Tokyo Sonata scene depicts Kenji performing "Clair de Lune" from the Suite bergamasque at his audition with Megumi, Ryūhei, and his piano teacher watching. His performance is flawless. Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, while Nick Schager of "Slant Magazine" gave it 3 out of 4 stars. Christopher Bourne of "Meniscus Magazine" said, "Kurosawa's latest film, "Tokyo Sonata", is his best in quite a few years, a truly frightening work that achieves its effects without resorting to tired genre mechanics." He also wrote that "Debussy's 'Clair de Lune' may well have never been put to
Suite for Piano (Schoenberg) Suite for Piano (Schoenberg) Arnold Schoenberg's Suite for Piano (German: ), Op. 25, is a twelve tone piece for piano composed between 1921 and 1923. The work is the earliest in which Schoenberg employs a row of "12 tones related only to one another" in every movement: the earlier "5 Stücke", Op. 23 (1920–23) employs a 12-tone row only in the final Waltz movement, and the "Serenade", Op. 24 uses a single row in its central "Sonnet". The Basic Set of the "Suite for Piano" consists of the following succession: E–F–G–D–G–E–A–D–B–C–A–B. In form and style the work echoes many features