Toshio Hosokawa: Flute Music

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Album Summary

Performers

• Kolbeinn Bjarnason (Flute)
• Valgerdur Andresdottir (Piano)
• Thorunn Marinosdottir (Viola)
• Zbigniew Dubik (Violin)
• Sigurdur Halldórsson (Cello)
• Sif Tulinius (Violin)
• Melkorka Olafsdottir (Flute)
• Sigurdur _orbergsson (Trombone)
• Elisabet Waage (Harp)
• Gudni Franzson (Clarinet)
• Rúnar Oskarsson (Clarinet)
• Emil Fridfinnsson (Horn)
• Bjann Ingason (Bassoon)
• Steef Oosterhout (Percussion)
• Eydís Franzdóttir (Oboe)
• Frank Aarnink (Percussion)
• Eiríkur Pálsson (Trumpet)
• Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir (Cello)
• Hávardur Tryggvason (Double Bass)

Composers

• Traditional
• Toshio Hosokawa (1955 - )

Notes & Reviews:

The Berlin-based Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa conceives of music as ‘a calligraphy of space and time’ and regards the flute as the instrument that can most deeply realize his musical ideas, the performer’s breath embodying the living power of sound enhanced by the equally expressive silence which surrounds it. The accomplished Icelandic flautist Kolbeinn Bjarnason, who has also studied shakuhachi music, conveys the essence of Hosokawa’s ‘musical calligraphy’, shaping sound and silence into deeply spiritual soundscapes for solo flute and within haunting instrumental textures.

American Record Guide
episodes of great clarity and transparency, but never stasis - always rapidly changing color... captured in very clear sound. All the musicians play with a dedication and finesse that comes through on this recording.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Fella- og Hóla-church, Reykjavík, Iceland.

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Works Details

Hosokawa, Toshio : Vertical Song I, for solo flute

• Performer: Kolbeinn Bjarnason (Flute)
• Running Time: 8 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995

Hosokawa, Toshio : Sen 1, for flute

• Performer: Kolbeinn Bjarnason (Flute)
• Running Time: 11 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1986

Hosokawa, Toshio : Lied, for flute & piano

• Performers: Kolbeinn Bjarnason (Flute); Valgerdur Andresdottir (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 2007

Hosokawa, Toshio : Fragmente II, for flute & string quaret

• Performers: Thorunn Marinosdottir (Viola); Zbigniew Dubik (Violin); Kolbeinn Bjarnason (Flute); Sigurdur Halldórsson (Cello); Sif Tulinius (Violin)
• Running Time: 9 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989

Hosokawa, Toshio : Voyage V, for ensemble

• Performers: Melkorka Olafsdottir (Flute); Sigurdur _orbergsson (Trombone); Valgerdur Andresdottir (Piano); Elisabet Waage (Harp); Gudni Franzson (Clarinet); Rúnar Oskarsson (Clarinet); Sif Tulinius (Violin); Emil Fridfinnsson (Horn); Bjann Ingason (Bassoon); Steef Oosterhout (Percussion); Eydís Franzdóttir (Oboe); Frank Aarnink (Percussion); Kolbeinn Bjarnason (Flute); Eiríkur Pálsson (Trumpet); Thorunn Marinosdottir (Viola); Zbigniew Dubik (Violin); Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir (Cello); Hávardur Tryggvason (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 17 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2001

Traditional : Kuroda Bushi

• Performer: Kolbeinn Bjarnason (Flute)
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.