Jacob Kellermann, Ilse Eerens, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Christian Karlsen - Hosokawa: Awakening (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Two Japanese Folk Songs: No. 1 Kuroda-bushi
02. Two Japanese Folk Songs: No. 2 Itsuki no Komoriuta
03. Serenade: I. In the Moonlight
04. Serenade: II. Dream Path
05. Renka I: I. Aki no Ta no...
06. Renka I: II. Kimi ga yuku...
07. Renka I: III. Yura no To wo...
08. Voyage IX 'Awakening'
09. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 1 Sakura
10. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 2 Haru no Ogawa
11. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 3 Tooryan-se
12. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 4 Kokyo
13. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 5 Yamadera no Oshousan
14. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 6 Aka-Tombo
15. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 7 Kojo no Tsuki
16. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 8 Yuyake-koyake
17. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 9 Yuki no furu Machi wo
18. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 10 Oshougatsu
19. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 11 Kaasan no Uta
20. 12 Japanese Songs: No. 12 Edo no Komoriuta

This recording presents the entire output to date for guitar of Toshio Hosokawa, one of Japan’s most prolific composers for the instrument. His affinity for the guitar stems from his familiarity with popular songs accompanied by the guitar and from his knowledge of the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument from which he has adopted certain playing techniques. Although the works gathered here call for a variety of forces – guitar solo, guitar and voice, guitar and instrumental ensemble – they all present a fundamental aspect of Toshio Hosokawa’s output: the music seems to be born like a calligraphic line ‘at the limit of time and space’. Here, the guitar is no longer just an instrument familiar to both classical and popular music: in Hosokawa’s works it is a medium that transmits the primordial motion of the soul, which has woven poems and songs since ancient times. Familiar with Hosokawa’s world, guitarist Jacob Kellermann, together with Christian Karlsen (with whom he has already recorded works by Tōru Takemitsu on BIS-2655), the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and soprano Ilse Eerens, presents a soundscape on the edge of dreams, both seductive and subtle, modern and timeless.

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