Japanese Classics
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Takemitsu's work in the final decade of his life was gentle, full of tenderness, sentiment and sighs. But he never entirely discarded the starker beauty of his earlier work. Air distills much... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2003, Editor's Choice
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Akutagawa: Ellora Symphony, Trinita Sinfonica & Rapsodia per orchestra
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa
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Ifukube: Sinfonia Tapkaara, etc.
Ekaterina Saranceva (piano)
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
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Toshio Hosokawa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Stefan Dohr (horn), Momo Kodama (piano), Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jun Markl
They're beautifully crafted and carefully paced, full of shifting, slipping textures...Crucially, though, both works lack fibre...What is impressive, though, is the quality of the performances... —
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Toshio Hosokawa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Märkl
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Hosokawa: The Raven
Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano)
United Instruments of Lucilin, Kentaro Kawase
Much of the text is delivered as melodrama over suitably doomy, atmospheric textures from the 12-piece ensemble...Hellekant delivers it all superbly, though; without a performer of her dramatic... —