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Title Akira Ifukube: Works for 25-Stringed Koto
CD Label Zele, Japan
CD Number ZMM-1603
Music Composed by: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: Koto players: Maya Kimura, Yoko Hihara, Hikaru Machida and Ami Sato, with Moeko Matsumura (soprano)
Recording dates and venues: March 14th, 2014 at Mitaka City Concert Hall, and October 27th, 2015 at Inagi Municipal i-Plaza Hall
Number of tracks 5
Running time 64:58
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture February 8, 2016

REVIEW

June 09, 2020

Live koto arrangements of orchestral works.

Akira Ifukube: Works for 25-Stringed Koto (ZMM-1603)

  1. Japanese Rhapsody Four 25-stringed Kotos ensemble (1935, 2011)
    1. Nocturne
    2. Fėte
    Maya Kimura (Koto I)
    Yoko Hihara (Koto II)
    Hikaru Machida (Koto III)
    Ami Sata (Bass Koto)

  2. Duo Treble and Bass 25-stringed Koto (1987, 2002)
    The dance of the Seven Veils from ballet Salomè
    Miaya Kimura (Treble 25-stringed Koto)
    Ami sata (Bass 25-stringed Koto)

  3. Duo Treble and Bass 25-stringed Koto(1987, 2004)
    Salom Seizes the Head of Jokanaan Frantically from ballet Salomè
    Miaya Kimura (Treble 25-stringed Koto)
    Ami sata (Bass 25-stringed Koto)

  4. Chant de la Sèrinde pour Koto à vingt-cinq cordes (1997)
    Yasuko Sato (25-stringed Koto)

  5. La Fontaine Sacrèe (1964, 2014)
    pour Soprano et Koto à vingt-cinq cordes
    (for AKIRA IFUKUBE 10th memorial service)
    Moeko Matsumura (soprano)
    Yasuko Sata (25-stringed Koto)
    Hirohiko Nagase (arrengement)