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Shakuhachi with Piano in Concert

Shakuhachi with Piano in Concert

Koga Masayuki
Masayuki Koga - KGA-1012
1975

Track Title Kanji Length Artist
1  Play Button Itsuki no Komoriuta 五木の子守唄 02'42 Shakuhachi: Koga Masayuki
Itsugi Village where this song was born is situated in the mountains far up the River Kawabegawa. It requires one and a half hours to reach there by bus from Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture. It is said that refugees of the Heike Clan came to hide in this village after they were defeated at Danno-Ura Bay. In the poor mountain village, a baby's nurse was always ill-treated by her employer. So, she wove her sorrows in the song to sing to the world.
2  Play Button Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte 亡き王女のためのパヴァーヌ 05'52 Shakuhachi: Koga Masayuki
3  Play Button Uchiku 06'47 Shakuhachi: Koga Masayuki
(a) Uchiku (Bamboo forest in the rain) / Yosuke Suga - 4:15
(b) Haiku / Yosuke Suga - 2:32
"Furuikeya kawazutobikomu mizunooto" by Basho.
old pond
a frog jumps
the sound of water
4  Play Button Hietsuki Bushi 稗搗節 02'36 Shakuhachi: Koga Masayuki
A song sung by peasant maidens to a sleeping child. They sing of their poverty and of the hopelessness of their lives.
5  Play Button Gymnopedie 04'42 Shakuhachi: Koga Masayuki
6  Play Button Gnossiennes 03'15 Shakuhachi: Koga Masayuki
7  Play Button Haru no Umi 春の海 07'50 Shakuhachi: Koga Masayuki