℗ 2021 Odradek Records
Released | January 15, 2021 |
Duration | 2h 18m 03s |
Record Label | Odradek Records |
Catalogue No. | ODRCD409 |
Genre | Classical (20th/21st Century) |
KAGAHI: Orchestral Works of Yūji Takahashi
Tokyo Contemporary Soloists, Yoichi Sugiyama
Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Chromamorphe I, for ensemble
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
6:02 | |||
1.2
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Operation Euler, for 2 oboes
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
7:19 | |||
1.3
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Faint light, for ensemble
Yūji Takahashi; Yūji Takahashi; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
5:43 | |||
1.4
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6 stoicheia, for 4 violins
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
7:50 | |||
1.5
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Sa さ, for solo horn
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
11:37 | |||
Kagahi, for piano and orchestra
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1.6
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Match 1
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
14:40 | |||
1.7
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Match 2
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
17:29 | |||
2.1
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…Fallen Fuchsia Blossoms…, for clarinet, violin and piano
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
1:16 | |||
2.2
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Stone, for violoncello
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
9:35 | |||
2.3
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Metatheses I, for piano
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
6:12 | |||
2.4
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Rosace I (ver. 2), for amplified violin
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
11:41 | |||
2.5
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Für Dorsch und Stint, for accordion, electric guitar, baritone sax and piano
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
14:00 | |||
2.6
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Nikite, for ensemble
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
8:05 | |||
2.7
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Prajña Pâramitâ, for voice, ensemble and 3 tapes
Yūji Takahashi; Yoichi Sugiyama; Tokyo Contemporary Soloists |
16:34 |
A generous and carefully crafted two-disc set of world-premiere recordings of music by the trailblazing Japanese composer-pianist Yūji Takahashi (b. 1938), compiled and directed by fellow composer and renowned conductor Yoichi Sugiyama, who conceived this project and assembled the musicians involved.
Yūji Takahashi is a hugely influential figure who in the 20th century collaborated as pianist and composer with the likes of Xenakis, Boulez, John Cage and Lukas Foss, bringing these Western avant-garde influences into the realm of Japanese music, often combining them with more traditional Eastern styles. Yet many of the musical materials and recordings of Takahashi’s works were lost, so years of research were needed to find these scores. At last, Kagahi, from which this album takes its name, was rediscovered in the New York Public Library, and Prajna Paramita and Nikite at the home of his sister, the pianist Aki Takahashi. Yoichi Sugiyama also asked Yoshiaki Onishi and Katsuki Tochio to create new materials for these performances.
Each disc is of a live concert devoted to the different facets of Takashi’s musical personality. The first focusses on the Takashi of the 1960s when he was immersed in Western modernism after years of study with Xenakis. These works feature an array of avant-garde techniques including polyrhythms, microtones, predetermined structures and elements decided through mathematical probability. The second disc is of music written after Takahashi’s years of transformation, when he rejected the modernism of his youth and embraced more traditional Eastern philosophy, resulting in music influenced by mysticism and ritual, nature and poetry. Like two sides of the same coin, these two discs offer a complete portrayal of one of the most fascinating and significant musical figures of our time.
Yoichi Sugiyama collaborates on this recording with an outstanding ensemble of musicians, including Odradek alumnus, pianist Aki Kuroda: “Kuroda’s fearless precision pays huge dividends in such mercurial music” (The Arts Desk); “brilliant” (BBC Music Magazine).
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Odradek Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.87 -11.26 to 0.00 | -25.91 -36.21 to -17.28 | -21.46 -32.10 to -13.00 | 13 8 to 18 | |
1.1 | Chromamorphe I, for ensemble | -0.99 | -21.14 | -16.7 | 12 |
1.2 | Operation Euler, for 2 oboes | -11.26 | -31.05 | -26.5 | 13 |
1.3 | Faint light, for ensemble | -8.18 | -30.96 | -26.7 | 13 |
1.4 | 6 stoicheia, for 4 violins | -9.13 | -33.31 | -29.9 | 16 |
1.5 | Sa さ, for solo horn | -1.75 | -23.80 | -17.9 | 13 |
1.6 | Match 1 | -1.07 | -21.55 | -17.8 | 13 |
1.7 | Match 2 | 0.00 | -19.80 | -15.9 | 12 |
2.1 | …Fallen Fuchsia Blossoms…, for clarinet, violin and piano | -4.57 | -26.99 | -21.8 | 8 |
2.2 | Stone, for violoncello | -10.87 | -36.21 | -32.1 | 16 |
2.3 | Metatheses I, for piano | -1.00 | -18.03 | -13.6 | 9 |
2.4 | Rosace I (ver. 2), for amplified violin | -6.39 | -34.06 | -28.7 | 18 |
2.5 | Für Dorsch und Stint, for accordion, electric guitar, baritone sax and piano | -3.21 | -27.44 | -23.6 | 14 |
2.6 | Nikite, for ensemble | 0.00 | -21.05 | -16.2 | 12 |
2.7 | Prajña Pâramitâ, for voice, ensemble and 3 tapes | 0.00 | -17.28 | -13.0 | 10 |