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Pianist Mao Fujita came on the scene when he won the Clara Haskil Competition in Switzerland, and that is appropriate; his playing somewhat resembles hers in its grace and restraint. A complete set of Mozart sonatas is an ambitious project for a pianist in their early career, as Fujita is, but his playing has the feeling of having gone down a rabbit hole with these works. A note from Fujita states: "When I play [Mozart's] sonatas only according to what he wrote, it's quite boring. We can, instead, do something special." One might suppose that this refers to ornamentation, but actually, Fujita's alterations to the text are of a different kind; he often phrases repetitions differently from the initial statement of a phrase, and his readings are full of small details of interpretation that cross the boundaries of the periodic Classical style. Yet his playing has such moderation and control that he never moves into the territory inhabited by the 19th century way of playing Mozart, which of course, survived well beyond that time. He reins in big passages, like the quasi-symphonic first movement of the Piano Sonata in D major, K. 284. It is easy to get drawn into Fujita's world, and there are individual movements that have a mysterious limpid beauty in his hands; the slow movement of the putatively easy Piano Sonata in C major, K. 545, has even attained a measure of virality. With interpretations as distinctive as these, not all will be to everyone's taste, but it's clear that Fujita has lived up to his considerable ambitions.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K. 279 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K. 280 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat Major, K. 281 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 282 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K. 283 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
Piano Sonata No. 6 in D Major, K. 284 "Dürnitz" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 3
Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 "Alla Turca" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 4
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, K. 333 "Linz" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 5
Piano Sonata No. 15 in F Major, K. 533/494 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-Flat Major, K. 570 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Recording Engineer - Martin Kistner, Recording Engineer - Mao Fujita, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Pianist Mao Fujita came on the scene when he won the Clara Haskil Competition in Switzerland, and that is appropriate; his playing somewhat resembles hers in its grace and restraint. A complete set of Mozart sonatas is an ambitious project for a pianist in their early career, as Fujita is, but his playing has the feeling of having gone down a rabbit hole with these works. A note from Fujita states: "When I play [Mozart's] sonatas only according to what he wrote, it's quite boring. We can, instead, do something special." One might suppose that this refers to ornamentation, but actually, Fujita's alterations to the text are of a different kind; he often phrases repetitions differently from the initial statement of a phrase, and his readings are full of small details of interpretation that cross the boundaries of the periodic Classical style. Yet his playing has such moderation and control that he never moves into the territory inhabited by the 19th century way of playing Mozart, which of course, survived well beyond that time. He reins in big passages, like the quasi-symphonic first movement of the Piano Sonata in D major, K. 284. It is easy to get drawn into Fujita's world, and there are individual movements that have a mysterious limpid beauty in his hands; the slow movement of the putatively easy Piano Sonata in C major, K. 545, has even attained a measure of virality. With interpretations as distinctive as these, not all will be to everyone's taste, but it's clear that Fujita has lived up to his considerable ambitions.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 5 disc(s) - 54 track(s)
- Total length: 05:02:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Mao Fujita
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2022 Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
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