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Title Akira Ifukube Best Classics
CD Label Universal Music, Japan
CD Number UPCY-6828
Music by: Akira Ifukube, Yasushi Akutagawa and Toshiro Mayuzumi
Music Performed by: Various orchestras and conductors
Recording Date: 1983-1993
Number of tracks 11
Running time 77:40
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture May 28, 2014

REVIEW

June 08, 2020

Collection of classic concert performances of Ifukube orchestral works, plus 2 tributes by Yasushi Akutagawa and Toshiro Mayuzumi

Akira Ifukube Best Classics

  1. Godzilla theme ballad (recorded 12/13/91)
  2. Symphonic Fantasia (1983, recorded 4/8/89)

    3. Japanese Rhapsody (1935, recorded 1/29/94)

  3. Nocturne
  4. Féte

    5. Ballata Sinfonica (1943, recorded 1962)

  5. Allegro capriccioso
  6. Andante rapsodico

    7. Triptyque Aborigene pour Orch. de Chamble (1937, recorded 1/5/93)

  7. Payses, "Tempo di JIMKUU"
  8. TIMBE (nom regional)
  9. PAKKAI "chant d'AINO"

  10. Symphonic Fantasia ~ Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991, recorded 12/13/91)
  11. Hommage a Akira Ifukube (composed by Toshiro Mayazumi, recorded 12/13/91)