The recording involved staff who had worked with Takayuki Mihara's teacher, Shoko Sugitani, for many years, including tuner Tadayuki Matsunaga and engineers Hiroshi Senuma and Hanae Saito.
Compositional Technique
The third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 is structured as a set of variations on a theme, which is described as a prelude to a service.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31 features a fugue in its third movement, which reflects the composer's reverence for Bach's music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Beethoven himself called his Piano Sonata No. 14, known as the 'Moonlight Sonata,' a 'fantasy-style sonata.'
Recording & Production
This album is a tribute to Takayuki Mihara's late teacher, Shoko Sugitani, a pianist and authority on German music in Japan, who passed away in 2019.
Performer Biography
Pianist Takayuki Mihara is also engaged in postgraduate research on infectious diseases at Keio University.
