Marty Regan: Magic Mirror - chamber music for traditional Japanese instruments

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Label: Navona
Catalog No: NVA 5876
Format: CD
Release Date: 2012-06-26
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 9 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 896931000765

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> flamefox - flamefox
> dragoneyes - dragoneyes
> In the Night Sky - In the Night Sky
> Magic Mirror - Magic Mirror
> Voyage - Voyage
> Devil's Bridge - Devil's Bridge

Notes & Reviews:

"Regan's well-crafted compositions show a serious, almost cautious, respect for the tradition..." (Asian Music Journal). Vol.2 of Regan's series of Selected Works for Japanese Instruments, presents a collection of works composed for traditional Japanese instrumentation. Through the combination of his traditional classical education and studies of Japanese music and culture, Regan explores the cross-cultural exchange between Eastern and Western traditions.

American Record Guide, November/December 2012
My favorite work is In the Night Sky (2010) for shakuhachi, koto, and percussion, which perfectly conveys the huge space, solitude, and mystery of the clear night sky. Another strong work, Voyage (2008), combines shakuhachi with string quartet; Regan uses somber, tonal harmonies and anguished solo passages for the flute to memorialize a former student who died in a car accident that year. Once listeners unaccustomed to Japanese instruments overcome the initial novelty of hearing them, they soon can detect that the combinations of timbres are carefully considered and accomplished with a very particular artistic sensibility. The recording sounds detailed and lively.



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Works Details

>Regan, Marty : Flamefox, for shakuhachi quartet
  • Performers: Seizan Sakata (Shakuhachi); Shozan Tanabe (Shakuhachi); Ray Jin (Shakuhachi); Kenji Yamaguchi (Shakuhachi)
  • Running Time: 7 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Chamber Music
  • Written: 2007

>Regan, Marty : Dragoneyes, for shakuhachi, shamisen & koto
  • Performers: Erina Matsumura (Koto); Tetsuya Nozawa (Shamisen); Seizan Sakata (Shakuhachi)
  • Running Time: 13 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Chamber Music
  • Written: 2004

>Regan, Marty : In the Night Sky, for shakuhachi, koto & percussion
  • Performers: Erina Matsumura (Koto); Kenji Yamaguchi (Shakuhachi); Nobuhiro Wakatsuki (Percussion)
  • Running Time: 13 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2010

>Regan, Marty : Magic Mirror, for shamisen, hichiriki, ryuteki, sho, shinobue & shakuhachi
  • Performers: Tetsuya Nozawa (Shamisen); Yuka Sawada (Shinobue); Hitomi Nakamura (Hichiriki); Tajima Kazue (Sho); Ray Jin (Shakuhachi)
  • Running Time: 14 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2008

>Regan, Marty : Voyage, for shakuhachi & string quartet
  • Performers: Gen Takeuchi (Violin); Etsuko Hirano (Violin); Masabumi Sekiguchi (Cello); Shozan Tanabe (Shakuhachi); Saeko Wakiya (Viola)
  • Running Time: 10 min. 48 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2008

>Regan, Marty : Devil's Bridge, for shamisen & biwa
  • Performers: Akiko Sakurai (Biwa); Tetsuya Nozawa (Shamisen)
  • Running Time: 9 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2010