Ilse Eerens, Ryoko Aoki, Mario Caroli, Residentie Orkest The Hague & Jun Märkl - Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka - The Maiden from the Sea & Ceremony (2025) [Hi-Res]

Artist: Ilse Eerens, Ryoko Aoki, Mario Caroli, Residentie Orkest The Hague, Jun Märkl
Title: Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka - The Maiden from the Sea & Ceremony
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:05:37
Total Size: 273 MB / 1.12 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka - The Maiden from the Sea & Ceremony
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:05:37
Total Size: 273 MB / 1.12 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Hosokawa: Ceremony (23:44)
2. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: Prelude. "Sorrow Sea" (5:45)
3. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: Where do I come from? – I was floating in the ocean… (Helen) (4:21)
4. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: Who is there? (Helen, Shizu) (4:00)
5. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: Is that a poem or a song? (Helen, Shizu) (5:58)
6. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: Stop... Hang on (Helen, Shizu) (7:18)
7. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: Dance (2:59)
8. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: I was with child… (Helen, Shizu) (5:10)
9. Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea: Where do I come from? – Far across the ocean, there is war… (Helen) (6:28)
The distinguished Japanese composer, Toshio Hosokawa, has been honoured with numerous awards as well as a steady stream of commissions and acclaimed performances. As with many of Hosokawa’s concertos, Ceremony sees the flute soloist as a ‘person’ and the orchestra as the ‘universe and nature’ – the flautist’s breath echoing like the winds of nature and becoming a song that awakens the spirits. A complimentary work to Hosokawa’s The Raven (Naxos 8.573724), Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea is a single-act opera, the ancient tragic tale of which resonates with the fate of refugees around the world today.