Nobuko Imai, Masao Kawasaki, Tanamura and Friends - Viola Space Japan 10th Anniversary (2003)

Tracklist:

CD 1:
Toshio Hosokawa
1. Voyage VI (2002) 17'15
Krzysztof Penderecki
2. Cadenza per viola sola (1990) 7'40
György Kurtág
Hommage à R. Sch. (1990) for clarinet, viola and piano, Op.15/d
3. I. (merkwürdige Pirouetten des Kapellmeisters Johannes Kreisler) 0'39
4. II. (E.*:der begrenzte Kreis...) - attaca - 0'41
5. III. (...und wieder zuckt es schmerzlich F.* um die Lippen...) 0'40
6. IV. (Felho valék, már süt a nap...) 0'31
7. V. In der Nacht 0'52
8. VI. Abschied (Meister Raro entdeckt Guillaume de Machaut) 6'26
Per Nørgård
Libro Per Nobuko (1992) I. La melodia segreta (The Secret Melody)
9. Prologo 2'41
10. Stravagante 3'18
11. Cantante 3'16
12. Giocante 4'19
13. Epilogo 1'29
14. Libro Per Nobuko (1992) II. Bofast (Resident) 2'05
Quincy Porter
Suite for Viola alone (1930)
15. I. Lento 1'52
16. II. Allegro furioso 1'40
17. III. Larghetto espressivo 2'13
18. IV. Allegro spirituoso 1'12
Oedoen Partos
19. Yizkor (In memoriam) (1947) 9'18

CD 2:
György Ligeti
Sonata for Viola Solo (1991-1994)
1. I. Hora Lunga 5'30
2. II. Loop 2'36
3. III. Facsar 6'10
4. IV. Prestissimo con sordino 1'32
5. V. Lamento 3'33
6. VI. Chaconne chromatique 3'19
George Benjamin
7. Viola, Viola (1997) 10'03
Hikaru Hayashi
8. Viola Sonata Process (2002) 13'25
Alfred Schnittke / Альфред Шнитке
Konzert zu dritt (Concerto for Three, Концерт на троих) (1994)
9. I. Moderato 6'02
10. II. 4'32
11. III. Largo 4'22
12. IV. - attacca - Menuet 5'16

Performers:
Nobuko Imai, viola (CD1: 1, 9-14, CD2: 1-6)
Yuji Murai, clarinet (CD1: 3-8)
Yasushi Toyoshima, violin (CD2: 9-12)
Yoshiko Kawamoto, viola (CD1: 2)
Junji Suganuma, viola (CD1: 3-8)
Masao Kawasaki, viola (CD1: 15-18, CD2: 9-12)
Mazumi Tanamura, viola (CD1: 19, CD2: 8)
Shota Yanase, viola (CD2: 7)
Sachiko Suda, viola (CD2: 7)
Noboru Kamimura, cello (CD2: 9-12)
Ichiro Nodaira, piano (CD1: 3-8)
Kyoko Koyama, piano (CD2: 8)
Toho Gakuen Orchestra, orchestra (CD1: 1, 19, CD2: 9-12)
Koichiro Harada, conductor (CD1: 1, 19, CD2: 9-12)