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Sachiko Suda

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Further evolution! An ambitious work including "Luisa" by Jobim, the founder of bossa nova, and works by Rota, a master of film music! Sachiko Suda, who performed "Hoshi wa Hikarinu" at a live broadcast on the news station, is the focus of attention in this second volume. Sachiko Suda is one of Japan's best viola singers and a rare violist with a wide variety of colorful tones. While the theme of this concert is "Songs," the program also includes Hindemith's sonatas. Starting with Puccini's opera arias "My Father" (Gianni Schicchi) and "The Stars Shine Bright" (Tosca), the program continues with three pieces derived from Jobim's "Luisa," known for the film music "The Black Orfe" and other songs. After that, the program consists of original works written for the viola, including "Intermezzo" by Nino Rota, the master of film music, Schumann's "Fairy Tale Book" consisting of four pieces, and Hindemith's Viola Sonata (1939).Hindemith composed three viola sonatas during his lifetime, and his debut CD "The Viola Sings" (MF25901) includes his first viola sonata in F major, composed in 1919, but this album includes his third viola sonata in C (1939). Hindemith was a great pianist and composer. Hindemith developed his own theory of coordination, as if rejecting the music of the Romantic school of Schumann and Brahms, and established a compositional technique known as neoclassicism or neoclassicalism, and it is interesting that this album places Hindemith after Schumann. However, Hindemith's style was rejected by Hitler and he was branded as "decadent music," despite the fact that he was German. This work, completed the year after his exile, is a dense work that is truly unique to Hindemith, boldly utilizing the functions of the viola while also reflecting the aspects of the times. Hindemith is followed by Lotus Flower from Schumann's Lieder Milte as an encore. Please listen to Sachiko Suda's current state, which has evolved further after two recordings. The viola and bow actually used by Hindemith are used. Universal Music/IMS