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Takahiro Sonoda

Description:

The Pleasure of 19th Century Piano Music. Takahiro Sonoda’s masterly art shines through in this collection of technical pieces. Takahiro Sonoda has a strong image of orthodox Beethoven and Bach with his solid compositional skills, but he also inherited the enjoyment of 19th century master art from his childhood under Leo Sirota. In Sirota’s time, after serious concerts by Rosenthal, Godowski, Busoni, Rachmaninoff, and others, Sonoda would wow the audience with a stylish encore performance of technical pieces arranged by himself, Liszt, or Tausig. This album shows a different side of Sonoda from his usual seeking side. His teacher Sirota was particularly good at these virtuoso pieces, and it is said that these pieces, which Sonoda heard from time to time, became his taste and stayed with him. All of these pieces are filled with the superb musicianship of the masters, their deep knowledge and