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CD, Hosokawa (composer)
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Toshio Hosokawa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Futari Shizuka – the Maiden From the Sea; Ceremony
Ilse Eerens (soprano), Ryoko Aoki (noh singer), Mario Caroli (piccolo, flutes), Residentie Orkest the Hague, Jun Märkl
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Forget other recordings of Debussy's Etudes. Not that this is better than Gieseking, Pollini, Uchida, Bavouzet and the rest - it's merely that such comparisons are redundant...Kodama brings... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Instrumental Choice
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Kodama is a subtle and poetic soloist in both works, in control of a particularly beautiful range of quiet sonorities in the Hosokawa and matching that, in the Mozart, with ‘pouring-oil’ passagework... — More…
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Otaka: Fantasy for Organ & Orchestra, etc.
Bryan Ashley (organ)
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka
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Hosokawa likens his music to Japanese calligraphy, and this exquisite anthology of works for string quartet the Quatuor Diotima draw all the lines with exemplary grace and reticence. — More…
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Special offer. Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes
Mayumi Miyata (shô)
Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Ethereal music centred on the textures of the shô, either expertly played by Mayumi Miyata, or evoked by the orchestra. — More…
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Toshio Hosokawa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
Jeroen Berwaerts (soloist), Paul Huang (soloist)
Residentie Orkest The Hague, Jun Märkl
in all the recordings even the most dense textures are delineated with admirable clarity, and the two principal soloists excel...I sense that Uzu is the work most likely to appeal to listeners... — More…
