72 Preludes Mao Fujita

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): 24 Préludes, Op. 28:
• 1 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major - Agitato 00:42
• 2 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor - Lento 02:08
• 3 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major - Vivace 01:01
• 4 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor - Largo 01:42
• 5 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major - Molto allegro 00:43
• 6 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor - Lento assai 01:37
• 7 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major - Andantino 00:47
• 8 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor - Molto agitato 01:56
• 9 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major - Largo 01:25
• 10 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor - Molto allegro 00:33
• 11 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major - Vivace 00:41
• 12 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor - Presto 01:14
• 13 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major - Lento 02:41
• 14 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor - Allegro 00:42
• 15 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop" - Sostenuto 04:38
• 16 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor - Presto con fuoco 01:17
• 17 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major - Allegretto 03:27
• 18 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor - Molto allegro 01:17
• 19 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major - Vivace 01:27
• 20 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor - Largo 01:42
• 21 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major - Cantabile 01:47
• 22 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor - Molto agitato 00:43
• 23 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major - Moderato 01:11
• 24 Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor - Allegro appassionato 02:47
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915): 24 Preludes, Op. 11:
• 25 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 1 in C Major - Vivace 00:58
• 26 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 2 in A Minor - Allegretto 02:05
• 27 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 3 in G Major - Vivo 00:54
• 28 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 4 in E Minor - Lento 01:55
• 29 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 5 in D Major - Andante cantabile 01:42
• 30 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 6 in B Minor - Allegro 00:49
• 31 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 7 in A Major - Allegro assai 00:58
• 32 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor - Allegro agitato 01:16
• 33 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 9 in E Major - Andantino 01:42
• 34 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor - Andante 01:27
• 35 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 11 in B Major - Allegro assai 01:38
• 36 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor - Andante 01:51
• 37 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 13 in G-Flat Major - Lento 01:47
• 38 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor - Presto 00:56
• 39 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 15 in D-Flat Major - Lento 02:08
• 40 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor - Misterioso 01:52
• 41 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 17 in A-Flat Major - Allegretto 00:45
• 42 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 18 in F Minor - Allegro agitato 00:59
• 43 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 19 in E-Flat Major - Affettuoso 01:20
• 44 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 20 in C Minor - Appassionato 00:57
• 45 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 21 in B-Flat Major - Andante 02:01
• 46 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 22 in G Minor - Lento 01:12
• 47 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 23 in F Major - Vivo 00:37
• 48 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 24 in D Minor - Presto 00:49
• Akio Yashiro (1929 - 1976): 24 Preludes:
• 49 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 1 in C Major - Allegro 00:48
• 50 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 2 in A Minor - Andante 00:54
• 51 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 3 in G Major - Andantino 02:00
• 52 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 4. in E Minor - Allegro scherzando 00:58
• 53 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 5 in D Major - Allegro molto 00:43
• 54 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 6. in B Minor - Andante moderato 02:09
• 55 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 7 in A Major - Mouvement de sarabande 01:41
• 56 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 8. in F-Sharp Minor - Andante tempo di Barcarolle 02:49
• 57 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 9 in E Major - Presto con fuoco e molto agitato 01:10
• 58 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 10. in C-Sharp Minor - Maestoso 01:17
• 59 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 11 in B Major (沈鬱に) 01:36
• 60 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor - Moderato cantabile espressivo 02:16
• 61 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 13 in G-Flat Major - Vivace 00:48
• 62 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor - Andante 01:34
• 63 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 15 in D-Flat Major - Tempo di valse 01:34
• 64 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor - Allegretto 01:50
• 65 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 17 in A-Flat Major - Pesante 01:17
• 66 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 18 in F Minor - Lento 04:09
• 67 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 19 in E-Flat Major - Moderato 01:37
• 68 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 20 in C Minor - Allegro burlesca 01:04
• 69 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 21 in B-Flat Major - Moderato maestoso 02:14
• 70 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 22 in G Minor - Tempo di Barcarolle 02:05
• 71 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 23 in F Major - Lento 02:31
• 72 Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 24 in D Minor - Molto vivace 01:57
• Total Runtime 01:51:47

Info for 72 Preludes

Mao Fujita’s new recording Crosses Continents and Eras with ‘72 Preludes’. Following his ‘consistently impressive’ (Gramophone) traversal of Mozart’s complete Piano Sonatas for Sony Classical - winner of an Opus Klassik Award - Japanese pianist Mao Fujita presents a similarly ambitious project: matching sets of 24 Preludes by three composers, Frédéric Chopin, Alexander Scriabin and Akio Yashiro. In so doing, Fujita unites the Europe in which he now lives with the Japan where he was born and raised.

The works incorporate a huge variety of moods and styles as their young composer explores varied harmonic and rhythmic devices with panache. Fujita likens the contents of his new recording to a refreshing but hearty sushi meal: ‘If the Chopin and the Scriabin are the fish and the rice, the base, the Yashiro is the wasabi - just as vital, and with that special kick to create something delicious.’

It was only a matter of time before Fujita brought his distinctively weightless, cantabile playing style and crystalline clarity of expression to the music of Chopin. When Fujita included Chopin encores in his acclaimed Mozart Sonata series at Wigmore Hall in London, The Guardian concluded that ‘an all-Chopin programme from Fujita is now a priority.’ Fujita says he was drawn to Chopin’s particular character of expression and believes he was ‘able to make something of this special sound; this melodic poetry and beautiful harmony.’ The allure of Scriabin’s 24 Preludes was no less strong. ‘These are phenomenal pieces, with things you cannot find in Chopin,’ Fujita says.

Mao Fujita, piano

Mao Fujita
With an innate musical sensitivity and naturalness to his artistry, 24-year old pianist Mao Fujita has already impressed many leading musicians as one of those special talents which come along only rarely, equally at home in Mozart as the major romantic repertoire.

Born in Tokyo, Fujita was still studying at the Tokyo College of Music in 2017 when he took First Prize at the prestigious Concours International de Piano Clara Haskil in Switzerland, along with the Audience Award, Prix Modern Times, and the Prix Coup de Coeur, which first brought him to the attention of the international music community. He was also the Silver Medalist at the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, where his special musical qualities received exceptional attention from a jury of leading musicians.

Fujita has been invited to appear in recital at major international festivals including the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Tsinandali and Riga-Jurmala festivals, among others, and he makes his highly-anticipated US recital debut at Carnegie Hall in January 2023. Recent and upcoming orchestral highlights include performances with the Gewandhausorchester, Munich Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Philharmonique de Radio France, Konzerthaus Berlin, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, RAI, Filarmonica della Scala, and Lucerne Festival orchestras, while his many conductor relationships include Vasily Petrenko, Christoph Eschenbach, Riccardo Chailly, and Andris Nelsons.

In November 2021, Fujita signed an exclusive multi-album deal with Sony Classical International. The new partnership sees him explore many facets of repertoire across several releases, starting with an eagerly-anticipated studio recording of Mozart’s complete piano sonatas, which is due for release in October 2022, following an acclaimed series of performances of the complete sonatas at the Verbier Festival in 2021. Fujita has been invited to perform the same set of works, interspersed with sets of Variations, over five concerts for his debut at London’s Wigmore Hall at the end of the 22/23 season.

Starting piano lessons at the age of three, Fujita won his first international prize in 2010 at the World Classic in Taiwan, and became a laureate of numerous national and international competitions such as the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition in Vienna (2013), Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians (2015), and the Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition (2016).

Mao Fujita is moving to Berlin for further studies with Kirill Gerstein.

Booklet for 72 Preludes