CDs
Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II
Quartz QTZ2130
“Refined dignity.”
”The multiple parts resonate harmoniously, and the weaving in of the contrapuntal canon... can be discerned as clearly as if marked out in contrasting colours.”
”Her warm performance style really makes these melodies sing out and soothes the heart with a feeling of gentle tranquillity.”
Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor BWV 826
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 (‘Waldstein’)
Schubert: Four Impromptus Op. 90 D. 899
Quartz QTZ2094
“The highlight of this impressive recital is the unusually sombre reading of Schubert’s First Impromptu...”
”..and the Waldstein is charistmatic.”
“Never breathless and the dynamics are carefully graded. Lovely, in other words; these readings capture the elusiveness of Schubert’s inspiration – superficially light music possessing bewildering profundity.”
“Fujisawa plays cleanly, crisply and with brilliant rhythmic drive. Best is the understated, cool Sarabande, the incessant slow semiquavers never sounding academic.”
”Sumptuously recorded too - this is an irresistible disc.”