Sakamoto, Ryuichi

Final Cut: Film Music for Four Guitars / Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-06-26

Works: Rachel Portman: Chocolat; Gustavo Santaolalla: The Motorcycle Diaries; Elliot Goldenthal: Frida; N/A: Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? song (for the film Don Juan Demarco); James Horner: Titanic; ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

This disc comprises some of cinema's most memorable musical moments, as chosen and arranged for four guitars by the members of the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet....continue...
Recording information: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)....continue...

Absolutely Movie Soundtracks

3 CD / Delta (UK) / 2011-03-01

Works: Monty Norman: The James Bond Theme (Suite); Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia; John Williams: Star Wars; Superman; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Harry Potter; Schindler...
Conductors: Hopkins, Phil; Simone, Michel; Nicholas, Zoe; Hendley, Fiona

Playing The Piano / Sakamoto

2 CD / Decca / 2010-09-28

Works: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Amore, for piano; Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, theme from the film score for piano; A Flower is not a Flower, for piano; The Sheltering Sky, theme from the film score for piano; Ta...
Performers: Fennesz, Christian; Filskov, Karen H.; Leong, Dana; Moose, Rob; Oyamada, Keigo; Sakamoto, Ryuichi; Shimizu, Shimmy Hirotaka; Sverrisson, Skuli; Touno, Tamami

In 2009, Universal International released Ryuichi Sakamoto's Playing the Piano, a collection of solo piano pieces he calls "self-covers"; that is, a newly recorded collection of his own compositons an...continue...

100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2

6 CD / Silva America / 2010-07-13

Works: Pete Moore: Asteroid; Bernard Herrmann: Citizen Kane; Vertigo; David Raksin: Laura; Henry Mancini: Touch of Evil; A Shot In The Dark; Nino Rota: La Dolce Vite; The Godfather; Leonard Bernstein: West ...
Performers: Ayres, Mark; Williams, Gareth
Conductors: Jolly, Evan; Bateman, Paul; Raine, Nic; Ashton, Bill; Wadsworth, Derek; Fitzpatrick, James; Klemens, Mario; Goldsmith, Jerry;
Ensemble: ; London Ensemble

Silva Screen Records' 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2 continues in the vein of its predecessor by compiling an esoteric collection of movie music that spans generations. From Citizen Kane and West Si...continue...

Portrait

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-04-27

Works: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence; Energy flow; Roland Dyens: Tango en Skai, for guitar; Eric Clapton: Tears in Heaven; Paulo Bellinati: Jongo for guitar; Charles C. Converse: What a Fri...
Performers: Muraji, Kaori

Amorosso

1 CD / Pony Canyon Records Import / 2007-01-30

Works: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Amorosso, for violin, cello and piano; Energy flow; Intermezzo; Aqua; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Michel Colombier: Emmanuel, for saxophone & orchestra; Ennio Mor...
Performers: Bynum, Woodrow Bynum; Cooper, Kristina Reiko; Frautschi, Laura; Kristina & Laura; Novacek, John [Piano]; Slattery, Michael [Tenor Vocal]; Tennill, Stephanie; Wueschner, Erica

Personnel: Laura Frautschi (violin); Kristina Reiko Cooper (cello); John Novacek (piano).

Recording information: Right Track Recording Studio, NY....continue...

Sakamoto: BTTB (Back to the Basics)

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-02-08

Works: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Energy Flow; Put Your Hands Up; Railroad Man; Opus; Sonatine for Piano; Intermezzo; Lorenz and Watson; Choral no 1; Choral no 2; Bachata; Chanson; Prelude for Piano; Uetax; Aqua; To...
Performers: Sakamoto, Ryuichi

Just For Me - Noriko Ogawa Plays Japanese Piano Music

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-05-14

Works: Rentauro Taki: Menuetto in B minor; Grudge; Shukichi Mitsukuri: Piano Pieces (3) after the Flower; Yasuji Kiyose: Ryukyu Dances; Meiro Sugawara: Steam; Kunihiko Hashimoto: Pieces (3) for Piano; Kikuk...
Performers: Ogawa, Noriko