Hiromi Okada, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa - Yashiro: Piano Concerto - Symphony (2002) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto: Allegro Animato
02. Piano Concerto: Adagio Misterioso
03. Piano Concerto: Allegro - Andante - Vivace Molto Capriccioso
04. Symphony: I. Prelude - Adagio - Moderato
05. Symphony: II. Scherzo - Vivace
06. Symphony: III. Lento
07. Symphony: IV. Adagio - Allegro Energico



"I can’t express what a pleasure it is to see Yashiro get the best possible treatment, as he does here. Pianist Hiromi Okada marries cut-glass precision to pyrotechnic dazzle, and the Ulster Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa plays with inspired abandon. (An Irish band doing Japanese music!Xamazing, isn’t it? Truly we live in uno mondo.) To top everything off there’s Naxos’s ultra-vivid, high-impact sound, with Okada’s piano captured in holographic immediacy and brilliance, the woodwinds wafting across the soundstage on plush cushions of air, the sonorous brass choirs intoning with bronze solemnity or snarling with bite, and those furious, thundering timpani pounding out of the speakers like maddened Cyclops. Fantastic music, wonderful playing, stunning sonics. Mark Lehman - American Record Guide - August 2003

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