Takahiro Yoshikawa – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Takahiro Yoshikawa – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 23:47 minutes | 408 MB | Genre: Classical
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Takahiro Yoshikawa (吉川 隆弘, Yoshikawa Takahiro) is a Japanese classical pianist. He is a regular piano soloist at La Scala, Italy’s leading opera house.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning “passionate” in Italian) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein, Op. 53 and Les Adieux, Op. 81a); it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick. The first edition was published in February 1807 in Vienna.

Unlike the early Sonata No. 8, Pathétique, the Appassionata was not named during the composer’s lifetime, but was so labelled in 1838 by the publisher of a four-hand arrangement of the work. Instead, Beethoven’s autograph manuscript of the sonata has “La Passionata” written on the cover, in Beethoven’s hand.

One of his greatest and most technically challenging piano sonatas, the Appassionata was considered by Beethoven to be his most tempestuous piano sonata until the twenty-ninth piano sonata (known as the Hammerklavier). 1803 was the year Beethoven came to grips with the irreversibility of his progressively deteriorating hearing.

An average performance of the entire Appassionata sonata lasts about twenty-five minutes.

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Takahiro Yoshikawa – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Takahiro Yoshikawa – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 23:47 minutes | 407 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ypsilon International

Takahiro Yoshikawa (吉川 隆弘, Yoshikawa Takahiro) is a Japanese classical pianist. He is a regular piano soloist at La Scala, Italy’s leading opera house.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning “passionate” in Italian) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein, Op. 53 and Les Adieux, Op. 81a); it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick. The first edition was published in February 1807 in Vienna.

Unlike the early Sonata No. 8, Pathétique, the Appassionata was not named during the composer’s lifetime, but was so labelled in 1838 by the publisher of a four-hand arrangement of the work. Instead, Beethoven’s autograph manuscript of the sonata has “La Passionata” written on the cover, in Beethoven’s hand.

One of his greatest and most technically challenging piano sonatas, the Appassionata was considered by Beethoven to be his most tempestuous piano sonata until the twenty-ninth piano sonata (known as the Hammerklavier). 1803 was the year Beethoven came to grips with the irreversibility of his progressively deteriorating hearing.

An average performance of the entire Appassionata sonata lasts about twenty-five minutes.

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Takahiro Yoshikawa – Chopin: Piano Works (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Takahiro Yoshikawa – Chopin: Piano Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:16:25 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
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Takahiro Yoshikawa was born in Nishinomiya, Japan. Sinse his childhood he showed a strong artistic sensibility, that he followed, earning in the end a degree in Piano at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and a doctorate in Music Research under the guidance of Terugi Karashima.During his brilliant university career, he attended a Masterclass given by the renowned pianist Conrad Hansen in Lubeck (Germany).At the end of his studies, he moved to Italy, where he had the opportunity of developing his natural talent for music with renowned teachers, like Anita Porrini (student of Alfred Cortot and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli) and the composer Silvia Bianchera Bettinelli.From 2001 to 2004, he attended the Academy of La Scala Theatre in Milan, mastering in orchestral with Ada Mauri and chamber-music repertoire with the principal instrumentalists of the Scala Orchestra, getting, thanks to his solid and precise technique, important results. In 2001/2002, he was chosen as a soloist for the concert took place at Sala Verdi of the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan, where he interpreted the Mozart’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra K. 467, with the Scala Orchestra conducted by M° Stefano Ranzani.Winner of many awards nationally and internationally, during his career he performed with internationally renowned musicians: Fabrizio Meloni, Domenico Nordico, Ulf Rodenhauser, Jacques Zoon, Valentino Zucchiatti, Solisti della Scala, Cameristi della Scala, the Strings Quartet of La Scala Theater, Kansai Philarmonic Orchestra, Royal Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Kobe.

In several occasion he performed as a soloist at the prestigious La Scala Theater in Milan, earning accolades from the audiences for his reliable and intense interpretations.
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