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One sometimes feels trepidation about the prodigious Kanneh-Mason siblings, who must be under tremendous pressure, but they've shown an admirable ability to pick projects that they connect with and are comfortable with. Childhood Tales, from pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, is a case in point. Most of the music is standard for this kind of program; Mozart's 12 Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman," K. 265, Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15, and Debussy's Children's Corner have hundreds of recordings in the catalog. However, Kanneh-Mason inserts a considerably less well-known piece into the sequence: Ernst von Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25. The theme of this set is the same as that of Mozart's, a tune better known in English as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." The Dohnányi piece is a real gem, full of wit and beginning with an imposing introduction whose function becomes clear only at the end of the work. Kanneh-Mason's reading catches the humor and really is worth the price of admission all by itself. Her readings of the standards are quite strong as well; she doesn't necessarily break new ground, but her Schumann scenes of childhood are often engrossing. Sample her deliberate approach in the well-trodden Träumerei for an idea. With Decca contributing fine sound from the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this release marks a new step in the upward trajectory for Isata Kanneh-Mason. It is unsurprising that this release made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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12 Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman", K. 265 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25 (Ernő Dohnányi)
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ernö Dohnányi, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Children's Corner, CD 119 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Robert Schumann)
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Robert Schumann, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Albumbeschreibung
One sometimes feels trepidation about the prodigious Kanneh-Mason siblings, who must be under tremendous pressure, but they've shown an admirable ability to pick projects that they connect with and are comfortable with. Childhood Tales, from pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, is a case in point. Most of the music is standard for this kind of program; Mozart's 12 Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman," K. 265, Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15, and Debussy's Children's Corner have hundreds of recordings in the catalog. However, Kanneh-Mason inserts a considerably less well-known piece into the sequence: Ernst von Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25. The theme of this set is the same as that of Mozart's, a tune better known in English as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." The Dohnányi piece is a real gem, full of wit and beginning with an imposing introduction whose function becomes clear only at the end of the work. Kanneh-Mason's reading catches the humor and really is worth the price of admission all by itself. Her readings of the standards are quite strong as well; she doesn't necessarily break new ground, but her Schumann scenes of childhood are often engrossing. Sample her deliberate approach in the well-trodden Träumerei for an idea. With Decca contributing fine sound from the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this release marks a new step in the upward trajectory for Isata Kanneh-Mason. It is unsurprising that this release made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 46 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:31
- Main artists: Isata Kanneh-Mason
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
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