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Title Japanese Great Masters Through the String Orchestra
CD Label Three Shells
CD Number 3SCD-0019
Music Composed by: Various Composers
Music Performed by: Orchestra Triptryque, conducted by Hiroyuki Mito
Recording date and venue: September 13, 2014 at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall
Number of tracks 15
Running time 72:18
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture January 1, 2015

REVIEW

June 17, 2020

Live performances of works by various composers in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Akira Ifukube's birth (includes Ifukube's "Japanese Suite for String Orchestra").

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Japanese Great Masters Through the String Orchestra (3SCD-0019) [Ifukube Akira (1914-2006)]

    Japanese Suite for Orchestra (Akira Ifukube, 1991)

  1. Bonodori
  2. Tanabata
  3. Performance
  4. Budata

    5. Kototan Poetry Collection for koto and string ensemble (Minoru Miki)

  5. Vol. 2, "Spring" (1976)
  6. Vol. 3, "Summer" - Under the White Wind (1983)

    7. Serenade Fantastic for Flute, Piano and Strings (Toshiro Mayuzumi, 1946) Tokyo Premiere

  7. 1st movement: Introduction and Romance
  8. 2nd movement: Interlude and Dance (Unfinished)

  9. Morning Song for Piano and String Orchestra (Teizo Matsumura, 2001/02)
  10. Recollection (2012 - Riichiro Manabe)

    11. Viola Concerto (Nobutaka Mizuno, completed in March 2014, commissioned for the first time)

  11. 1st movement
  12. 2nd movement
  13. 3rd movement

    14. Music from the movie, "The Demon" (Yasushi Akutagawa, 1978) [Arrangement: Yoichi Kiyomichi]

  14. Street organ
  15. End song