by Elizabeth Falconer
Sales Rank: 231322 Price:$14.99
Album Details
1. Higure Sunset
2. Gaku Joy I
3. Gaku Joy II
4. Gaku Joy III
5. Five Sketches in Autumn Colors~Inidgo Jewel
6. Five Sketches in Autumn Colors~Pale Green
7. Five Sketches in Autumn Colors~Crimson Clouds
8. Fives Sketches in Autumn Colors~Azure
9. Five Sketches in Autumn Colors~Amber
10. Little Overture
11. Lullaby for My Doll
12. Letter from a Stranger's Childhood
13. Ai no Uta Song of Love
14. Jipushi no Uta Song of the Gypsy
15. Mizu Water - From Chiisana Haru Touch of Spring
16. Yume Dreams - From Chiisana Haru Touch of Spring
17. Hana Flowers - From Chiisana Haru Touch of Spring
Lyrical works by for the Japanese harp-like instrument, the koto, performed by an award-winning musician with "a feather-like touch." 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.