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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Joe Hisaishi - Hisaishi meets Miyazaki films


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Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  1. Nausicaä Symphonic Poem: 1st Movement
  2. Nausicaä Symphonic Poem: 2nd Movement
  3. Nausicaä Symphonic Poem: 3rd Movement
  4. Porco Rosso: Madness
  5. Princesse Mononoke: Legende of Ashitaka
  6. Princesse Mononoke: Princesse Mononoke Theme Song
  7. Princesse Mononoke: TA. TA. RI. GAMI
  8. Princesse Mononoke: Ashitaka and San
  9. Spirited Away: One Summer's Day
  10. Spirited Away: The Dragon Boy / The Bottomless Pit
  11. Spirited Away: The Sixth Station
  12. Spirited Away: Reprise

Joe Hisaishi, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nick Ingman
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra / Daisuke Soga
New Philharmonic / Kim Hong-Je

Date: 2002
Label: Milan Music

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Joe Hisaishi - Hisaishi meets Kitano films


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Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  1. INTRO: OFFICE KITANO SOUND LOGO
  2. Summer (Kikujiro)
  3. The Rain (Kikujiro)
  4. Drifter... in Lax (BROTHER)
  5. Raging Men (BROTHER)
  6. Ballade (BROTHER)
  7. BROTHER (BROTHER)
  8. Silent Love (Main Theme) (A Scene at the Sea)
  9. Clifside Waltz III (A Scene at the Sea)
  10. Bus Stop (A Scene at the Sea)
  11. Sonatine I  ~act of violence~ (Sonatine)
  12. Play on the sands (Sonatine)
  13. KIDS RETURN (Kids Return)
  14. NO WAY OUT (Kids Return)
  15. Thank You,... for Everything (HANA-BI)
  16. HANA-BI (HANA-BI)

Wonder City Orchestra
Joe Hisaishi, piano & conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Milan Music

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 8 (Tetsuji Honna)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube

CD1:
  • Overture to the Nation of Philippines
  • Japanese Rhapsody
  • Symphonic Fantasia No. 1
CD2:
  • Symphonic Ode 'Gotama the Buddha'
  • Sinfonia Tapkaara: III. Vivace

Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra
Tetsuji Honna, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: King Record

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Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 7 (Tetsuji Honna)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Symphonic Fantasy "GODZILLA VS KINGGHIDORA'
  • Symphonic Suite "THE LITTLE PRINCE AND THE 8-HEADED DRAGON"

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Tetsuji Honna, conductor

Date: 2003
Label: King Record

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Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 6 (Tetsuji Honna)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Ballet "Drumming of Japan" JAKOMOTO JANKO
  • EGLOGUE SYMPHONIQUE pour Koto à vingt cordes et Orchestre
  • Oberture festiva "SA BAGO FILIPINAS"

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Tetsuji Honna, conductor

Date: 2003
Label: King Record

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Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 5 (Naoto Otomo; Jun'ichi Hirokami)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra
  • Rapsodia concertante per violino ed orchestra

Izumi Tateno, piano
Tsugio Tokunaga, violin
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Naoto OtomoJun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: King Record

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 4 (Jun'ichi Hirokami)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Symphonic Fantasias Nos. 1-3
  • Rondo in Burlesque for Japanese Drum and Orchestra

Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: King Record

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Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 3 (Jun'ichi Hirokami)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Ballet "SALOME"
  • Prelude du soldat

Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: King Record

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Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 2 (Jun'ichi Hirokami)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Sinfonica Tapkaara
  • Japanese Suite

Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: King Record

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Akira Ifukube - The Artistry of Akira Ifukube, Vol. 1 (Jun'ichi Hirokami)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Japanese Rhapsody
  • Triptyque Aborigene
  • Ballata Sinfonica

Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: King Record

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Monday, December 9, 2024

Akira Ifukube - Sinfonia Tapkaara; Ritmica Ostinata (Dmitry Yablonsky)


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Composer: Akira Ifukube
  • Sinfonia Tapkaara
  • Ritmica Ostinata for Piano and Orchestra
  • Symphonic Fantasia No. 1

Ekaterina Saranceva, piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2005
Label: Naxos

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Various Composers - Japanese Orchestral Favourites (Ryusuke Numajiri)


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  • Yuzo Toyama - Rhapsody for Orchestra
  • Hidemaro Konoye (arr.) - Etenraku
  • Akira Ifukube - Japanese Rhapsody
  • Yasushi Akutagawa - Music for Orchestra
  • Kiyoshige Koyama - Kobiki-Uta for Orchestra
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu - Threnody to Toki, for String Orchestra and Piano, Op. 12

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Naxos

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Various Composers - Japanese Orchestral Music (Jun'ichi Hirokami)


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  • Akira Ifukube - Ballata Sinfonica
  • Karen Tanaka - Prismes pour orchestre
  • Yuzo Toyama - Symphonic Poem "Matsura"
  • Atsutada Otaka - Image pour orchestre
  • Kaoru Wada - Folkloric Dance Suite for orchestra

Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

Date: 1990
Label: BIS

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Saturday, December 7, 2024

Nobuya Sugawa plays Honda, Yoshimatsu, Ibert & Larsson


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  • Takashi Yoshimatsu - Saxophone Concerto, Op. 93, "Albireo Mode"
  • Toshiyuki Honda - Concerto du vent
  • Jacques Ibert - Concertino da Camera
  • Lars Erik Larsson - Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra, Op. 14

Nobuya Sugawa, saxophone
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yutaka Sado, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Chandos

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Takashi Yoshimatsu - Memo Flora (Kyoko Tabe; Sachio Fujioka)


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Composer: Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Piano Concerto 'Memo Flora', Op. 67
  • And Birds Are Still ..., Op. 72
  • While an Angel Falls into a Doze ..., Op. 73
  • Dream Colored Mobile II, Op. 58a
  • White Landscapes, Op. 47a

Kyoko Tabe, piano
Manchester Camerata
Sachio Fujioka, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: Chandos

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Takashi Yoshimatsu - Pleiades Dances (Kyoko Tabe)


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Composer: Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Pleiades Dances I-V

Kyoko Tabe, piano
Date: 1996
Label: DENON

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Friday, December 6, 2024

Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 4; Trombone Concerto; Atom Hearts Club Suite (Sachio Fujioka)


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Composer: Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Symphony No. 4, Op. 82
  • Trombone Concerto, Op. 55, "Orion Machine"
  • Atom Hearts Club Suite, No. 1, Op. 70b

Ian Bousfield, trombone
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sachio Fujioka, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Chandos

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Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 3; Saxophone Concerto (Sachio Fujioka)


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Composer: Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Saxophone Concerto, Op. 59 "Cyber-bird"
  • Symphony No. 3, Op. 75

Nobuya Sugawa, saxophone
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sachio Fujioka, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, December 5, 2024

Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 2; Guitar Concerto; Threnody to Toki (Sachio Fujioka)


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Composer: Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Symphony No. 2, "At terra"
  • Guitar Concerto, Op. 21, "Pegasus Effect"
  • Threnody to Toki, Op. 12

Craig Ogden, guitar
Paul Janes, piano
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sachio Fujioka, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: Chandos

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Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 1; Ode to Birds and Rainbow (Sachio Fujioka)


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Composer: Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Kamui-Chikap Symphony (Symphony No. 1), Op. 40
  • Ode to Birds and Rainbow, Op. 60

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sachio Fujioka, conductor

Date: 2000
Label: Chandos

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Kunihiko Hashimoto - Symphony No. 2; Three Wasan (Takuo Yuasa)


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Composer: Kunihiko Hashimoto
  • Symphony No. 2 in F major
  • 3 Wasan
  • Scherzo con sentimento

Akiya Fukushima, baritone
Tokyo Geidai Philharmonia
Takuo Yuasa, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Naxos Japan

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Kunihiko Hashimoto - Symphony No. 1; Symphonic Suite (Ryusuke Numajiri)


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Composer: Kunihiko Hashimoto
  • Symphony No. 1 in D major
  • Symphonic Suite: Heavenly Maiden and Fisherman

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

Date: 2003
Label: Naxos

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Hisato Ohzawa - Piano Concerto No. 3; Symphony No. 3 (Ekaterina Saranceva; Dmitry Yablonsky)


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Composer: Hisato Ohzawa
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 in A-Flat Major, "Kamikaze"
  • Symphony No. 3, "Symphony of the Founding of Japan"

Ekaterina Saranceva, piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2005
Label: Naxos

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Hisato Ohzawa - Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 2 (Ekaterina Saranceva; Dmitry Yablonsky)


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Composer: Hisato Ohzawa
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Symphony No. 2

Ekaterina Saranceva, piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Naxos

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Monday, December 2, 2024

Fumio Hayasaka - Piano Concerto; Ancient Dances (Hiromi Okada; Dmitry Yablonsky)


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Composer: Fumio Hayasaka
  1. Piano Concerto: I. Lento
  2. Piano Concerto: II. Rondo
  3. Ancient Dances on the Left and on the Right
  4. Overture in D Major

Hiromi Okada, piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Naxos

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Fumio Hayasaka - The Seven Samurai. The Artistry of Fumio Hayasaka (Tetsuji Honna)


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Composer: Fumio Hayasaka
  1. The Seven Samurai: The theme of the Samurais
  2. The Seven Samurai: Intermezzo
  3. Rashomon: Title
  4. Rashomon: Kikori
  5. Rashomon: Tajyoumaru
  6. Rashomon: Last scene
  7. Rashomon: Masago
  8. Dance antique
  9. Overture in D
  10. Movement in Metamorphosis for Orchestra

Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Tetsuji Honna, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: King Records

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