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Japanese Orchestral Favourites - Numajiri

Naxos (Japan) 8.555071SACD

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Japanese Orchestral Favourites - Toyama, Konoe, Ifukube, Akutagawa, Koyama, Yoshimatsu

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Ryusuke Numajiri (conductor)

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Recording

PCM recording

Recording engineer: Tony Faulkner

Recorded at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, 25-27 July, 2000.

Tracks

1. Yuzo Toyama: Rhapsody for Orchestra (1960)
2. Hidemaro Konoye (arr): Etenraku (1931)
3-4. Akira Ifukube: Japanese Rhapsody (1935)
5-6. Yasushi Akutagawa: Music for Symphony Orchestra (1950)
7. Kiyoshige Koyama: Kobiki-Uta for Orchestra (1957)
8. Takashi Yoshimatsu: Threnody to Toki for String Orchestra and Piano, Op. 12 (1980)

Total time: 66:05

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