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Title Akira Ifukube 100th Anniversary Memorial Concert
CD Label Zele, Japan
CD Number ZMM-1509-10
Music Composed by: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: STokyo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue, with Souju Nosaka (25-stringed koto) and Reiko Yamada (piano)
Recording dates and venue: May 31st, 2014 at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall
Number of tracks Disc 1: 3
Disc 2: 1
Running time Disc 1: 68:56
Disc 2: 37:36
Number of discs 2
Year of release/manufacture October 1, 2015

REVIEW

June 08, 2020

Memorial concert featuring live performances of orchestral works.

Akira Ifukube 100th Anniversary Memorial Concert (ZMM-1509-10)

    Disc 1

  1. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983)
  2. Symphonic Eclogue for 20-stringed KOTO and Orchestra (1982)
    Souju Nosaka (25-stringed Koto)
  3. Ritmica Ostinata per Pianoforte ed Orchestra (1961)
    Reiko Yamada (Piano)

    Disc 2

  1. Symphonic Ode 'GOTAMA THE BUDDHA' - (in Pali language)
    1st movement: Siddartha in Kapilvasto
    2nd movement: Meditation at Bodh Gaya
    3rd movement: Ode Acintiya Buddha