Tōru Takemitsu Selected Works (playlist)
1. Piano distance (1961)
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| Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
2. Coral Island, for soprano and orchestra (1962)
I. Accumulation I
II. Poem I
III. Accumulation II with "Corona" for strings
IV. Poem II
V. Accumulation III
Rie Hamada, soprano
Members of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra,
Yuzo Toyama
3. Corona II., for string(s) (1962)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Yuzo Toyama
4. Arc, for pianoforte and orchestra (original version) (1963)
Juji Takahashi, pianoforte
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra diretta da Seiji Ozawa
5. Textures (1964)
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki
6. The Dorian Horizon, for orchestra (1966)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Yuzo Toyama
7. Voice, for solo flute (1971)
Robert Aitken, flute
8. For away (1973)
Tomiko Tahara, pianoforte
9. Autumn, into the fall after a little while, for Biwa, Shakuhachi and orchestra (1973)
Katsuya Yokoyama, Shakuhachi
Kakujo Nakamura, Biwa
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ryusuke Numajiri
10. Bryce, for flute, two harps, marimba and percussion (1976)
Robert Aitken, flute
Erica Goodman and Sanya Eng, harps
Robin Engelman, marimba
John Wyre, percussion
11. A Flock descend into the pentagonal garden, for orchestra (1977)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Yuzo Toyama.
12. Rain spell, for flute, clarinet, piano, harp and vibraphone (1980)
Robert Aitken, flute
Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet
Erica Goodman, harp
David Swan, pianoforte
Robin Engelman, vibraphone
13. Rain Tree, for three percussion players (1981)
Bob Becker, Russell Hartenberger and Ryan Scott, percussion
14. Toward the sea, for alto flute and guitar (1981)
I. The Night
II. Moby Dick
III. Cape Cod
Robert Aitken, alto flute
Norbert Kraft, guitar
15. A Way a Lone II, for string orchestra (1981)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ryusuke Numajiri
16. Rain Tree Sketch I, for piano (1982)
Satoko Inoue, pianoforte
17. I hear the water dreaming, for flute and orchestra (1987)
Hiroshi Koizumi, flute
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ryusuke Numajiri
18. Twill by Twilight, for orchestra . In memory of Morton Feldman (1988)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ryusuke Numajiri
19. Itinerant, for solo flute (1989)
Robert Aitken, flute
20. And then I knew t'was wind, for flute, viola and harp (1992)
Robert Aitken, flute
Steven Dann, viola
Erica Goodman, harp
21. Air, for solo flute (1995)
Robert Aitken, flute
22. Archipelago S., for 21 players (1994)
Members of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Yuzo Toyama
Daniel Harding: Toru Takemitsu Black Rain, Live
