LISZT SCHUBERT SONG TRANSCRIPTIONS
SCHUBERT IMPROMTUS D. 899
One could tell Tamayo Ikeda’s story of the Japanese childhood of a precocious little girl, the arrival in Paris at the age of eighteen, to study and then for life. One could make a long list of her successes, medals, prizes, evoke her career, the Ykeda duo...
However, the essential question would not have been answered: where is she when she plays? In what space out of time and the world evolves this singular artist whose music is the true mother tongue?
I asked myself this question the very first time Tamayo Ikeda came to play on France Musique at my invitation. With Schubert, she was obviously at home, as it is true that there are two kinds of musicians: those who naturally speak the language of Schubert and others. But what is the “home” of a musician who juggles with extremes? Precision and fantasy, delicacy and passion, elegance and taste for risk.
This Schubert-Liszt programme, between the intimacy of the one and the flamboyance of the other, will perhaps offer a beginning of an answer...
Arièle Butaux (Writer, Artistic Director)
Tracklist
1. Ständchen, S. 560/7: Schwanengesang No. 4
2. Der Lindenbaum, S. 561/7: Winterreise No. 5
3. Wasserflut, S. 561/6: Winterreise No. 6
4. Wohin? Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S.565/5: Die schöne Müllerin, No. 2
5. Die Müller und der Bach, Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S.565/2: Die schöne Müllerin, No. 19
6. Ave Maria: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, No. 12, S. 558/12
7. Impromptu No. 1, Op. 90 in C Minor, D. 899: Allegro molto moderato
8. Impromptu No. 2 Op. 90 in E-flat Major, D. 899: Allegro
9. Impromptu No. 3 Op. 90 in G-flat Major, D. 899: Andante
10. Impromptu No. 4 Op. 90 in A-flat Major, D. 899: Allegretto
11. Auf dem Wasser zu Singen: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558/2
12. Der Erlkönig: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558/4
13. Meeres Stille: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558/5
14. Die Forelle: 6 Melodien von Franz Schubert, S. 563/6
All tracks arranged for solo piano by Franz Liszt except Nos. 7-10.
Press & Reviews
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‘After my tumultuous life and the pandemic, and without being able to play in front of an audience for a long time, I needed Schubert’s music terribly. His music consoled me with its sincerity. As I cannot sing, I made my piano sing.’ This is how many people feel in the waning days of COVID – we need a bit of consolation, a bit of excitement, but, above all, sincerity.
Maureen Buja, Interlude, 2022
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While there are countless recordings of Schubert's piano music available, a more perfect realization would be hard to imagine than Tamayo Ikeda's.
Textura, 2023
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Japanese pianist Tamayo Ikeda released her album of Schubert Lieder in their virtuosic solo arragements by Franz Liszt, alongside Schubert's Impromptus D. 899, on 14 October 2022.
Ulysses Arts