72 Preludes Mao Fujita

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): 24 Préludes, Op. 28:
• 1Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major - Agitato00:42
• 2Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor - Lento02:08
• 3Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major - Vivace01:01
• 4Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor - Largo01:42
• 5Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major - Molto allegro00:43
• 6Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor - Lento assai01:37
• 7Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major - Andantino00:47
• 8Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor - Molto agitato01:56
• 9Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major - Largo01:25
• 10Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor - Molto allegro00:33
• 11Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major - Vivace00:41
• 12Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor - Presto01:14
• 13Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major - Lento02:41
• 14Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor - Allegro00:42
• 15Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop" - Sostenuto04:38
• 16Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor - Presto con fuoco01:17
• 17Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major - Allegretto03:27
• 18Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor - Molto allegro01:17
• 19Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major - Vivace01:27
• 20Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor - Largo01:42
• 21Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major - Cantabile01:47
• 22Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor - Molto agitato00:43
• 23Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major - Moderato01:11
• 24Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor - Allegro appassionato02:47
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915): 24 Preludes, Op. 11:
• 25Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 1 in C Major - Vivace00:58
• 26Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 2 in A Minor - Allegretto02:05
• 27Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 3 in G Major - Vivo00:54
• 28Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 4 in E Minor - Lento01:55
• 29Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 5 in D Major - Andante cantabile01:42
• 30Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 6 in B Minor - Allegro00:49
• 31Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 7 in A Major - Allegro assai00:58
• 32Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor - Allegro agitato01:16
• 33Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 9 in E Major - Andantino01:42
• 34Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor - Andante01:27
• 35Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 11 in B Major - Allegro assai01:38
• 36Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor - Andante01:51
• 37Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 13 in G-Flat Major - Lento01:47
• 38Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor - Presto00:56
• 39Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 15 in D-Flat Major - Lento02:08
• 40Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor - Misterioso01:52
• 41Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 17 in A-Flat Major - Allegretto00:45
• 42Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 18 in F Minor - Allegro agitato00:59
• 43Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 19 in E-Flat Major - Affettuoso01:20
• 44Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 20 in C Minor - Appassionato00:57
• 45Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 21 in B-Flat Major - Andante02:01
• 46Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 22 in G Minor - Lento01:12
• 47Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 23 in F Major - Vivo00:37
• 48Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 24 in D Minor - Presto00:49
• Akio Yashiro (1929 - 1976): 24 Preludes:
• 49Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 1 in C Major - Allegro00:48
• 50Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 2 in A Minor - Andante00:54
• 51Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 3 in G Major - Andantino02:00
• 52Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 4. in E Minor - Allegro scherzando00:58
• 53Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 5 in D Major - Allegro molto00:43
• 54Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 6. in B Minor - Andante moderato02:09
• 55Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 7 in A Major - Mouvement de sarabande01:41
• 56Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 8. in F-Sharp Minor - Andante tempo di Barcarolle02:49
• 57Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 9 in E Major - Presto con fuoco e molto agitato01:10
• 58Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 10. in C-Sharp Minor - Maestoso01:17
• 59Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 11 in B Major (沈鬱に)01:36
• 60Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor - Moderato cantabile espressivo02:16
• 61Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 13 in G-Flat Major - Vivace00:48
• 62Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor - Andante01:34
• 63Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 15 in D-Flat Major - Tempo di valse01:34
• 64Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor - Allegretto01:50
• 65Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 17 in A-Flat Major - Pesante01:17
• 66Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 18 in F Minor - Lento04:09
• 67Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 19 in E-Flat Major - Moderato01:37
• 68Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 20 in C Minor - Allegro burlesca01:04
• 69Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 21 in B-Flat Major - Moderato maestoso02:14
• 70Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 22 in G Minor - Tempo di Barcarolle02:05
• 71Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 23 in F Major - Lento02:31
• 72Yashiro: 24 Preludes: No. 24 in D Minor - Molto vivace01:57
• Total Runtime01:51:47

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