Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francis Poulenc
Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano
Orchestra: Orchestre de La Suisse Romande
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187202
Release: 2024
Size: 2.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 7 for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. 242 “Lodron”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Rondo. Tempo di minuetto
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Rondo
Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor, FP. 61
07. I. Allegro ma non troppo
08. II. Larghetto
09. III. Finale
Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano and Kent Nagano present Double and Triple Piano Concertos by Mozart and Poulenc, together with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. This unique project highlights the musicality and congeniality of this extraordinary family of performers. On this album, the husband (Kent Nagano) conducts his wife (Mari Kodama), his daughter (Karin Kei Nagano) and his sister-in-law (Momo Kodama). The collective performance on this album resonates with Mozart’s own practice of performing his music together with his father, his sister, his wife, and his sister-in-law. Despite belonging to different ages in music history, Mozart and Poulenc share a combination of playfulness and seriousness, and Poulenc – who adored Mozart’s Concerto for two pianos – manages to integrate touches of Mozartian neoclassicism into his genuinely French and twentieth-century double concerto. Sharing the stage on this recording is a dream come true for the Nagano-Kodama family. Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama and Kent Nagano have appeared on Pentatone frequently, including recordings of Tchaikovsky Ballet Duos (2016) and Martinu Double Concertos (2018) featuring the two sisters, and the GRAMMY-awarded album of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf (2003) featuring Kent Nagano. Karin Kei Nagano makes her Pentatone debut.