Joe Hisaishi - Piano Collection (Fiammetta Corvi)

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Composer: Joe Hisaishi

1. I'd Rather Be a Shellfish
2. Oriental Wind
3. Okuribito - Memory
4. Merry-Go-Round of Life
5. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
6. Rondo of the House of Sunflowers
7. Chihiro's Waltz
8. One Summer's Day
9. Silence
10. Princess Mononoke
11. Ashitaka and San
12. Days of No Return
13. Summer
14. The Hill of the Wind
15. Mother's Broom
16. The Departure - Asian Dream Song
17. The Path of the Wind
18. My Neighbor Totoro
19. Hana-Bi
20. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
21. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - Opening
22. Nausicaä Requiem
23. Spring

Fiammetta Corvi, piano

Date: 2026

Label: Da Vinci Classics

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Music for Japanese animation is often underestimated as mere accompaniment, yet it functions as a significant site where compositional practice, media technology, and mass cultural circulation intersect. Rather than serving only as background, anime scoring reflects broader twentieth-century musical developments, acting as a record of how modern musical languages are adapted, transformed, and disseminated within popular media. Within this context, Joe Hisaishi is a central figure, known for bridging film, concert music, and international performance through a distinctive compositional voice that operates across institutional boundaries. His work has achieved global recognition through cinema while maintaining a parallel presence in the concert repertoire. A piano-based reinterpretation of his film music further reveals the structural clarity of his writing, isolating melody, harmony, and rhythm to expose the underlying craftsmanship that supports his orchestral textures.

Fiammetta Corvi is an Italian pianist whose artistic development reflects a lifelong dedication to performance, study, and teaching. She began playing the piano at an early age and later pursued formal studies in Como and Brescia, graduating in 1997 before continuing advanced training across Europe. Her artistic formation includes masterclasses with distinguished pianists such as Aldo Ciccolini and Paul Badura-Skoda, as well as specialized studies in Paris at the Conservatoire Rameau. She has performed widely across Europe, appearing in cities including Budapest, St. Petersburg, and Tallinn, and is recognized for her interpretative focus on composers such as Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, and Liszt. Alongside her concert career, Corvi is an active educator who views piano performance as an ongoing process of artistic discovery, emphasizing emotional communication and interpretative depth.