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Title Akira Ifukube: Spring Music Festival in Sapporo Concert Hall "Kitara" (TBS Vintage Classics)
CD Label Pony Canyon / HBC (Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd.)
CD Number PCCR-90079
Music by: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Takafumi Fujita
Recording date and venue: March 20th, 2018 at Sapporo Concert Hall "Kitara", Hokkaido, Japan
Number of tracks 13
Running time 72:24
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture August 17, 2018

REVIEW

June 10, 2021

Live concert performance in tribute to Akira Ifukube.

Akira Ifukube: Spring Music Festival in Sapporo Concert Hall "Kitara" (TBS Vintage Classics) (PCCR-90079)
  1. Akira Ifukube : HBC Call Sign and HBC Radio Theme JOHR "UPOPO"
  2. D. Shostakovich : Festive Overture
  3. A. Khachaturian : Lezginka (from the ballet "Guyane")
  4. A. Khachaturian : Sabre Dance (from the ballet "Guyane")
  5. Takafumi Fujita : Symphonic Poem "Miracle Pine Tree" for Orchestra
  6. Yasushi Akutagawa : Musica per Orchestra Sinfonica (2. Allegro)
  7. Toshio Mashima (arr. Takafumi Fujita) : "View with a Glimpse of Waves" for Orchestra
  8. Akira Ifukube (arr. Takafumi Fujita) : Symphonic Poem "La fontaine sacree" (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
  9. Akira Ifukube : Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (Godzilla ~ Battle in Outer Space)
  10. Akira Ifukube : Sinfonia Tapkaara (3. Vivace)
  11. Akira Ifukube : Praise Hokkaido [encore]
  12. Takafumi Fujita : "North Dance" for Orchestra [encore]
  13. Akira Ifukube : HBC Television (TV) Theme & HBC Call Sign