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Title Akira Ifukube: Japanese Rhapsody, Symphonic Ballad, Ballet Suite "Salome"
CD Label EMI Classics
CD Number QIAG-50103-04
Music by: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: Disc 1: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kazuo Yamada
Disc 2: Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kazuo Yamada
Recording date and venue: Disc 1, tracks 1-4: 1961; Track 5: 1967
Disc 2: May 5th, 1987
Number of tracks Disc 1 - 5
Disc 2 - 7
Running time Disc 1 - 46:04
Disc 2 - 44:43
Number of discs 2
Year of release/manufacture March 27, 2013

REVIEW

June 07, 2020

2-CD reissue of 2 previous CDs
Disc 1: www.godzillamonstermusic.com/CZ309017.htm and www.godzillamonstermusic.com/TOCE9434.htm
Disc 2: www.godzillamonstermusic.com/LD32-5054.htm

Reviews at links above.

Akira Ifukube: Japanese Rhapsody, Symphonic Ballad, Ballet Suite "Salome"

    Disc 1

    JAPANESE RHAPSODY (1935)

  1. 1st Movement: Nocturne
  2. 2nd Movement: Fėte

    3. SYMPHONIC BALLAD (1943)

  3. 1st Movement: Allegro Capriccioso
  4. 2nd Movement: Andante Rapsodico

  5. Cantalena Ballabile sul modo Antico di Giappone (1967)

    Disc 2

    DANCE COMPOSITION 'SALOME' (1948/revised 1987)

  1. I: Prelude
  2. II: Dance of the Ladies-in-waiting
  3. III:Grand Departure of King Herod & Queen Herodeas
  4. IV: Salome Enters & Talks with The King
  5. V: Dance of the Seven Veils
  6. VI: Silent Drama
  7. VII:Madness & Death