Ifukube, Akira

50 Greatest Science Fiction Movie Themes

3 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Vangelis: Blade Runner; Roger Taylor: Flash Gordon Theme; John Williams: Star Wars; Raiders of the Lost Ark; The Time Tunnel; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; E.T.; Superman; Land of the Giants Th...
Performers: Regan, Pat; Rubinstein, Donald
Conductors: Norman, Neil

Revolution for Cembalo - Ravel, Delius, et al / Arihashi

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-09-17

Works: Maurice Ravel: D'Anne jouant de l'espinette, song for voice & harpsichord (or piano) (Épigramme de Marot no 2); Jules Massenet: Thérèse, music drama in 2 acts; Gaetano Donizetti: Varia...

This is a delightful program of rare harpsichord works performed by one of Japan's most gifted musicians. It features two works specially commissioned for this...continue...

Ifukube: Sinfonia Tapkaara, etc / Yablonsky, Russian PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: Akira Ifukube: Sinfonia Tapkaara, for orchestra; Ritmica Ostinata, for piano & orchestra; Symphonic Fantasia no 1
Performers: Saranceva, Ekaterina
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Ballata Sinfonica - Kako, Ifukube, et al / Keiko Nosaka, etc'

1 CD / Camerata / 2003-01-01

Works: Ichiro Higo: Canto Magico "Jugonka"; Yuji Takahashi: While I was Crossing The Bridge; Samushiro; Takashi Kako: Wind in the Water Depths; Empty Trance; Akira Ifukube: Ballata Sinfonica for Treble and ...
Performers: Komiya, Mizuyo [koto]; Nosaka, Keiko

Japanese Orchestral Favourites - Ifukube, Akutagawa, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Yuzo Toyama: Rhapsody for orchestra; Hidemaro Konoye: Etenraku; Akira Ifukube: Japanese Rhapsody; Yasushi Akutagawa: Music for Symphony Orchestra; Kiyoshige Koyama: Kobiki-Uta for orchestra; Takashi ...
Conductors: Numajiri, Ryusuke
Ensemble: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

This album contains several works widely enjoyed in Japan. Toyama's work makes use of traditional kabuki percussion in a series of popular Japanese folk melodies....continue...

Pipa Xing - Works of Akira Ifukube for 25-String Koto

1 CD / Camerata / 2000-03-01

Works: Akira Ifukube: Pipa Xing, for 25-string koto; Chant De La Sérinde, for 25-string koto; Kugo-Ka, aria concertata for kugo harp & 25-string koto
Performers: Ifukube, Akira; Nosaka, Keiko

Recording information: Makioka Arts Hall, Yamanashi, Japan (07/10/1998-08/11/1999)....continue...

A New Aspect of Japanese Contemporary Music 15 - Ifukube

1 CD / Camerata / 1994-11-01

Works: Akira Ifukube: Monoiumai; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Lullabies (3) among the Native Tribes on Sakhalin Island; Bintatara
Performers: Kobyayashi, Takeshi; Umemura, Yuko
Conductors: Tamura, Takuo
Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

Japanese Orchestral Music / Hirokami, Malmö SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1990-10-01

Works: Akira Ifukube: Ballata Sinfonica for Orchestra; Karen Tanaka: Prismes; Yuzo Toyama: Matsura; Atsutada Otaka: Image; Kaoru Wada: Folkloric Dance Suite
Conductors: Hirokami, Jun'ichi
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra