Credits:

Izumi Tateno (piano)

Description:

For Izumi Tateno, Schubert has been her favorite repertoire since she was a young girl, but it took a long period of quietude before she was able to record it. In the early 1990s, when Tateno was in her late 50s, the images of Schubert's works began to resonate within her heart, as if she had been waiting for the wine to mature. While respecting Schubert's innate song-like nature, each note carries the light and shadow that lurks deep in his heart, and the music here is like a great river that spreads out infinitely. This is one of Tateno's masterpieces of the 1990s, and many fans still consider it to be one of his best recordings. (C)RS