J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Centaur Records)
Review excerpts:
“It’s a disc you should have purely for the velvet smoothness and silken beauty of Sachiko Kato’s tone…”
Kato is an extremely imaginative player…
Kato’s readings of the variations are so perfectly realized in terms of tempos, phrasing, and discovery of detail, particularly in the left hand, that one marvels at the utter naturalness and fluency of the music…”
– Jerry Dubins, Fanfare, January – February 2013
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“Under her hands, what often appears in other recordings to be ponderous and labored soars toward heaven and plunges to the depths.”
– Phil’s Classical Review (Audio Video Club of Atlanta)
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In recital featuring Scriabin, Mozart, Takemistu and at KlavierHaus, New York City on Friday, November 17, 2006
“Kato brought such force of intent, presence and conceptual rigor to her recital that she provided new insights into many of the warhorses of the piano repertoire.”
– Stuart Diamond, Producer/Writer/Composer/Musician