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Elizabeth Falconer : Isshin - Emerging: Music for Japanese Koto
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Lyrical works by for the Japanese harp-like instrument, the koto, performed by one of America's few koto masters with "a feather-like touch."
Genre: World: Asian
Release Date: 2005
Isshin - Emerging: Music for Japanese Koto
Elizabeth Falconer
Record Label: Koto World
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Higure (Sunset) 5:52 Album Only
2. Gaku (Joy) I - Perpetual Motion 1:39 Album Only
3. Gaku (Joy) II - Variation 4:35 Album Only
4. Gaku (Joy) III - Rondo 5:34 Album Only
5. Rangyoku (Indigo Jewel) 3:50 Album Only
6. Moegi (Pale Green)Pale Green 1:46 Album Only
7. Akanegumo (Crimson Clouds) 2:41 Album Only
8. Ruri (Azure) 2:29 Album Only
9. Kohaku (Amber) 3:02 Album Only
10. LIttle Overture 3:20 Album Only
11. Lullaby for My Doll 3:03 Album Only
12. Letter from a Stranger's Childhood 6:22 Album Only
13. Ai no Uta (Song of Love) 2:29 Album Only
14. Jipushi no Uta (Song of the Gypsy) 3:18 Album Only
15. Mizu (Water) 2:43 Album Only
16. Yume (Dreams) 4:51 Album Only
17. Hana (Flowers) 4:29 Album Only
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Album Notes

This CD features works by much-loved contemporary Japanese composers Sawai Tadao, Miki Minoru, Nagasawa Katsutoshi, and Yuize Shin'ichi. It also includes a work written for bass koto by Robin Williamson, and a work by Elizabeth Falconer. "I simply selected my all-time favorite pieces," says Falconer, who began playing koto in 1979 and studied under Sawai during her 12 years in Japan. "These pieces speak to me - they are very melodic and artful, with a sense of tradition about them that reaches out to us through the ages." This is a re-release of the 1997 Music and Arts recording.

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REVIEWS

Wonderful Contemporary Koto
author: A Japanese Music Lover...
                            
These works are some of the best for koto - varied, but nothing jarring. Good for all-purpose listening. For people who love strings, this is a must-have.
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