Takahashi, Aki

Yoshio Hachimura - Breathing Field / Aki Takahashi, piano; Masami Nakagawa, flute

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-08-14

Works: Yoshio Hachimura: Meditation Higan-Bana for piano, Op 6; Maniera for flute solo, Op 14; Dolcissima Mia Vita for metallic percussion solo, Op 16; Breathing Field for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion ...
Performers: Hiroshi Koizumi; Nakagawa, Masami; Shinozaki, Ayako; Takahashi, Aki; Yamaguchi, Yasunori; Yoshiaki Suzuki; Yoshihara, Sumire

This is a reissue of recordings originally made between 1969 and 1982 of music by Japanese composer Yoshio Hachimura....continue...

Chamber Music of Yoshio Hachimura "Constellation" / Aki Takahashi, piano; Masami Nakagawa, flute; Yoko Seto, violin

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-06-12

Works: Yoshio Hachimura: Improvisation for piano, Op 1; Improvisation for violin & piano, Op 4; Concerto for 8 soloists, Op 3 ("One Hour at Every Breath"); Elixir, for flute, violin & piano, Op. 10/2; Const...
Performers: Gawriloff, Saschko; Isako Shinozaki; Masuda, Mutsumi [Soprano (Vocal)]; Matsuya, Midori; Murai, Yuji; Muto, Kenichiro [Sax (Tenor)]; Nakagawa, Masami; Noguchi, Ryo; Seto, Yoko [Violin]; Sugawara, Ats...

This is the first volume in a series devoted to the music of Japanese composer Yoshio Hachimura (1938-1985). The recordings were made between 1981 and...continue...

Barbara Monk Feldman: The Northern Shore / Takahashi, Sabat, Clarke

1 CD / Mode Records / 2012-05-22

Works: Barbara Monk Feldman: The Northern Shore, for chamber ensemble; In the Small Time of a Desert Flower, for chamber ensemble
Performers: Clarke, Stephen; Rothbrust, Dirk; Sabat, Marc; Takahashi, Aki

The Guardian, July 2012
Monk Feldman's own music, perhaps unsurprisingly, owes much to that of her late husband though it is contained within much more modest...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studios, Berlin, Germany (08/14/2002); Wesleyan University, Middletown CT (08/14/2002); Teldex Studios, Berlin, Germany (08/26/2003); Wesleyan University, Middletown CT (...continue...

Peter Garland: Waves Breaking on Rocks / Aki Takahashi, Santa Fe New Music, John Kennedy and John Duykers

1 CD / New World / 2011-10-11

Works: Peter Garland: Waves Breaking on Rocks (Elegy for All of Us), for violin & piano; The Roque Dalton Songs, for voice
Performers: Duykers, John; Takahashi, Aki
Conductors: Kennedy, John
Ensemble: Santa Fe New Music

Peter Garland (b. 1952) studied with Harold Budd and James Tenney at Cal Arts and had long student-mentor friendships with Lou Harrison, Conlon Nancarrow, Paul...continue...

Schubert: Piano Sonatas

1 CD / Camerata / 2011-01-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958; Sonata for Piano in A major, D 959
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

The distinguished pianist Aki Takahashi has earned a succession of plaudits and awards throughout her career. She held her first public solo recital in 1970...continue...
Recording information: Mie Center For The Arts....continue...

Xenakis Edition Vol. 11 - Works With Piano / Aki Takahashi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Mode Records / 2010-08-03

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & piano; Morsima-Amorsima; Akea; Paille in the wind, for cello & piano
Performers: Bean, Scott; de Saram, Rohan; Emery, Mark; Hopper, Wesley [Trombone]; Linden, Daniel [Trombone]; Scanlon, Christopher [Trumpet]; Takahashi, Aki
Conductors: Drury, Stephen;
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort; JACK String Quartet

Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Iannis Xenakis: Works With Piano - Eonta

1 CD / Mode Records / 2010-04-20

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & piano; Morsima-Amorsima, for violin, cello, bass & piano; Akea, for piano & string quartet; Paille in the wind, for cello & piano
Performers: Bean, Scott; de Saram, Rohan; Diaz, Gabriela [Violin]; Emery, Mark; Hopper, Wesley [Trombone]; Linden, Daniel [Trombone]; McFarland, Kevin [Cello]; Otto, Christopher [Violin]; Pickford Richards, John...
Conductors: Drury, Stephen
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort

Pianist Aki Takahashi’s follows up her acclaimed first disc of Xenakis piano works (which won a "Diapason d’or" in France) with this second volume, of...continue...

Feldman: Trio

2 CD / Mode Records / 2010-03-09

Works: Morton Feldman: Trio, for violin, cello & piano
Performers: de Saram, Rohan; Sabat, Marc; Takahashi, Aki

Feldman’s "Trio" is a 1 hour, 45 minute work in one continuous movement, slowly and beautifully folding and unfolding itself through its long duration. This...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany (04/01/2006-04/02/2006)....continue...

Ushio Torikai: Rest

1 CD / Innova / 2010-01-26

Works: Ushio Torikai: Gathered/Scatter, for piano; Bashulli Poco, for clarinet, violin & cello; Ever, for violin; Voiced One, for baritone & piano; Rest, for mixed chorus
Performers: Buckner, Thomas [Baritone Vocals]; Jolles, Renee; Kubera, Joseph; Takahashi, Aki
Conductors: Ohtani, Kenji

Cage: The Perilous Night, In a Landscape, Music for Marcel Duchamp, etc / Aki Takahashi

1 CD / Camerata / 2008-11-11

Works: John Cage: A Room; Amores; The Perilous Night for Prepared Piano; A Valentine Out of Season for Prepared Piano; Music for Marcel Duchamp; In a Landscape; Cheap Imitation
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Aki Takahashi, a champion of contemporary music, brings her virtuosity to this program of music by John Cage. She is widely acknowledged for her musicianship...continue...

Solos & Duos - Andrew Imbrie & Hi Kyung Kim

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Andrew Imbrie: To my son; Melody, for 12 string gayageum; Duet for Two Friends, for bass clarinet & cello; Mukashi Mukashi (Once upon a time), for 2 pianos; Hi Kyung Kim: Crystal Drops, for 2 pianos;...
Performers: Fonteneau, Jean-Michel; Imamura, Rae; Sackett, John; Takahashi, Aki

This memorial disc of solos and duos by Andrew Welsh Imbrie (1921-2007) and one of his most distinguished pupils, Hi Kyung Kim (b.1954), boasts performances...continue...

Schubert: Piano Sonatas / Aki Takahashi

2 CD / Camerata / 2008-08-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960; Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Famous for her incredible performances of contemporary music, this consummate musician turns her attention to Schubert for this recording of two of his best-loved sonatas....continue...

Crystal Drops - Hi Kyung Kim

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-02-01

Works: Hi Kyung Kim: At the Edge of the Ocean, for ensemble; Crystal Drops, for 2 pianos; Trio, Sori, for daegeum, clarinet & cello; Primitive Dance, for string quartet
Performers: Fonteneau, Jean-Michel; Imamura, Rae; Sackett, John; Takahashi, Aki
Conductors: Paiement, Nicole A.
Ensemble: Parallele Ensemble

In the nearly 30 years that Hi Kyung Kim has been living, studying and composing in the Western World, her music has established itself as...continue...

Hesitation Tango - Tango Collection / Aki Takahashi

1 CD / Camerata / 2007-11-01

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Hojas de album (6), Op. 165 "España"; Samuel Barber: Souvenirs, Op. 28; Alvin Curran: Tango no 1; Michael Sahl: Exiles' Cafe; Conlon Nancarrow: Tango?; James Sellars: Tango T...
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Renowned Japanese pianist Takahashi has long had a commitment to modern music. Her first public recital, while still a graduate student, focused on the music...continue...

Berio: The Complete Sequenzas

4 CD / Mode Records / 2006-06-06

Works: Edoardo Sanguineti: Sequenza Verses, poetry; Luciano Berio: Sequenza I for Flute solo; Sequenza II, for harp; Sequenza III, for voice; Sequenza IV, for piano; Sequenza V, for trombone; Sequenza VI fo...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Billard, Alain; Cameron, Michael; Chapman, Jane [Harpsichord]; de Saram, Rohan; Dempster, Stuart; Forman, William; Ganz, Isabelle; Hussong, Stefan; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Josel, Seth;...

Luciano Berio enriched the repertoire for solo instruments and voice with his series of sixteen 'Sequenzas' and works such as 'Psy,' 'Gesti,' 'Rounds' and 'FaSi.'...continue...

Hayasaka: Piano Pieces / Aki Takahashi, et al

1 CD / Camerata / 2006-05-01

Works: Humiwo Hayasaka: Pieces (17) for Piano "Piano Pieces for Chamber"; Melodie of Romance no 3; Melodie of Romance no 4; Nocturne for Piano "Lent"; Portrait; Musical Box
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Chances are if you are a film aficionado, especially for the works of the great Akira Kurosawa, you already know Hayasaka's music. Hayasaka did the...continue...

Scelsi: The Piano Works 3 / Takahashi

1 CD / Mode Records / 2006-04-18

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Suite no 10 "Ka", for piano; Illustrazione (4), for piano; Sonata for Piano no 3; Incantations (Incantesimi), for piano; Un adieu, for piano
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988) wrote one of the largest sets of piano music in the 20th century. Scelsi was a virtuoso pianist, and even his most...continue...

Cage: Four Walls / Aki Takahashi

1 CD / Camerata / 2004-09-01

Works: John Cage: Four Walls
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Takahashi Plays Nishimura

2 CD / Camerata / 2003-12-01

Works: Akira Nishimura: Matsya; Kürma; Varaha; Nrsimha; Vamana; Kalkin
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Satoh: Keshin / Shinozaki, Takahashi, Yamaguchi

1 CD / Camerata / 2003-08-01

Works: Somei Satoh: Lament for Spring; Vortex; Keshin 1 Incarnation 1; Lanzarote
Performers: Koizumi, Hiroshi; Shinozaki, Ayako; Suzuki, Yoshiaki; Takahashi, Aki; Yamaguchi, Yasunori

Nishimura / Bamert, Limori, Indermühle, Takahashi

1 CD / Camerata / 2002-12-01

Works: Akira Nishimura: A Stream - After Dark; Concerto for Oboe "Karura"; Melodies from Light and Shadow
Performers: Indermuhle, Thomas; Takahashi, Aki
Conductors: Iimori, Norichika; Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Garland: Another Sunrise / Takahashi, Essential Music, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Peter Garland: Another Sunrise, for 2 pianos & 4 percussionists; Dreaming of Immortality in a Thatched Cottage, for 3 voices, harpichord & percussion; I have had to learn the simplest things last, fo...
Performers: Gunji, Maya; Kennedy, John; Suter, Mark; Takahashi, Aki; Trigg, William; Wood, Charles
Conductors: Wood, Charles; Kennedy, John
Ensemble: Essential Music

Garland: The Days Run Away / Aki Takahashi

1 CD / Tzadik / 2000-01-25

Works: Peter Garland: Bright Angel - Hermetic Bird; The Days Run Away; A Song; Persian Miniatures (2); The Fall of Quang Tri; Nostalgia of the Southern Cross
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Xenakis: Works for Piano / Takahashi, Peters, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 1999-10-19

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Evryali, for piano; Dikhthas, for violin & piano; Herma, for piano; Palimpsest, for 11 musicians; Mists, for piano; à r ("Hommage à Ravel"), for piano
Performers: Peters, Jane; Takahashi, Aki
Conductors: Peltz, Charles
Ensemble: Society for New Music

Lion - Shin-Ichiro Ikebe: Chamber Music

1 CD / Camerata / 1999-03-01

Works: Shin-Ichiro Ikebe: Kobru; La Terre est Bleue comme une Orange; Ascension; Strata 1; Lion; On the Other Side of Rain; Strata 2; Quinquevalence
Performers: Collot, Serge; Eiso, Shigemitsu; Fujimoto, Takafumi; Fukunaga, Chieko; Ishii, Mitsuko; Kanda, Masaharu; Koizumi, Hiroshi; Kubota, Takumi; Maede, Shigeru; Mukaiyama, Tomoko; Nagashima, Yoshio; Ozeki, ...
Conductors: Ikebe, Shin-Ichiro;
Ensemble: ; Percussion-Group 72

25 Years: Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-10-20

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Psalom, for string quartet; Summa; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Ken Benshoof: Traveling Music no 4, for string ...
Performers: Brosnan, Michael; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Krakauer, David; Kronos Quartet; Nolan, Mark; Piazzolla, Astor; Rogers, Neal; Takahashi, Aki

The 20th century has not been kind to most standard classical music forms. The piano sonata, the concerto, the symphony -- none of them have disappeared entirely, but none remain in a state that could...continue...

Feldman Edition Vol 1 - Aki Takahashi plays Morton Feldman

1 CD / Mode Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Morton Feldman: Four Illusions, for piano; Intermissions 1 & 2, for piano; Extensions 3, for piano; Piano Piece 1955; Piano Piece (to Philip Guston), for piano; Piano, for piano; Palais de Marie, for...
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Aki Takahashi is a critically acclaimed virtuoso pianist playing a full spectrum of 20th century music. Aki has premiered many works by important composers as...continue...

Garland: Walk in Beauty / Aki Takahashi, et al

1 CD / New Albion / 1995-01-01

Works: Peter Garland: Walk in beauty; Sones del flor; Journada del muerto
Performers: Abel, David [violin/vla]; Steinberg, Julie; Takahashi, Aki; Winant, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio