Toru Takemitsu, Shin-Ichiro Ikebe, Saburo Moroi, Keiko Fujiie, Gerhard Oppitz

Gerhard Oppitz - Japanese Piano Works

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CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	Suite: On The Waters Edge A Shell, or Nostalgia	02:07
1.2	Suite: On The Waters Edge Rain	02:08
1.3	Suite: On The Waters Edge Boating in the afternoon	04:51
1.4	Suite: On The Waters Edge The Chill of Night	02:05
1.5	Suite: On The Waters Edge A Dream of Floating in a Swimmingpool at Midnight	03:24
1.6	Suite: On The Waters Edge Water gushing out	02:35
1.7	Suite: On The Waters Edge A Stream	03:45
1.8	Suite: On The Waters Edge Memories of a Swamp	03:29
1.9	Suite: On The Waters Edge Resting at a Cape	04:18
1.10	Suite: On The Waters Edge A Pond with a Heron	03:30
1.11	Suite: On The Waters Edge Light Snow Dancing	01:17
1.12	Suite: On The Waters Edge Lullaby of the Waves	04:02
1.13	Rain Tree Sketch	04:18
1.14	La Terre est bleu comme une Orange	06:42
1.15	Piano Sonata No. 2 Adagio energico - Allegro, ma non troppo	09:52
1.16	Piano Sonata No. 2 Scherzo - Presto appassionato	05:31
1.17	Piano Sonata No. 2 Andante sostenuto	14:55

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18,95 EUR

: SCM Hänssler
Art.-No.:: 098.631.000
: Compact Disc
: 24 S. Booklet
Duration:: 1:18 hrs.
: July 2011
: *recommended retail price

The program covers 70 years of Japanese classical music, beginning with a Piano Sonata by the German-trained Saburo Moroi. Moroi was Japan's first great symphonist and his musical language shows the influence of Hindemith. "Second Generation" composer Toru Takemitsu is arguably Japan's most famous composer. Takemitsu composed music in nearly every style, from experimental electronic pieces to film scores and even lounge jazz songs.His best works are characterized by a successful blending of Japanese aesthetics with western compositional techniques.
The music of the Post War generation is represented by works from three of Japan's most popular living composers. Shin-Ichiro Ikebe is best know for his many soundtracks and film scores for the director Akira Kurosawa and the popular Miyazaki anime movies, while composer Akira Nishimura has consciously sought to create a distinctive Pan-Asian musical language, bringing together aspects of the aesthetic, spiritual and philosophic traditions from many different cultures. Keiko Fujiie, the youngest composer represented in this recital is no doubt familiar to guitarists around the world. She has composed many popular works for performance by her husband, the phenomenal guitar virtuoso Kazuhito Yamashita.
This is an extraordinary recital, beautifully performed by Oppitz and an invaluable documentation of a still-neglected area of the 20th century piano repertoire.