Ensemble Nipponia - Japan; Kabuki & other traditional music (US Original) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD
Ensemble Nipponia - Japan; Kabuki & other traditional music (1979)
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Explorer Series, Nonesuch Records
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Explorer Series, Nonesuch Records
Generally speaking, the Nonesuch Explorer Series is pretty reliable if you're looking for good CDs of international music, and that definitely holds true for this wonderful CD of Japanese music. As with the other Japanese music releases in this series, the music is performed by Ensemble Nipponia, which is a fine choice–these folks are superb musicians who have something of a knack for performing traditional Japanese music in a manner both very authentic while approachable to the modern ear…just the right balance really.
Speaking of balance, this album's tracks divide up pretty evenly between the "Kabuki" music (tracks 1-4) and the "Other Traditional" music (tracks 5-8). the Kabuki selections are, as is fitting, dramatic and energetic. If you like the sound of the shamisen, you'll love these selections, and there is an emphasis on musical pieces with less dialogue and more dance. The "other traditional" includes a track of shakuhachi flute music and then another form in the genre of musical drama besides Kabuki, namely the Recitation of "The Tale of the Heike" accompanied by the biwa lute. The last two are modern compositions in a neo-traditional mode, both really fine, one a beautifully haunting melody on the koto and the other an evocation of the lively and tumultuous music of a shrine festival.
Whatever your level of interest in Japanese music, I highly recommend this CD. In authenticity and listenability it makes for a fine intro, but as a longtime dyed-in-the-wool fan of Japanese music I find myself listening to this CD again and again and enjoying it every time. –Amazon.com
Ensemble Nipponia - Japan; Kabuki & other traditional music (US Original) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD
Track listing:
01 - Echigojischi (The Echigo Lion) [3:51]
(Kineya Rokuzaemon IX/Shinoda Kaneji, 1811)
voice, 2 shamishen, shinobue, ō-daiko, ō-tsuzumi, ko-tsuzumi
02 - Ataka no Matsu (The Pine Tree at Ataka) [3:27]
(Fujita Kichiji, 1769)
2 shamishen, shinobue
03 - Musume Dōjōji (The Maiden at the Dōjō Temple) [5:04]
(Kineya Yashaburo, 1753)
voice, 2 shamishen, shinobue, okedo, 2 ko-tsuzumi, taiko, 2 kane
04 - Kanjinchō (The Subscription List) [10:18]
(Kineya Rokuzaemon IX/Namiki Gōhei, 1840)
voice, 2 shamishen, shinobue, nokhan, 2 ko-tsuzumi, taiko
05 - Shirabe-Sagariha (The Sound of Wind Through the Bamboo Leaves) [5:44]
(trad.)
2 shakuhachi
06 - Atsumori (The Death of Atsumori) [7:24]
(trad., after 12th c.)
voice, biwa
07 - Hanayagi (The Greening) [6:24]
(Minoru Miki, 1976)
20-string koto
08 - Sattō (Wind Dance) [6:05]
(Katsutoshi Nagasawa, 1975)
shinobue, taiko, kane, chappa
ENSEMBLE NIPPONIA
Minoru Miki
Hirokazu Sugiura, shamisen
Yukiko Ōta, shamisen
Kōhei Nishikawa, shinobue & nohkan
Kōchahiro Miyata, shakuhachi
Kifu Mitsuhashi, shakuhachi
Ayako Handa, voice & biwa
Keiko Nosaka, koto
Naritoshi Tōsha, ko-tsuzumi
Taichi Ozaki, ō-tsuzumi
Hiromitsu Katada, percussion
Akikuni Takahashi, percussion
TT: Technics SP 15 with SME 3009 tonearm & customized plinth
Cartridge: Ortofon Concorde OM 30 MM
Phono amp: Pro-Ject Tube Box II with 2X JAN 12AX 7WA (General Electric)
Cables: Wire World Solstice 5.2
Computer: Sony Vaio VPCJ1
ADC: Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Software: WaveLab 5.01, ClickRepair, Redbook Resampled And Dithered with iZotope RX
Cartridge: Ortofon Concorde OM 30 MM
Phono amp: Pro-Ject Tube Box II with 2X JAN 12AX 7WA (General Electric)
Cables: Wire World Solstice 5.2
Computer: Sony Vaio VPCJ1
ADC: Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Software: WaveLab 5.01, ClickRepair, Redbook Resampled And Dithered with iZotope RX
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