Press Reviews for Bruckner Piano Works
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Editor’s Pick, Record of the Month:
“Kodama performs these works with great nuance and flexibility, responding to the variety of the material. There are not a lot of indications in the scores in terms of tempi and dynamics, so Kodama brings her own creativity to the interpretations(…). Kodama’s Bruckner Piano Works is an important new recording, shedding light on one of classical music’s towering artists.”
by Sasha Matson, Stereophile, January 2025
“I feel comfortable recommending this totally convincing collection of miniatures to Brucknerians who would like to hear a surprising and satisfying side of the composer.”
By Samuel Wigutow, ConcertoNet.com, September 2024
“To Kodama’s great credit, she seeks out the subtle beauties of this music, resorting neither to overstatement nor to an assumed naivety. Her clarity of touch and unfailing kinaesthetic sense are a pleasure to experience.”
By Patrick Rucker, Gramophone, December 2024
“This remarkable pianist…offers here a varied and creative selection of a production considered marginal, to which she gives letters of nobility. Listening to this album, which deserves its place in a Brucknerian record collection, provides a lively pleasure at every moment, which should not be deprived of.”
By Jean Lacroix, Cresendo Magazine, November 2024
“To Kodama’s great credit, she seeks out the subtle beauties of this music, resorting neither to overstatement nor to an assumed naivety. Her clarity of touch and unfailing kinaesthetic sense are a pleasure to experience.”
By Patrick Rucker, Gramophone, December 2024
“In the Bruckner year, this CD comes at just the right time, as it expands the discography with solid recordings of music that should not be missing from the master’s sonorous biography.”
By Wilhelm Sinkovicz, Die Presse, October 2024
“What struck me most, is how Mari Kodama takes the listener so intensely and lovingly by the hand, walking together in what may be called Bruckner’s compositional nursery.”
by Adrian Quanjer, HRAudio.net, October 2024
“Mari Kodama makes her own with delicate virtuosity, natural musicality and clear tonal expressiveness.”
By Juan Carlos Telleche, Mundo Classico, November 2024
“With this CD, Mari Kodama succeeds in taking a joyful look at Anton Bruckner as a piano composer. The selection of pieces reveals not only the diversity of his work, but also his ability to use the piano as an expressive instrument for a variety of moods and ideas. Kodama’s sophisticated performance, her technical ability and her sensitive interpretation make this recording a valuable contribution to the Bruckner year. A clear recommendation for anyone who would like to get to know Bruckner from a new, unexpected side.”
by Dirk Schau, Online Merker, October 2024