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Recordings featuring traditional Japanese instruments.

Album CoverMedia TitleMedia TypeArtistMedia LabelCatalog NumberDateSynopsis
Art of Bamboo, The Art of Bamboo, The CD Sugawara Kuniyoshi Kyoto Records KYCH 2011 1997
Bamboo Grass - Yearning for the Bell Volume 2 Bamboo Grass - Yearning for the Bell Volume 2 CD Lee, Riley Kōho Tall Poppies TP102 1997 Volume 2 of the 7 volume "Yearning for the Bell" series.
Best Take - Nanae Yoshimura Best Take - Nanae Yoshimura CD Yoshimura Nanae Victor VZCG-139 1997 Works by Minoru Miki
1 I.芽生え (A Young Sprout)
2 II.やよい (March)
3 III.ひばり (Skylark)
4 IV.里曲 (Around my country)
5 per-V.華やぎへの序 (Prelude for "the Greening")
6 V.華やぎ (The Greening)
筝譚詩集 第三集<夏> 二十絃筝のために (Ballades for Koto solo vol.3)
10 I.露一つ (A Dewdrop)
11 II.南へ (To the South)
12 III.サヌールの舞姫 (Dancing Girls in Sanur)
13 IV.白い風の下で (Under the White Wind)
14 V.雨ざんざん (A Squall)
Calligraphy Calligraphy CD Matousek, Vlastislav Angel AN 99-006 1997 Shakuhachi honkyoku and pieces inspired by Japanese poetry.
Contemporary Music in Japan 21 Contemporary Music in Japan 21 CD Miki Minoru Nippon Columbia COCO-78461 1997
Esprits Animaux- Part II Esprits Animaux- Part II CD Fukuda Teruhisa Legacy International LMCD-1507 1997 Modern compositions for shakuhachi in ensemble with string quartet.
Fascination of the Koto 1 Fascination of the Koto 1 CD Yonekawa Toshiko King Record Co., Ltd KICH 2054 1997
Fascination of the Koto 2 Fascination of the Koto 2 CD Yonekawa Toshiko King Record Co., Ltd KICH 2055 1997
Fascination of the Koto 3 Fascination of the Koto 3 CD Yonekawa Toshiko King Record Co., Ltd KICH 2056 1997
Fascination of the Koto 4 Fascination of the Koto 4 CD Yonekawa Toshiko King Record Co., Ltd KICH 2057 1997
Fascination of the Koto 5 Fascination of the Koto 5 CD Yonekawa Toshiko King Record Co., Ltd KICH 2058 1997
Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai CD Mitsuhashi Kifu Camerata Tokyo Inc. 30CM-303 1997
Hirose Ryohei no Ongaku Hirose Ryohei no Ongaku CD Hirose Ryōhei Nippon Columbia COCO-78447 1997
Iris of Time Iris of Time CD Sawai Tadao Camerata Tokyo Inc. 30CM-92 1997
Japon L'art du shakuhachi Japon L'art du shakuhachi CD Yokoyama Katsuya Ocora C560114 1997
Kimiya Wasuru Kimiya Wasuru CD Ishikawa Toshimitsu Kawata Chiharu
1997
Koto - Koten/Gendai Meikyoku Shū 08 Koto - Koten/Gendai Meikyoku Shū 08 CD Various Victor Japan VZCG-118 1997
Koto and Shamisen Gendai Meikyoku Shū 06 Koto and Shamisen Gendai Meikyoku Shū 06 CD Various Victor Japan VZCG-85 1997
Koto uta Koto uta CD Iseki Kazehiro Bamboo BCD-018 1997
Magenta Magenta CD Muramoto, Shirley Kazuyo Murasaki Productions MPCD 0727 1997 Orignal compositions.
Minoru Miki Ballades for Koto Solo Disc 1 Minoru Miki Ballades for Koto Solo Disc 1 CD Miki Minoru Nami Records Co., Ltd. Japan WWCC-7307 1997
Minoru Miki Ballades for Koto Solo Disc 2 Minoru Miki Ballades for Koto Solo Disc 2 CD Miki Minoru Nami Records Co., Ltd. Japan WWCC-7308 1997
Mystic Journey Mystic Journey CD Gelb, Philip Abray Productions 0053-2 1997 Shakuhachi/percussion improvisations.
Picture Dreams Picture Dreams CD Lee, Riley Kōho New World Productions OW736 1997 Riley and Satsuki Odamura play their favourite shakuhachi and koto duets.
Sato no Ne Sato no Ne CD Yashita Yūgen Bandai Music Entertainment Inc. APCJ-5049 1997
Seiha Hōgaku-kai Sōkyoku Meisaku-shū  #11 - Nakajima Yasuko Seiha Hōgaku-kai Sōkyoku Meisaku-shū #11 - Nakajima Yasuko CD Various Victor Japan VZCG-78 1997
Take-Ikkan Take-Ikkan CD Aoki Reibo II Crown CRCM-60032 1997
Tribal Mozart Tribal Mozart CD Matsui Kazu

1997 Shakuhachi and piano in a classics vein.
Water Spirits - Honoka Water Spirits - Honoka CD Franklin, Dr James Celestial Harmonies 13160-2 1997 Water Spirits resulted from the same period of intense collaboration between Satsuki Odamura and James Ashley Franklin as the dawning of Honoka. The titles of each track, as well as that of the recording itself, reflect the feeling which underlies all the music: the sounds, sights and textures of water, found in different landscapes and manifestations, from streams in the mountains to noble coastlines.
Yamada Kengyo o Utao Disk 1 Yamada Kengyo o Utao Disk 1 CD Fujii Chiyoga II Toshiba EMI PCDZ-1554 1997
Yamada Kengyo o Utao Disk 2 Yamada Kengyo o Utao Disk 2 CD Fujii Chiyoga II Toshiba EMI PCDZ-1555 1997
Yamada Kengyō wo Utao Disk 3 Yamada Kengyō wo Utao Disk 3 CD Fujii Chiyoga II Toshiba EMI PCDZ-1556 1997

32 Recordings