Chopin: Piano Works

[Machine Translation] The dignified music of a master who lives and breathes the piano. Yoko Kitamura studied at the Paris Conservatory under legendary teachers Yves Natte and Pierre Sancan. After returning to Japan, Kitamura remained at Toho Gakuen School of Music as a renowned professor for a long time, and has produced many students. During this time, her music has matured, and at the age of 81, her debut CD, "Debussy: Preludes," received rave reviews in the music press. In Chopin, her uncompromising severity and warmth of gaze are vividly intertwined, resulting in an album full of luminous colors that seem to reflect the entire personality of this pianist. This is a record of Yoko Kitamura at the age of 83.

ピアノに生きる名匠の、凛とした音楽。パリ音楽院に留学し、イヴ・ナットやピエール・サンカンという伝説的名教師の下で研鑽を積んだ北村陽子。帰国後は桐朋学園音楽大学の名教授として長くその任に在り、多くの門下生を輩出しています。この間、音楽は熟成を重ね、81歳の折のデビューCD「ドビュッシー: 前奏曲集」は、音楽各紙誌の絶賛を浴びました。このショパンでは、一切の妥協のない厳しい目と注がれる暖かい眼差しが鮮やかに交錯し、このピアニストの全人格が反映されたような光彩に満ちたアルバムとなりました。北村陽子、83歳の記録です。