Final (2:16)
Recorded
at Studio 2, Swedish radio, Stockholm
Jun 27-28 2006 by Torbjörn Samuelsson
Edited and mastered by Torbjörn Samuelsson
Producer Jan Johansson
Graphic design and artwork
Peter Lundin / pius musik
Trio photo by Aidan Woodcock
Piano : Steinway & Sons Model D (Hamburg)
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24 Preludes
Megumi Fujita (piano)
"Ms
Fujita plays it exquisitely...Fujita has a perceptive ear for the
poetic virtues of this music as well as having all the virtuosity
needed to capture the stormy atmosphere in some of the preludes. "
Goteborg Posten 2006
Released
to coincide with the Wigmore Hall recital on
Sunday 19th June 2005 7pm
1. Prelude Op.3
No.2 in C# Minor - Lento
2. Prelude Op.23 No.1 in F# Minor - Largo
3. Prelude Op.23 No.2 in Bb Major - Maestoso
4. Prelude Op.23 No.3 in D Minor - Tempo di minuetto
5. Prelude Op.23 No.4 in D Major - Andante cantabile
6. Prelude Op.23 No.5 in G Minor - Alla marcia
7. Prelude Op.23 No.6 in Eb Major - Andante
8. Prelude Op.23 No.7 in C Minor - Allegro
9. Prelude Op.23 No.8 in Ab Major - Allegro vivace
10. Prelude Op.23 No.9 in Eb Minor - Presto
11. Prelude Op.23 No.10 in Gb Major - Largo
12. Prelude Op.32 No.1 in C Major - Allegro vivace
13. Prelude Op.32 No.2 in Bb Minor - Allegretto
14. Prelude Op.32 No.3 in E Major - Allegro vivace
15. Prelude Op.32 No.4 in E Minor - Allegro con brio
16. Prelude Op.32 No.5 in G Major - Moderato
17. Prelude Op.32 No.6 in F Minor - Allegro appassionato
18. Prelude Op.32 No.7 in F Major - Moderato
19. Prelude Op.32 No.8 in A Minor - Vivo
20. Prelude Op.32 No.9 in A Major - Allegro moderato
21. Prelude Op.32 No.10 in B Minor - Lento
22. Prelude Op.32 No.11 in B Major - Allegretto
23. Prelude Op.32 No.12 in G# Minor - Allegro
24. Prelude Op.32 No.13 in Db Major - Grave
Produced
by Jan Johansson & Urban Hagglund
Recorded and edited by Peter Lundin
Recorded 14-17 February 2005
Recital Hall, Gothenburg
Graphic design by Peter Lundin/pius musik
Photo by Aidan Woodcock
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"...not
for a second does the listeners' fascination relax over the
Fujita Sisters' music making" Goteborgs
Posten 2003
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Piano Trio
in A minor Op.50
"To the memory of the great artist (Nikolay Rubinstein)"
-
I Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai
II Tema con variazioni
-
Tema:
Andante con moto
-
Var. I
-
Var.
II: Piu mosso
-
Var.
III: Allegro moderato
-
Var.
IV: L'istesso tempo
-
Var.
V: L'istesso tempo
-
Var.
VI: Tempo di Valse
-
Var.
VII: Allegro moderato
-
Var.
VIII: Fuga:Allegro moderato
-
Var.
IX: Andante flebile, ma non tanto
-
Var.
X: Tempo di Mazurka
-
Var.
XI: Moderato
-
Variazione
Finale e Coda: Allegro risoluto e con fuoco
Nikolay Rubinstein (1835-1881)
15.
Polka Morceau de Concert Op.15
16. Bolero Op.13
17. Valse Morceau de salon Op.16
Total:
71'10
Produced by Jan Johansson
Recorded and edited by Jeffery Ginn
Recorded 28,29 October 2002
Weston Parish Church, Herts. UK
Graphic design by Peter Lundin/pius musik
Photo by Aidan Woodcock
Sleeve notes by the Fujita Piano Trio
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FUJITA
PIANO TRIO
Arisa Fujita - violin (2,3,7 & 12)
Honoka Fujita - cello (8 & 12)
Megumi Fujita - piano (1 - 12)
ASV CD DCA 1120
Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall. London
20/21 December 2000
Total Playing Time 71:42
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