epilogues
Concertant Classics I 2022 (ALBUM)
Maksim Shtrykov, clarinet • Misuzu Tanaka, piano
Epilogues honors three composers' swan songs for a wind, inextricably interwoven with piano parts of wondrous sophistication. They are not mere postscripts to careers, pale codicils to august musical testaments, a lesser afterglow. Indeed not! These sonates-adieux by three towering masters are among the very finest works for clarinet.
“Clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka serve up world-class performances of these works that yield nothing to competing catalog versions.” - Classics Today
“It may seem a little banal but the word I keep coming back to with this recording is ‘lovely’. It is of course beautifully played but there is a real affection behind the enterprise: affection for the composers and between the musicians.” - MusicWeb International
Rondo a Capriccio in G Major, Op. 129, "Rage over a Lost Penny"
Concertant Classics I 2017 (SINGLE)
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Misuzu Tanaka in Concert. Music of Janáček and Bach
Concertant Classics I 2016 (ALBUM)
Live in concert, Misuzu Tanaka performs music by two composers she holds closely to her heart: J. S. Bach and Janáček. Structural perfection and the display of raw uninhibited emotions from the two masters create an unexpected yet perfect pairing.
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“Tanaka’s readings are very convincing in the way she captures every aspect of superb music that deserves to be known by every lover of Romantic piano works.”
- Fanfare Magazine
“Her playing is as perfect for Janáček as it is for Bach. What a wonderfully unlikely pair"
- The WholeNote
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