Precious: Christmas Music With Yoshikazu Mera

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Album Summary

Performers

• Rosa Russ (Voice)
• Marlon Sanders (Voice)
• Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor)
• Gil Goldstein (Piano)
• Ben Wittman (Percussion)
• Jiro Yoshida (Electric Guitar)
• Gil Goldstein (Accordion)
• Eijiro Nakagawa (Trombone)
• Ben Wittman (Drums)
• Jamshied Sharifi (Piano)
• Ben Wittman (Cymbals)
• Andy Ezrin (Piano)
• Jiro Yoshida (Guitar)
• Arif St. Michel (Voice)

Conductor

• Yoshida, Jiro

Ensemble

• The Orchestra

Composers

• Frank Churchill/ Leigh Harline/ Paul J. Smith
• Leigh Harline (1907 - 1969)
• Alan Menken (1949 - )
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Hoagy Carmichael (1899 - 1981)
• Gil Goldstein (1950 - )
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Anonymous, Swedish
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)

Notes & Reviews:

Yoshikazu Mera domonstrates aspects of his remarkable talent that we have not encountered before in this selection of songs with a Christmas flavor. The album includes traditional carols, popular Christmas songs and other songs including "Star Dust" and "When You Wish Upon a Star".

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Jiro Yoshida (guitar); Elena Barere (violin); Sue Pray, Crystal Garner, Carol Landon, Sarah Adams, Juliet Haffner, Richard Sortomme (viola); Jeremy Turner, Jerry Grossman , Caryl Paisner (cello); Diane Lesser (flute); Gil Goldstein (accordion, piano); Eijiro Nakagawa (trombone); Jamshied Sharifi (piano); Ben Wittman (snare drum, cymbals, percussion); Rosa Russ (background vocals).

Recording information: Avator Studio, NY (09/1998); Kampo Studio, NY (09/1998).

Precious: Christmas Music With Yoshikazu Mera finds the Japanese vocalist performing a number of Christmas favorites. There are several well-known songs here like "Silent Night" and "White Christmas," along with some surprises like "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Beauty and the Beast," for example. ~ Jason Birchmeier

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Works Details

Anonymous, Swedish : How Great Thou Art (Tune :: O store Gud)

• Performers: Jiro Yoshida (Guitar); Arif St. Michel (Voice); Rosa Russ (Voice); Marlon Sanders (Voice); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Menken, Alan : Beauty and the Beast :: Beauty and the Beast

• Performers: Jiro Yoshida (Guitar); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Jiro Yoshida
• Ensemble: The Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1991
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Carmichael, Hoagy : Stardust

• Performers: Gil Goldstein (Piano); Ben Wittman (Percussion); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Jiro Yoshida
• Ensemble: The Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1927
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Rodgers, Richard : If I Loved You, song (from "Carousel")

• Performers: Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor); Gil Goldstein (Piano); Ben Wittman (Percussion)
• Conductor: Jiro Yoshida
• Ensemble: The Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor); Jiro Yoshida (Electric Guitar); Jiro Yoshida (Guitar); Gil Goldstein (Piano); Gil Goldstein (Accordion)
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Goldstein, Gil : The Meaning of Wonder

• Performers: Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor); Gil Goldstein (Accordion)
• Conductor: Jiro Yoshida
• Ensemble: The Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Frank Churchill/ Leigh Ha : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, film score

• Performers: Eijiro Nakagawa (Trombone); Ben Wittman (Drums); Gil Goldstein (Piano); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor); Ben Wittman (Percussion)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1937
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performers: Jamshied Sharifi (Piano); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Jiro Yoshida
• Ensemble: The Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Goldstein, Gil : Music of the Spheres

• Performers: Eijiro Nakagawa (Trombone); Ben Wittman (Cymbals); Gil Goldstein (Piano); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor); Jiro Yoshida (Electric Guitar); Jiro Yoshida (Guitar)
• Conductor: Jiro Yoshida
• Ensemble: The Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Berlin, Irving : Holiday Inn

• Performers: Jiro Yoshida (Electric Guitar); Jiro Yoshida (Guitar); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Harline, Leigh : Pinocchio

• Performers: Andy Ezrin (Piano); Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1940
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio