Naito: Strings & Time

On this CD:

1. Winter Shadow, for guitar duo
Composed by Akemi Naito
Performed by William Anderson, Oren Fader

2. Rain, Calling Autumn, for piano
Composed by Akemi Naito
Performed by Martin Christ

3. Interlude, for cello & piano
Composed by Akemi Naito
Performed by John Whitfield, Martin Christ

4. Solitude, for alto saxophone & live electronics
Composed by Akemi Naito
Performed by Ulrich Krieger

5. Electronic Landscape, for tape
Composed by Akemi Naito


6. Strings & Time, for 13 strings
Composed by Akemi Naito
Performed by Shirabe Aoki, Ichiro Hasebe, Aiko Hosokawa, Michio Isaji, Ai Kikuchi, Noriko Matsuda, Miho Nakamura, Chiyoko Noguchi
Conducted by Yoichi Sugiyama

7. Secret Song, for guitar
Composed by Akemi Naito
Performed by Norio Sato

Naito: Strings & Time, Music, Ulrich Krieger, Ichiro Hasebe, John Whitfield, Miho Nakamura, Akemi Naito, Yoichi Sugiyama, Mis En Loge String Ensemble, Norio Sato, Oren Fader, William Anderson, Martin Christ, Aiko Hosokawa, Miharu Ysohida, Ai Kikuchi, Chiyoko Noguchi, Hisako Takahashi, Madoka Suzuki, Michio Isaji, Momoko Yamada, Noriko Matsuda, Shirabe Aoki, Cello with Keyboard, Chamber, Classical, Classical Music, Electronic/Computer/Tape Music, Guitar Solo, Keyboard, Music for Keyboard, Trio for Three String Instruments
Naito: Strings & Time
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Composer to Follow
Naito: Strings & Time

Manufacturer: Composers Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

TriosTrios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
CelloCello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
GuitarGuitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005TZB
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

  1. Winter Shadow - For Guitar Duo: I -
  2. Winter Shadow - For Guitar Duo: II -
  3. Rain, Calling Autumn - For Piano: I -
  4. Rain, Calling Autumn - For Piano: II -
  5. Rain, Calling Autumn - For Piano: III -
  6. Interlude - For Violoncello And Piano
  7. Solitude - For Alto Sax With Live Electronics
  8. Electronic Landscape - For Tape
  9. Strings & Time - For 13 Strings: I -
  10. Strings & Time - For 13 Strings: II -
  11. Strings & Time - For 13 Strings: III -
  12. Secret Song - For Guitar

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Composer to Follow.......2000-10-12

Naito's music is somewhat in the orbit of the late Toru Takemitsu, Japan's superstar composer, with whom Naito was quite close. This is to say that the harmonic world will strike a Westerner as French until listening deeper and discovering a uniquely Japanese musical aesthetic which has assimilated some Western formal ideas, assimilating them into Japanese musical traditions.

I find all of these pieces to be very strong. My favorite is Winter Shadow, for two guitars, with William Anderson and Oren Fader. In this work there are two movements. The first has rich harmonies and achieves a real sense of multidimensionality. The second movement is free structually, with spectacular bottle-neck slide playing, pizzicato, and rasqueado techniques.

Music Track:

  1. Nielsen: String Quartets Vol.2
  2. No More in Thrall
  3. Orchestra 2001: Distant Runes
  4. Orgues du Jura Franco-Suisse, Vol. 1 [Box set]
  5. Osborne: Souls on Fire / Jacobson, Osborne, Nimoy, et al
  6. Poulenc: Piano Music, Vol. 3
  7. Primavera
  8. Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Sonatas
  9. Read: Toccata Giocosa/Night Flight/Symphony No.4/Los Dioses Aztecas
  10. Recital de Guitarra, Vol. 2 [Live]

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