Ikuyo Nakamichi – Debussy: Preludes I / Images I & II / L’isle joyeuse (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Nakamichi is active as a solo recital performer, and also appears frequently in chamber music and concerto concerts, earning high acclaim for her musicality. As a chamber music performer, she has toured in Japan with clarinetist Richard Stoltsman, violinist Josef Suk, the Brandis String Quartet, the Hagen Quartet, the Gewandhaus String Quartet, and the Philharmonic Octet Berlin. She has performed with many leading orchestras under the baton of distinguished maestros, including the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Jukka-Pekka Saraste; the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Philharmonia Orchestra, all under Lorin Maazel; the English Chamber Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Canada, both under Pinchas Zukerman; the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Heinrich Schiff; and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Among the other conductors with whom she has performed are Nello Santi, Claus Peter Flore, and Paavo Järvi.

In 1999, Nakamichi gave her debut recital performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2001 she made her concerto debuts in St. Petersburg and at the Berlin Philharmonie. In 2005, she performed to high acclaim at Windsor Castle with the English Chamber Orchestra in the “Wedding celebration concert” of Crown Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.

Nakamichi has an exclusive recording contract with Sony Music Japan International and has released many CDs, including the complete Beethoven sonatas as well as the complete Mozart sonatas. Her most recent release, Schumann Fantaisie, is a collection of Schumann pieces.

Tracklist:
1. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 I. Danseuses de Delphes (02:51)
2. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 II. Voiles (03:16)
3. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 III. Le vent dans la plaine (01:51)
4. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (03:12)
5. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 V. Les collines d’Anacapri (02:59)
6. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 VI. Des pas sur la neige (04:05)
7. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest (03:00)
8. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin (02:06)
9. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 IX. La serenade interrompue (02:28)
10. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 X. La cathedrale engloutie (05:50)
11. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 XI. La danse de Puck (02:37)
12. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Preludes Premier livre, L 125 XII. Minstrels (02:21)
13. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Images Premiere serie, L 105 I. Reflets dans l’eau (04:36)
14. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Images Premiere serie, L 105 II. Hommage a Rameau (06:05)
15. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Images Premiere serie, L 105 III. Mouvement (03:22)
16. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Images Deuxieme serie, L 120 I. Cloches a travers les feuilles (04:05)
17. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Images Deuxieme serie, L 120 II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (05:04)
18. Ikuyo Nakamichi – Images Deuxieme serie, L 120 III. Poissons d’or (03:35)
19. Ikuyo Nakamichi – L’Isle joyeuse, L 109a (05:53)