Kodama; Mari

A Martinů Double Sister Act

Jens F. Laurson

Bohuslav Martinů, the cosmopolitan-by-fate who grew up with a bird’s […]

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Mari Kodama’s Beethoven Cycle Completed

Jed Distler

Mari Kodama concludes her Beethoven sonata cycle with two of the composer’s most challenging works from both technical and interpretive standpoints. Happily, Op. 101 finds

Mari Kodama’s Last Three Beethoven Sonatas

Jed Distler

In contrast to the technically proficient yet musically faceless playing characterizing much of Mari Kodama’s previous Beethoven releases, the last three sonatas have inspired a

Beethoven: Sonatas/Kodama SACD

Jed Distler

For the most part, this Beethoven sonata release upholds Mari Kodama’s profoundly undistinguished reputation in this repertoire, at least on the basis of the discs

Beethoven: Piano sonatas Op. 2/Kodama

Jed Distler

Mari Kodama’s Op. 2 Beethoven sonatas reveal every note exactly in place (save for certain exposed unison octaves in the C major’s first movement, where

Beethoven: Piano sonatas/Kodama SACD

Jed Distler

Fine as this well-recorded Beethoven disc sounds through two stereo speakers, it becomes more vivid and lifelike when experienced in its full SACD multi-channel glory.

Loewe & Chopin: Piano concerto No. 2/Kodama

David Hurwitz

The musical world is not exactly screaming for another recording of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, even though this one is perfectly fine. Kent Nagano