Yumiko Oshima-Ryan - Takashi Yoshimatsu: Piano Works for the Left Hand (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Tapiola Visions, Op. 92: I. Vignette in Twilight
02. Tapiola Visions, Op. 92: II. Gigue of Forest
03. Tapiola Visions, Op. 92: III. Pavane for Water
04. Tapiola Visions, Op. 92: IV. Commas of Birds
05. Tapiola Visions, Op. 92: V. Toccata in the Wind
06. Ainola Lyrical Ballads, Op. 95: No. 1, Romance
07. Ainola Lyrical Ballads, Op. 95: No. 2, Arabesque
08. Ainola Lyrical Ballads, Op. 95: No. 3, Ballad
09. Ainola Lyrical Ballads, Op. 95: No. 4, Pavane
10. Ainola Lyrical Ballads, Op. 95: No. 5, Mozartino
11. Ainola Lyrical Ballads, Op. 95: No. 6, Pastoral
12. Ainola Lyrical Ballads, Op. 95: No. 7, Carillon
13. Gauche Dances, Op. 96: No. 1, Rock
14. Gauche Dances, Op. 96: No. 2, Blues
15. Gauche Dances, Op. 96: No. 3, Tango
16. Gauche Dances, Op. 96: No. 4, Boogie Woogie



Takashi Yoshimatsu’s wide-ranging musical influences often combine jazz and rock elements with classical, folk and world music. This album focuses on a unique series of three solo piano works for the left hand, inspired by his great friend Izumi Tateno. These lyric and beautiful miniatures are saturated in nature and birdsong, as can be heard in the evocative Tapiola Visions and in the seven bouquets that form Ainola Lyrical Ballads which are dedicated to Sibelius. In Gauche Dances, we hear a sequence that includes the tango and boogie woogie, displaying how eagerly and ebulliently Yoshimatsu breaks boundaries.

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