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26 May 2023
Video of the Day: Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Debussy's
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Isata Kanneh-Mason's new album, 'Childhood Tales', features Debussy's
Children's Corner
Isata Kanneh-Mason's new album, 'Childhood Tales', is released today and features
Debussy's Children's Corner, Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Tune, Mozart's Variations
on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' and Schumann's Kinderszenen. In today's video she plays
'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum' from Debussy's Children's Corner, a beautifully filmed
performance.
Both of Kanneh-Mason's previous albums, 'Summertime' and 'Romance: the piano music of
Clara Schumann', were named as Editor's Choice recordings in Gramophone (as was her duet
album, 'Muse', recorded with her brother Sheku). As Jeremy Nicholas noted in his review of
'Summertime': 'It’s not just that Isata Kanneh-Mason is a born musician with a virtuoso
technique. It is her ability to engage your emotions from first note to last – and to
think outside the box.'
