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Isao
Tomita
Kosmos
/ Tomita
Pictures
at an Exhibition / Tomita
The
Planets -
Holst's tour of the solar system
Snowflakes
Are Dancing
- Debussy's best melodies
Tomita's
Greatest Hits
Toru
Takemitsu
Composer
Takemitsu (1930-1996) was best known for combining
traditional Japanese instruments (e.g., biwa (lute)
and shakuhachi (bamboo flute)) with the Western
symphony orchestra.
Coral
Island
20/21
- Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream, etc.
Film
Music Of Toru Takemitsu
Music
of Takemitsu
Piano
Distance - Takemitsu: Piano Works
Takemitsu:
A Flock Descends, etc. / BBC
Takemitsu:
Autumn, A Way Alone II, etc.
Takemitsu:
Chamber Music / Ensemble Kaï
Takemitsu:
From Me Flows What You Call Time, etc.
Takemitsu:
Hika; Noda: In the Garden
Takemitsu:
To the Edge of Dream
Takemitsu:
Works for Flute and Guitar
The
Sea in Spring - J. Music for Flute & Guitar
Mitsuko
Uchida
Born
in Japan and raised in Austria, pianist Mitsuko
Uchida (1949?- ) is one of the leading Mozart
interpreters.
Beethoven:
Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4/Sanderling
Complete
Mozart Edition Vol. 17 - Piano Sonatas
0
Mozart
in the Morning / Marriner, Hollinger
Mozart:
4 Piano Sonatas K 280-283
Mozart:
Piano Concertos / Jeffrey Tate
Mozart:
Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21 / Tate, ECO
Mozart:
Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 23 / Tate, ECO
Mozart:
Piano Concertos Nos. 26 & 27 / Tate, ECO
Mozart:
Piano Sonatas K 279, K 475, K 576, etc.
Mozart:
Sonatas for Piano K 309, K 310, K 311
Mozart:
Sonatas K 331 (Alla Turca) & K 332, etc.
Mozart:
Sonatas K 545 & 533, Rondo K 511
Schubert:
Impromptus Op. 90 & Op. 142
Schubert:
Piano Sonatas D 840 & 894
Midori
Violinist Midori was born in Osaka in 1971.
Bartok:
Violin Conc. Nos. 1 & 2/Midori, Mehta, Berlin
Best
of Tchaikovsky
Elgar,
Franck: Violin Sonatas / Midori, McDonald
Encore!
Live
at Carnegie Hall / Midori, McDonald
Paganini:
Caprices / Midori
Sibelius:
Violin Concerto; Bruch: Fantasy / Mehta
Photo:Chris
Skarbon
Takashi
Yoshimatsu
Born
in 1953, composer Yoshimatsu draws upon the world's
musical styles.
Age
of Birds
Forgetful
Angel I, II, etc.
Isamu
Magome Plays Two Contemp. Fagotto Conc.
Memo
Flora / Tabe, Fujioka, Manchester Camerata
Music
for Seventeen-String Koto / Teiko Kikuchi
Piano
Concerto, etc. / Fujioka, Manchester, Tabe
Symphony
No. 2, etc. / Ogden, etc
Symphony
No. 3, etc. / BBC Philharmonic
Tender
Toys - Guitar Works / Shin-ichi Fukuda
Trombone
Concerto (Orion Machine), Sym. No. 1
Shin'ichi
Fukuda
Born in Osaka in 1955, this classical guitarist often performs with other musicians in a wide variety of genres.
In
Memoriam - Toru Takemitsu: Guitar Works
Shin'ichi
Fukuda Plays 19th-Century Guitar - Sor, Coste,
etc.
Tender
Toys - Takashi Yoshimatsu's Guitar Works
Seiji
Ozawa
Ozawa
(1935- ), the best-known Japanese conductor, is the
music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Basic
100 Vol. 8-Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, etc.
Beethoven:
Piano Conc. No. 3, Choral Fant./Serkin
Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) / Serkin
Beethoven:
Piano Concs. Nos. 2 & 4 / Serkin, BSO
Beethoven:
Sym. No. 5, Egmont Overture / BSO
Beethoven:
The Five Piano Concertos / Serkin, BSO
Berg,
Stravinsky: Violin Concertos/Perlman, Boston
Berlioz:
Requiem / BSO
Bizet:
Carmen Highlights / Norman
Faure:
Pelleas et Melisande, Apres un Reve, etc.
Faure:
Requiem, Songs / Bonney, Hagegard, Jones
Liszt:
Piano Concs. Nos. 1 & 2, Totentanz
Mahler:
Sym. No. 7, Kindertotenlieder / Norman
Mendelssohn:
Midsummer Night's Dream / Battle...
Offenbach:
Tales of Hoffman / Domingo, Gruberova
Orff:
Carmina Burana / Gruberova, Aler, Hampson
Poulenc:
Gloria, Stabat Mater / Battle, BSO
Prokofiev:
Romeo & Juliet / Boston SO
Rachmaninoff:
Piano Conc. No. 3, Vocalise / Kissin
Rachmaninoff:
Piano Concs. No. 2 & 3, Bernstein
Ravel:
Oeuvres Orchestrales / BSO
Schnittke:
Cello Conc. No. 2 / Rostropovich, LSO
Sessions:
When Lilacs Last in...
Strauss:
Don Quixote, Liebe der Danae / Ma, Davis
Strauss:
Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Cello Conc./Ma
Strauss:
Salome / Norman, Morris, Raffeiner
Stravinsky:
Oedipus Rex / Norman, Schreier
Stravinsky:
Rite of Spring, Firebird, etc.
Stravinsky:
The Rake's Progress / McNair, et al.
Tchaikovsky:
Swan Lake / BSO
Tchaikovsky:
Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty Suite
Vivaldi:
Four Seasons / Silverstein, BSO
Wilson:
Sinfonia; Harbison: Symphony No. 1
Classical Music News
Misc.
Classical Music
A
New Aspect of J, Contemp. Music 15 - Ifukube
A
New Aspect of J. Contemp. Music 19 - Noda
Bach:
Cantatas v. 2/Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
Bach:
Cantatas v. 3/Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
Bach:
Cantatas v. 4/Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
Bach:
Cantatas v. 5/Suzuki, Mera, Sakurada,...
Bach:
Cantatas v. 6-Nos. 21, 31/Suzuki, Frimmer,...
Bach:
Cantatas v. 7/Suzuki, Schmithusen, Mera,...
Bach:
Cantatas v. 8/Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
Bach:
Cantatas v. 9/Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
Baroque
Arias / Mera, Suzuki, Concerto Palatino,...
Beethoven
Arr. by Wagner - Sym. 9 / Suzuki, et al
Buxtehude:
Membra Jesu nostri / M. Suzuki, et al
Classics
Exposed - Sibelius: Sym. / Watanabe, et al
C.
P. E. Bach: Cello Concertos/Hidemi Suzuki,...
Dinner
Classics - The Japanese Album
Enchanted
Forest - Melodies Of Japan
Handel:
Messiah/M. Suzuki...Bach Collegium Japan
Ikebe:
Sym. 6, Sym. 1, Energeia / New Japan
Japanese
Folk Melodies / Rampal, Ens. Lunaire
Japanese
Melodies for Flute & Harp / Rampal...
Just
For Me - Noriko Ogawa Plays J. Piano Music
Light
Colored Album - J. Contemp. Pieces for Piano
Matsumura: Symphony & Piano Cto. No. 3
Melody
of Japan / William Bennett, Clifford Benson
Mizuno: Symphony No. 2
Mother's
Songs - J. Pop. Songs / Mera, Uchiyama
New
Japan Series - Tone: Solo for Wounded CD
Nightingale
- Japanese Art Songs / Y. Mera, et al
Repertoire
- Japanese Melodies / Rampal, Laskine
Repertoire
- Lyrical Melodies of J./Adorjan, Shinozaki
Romance
/ Mera, Genda, Japan Philharmonic SO
Schutz:
Geistliche Chormusik, etc. / M. Suzuki...
Sessions:
Syms. 1-3 / Mitropolous, Watanabe...
Shin-Ichiro
Ikebe / Children's Chorus of Japan
The
Japanese Recorder - Ishii, Hirose, et al....
The
Japanese Saxophone - Natsuda, Nodaira...
The
Min-On Contemporary Music Festival '92
Yamanakabushi,
J. Melodies Vol. III / Rampal
Yo-Yo
Ma - Japanese Melodies