The Very Best of Japanese Music - Shakuhachi, Koto, Taiko Drums…
[EUCD2352]

CD Information • CD Title: The Very Best of Japanese Music - Shakuhachi, Koto, Taiko Drums… • Artist(s): Various Artists • CD Code: EUCD2352 • Tracks: 11 • Playing Time: 63:37 min. • Booklet Info in: English, Spanish, French, German

A beautiful and captivating collection of classical and modern Japanese music, ranging from the powerful thunder of huge taiko drums, to the haunting and melancholy sound of the shakuhachi flute and the delicate tinkling of the koto depicting samurai battle scenes or the contemplation of cherry blossoms…

Track Listing:

1. YAMATO ENSEMBLE: Futatsu No Den-En-Shi, II (Nagasawa Katsutoshi) - 4:31
2. WADAIKO MATSURIZA: Festival Music of Dairakuji Town (trad.) - 2:46
3. JOJI HIROTA: Solan Bushi (trad., arr. Joji Hirota) - 5:31
4. YAMATO ENSEMBLE: Isuzugawa (Michio Miyagi) - 11:12
5. NIHON DAIKO: Hokkai-Bayashi (Hideaki Hashimoto) - 4:34
6. JOJI HIROTA & HITEN RYU DAIKO: Akita Ondo “Hayashi Version” (trad., arr. J. Hirota) - 8:18
7. RICHARD STAGG: Soran Bushi (trad., arr. Yamamoto) - 2:19
8. JOJI HIROTA: Kokiriko Bushi (trad., arr. Joji Hirota) - 5:10
9. JOJI HIROTA & THE TAIKO DRUMMERS: Heart Beat (Joji Hirota) - 10:46
10. YAMATO ENSEMBLE: Futatsu No Den-En-Shi, I (Nagasawa Katsutoshi) - 4:10
11. AIKO HASEGAWA: Moment of Spring II (Aiko Hasegawa) - 3:33