Kikuko Ogura

concerts

5th October 2024

Il mondo del fortepiano vol.12 "Erard Piano & Violin 'Bell Epoque'"

G.Pierné : Serenade la majeur op.7

G.Fauré : Sonate pour violon et piano n1 la majeur op.13

M.Ravel : Sonate pour violon et piano n1 la majeur

C.Franck : Sonate pour violon et piano la majeur

 

Instrument : Erard, 1890 Paris

5th October 2024 13:30 open - 14:00 start

Toppan-Hall, Tokyo

Tickets : 4,500yen, 2,500yen for under 25 years old, All  reserved seats

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Kikuko Ogura was born in Iwate, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and also completed graduate studies there. She furthered her studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, graduating with cum laude honors. She has performed in numerous programs presented by concert halls as well as at music festivals and on NHK's Classic Club, Pia no pia, Meikyoku tantei Amadeus and La la la classic, and she also serves as an instructor on NHK's Culture radio geijutsu no miryoku - Mozart ga deatta ongakukatachi. Her recordings and concerts presented by the Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments are also highly acclaimed. She has released over 40 CDs, many of which have been selected for recommendation or best disc by newspapers such as the Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun and magazines such as Record Geijutsu. Her written works include Karaa zukai piano no rekishi (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), and she has co-authored and supervised the development of numerous other works. She has served as a part-time instructor in the Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Early Music since 2004. She is the producer of Fortepiano Academy Sacla. She is currently engaged in performances for her Mozart's Clavier Room concert series.

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Kikuko Ogura studied at the Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts and subsequently at the university itself, and latergraduated ‘cum laude’ from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. She won 1st prize at the Japan Mozart Piano Competition (piano category), and 1st prizes in the ensemble section and fortepiano section as well as the audience prize at the Bruges International Early Music Competition. She has made many appearance on television and radio, in programs such as ‘Classic Club’, ‘La La La ♪ Classic’, ‘Pianopia’, ‘Culture Radio, the Appeal of Art’ etc. Her more than fifty CDs have been highly recommended by newspapers and music magazines such as ‘Record Geijutsu’. Other awards and prizes include the Grand Prize in the Record Category of the National Arts Festival 2012, Music Pen Club Japan Award (Classical instrumental/vocal section), and an honorable mention in the JXTG Music Awards (western music section). She is the author of ‘An Illustrated History of the Piano’ (Kawade Shobō Shinsha), and has edited the critical edition of “Giustini: Twelve Sonatas” Volumes I and II (Edition Kawai), and a collection of sonatinas entitled ‘Raccolta di Sonatine’ (Ongaku-no-Tomo Sha Corp). She staged forty concerts in the series ‘Kikuko Ogura’s Mozart Klavier Room’, served on the juries of the 86th to 88th Music Competition of Japan and is at present undertaking a Hokutopia series entitled ‘A Classical Journey with Kikuko Ogura’. The series ‘Kikuko Ogura – the World of the Fortepiano’ was launched in 2020. She is the producer of the Fortepiano Academy SACLA and is at present a part-time lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Major Awards

1989  First Prize - 3rd Japan Mozart Music Competition (piano)

1993  First Prize - Bruges International Early Music Competition (ensemble)

1995  First Prize and Audience Prize - Bruges International Early Music Competition (fortepiano)

2013  Grand Prize - 2012 (67th) Agency for Cultural Affairs National Arts Festival Awards (recordings)

2018  2017 (30th) Music Pen Club Awards - Classical Music (solo performance)

2018  2018 (48th) JXTG Music Awards (Western Classical Music Promotion Division)

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Beethoven

nuovo vivente

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

Sonate für Klavier E-Dur Nr.30 Op.109

Sonate für Klavier As-Dur Nr.31 Op.110

Sonate für Klavier c-Moll Nr.32 Op.111

Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher (Wien 1845)

Recording Date :  Ora Town Central Public Hall - Muranomori Hall, March 2022

ALM Records ALCD-1216, Booklet in English enclosed

 

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Beethoven

Hammerklavier

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

Sonate für Klavier e-Moll Nr.27 Op.90

Sonate für Klavier A-Dur Nr.28 Op.101

Sonate für Klavier B-Dur Nr.29 Op.106 "Hammerklavier"

Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher (Wien 1845)

Recording Date :  Lake Sagami-ko Community Center, July 2020

ALM Records ALCD-1201, Booklet in English enclosed

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Beethoven BEST

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments Collection Series 58

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kaoru Hanazaki (cello), Satoshi Tsukada (natural horn), Sou Takagi (violin), Masayoshi Fujimura (viola), Satoki Nagaoka (viola)

Piano Sonata No.21 in C major "Waldstein" 1st mov., Violin Sonata No.5 in F major in c-sharp minor Op.27-2 "Moonlight", Cello Sonata No.3 in A major Op.69 3rd mov., Horn Sonata in F major Op.17 1st mov., 6 Variations in D major on an Original Theme op.76, Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58 for Piano and String Quintet 3rd mov., For Elise in a minor WoO.59

Instruments : Broadwood, Walter & Son, Streicher, Fritz

Selection From various CDs of Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments Collection Series

ALM Records ALCD-2107

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Bach

Sonaten und Partiten für Violine solo

mit Klavierbegleitung von Schumann und Mendelssohn

Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

aus der Partien - mit Klavierbegleitung von Mendelssohn (1840)

Preludio aus Partita Nr.3 E-Dur BWV1006, Chaconne aus der Partita Nr.2 d-moll BWV1004

Sonaten - mit Klavierbegleitung von Schumann (1853)

Sonata Nr.1 g-moll BWV1001, Sonata Nr.2 a-moll BWV1003, Sonata Nr.3 C-Dur BWV1005

Partiten - mit Klavierbegleitung von Schumann (1853)

Partita Nr.1 h-moll BWV1002, Partiten Nr.2 d-moll BWV1004, Partiten Nr.3 E-Dur BWV1006

Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher, in Wien. 1845

Recording Date : Coppice Miyoshi, June 2019

ALM Records ALCD-9204, 9205

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Piano Concertos by J.C.Bach and W.A.Mozart

Concert Series "Kikukos Zimmer mit Mozarts Klavier" the 30th Anniversary Concert <Live>

Kikuko Ogura and The Chamber Orchestra on Period Instruments

W.A.Mozart : Klavierkonzert B-Dur K.450, Klavierkonzert B-Dur K.595

J.C.Bach : Klavierkonzert D-Dur Op.13-2

Instrument : Anton Walter 1795 model (Chris Maene 1995)

Recording Location : The Dai-ichi Seimei Hall. 3 November 2017 [Live Concert Recording]

ALM Records ALCD-1176, Booklet in English enclosed

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L'Arlesienne : OEuvres pour piano de Bizet jouées au piano Pleyel

Kikuko Ogura, Piano

G.Bizet : Chants du Rhin, Chasse Fantastique en mi bémol majeur, Nocturne en fa majeur Op.2, Nocturne en ré majeur, Variations Chromatiques en do mineur, L'Arlesienne (Réduction pour piano par le compositeur, extraits)

Instrument : Pleyel 1848

Recording Date : Kirari Fujimi, June 2017

ALM Records ALCD-1169, Booklet in English enclosed

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Sternbild

Kikuko Ogura, Piano

Clara Schumann : Praludium und Fuge B-Dur Op.16-2, Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann Op.20

Robert Schumann : Kreisleriana Op.16, Fantasie C-Dur Op.17

Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher 1845

Recording Date : November 2014

ALM Records ALCD-1153, Booklet in English enclosed

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Vienna, the Land of the Clavier  Mozart & Hummel on two Walter Pianos

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 54

Kikuko Ogura (fotepiano), Natsumi Wakamatsu (Violine und Viola), Yoshiko Morita (Viola), Schuhei Takezawa (Violoncello), Masahiro Komuro (Kontrabass), Kanae Kikuchi (flöte), Masamitsu San'nomiya (Oboe), Satoshi Tsukada (Horn)

W.A.Mozart : Sonate für Klavier und Violine A-Dur K.526, Sonate für Klavier D-Dur K.576, Quartett für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello g-Moll K.478

J.N.Hummel : Sonate für Klavier f-Moll Op.20, Sonate für Violine und Klavier D-Dur Op.50, Grosses Septett für Flöte, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier d-Moll Op.74

Instruments : Anton Walter 1795 model (Chris Maene 1995), Walter & Son 1808~10

Recording Date : September & October 2014

LMCD-2041,2042

[sample] https://youtu.be/D-j0FwKtQK8

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Beauriful Upright Pianos : Delight of Duet

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 53

Kikuko Ogura, Miho Haga (Upright Piano)

C.Debussy : Petite suite pour piano à quatre mains

G.Fauré : Dolly pour piano à quatre mains Op.56

T.Nadarzewska-Baranowska : La prière d'nue vierge

F.Poulenc : Sonate pour piano à quatre mains

J.Français : 15 portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir pour piano à quatre mains

J.F.F.Burgmüller : Des 25 Etudes faciles et progressives Op.100

M.Ravel : Ma mère l'oye

Instruments : Erard c.1822 Paris, Gilson c.1860 Paris, Erard c.1880 Paris, Giraffe Piano 19c NewYork

Recording Date : April 2014

LMCD-2032

[sample] https://youtu.be/VmuKr3fu6yw

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Delight of English Home Music on Square Piano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 52

Kikuko Ogura (square piano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)

J.Haydn : Green sleeves, The Mermaid's Song, Auld lang syne,

Sonata for Clavier B major Hob.16:41

M.Clementi : Though no mines are abounding, If sighing could recal the years,

Sonata for Clavier G major

J.C.Bach : Sonata for Clavier G major Op.5-3

W.A.Mozart : Abendempfindung an Laura,

Sonata for Clavier and Violin F major K.13, 12 Variations of the thema "Ah, vous dirai-je maman"

Instrument : Square Piano, Thomas Laud c1805 London

Recording Date : December 2013

LMCD-2029

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Brahms & Waldhorn, Late Romantic Era in Germany

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 48

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Satoshi Tsukada (natural horn)

J.Brahms :

Sonate für Violine und Klavier G-dur Op.78

Vier Klavirstücke Op.119

Trio für Violine, Horn und Klavier Es-dur Op.40

Instrument : Grotorian-Steinweg 1885-1890 Braunschweig Germany

Recording Date : May 2013

LMCD-1995

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HINDEMITH

Violin and Viola Sonatas Op.11

Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

Paul Hindemith :

Sonate in Es für Violine und Klavier op.11-1

Sonate für Bratsche allein op.11-5

Sonate für Bratsche und Klavier op.11-4

Kleine Sonate für Viola d'amore und Klavier op.25-2

Sonate in g für Violine allein op.11-6

Sonate in D für Violine und Klavier op.11-2

Instrument : C. Bechstein 1913 Berlin

Live Recording : October 2013

MM-22173-74 (2CD)

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Les Rondos

la lumière de Mozart

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :

Sonate D-dur KV311 (284c)

Rondo D-dur KV485

Sonate a-moll KV310 (300d)

Rondo a-moll KV511

Sonate A-dur KV331 (300i) "mit demo Türkischen Marsch" 

Instrument : Chris Maene after Anton Walter (1795)

Recording Date : March 2013

ALCD-1142, Booklet in English enclosed

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Beethoven : Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano 1

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 45

Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

L.v.Beethoven :

Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier F-dur Nr.1 Op.5-1

Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier g-moll Nr.2 Op.5-2

Zwölf Variationen für Klavier und Violoncello über ein Thema aus Händels Oratorium "Judas Maccabäus" G-dur WoO45

Zwölf Variationen für Klavier und Violoncello über das Thema "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" aus Mozarts Oper "Die Zauberflöte" F-dur WoO66

Sieben Variationen für Klavier und Violoncello über ein Thema "Bei Männer, welche Liebe fühlen" aus Mozarts Oper "Die Zauberflöte" Es-dur WoO46

Sonate für Klavier und Horn F-dur Op.17 in der Fassung für Klavier und Violoncello

Instrument : Walter & Son 1808-1810 Wien

Recording Date : September 2012

LMCD-1973,1974

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Beethoven : Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano 2

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 46

Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

L.v.Beethoven :

Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier A-dur Nr.3 Op.69

Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier C-dur Nr.4 Op.102-1

Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier D-dur Nr.5 Op.102-2

Instrument : Walter & Son 1808-1810 Wien

Recording Date : September 2012

LMCD-1975

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English Sonata on Broadwood Piano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 38

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

J.L.Dussek : Sonata in B-flat major Op.23

J.Haydn : English Sonata in C major Hob.16:50

J.Field : Sonata in E-flat major Op.1-1

M.Clementi : Sonata in B minor Op.40-2

L.v.Beethoven : Sonata in C major Op.53 <Waldstein> 

Instrument : John Broadwood & Son c1802 London

Recording Date : July 2011

LMCD-1960

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Chopin, Piano Concerto No.2 on Pleyel Piano and Sing Quintet

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 35

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Masayoshi Fujimura (violin), Satoki Nagaoka (viola), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Masahiro Komuro (contrabass)

F.F.Chopin :

"Grande Valse Brillante" in A flat major, op.34-1

"Mazurka" in A minor, op.17-4

"Ballade" No.3 in A flat major, op.47

"Lento con gran espressione" (Nocturne) in C sharp minor, op. posth.

"Barcarolle" in F sharp minor, op.60

Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21 with string quintet accompaniment, based on the first German edition

Instrument : Ignace J. Pleyel 1830 Paris

Recording Date : October, November 2010

LMCD-1942

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La Valse ~The Splendid Art of Duo Piano~

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 31

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takashi Sato (fortepiano)

E.Chablier : Trois valses romantiques

C.Debussy : Lindaraja

C.Chaminade : Duo symphonique

M.Ravel : La valse

D.Milhaud : Scaramouche

J.Françaix : Huit danse exotiques

F.Poulenc : Élegie

Instrument : duo piano Pleyel 1925 Paris

Recording Date : February 2010

LMCD-1926

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La Campanella ~The World of Erard Piano~

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 30

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

F.Liszt : "Liebesträume" Notturno No.3 S.541, "La Campanella" Grandes Etudes de Paganini S.141

F.Chopin : "Lento con gran espressione" (Nocturne) in C sharp minor, op.post., Polonaise in A flat major Op.53

E.Satie : 1ère "Gymnopédie", "Je te vous"

C.Debussy : "L'Isle joyeuse"

M.Ravel : "Pavane pour une infante défunte", "Le Tombeau de Couperin"

Instrument : Erard 1874 Paris

Recording Date : April 2010

LMCD-1925

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Claire de lune ~Erard Piano & French Songs~

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 29

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)

G.Fauré : "Après d'un rêve", "Les berceaux", "Soir", Barcarolle Op.70

C.Chaminade : Automne Op.35-2

C.Debussy : Suite Bergamasque

H.Duparc : "Phidylé"

R.Hahn : "Si mes vers avaient des ailes", "A Chloris"

E.Satie : "Je te veux"

Instrument : Erard 1874 Paris

Recording Date : April 2010

LMCD-1924

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Chopin & Liszt, Etudes ~on Pleyel & Erard Pianos~

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 28

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

F.Chopin : 12 Etudes Op.10, 12 Etudes Op.25

F.Liszt : Grandes Etudes de Paganini

No.2 "Octaves", No.3 "La campanella", No.4 "Arpeggio", "No.6 "Thème et variations"

Instrument : Pleyel 1830, Erard 1874 Paris

Recording Date : June 2006, April 2010

LMCD-1922

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Schubertiade Quintet in A major "Trout Quintet"  Franz Schubert 1797~1828 on Marschal Fortepiano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 27

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Yoshifumi Hata (tenor), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Satoki Nagaoka (viola), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello),  Shoji Kasahara (contrabass)

F.Schubert : "An die Musik", "Die Forelle", ""Du bist die Ruh", "Erlkönig"

Klaviersonate A-Dur D664

Quintett für Klavier, Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass "Forellen-Quintett" D667

Instrument : Georg Marschal, Vienna c1808

Recording Date : June 2010

LMCD-1921

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DVD Pleyel Piano ~The Beauty of Chopin played on his beloved "Pleyel" Piano

From the collection of the hamamatsu museum of musical instruments

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Masayoshi Fujimura (violin), Satoki Nagaoka (viola), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello),  Masahiro Komuro (contrabass)

F.Chopin : Nocturne in E flat major, op.9-2

Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11 with string quintet accompaniment, based on the first German edition (1833)

Instrument : Ignace Joseph Pleyel, Paris in 1830

Recording Date : November 2009

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Jugendwerke in d-Moll

Takeshi Kiriyama und seine Freude, Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy :

Sinfonia für Streichorchester d-Moll MWV N7

Konzert für Violine und Streichorchester d-Moll MWV03

Recitativo für Klavier und Streichorchester d-Moll MWV01

Konzert für Violine, Klavier und Orchester d-Moll MWV04

Instrument : J.B.Streicher (Wien 1845)

Recording Date : February 2009

ALCD-1113

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Träumerei on Piano attributed to Conrad Graf

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 21

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Yoshifumi Hata (tenor)

R.Schumann : Kinderszenen Op.15

F.Schubert : "Heidenröslein", "Ständchen"

Klavierstück Nr.2 Es-dur D946-2

Mendelssohn : As-dur Op.53-1, Es-dur Op.53-2, g-moll Op.53-3 aus "Lieder ohne Worte"

R.Schumann : "Carnaval" Op.9

Instrument : Attributed to Conrad Graf, Vienna 1819~20?

Recording Date : May, October 2008

LMCD-1879

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Lodovico Giustini

Sonate da cimbalo di piano forte detto volgarmente di martelletti

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

L.Giustini :

Suonata 1 in sol minore, Suonata 2 in do minore, Suonata 3 in fa maggiore, Suonata 4 in mi minore, Suonata 5 in re maggiore, Suonata 6 in si bemolle maggiore, Suonata 7 in sol maggiore, Suonata 8 in la maggiore, Suonata 9 in do maggiore, Suonata 10 in fa minore, Suonata 11 in mi maggiore, Suonata 12 in sol maggiore

Instrument : Akira Kubota, 2005 after Bartolomeo Cristofori, 1726 ( property of the Museum of Musical Instruments, the University of Leipzig )

Recording Date : December 2008

ALCD-1108, 1109

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Elegant Mendelssohn, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges on Piano Attribute to Graf

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 20

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Yoshifumi Hata (tenor), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Rondo capriccioso E-dur Op.14, from "Lieder ohne Worte"

Frühlingslied A-dur Op.62-6, Venezianisches Gondellied fis-moll Op.30-6, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges As-dur Op.34-2, Venezianisches Gondellied h-moll Op.57-5, Pagenlied a-moll, Der Mond E-dur Op.86-5, Neue Liebe Fes-moll Op.19-4, Der Blumenstrauß A-dur Op.47-5

Variations sérieuses d-moll Op.54

Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello Nr.1 d-moll Op.49

Instrument : Attributed to Conrad Graf, Vienna 1819~20?

Recording Date : May, October 2008

LMCD-1878

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Natural Horn

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 18

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Satoshi Tsukada (naturalhorn)

Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata in F major, op.17

Ferdinand Ries : Sonata in F major, op.34

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Concerto No.3 in E-flat major, K.477

Hunting Horn Signals : Kaninchentod, Wagenruf, Zum Essen, Befurüßung, Flugwildtod, Elchtod, Gamstod, Auerochsentod, Damhirschtod, Aufmunterung im Treiben

Instrument : Anton Walter & Son 1808-10 Wien

Recording Date : July 2008

LMCD-1876

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Schumann's Chamber Music, on Alleged Graf Piano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 16

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama, Masayoshi Fujimura (violin), Satoki Nagaoka (viola), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Shoji Kasahara (Contrabass)

Clara Wieck (Schumann) : Piano Concerto in A minor op.7 with string quintet accompaniment , based on the first German edition (1837)

Robert Schumann : Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Strings op.44

Clara Schumann : Concerto Movement for Piano and Orchestra in F major reconstructed by Jozef de Beenhouwer, arranged for piano and string quintet by Takeshi Kiriyama

Instrument : Alleged Graf Piano

Recording Date : March 2008

LMCD-1868, Booklet in English enclosed

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Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.14 "Moonlight" / Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring", on Walter Piano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 15

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello)

Ludwig van Beethoven : Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's "The magic flute", op.66 for Violoncello and Piano

Piano Sonata No.8 "pathétique" in c minor, op.13

Piano Sonata No.14 in c-sharp minor, op.27-2 "moonlight"

Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, op.24 "Spring"

Instrument : Anton Walter & Son, Vienna 1808~10

Recording Date : September, October 2007

LMCD-1859

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Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.4, Chamber Version for Piano and String Quintet, on Walter Piano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 14

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama, Sou Takagi (violin), Masayoshi Fujimura, Satoki Nagaoka (viola), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello)

Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36 for Piano, Violin and Violoncello

Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58 for Piano and String Quintet

Instrument : Anton Walter & Son, Vienna 1808~10

Recording Date : January, Septembe 2007

LMCD-1858

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Nocturne on Pleyel Piano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 10

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)

J.F.F.Burgmüler : 25 Leichte Etüden Op.100, L'harmonie des anges, Ballade, La Styrienne, Ave Maria, La chevaleresque

F.F.Chopin : Valse D flat major Op.64-1, Etude A flat major Op.25-1, E major Op.10-3, C minor Op.10-12, Fantasie-Impromptu C sharp minor Op.66, Ballade No.1 G minor Op.23, Nocturne D flat major Op.27-2

J.Field : Nocturne A major 

I.Moscheles : Etudes caractéristizues Op.95 "Tendresse"

F.Kalkbrenner : Romance et Rondo Brillant F major

I.J.Pleyel : Leichte Clavier Sonate A minor

Instrument : Ignace J. Pleyel 1830 Paris

Recording Date : May, June 2006

LMCD-1829

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Chopin, Piano Concerto No.1 as Chamber Music, with Pleyel Piano

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 9

Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kei Shirai (violin), Satoki Nagaoka (viola), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Masahiro Komuro (contrabass)

F.F.Chopin :

Piano Trio in G minor, op.8

Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11 with string quintet accompaniment, based on the first German edition (1833)

Etude op.10-3 E minor, "Chanson de l'adieu", arranged by Kikuko Ogura for piano and string quintet

 

Instrument : Ignace J. Pleyel 1830 Paris

Recording Date : February, July 2006

LMCD-1828, Booklet in English enclosed

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Sonatina Album

Kikuko Ogura, Harpsichord, Fortepiano

Works of B.Galuppi, G.C.Wagenseil, P.D.Paradies, A.Soler, J.Hook, G.M.Rutini, C.P.E.Bach, L.Cherbini, D.Cimarosa, G.Benda, J.C.Bach, W.A.Mozart, N.-J.Hüllmandel, G.Vanhal, F.A.Hoffmeister, L.v.Beethoven, M.Clementi, J.L.Dussek, A.Rosetti, J.Haydn, I.Pleyel, F.Kuhlau, A.Diabelli

Instrument : Fortepiano by Chris Maene (A.Walter), Harpsichord by J.Klinkhamer

Recording Date : August 2005

ALM Records ALCD-1079, 1080

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