Composer: Claude Debussy, Toshio Hosokawa
Performer: Momo Kodama
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: ECM
Release: 2017
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Claude Debussy:
01. Pour Les Arpèges Composés Etude XI
Toshio Hosokawa:
02. Point And Line Etude II
Claude Debussy:
03. Pour Les Quartes Etude III
Toshio Hosokawa:
04. Calligraphy, Haiku, 1 Line Etude III
Claude Debussy:
05. Pour Les Sixtes Etude IV
Toshio Hosokawa:
06. 2 Lines Etude I
Claude Debussy:
07. Pour Les Sonorités Opposées Etude X
08. Pour Les Tierces Etude II
09. Pour Les Huit Doigts Etude VI
Toshio Hosokawa:
10. Lied, Melody Etude VI
Claude Debussy:
11. Pour Les “Cinq Doigts” – D’après Monsieur Czerny Etude I
12. Pour Les Accords Etude XII
13. Pour Les Agréments Etude VIII
Toshio Hosokawa:
14. Ayatori, Magic By 2 Hands, 3 Lines Etude IV
Claude Debussy:
15. Pour Les Degrés Chromatiques Etude VII
Toshio Hosokawa:
16. Anger Etude V
Claude Debussy:
17. Pour Les Notes Répétées Etude IX
18. Pour Les Octaves Etude
Born in Osaka, educated at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, Momo Kodama is well-placed to approach music from both Eastern and Western vantage points, as she does in this album which interweaves etudes of Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and
Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955).
Both composers have similarly been border-crossers. Debussy, pointing to music of the future, looked to the Orient for inspiration. Hosokawa has combined aspects of Japanese and European tradition in his contemporary compositions. Momo Kodama: “In the music of Toshio Hosokawa I find elements close to Debussy: the freedom of form and tone colour, the sense of poetic design, with a wide range of lyricism and dynamics, between meditation and virtuoso development, between light and shade, between large gestures and minimalist refinement.”
‘Point and Line’ is the pianist’s second ECM album and follows the widely-praised ‘La vallée des cloches’, with music of Ravel, Takemitsu and Messiaen, of which American Record Guide noted: “Kodama’s impeccable technique and facility for crystalline sounds makes for a mesmerizing program.”