Mitsuko Uchida Schubert: Piano Sonatas D537 & D664/German Dances D790 & D820
Mitsuko Uchida Schubert: Piano Sonatas D537 & D664/German Dances D790 & D820
MP3 320kbs | 150MB
MP3 320kbs | 150MB
Born in a seaside town close to Tokyo, Japan, Uchida moved to Vienna, Austria when she was twelve with her diplomat parents, and she enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Music to study with Wilhelm Kempff and Stefan Askenase. In 1969 she won the first prize in the Beethoven Competition in Vienna and in 1970 the second prize in the Chopin Competition. Then in 1975, she won second prize in the prestigious Leeds Piano Competition. She is an acclaimed interpreter of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Debussy. She has recorded all of Mozart's piano sonatas and concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Tate. She is also distinguished as an interpreter of the works of the Second Viennese School.
1. Sonata for Piano in A minor, D 537/Op. 164 (20:05)
2.German Dances (6) for Piano, D 820 (8:31)
3.Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120 (19:21)
4.German Dances (12) for Piano, D 790/Op. 171 (15:14)