Toru Takemitsu


"Tōru Takemitsu (October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre, drawing from a wide range of influences, including jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures and traditional Japanese music, in a harmonic idiom largely derived from the music of Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen.In 1958, the international attention he drew with his Requiem for strings (1957) resulted in several commissions from across the world, and settled his reputation as the leading Japanese composer of the 20th century. He was the recipient of numerous awards, commissions and honours; he composed over one hundred film scores and about one hundred and thirty concert works for ensembles of various sizes and combinations.He also found time to write a detective novel, and appeared frequently on Japanese television as a celebrity chef." (wikipedia)

Corona - Tokyo Realization (Jim O'rourke) / V2
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Complete Works for Solo Guitar (Andrea Dieci) / V0
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Riverrun; Water-Ways; Rain Coming; Rain Spell; Tree Line / 320k
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Coral Island / V0
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Orchestral Works (Nexus, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair) / 320k
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Chamber Music / V0
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Works for Flute and Guitar / 192k
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The Complete Solo Piano Music / V2
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7 comments:

Deocliciano Okssipin Vieira, aka Ochyming said...

Obrigado!

Anonymous said...

Thanks you for posting these Takemitsu recordings. Do you have "Miniatur IV" with "Seasons" for 4 percussionists and "Munari by Munari" to post?
Thanks again!

Anonymous said...

Thank you. Takemitsu is a wonderful artist, who I have had trouble tracking down to try more releases for a long time. I look forward to lisening and hopefully buying more now!!

Anonymous said...

thanks alot. BTW, do you happen to have From Me Flows What You Call Time?

Anonymous said...

also, do you have the soundtrack for Kwaidan?

Anonymous said...

do you perhaps have or could point me in the right direction for any of his soundtracks for teshigahara

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