Taki, Rentaro

Japanese Melodies / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-04-23

Works: Kosaku Yamada: Matsushima Ondo, folk song, for voice & piano; Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta, folk song, for voice & piano; Rentaro Taki: Kojyo no tsuki; Japanese Traditional: Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi, folk ...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Nakagawa, Masami; Yoshiwara, Sumire [Percussion]; Zander, Patricia
Conductors: Mamiya, Michio
Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

Recording information: Niiza-Shimin-Kaikan-Hall, Saitama, Japan (11/25/1983-11/26/1983)....continue...

Songs of the World / Stefano Sciascia, double bass; Mara Corazza, piano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Spanish Traditional: Cancion de amor; Pablo Casals: El cant del ocells; Teiichi Okano: Oboro-zukiyo; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Yoshihiro Utsumi: Aijyou, song; Korean ...
Performers: Corazza, Mara; Sciascia, Stefano

Bassist Stefano Sciascia gives us a rare glimpse of the double bass as an expressive soloistic instrument in a recital of music from countries around...continue...
Recording information: Atmosfere Studio, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy (04/10/2002-04/16/2002)....continue...

No. 1 with a Bullet

2 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2009-12-21

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 13 in C minor, Op. 48/1, CT. 120; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of...

Smile - Chaplin, Pärt, Piazzolla, Messiaen, Schubert, etc / Anne Akiko Meyers, Akira Eguchi

1 CD / Koch International / 2009-01-27

Works: Charlie Chaplin: Smile (as used in the film "Modern Times" ) (spurious; by Geoffrey Persons); Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel; Astor Piazzolla: Introducción al Angel; Milonga en re; Olivier...
Performers: Eguchi, Akira; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]

Best-selling American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers makes her label debut on KOCH International Classics with Smile!, a fresh new recording featuring a lively repertoire ranging...continue...

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Classical Chill in the Universe - Debussy, Gluck, Beethoven, etc

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2008-05-06

Works: Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Ludwig van Beethoven...

Simply Classical Chillout

4 CD / Simply / 2007-09-04

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Henri Vieuxtemp...

Andante Cantabile: Cello Encores

1 CD / Decca (USA) Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Pavane, Op. 50; Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat major; Claude Debussy: Beau soir; Maurice Ravel: Pièce en...
Performers: Canino, Bruno; Harrell, Lynn

As he explains in his liner notes for this CD, Lynn Harrell uses the voice as his point of departure for this collection of encores....continue...

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2005-09-27

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams) ("Wien, Wien, nur du alle...
Performers: Rieu, André

Capping a year of touring which took Andre and his orchestra around the world The Flying Dutchman was filmed in the Kerkrade, Holland soccer stadium...continue...
Personnel: André Rieu (violin); Carla Maffioletti (guitar); Boris Goldenblank, Karlien Opsteeg, Els Mercken, Monica Das, Kremi Mineva, Sonja Haering, Diana Morsinkhof, Stéphanie Detry, Frank...continue...

More of the Most Romantic Classical Music in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2005-01-11

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor ("Grétry"), ...

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2004-11-02

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Traditional: Snowwaltz, for orchestra; Abe Holzmann: Blaze Away, for pops orchestra; Albert W. Ketèlb...
Performers: Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Coenen, Jack; Colen, Pierre; Collem, Chaja van; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Das, Monica; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diederen, Roger;...
Conductors: Rieu, André

Import edition includes three bonus tracks over the US edition. The classical violinist and Europe's "King Of The Waltz" takes you on a listening journey...continue...

Mother's Songs - Japanese Popular Songs / Mera, Uchiyama

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-10-05

Works: Tadasuke Ono: Evening Primrose; Yoshinao Nakada: I Found a Small Autumn; I Talked with the Fog; Over There, Over Yonder; Ryutaro Hirota: Being Scolded; Plover; Strolling around an Old Castle in Komor...
Performers: Mera, Yoshikazu; Uchiyama, Natsuko

To hear of a Japanese counter-tenor may come as quite a surprise, but Yoshikazu Mera proves that he is an accomplished and extremely talented artist with a quality of voice that rivals the other Weste...continue...

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

Enchanted Dawn / Lise Daoust, Marie-Josée Simard

1 CD / ATMA / 1996-07-01

Works: Haseo Sugiyama: Poupée nuptiale ("Bridal Doll"); Michio Miyagi: Haru no umi; Ravi Shankar: L'Aube Enchantée (based on Raga Mian-ki Todi); Rentaro Taki: Moon Over the Ruined Castle for c...
Performers: Daoust, Lise; Simard, Marie-Josee

Japanese Folk Melodies / Jean-Pierre Rampal

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-08-02

Works: Tamezo Narita: Song of the Seashore; Kosaku Yamada: Red Dragonfly; Karatachi no hana; Traditional: Oedo Nihonbashi; Itsuki no Komoriuta; Hakone Hachiri; Rentauro Taki: Kojyo no tsuki; Ryutaro Hirota:...
Performers: Rampal, Jean-Pierre
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Ensemble: Lunaire Ensemble

Jean Pierre Rampal was the first flutist to attract worldwide adulation, equal to that accorded to a famous piano or string virtuoso. More than any other individual, he has restored the flute to the e...continue...

Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp / Rampal, Laskine

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Michio Miyagi: Haru no umi; Kosaku Yamada: Lullaby from the Chugoku Area; Red Dragonfly; Kono michi; Hidemaro Konoe: Chin-Chin-Chidori; Traditional: Nambu ushi-oi uta; Sakura-Sakura; Haseo Sugiyama: ...
Performers: Laskine, Lily; Rampal, Jean-Pierre