Recordings and videos by Takahiko Sakamaki – the Trio Alterna album, performance videos, and recordings and courses for PTNA (All Japan Piano Teachers Association).
Discography
2023
Beethoven: Piano Trios
op. 11 & op. 70 nos. 1 and 2
Trio Alterna
Anna Dmitrieva (violin) · Amarilis Dueñas Castán (cello) · Takahiko Sakamaki (fortepiano)
GENUIN classics · GEN 23806
Released 5 May 2023
Fortepiano: Conrad Graf, Vienna 1824
In cooperation with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn and WDR
Tracklist
- Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer”
- I. Allegro con brio
- II. Adagio
- III. Tema „Pria ch’io l’impegno“: Allegretto (variations)
- Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
- IV. Allegro vivace e con brio
- V. Largo assai ed espressivo
- VI. Presto
- Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
- VII. Poco sostenuto – Allegro ma non troppo
- VIII. Allegretto
- IX. Allegretto ma non troppo
- X. Finale. Allegro
Press
“[…] the Cologne-based Trio Alterna emphatically underlines its competence in Beethoven.”
Fono Forum, 10/2023
“The trio offers an overall effective and fresh approach to the trios.”
klassik.com
Further reviews in Classica (France), Crescendo Magazine (Belgium) and Pizzicato (Luxembourg).
Performance videos
PTNA (Japan)
PTNA Piano Encyclopedia – recordings of competition pieces (2026)
Recordings of the Baroque set pieces of the PTNA Piano Competition.
E-learning courses
Online courses for piano teachers on reading and performing Baroque scores without performance markings (digests, in Japanese).