Credits:

Satsuki Kobayashi

Description:

Poetic inspiration, fleeting, ephemeral sparkles that appear and vanish amid surging sequences of sound A delightfully spontaneous Schumann, brimming with freshness.The fifth installment in Satsuki Kobayashis series of complete recordings of Schumanns piano works. For the *Symphonic Etudes*, the recording is based on the 1852 edition, and by interspersing the five posthumous piecesadopted in the Brahms edition (1873), thereby vividly highlighting the contrast between the Eusebius-like and Florestan-like works and creating a truly dynamic musical flow. In the *Intermezzi*, where Schumanns characteristic piano style appears throughout, listeners can also enjoy the superb pianism unique to Kobayashi, who is hailed as a natural Schumann interpreter. [Comment provided by ALMRECORDS/Kojima Recording]