Yoshimatsu, Takashi

Crystal Dream

1 Super Audio CD / Octavia Records / 2010-03-09

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Gnossienne for piano no 1; Gnossienne for piano no 4; Gymnopedie for piano no 2; Gymnopedie for piano no 3; Gnossienne for piano no 3; Croquis et agaceries d'un...
Performers: Roge, Pascal

This disc, from French piano music expert Pascal Roge, consists of works by Erik Satie and Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu. Roge found something similar in...continue...
Recording information: Akigawa Kirara Hall, Tokyo, Japan (08/29/2008-08/31/2008)....continue...

Yoshimatsu: Atom Hearts Club Suites no 1 and 2, etc / Kawamura, et al

1 CD / Camerata / 2009-05-12

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Atom Hearts Club Suite no 1, Opus 70b; Atom Hearts Club Suite no 2, Op. 79; Regulus circuit, Op. 7; Digital Bird Suite, Op. 15; Quartet for Piano, Flute and Strings, Op. 30 "Alris...
Performers: Kawamura, Yasuko

There are no notes on the music or the composer and performers in English in the print materials for this release. Yoshimatsu was born in...continue...

A Gift

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-08-12

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Wind color Vector; Around the Round Ground; Gerard Cousins: Elystan, for guitar; July 18, for guitar; Leo Brouwer: Viaje a la semilla, for guitar; Hika "In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu...
Performers: Cousins, Gerard

Personnel: Paco Santiago Marin, Antonio Durán (guitar).

Recording information: St. Cynidir & St. Mary's Church, Cantref, Cymru (2008)....continue...

Nobuya Sugawa plays Yoshimatsu, Honda, Ibert, Larsson / Sado, BBC PO, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-05-27

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Saxophone Concerto ("Albireo Mode"), Op. 93; Toshiyuki Honda: Concerto du vent, for saxophone & orchestra; Jacques Ibert: Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone & 11 instruments...
Performers: Sugawa, Nobuya
Conductors: Sado, Yutaka
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Sugawa is unfazed by the work's difficulties, and the rhapsodic opening movement, which seems to refer back to Debussy's Indonesian-inspired Impressionism, is an absolutely gorgeous...continue...

Yoshimatsu: Stellar Dream Dances / Toomas Vavilov, et al

1 CD / Camerata / 2008-01-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Stellar Dream Dances, Op. 89
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

Takashi Yoshimatsu is yet another example of the kind of "new" Classical composer who has emerged in the past thirty years - one who first...continue...

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Music for Strings in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-08-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261; Concerto for Violin in D major (doubtful, "Concerto no...
Performers: Belkin, Boris; Chee-Yun; Eguchi, Akira; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Isbin, Sharon; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Kikuchi, Machiko; Ramirez, Alexander-Sergei
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús; ; Thompson, Bryden; Hager, Leopold; Groves, Charles, Sir; Hirokami, Jun'ichi
Ensemble: ; Danceries

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Guitar Music in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-05-15

Works: Anonymous: Romance; Fernando Sor: Variations for Guitar on "Marlborough s'en va-t-en-guerre", Op. 28; Introduction & Variations on Qe ne suis-je la Fougère, Op. 26; Sonata for guitar no 2 in C m...
Performers: Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Isbin, Sharon; Kikuchi, Machiko; Mikulka, Vladimir; Ramirez, Alexander-Sergei

The Most Relaxing Guitar Music in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2005-03-08

Works: Traditional: Romance for Guitar; Angel Barrios: La catedral; Isaac Albéniz: Barcarola for Piano, Op. 202 "Mallorca"; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Francisco Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Fré...

Bear Essentials - Lullaby Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-08-24

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Préludes, Book 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495; Camille Saint-Saën...

Yoshimatsu: Cello Concerto, Age of Birds, etc / Dixon, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-06-29

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: The Age of Birds, for orchestra, Op. 25; Concerto for Cello ("Centaurus Unit"), Op. 91; Chikap, for orchestra, Op. 14a
Performers: Dixon, Peter
Conductors: Fujioka, Sachio
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"The BBC Philharmonic tackles all three pieces with virtuosity and panache and the recording captures the full panoply of the Hollywood-style orchestration." - BBC "Attractive,...continue...

New Direction - Yoshimatsu: Symphony no 5, etc / Fujioka

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Symphony no 5, Op. 87; Atom Hearts Club Suite no 2, Op. 79a; Prelude to the Celebration of Birds, Op. 83
Conductors: Fujioka, Sachio
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Yoshimatsu draws from both Western and Eastern cultures in his appealing and accessible music. The works on this CD are all first time recordings. The...continue...

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...

Yoshimatsu: Symphony no 4, etc / Bousfield, Fujioka, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-01-22

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Symphony no 4, Op. 82; Concerto for Trombone ("Orion Machine"), Op. 55; Atom Hearts Club Suite no 1, for string orchestra, Op. 70b
Performers: Bousfield, Ian
Conductors: Fujioka, Sachio
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Listening to this disc after the normal Christmas over-indulgence I felt as if I had opened another box of Cadbury's chocolates... Ian Bousfield, who plays...continue...

Yoshimatsu: Subaru, Nabari, Moyura, etc / Nanae Yoshimura

1 CD / Camerata / 2000-10-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Within Dreams, Without Dreams, Op. 74; Subaru, Op. 78; Moyura; Nabari
Performers: Kikuchi, Tomoya; Matsubara, Katsuya; Shinohe, Seiki; Yoshimura, Nanae

Bridges to Japan - Koh, Sugawara, et al / Wiesler, Ogawa

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-10-01

Works: Bunya Koh: Sonata festosa, for flute & piano, Op. 17; Kazuo Yamada: Notturno, for flute & piano, Op. 23; Meiro Sugawara: La joueuse de flûte, for declamation & flute; Kikuko Kanai: Variations on...
Performers: Ogawa, Noriko; Wiesler, Manuela

"Foremost is the strength and power of tone in both the flutist and pianist. Every phrase is clear and meets its goal whether loud or...continue...

Yoshimatsu: Forgetful Angel I, II, etc / Sakimoto, et al

1 CD / Camerata / 1999-10-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Forgetful Angel no 1, Op. 6; Forgetful Angel no 2, Op. 8; Forgetful Angel no 3, Op. 24; Alignment Romance, Op. 28b-3; Melting Dream, Op. 30a; Dream Colored Mobile, Op. 58; Short D...
Performers: Hoshido, Mikio; Hyakutake, Yuki; Maruyama, Yasuo; Miki, Mie; Numata, Sonoko; Sakimoto, Joe; Shiraishi, Mitsutaka; Yamada, Momoko

Guitar Meditations / Craig Ogden

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-07-20

Works: Antonio Lauro: Suite Venezolana, for guitar; Agustín Barrios-Mangoré: La Catedral (The Cathedral), for guitar; Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios, for guitar ("El Ultimo Trémolo;" "El Ult...
Performers: Ogden, Craig [Guitar]

Yoshimatsu: Symphony no 3, etc / Fujioka, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-07-20

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Saxophone Concerto 'Cyber-bird', Op. 59; Symphony no 3, Op. 75
Conductors: Fujioka, Sachio
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Yoshimatsu: Memo Flora / Tabe, Fujioka, Manchester Camerata

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-10-20

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Concerto for Piano ("Memo Flora"), Op. 67; And Birds Are Still, Op. 72; While an Angel Falls into a Doze..., for piano & orchestra, Op. 73; Dream Colored Mobile 2, for oboe (or vi...
Performers: Barrow, John; Tabe, Kyoko [Piano]
Conductors: Fujioka, Sachio
Ensemble: Manchester Camerata Orchestra

The inspiration for the five works featured on this disc is drawn from very diverse experiences ranging from snow-scene paintings to a flock of birds...continue...

Light Colored Album - Japanese Contemporary Pieces for Piano

1 CD / Camerata / 1997-11-01

Works: Akira Miyoshi: Hommage, for piano; Yoshio Hachimura: Vision of Higanbana, for piano; Teizo Matsumura: Berceuses (2) a la Grece, for piano; Toru Takemitsu: Piano Distance, for piano; Takashi Yoshimats...
Performers: Matsuya, Midori

Yoshimatsu: Trombone Concerto "Orion Machine", Symphony no 1

1 CD / Camerata / 1997-05-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Concerto for Trombone, Op. 55 "Orion Machine"; Symphony no 1 "Kamui-Chikap"
Performers: Hakoyama, Yoshiki
Conductors: Toyama, Yuzo; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

After Hours Classics Vol 4 - Orchestra plays Adagio

1 CD / Camerata / 1996-11-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102; Quintet for Strings in F major, WAB 112; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Nishizaki, Takako
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki; Eichhorn, Kurt
Ensemble: Bruckner Orchestra; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Kamunagi / Teiko Kikuchi, Shigemitsu Eiso, Kifu Mitsuhashi

1 CD / Camerata / 1996-06-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Nabari; Shin-Ichiro Ikebe: Kageru; Akira Nishimura: Kamunagi; Teizo Matsumura: Air of Prayer; Somei Satoh: Tamaogi-Koto
Performers: Eiso, Shigemitsu; Kikuchi, Teiko; Mitsuhashi, Kifu

Yoshimatsu: Symphony No 2, etc / Ogden, Fujioka, BBC Phil

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-03-19

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Symphony no 2 ("At Terra"); Guitar Concerto ("Pegasus Effect"), Op. 21; Threnody to Toki, Op 12
Performers: Dixon, Peter; Janes, Paul; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]
Conductors: Fujioka, Sachio
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Takashi Yoshimatsu - The Age of Birds

2 CD / Camerata / 1995-05-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Threnody to Toki, Op 12; Chikap, for flute orchestra; The Age of Birds, for orchestra, Op. 25; Digital Bird Suite, for flute & piano, Op. 15; Four Pieces in Bird Shape, for clarin...
Performers: Asou, Maki; Inoue, Michiyoshi; Kai, Michio; Matsuya, Midori; Shinohoe, Seiki; Yoshida, Keiko
Conductors: Inoue, Michiyoshi; Aoki, Akira; Otomo, Naoto; Toyama, Yuzo
Ensemble: Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra; Tokyo Flute Ensemble Academy

Isamu Magome Plays 2 Contemporary Fagotto Concertos

1 CD / Camerata / 1994-09-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Concerto for Bassoon ("Unicorn Circuit"); Akira Nishimura: Concerto for bassoon, percussion & strings ("Tapas")
Performers: Eiso, Shigemitsu; Mikami, Yasunobu; Mishina, Seiji; Sasaki, Yasushi
Conductors: Enkoji, Masahiko
Ensemble: Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra