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Recordings featuring traditional Japanese instruments.

Album CoverMedia TitleMedia TypeArtistMedia LabelCatalog NumberDateSynopsis

Haiku Shaku Garden AC Fabrique, Martha


Shakuhachi accompanying haiku poetry.
Deep Pool Deep Pool CD Falconer, Elizabeth Koto World KW003 2000 Music inspired by an Art Exhibition

Isshin - Emerging CD Falconer, Elizabeth


Traditional and modern compositions for 13-, 17- and 20-string koto. Includes the works of Tadao Sawai, Katsutoshi Nagasawa, Miki Minoru, Robin Williamson, Shinichi Yuize and an original composition by Ms. Falconer.
Abundance Abundance CD Franklin, Dr James Celistial Harmonies 13192-2
Abundance is an acoustic collaboration between two talented multi–instrumentalists in which they attempt to blend influences of all the cultures whose music they have encountered and studied during the course of their careers.
Butsuga Butsuga CD Franklin, Dr James Celistial Harmonies 13177-2 1999 Recorded on location in a Japanese garden, a place where the harmony of the natural world becomes self–evident, the music was conceived and presented as a journey through the garden both in space and time.

Hearing Stillness CD Franklin, Dr James

2001 Traditional Honkyoku
Moon Road to Dawn Moon Road to Dawn CD Franklin, Dr James Celistial Harmonies 13180-2 1999 Moon Road to Dawn, expresses itself through fluid interchange of tonal structures, timbral devices and performing techniques, focusing largely on the non–Western instruments, but also incorporating clarinet and saxophone.
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.
As I breathe As I breathe CD Freedman, Adrian
EHM006
Music for shakuhachi and piano, trumpet, bouzouki, yangqin, erhu, and others.
Music on the Edge of Silence Music on the Edge of Silence CD Freedman, Adrian
EHM001
Music for solo shakuhachi.
Night Journey Night Journey CD Freedman, Adrian
EHM007
Music for shakuhachi and cello.
Two Rivers Two Rivers CD Freedman, Adrian
EHM002
Duets with shakuhachi and African Kora
Wind in the Branches Wind in the Branches CD Freedman, Adrian
EHM003
Music for shakuhachi and sounding bowls.
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
Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 1 Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 1 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. COCF-7896 1991
Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 2 Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 2 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. COCF-7897 1991
Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 3 Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 3 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. COCF-7898 1991
Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 4 Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 4 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. COCF-7899 1991
Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 5 Fujii Kunie Sokyoku Jiuta No Sekai 5 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. COCF-7900 1991
Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 1 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 1 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. WX 7105 1984
Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 2 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 2 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. WX 7106 1984
Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 3 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 3 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. WX 7107 1984
Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 4 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 4 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. WX 7108 1984
Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 5 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 5 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. WX 7109 1984
Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 6 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 6 CD Fujii Kunie Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. WX 7110 1984
Jiuta no Kaori - Fujii Kunie Jiuta no Kaori - Fujii Kunie CD Fujii Kunie Matsumura Sound Collection None

Shakuhachi Minyo no Shirabe Shakuhachi Minyo no Shirabe LP Fujimaru Teizō Columbia FS-7035

Reibo - Fukeshu-Shakuhachi Reibo - Fukeshu-Shakuhachi CD Fujiyoshi Etsuzan Synergy Co., Ltd. JTD-1001 LMCD-1181 1990
Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 1 Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 1 CD Fukami Satomi Crown CRCM-60043
Kinutamono and Danmono
Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 2 Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 2 CD Fukami Satomi Crown CRCM-60044
Kokingumi
Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 3 Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 3 CD Fukami Satomi Crown CRCM-60045
Jiuta
Fukuda Chieko Fukuda Chieko CD Fukuda Chieko JVF VZCG-149

Esprits Animaux Esprits Animaux CD Fukuda Teruhisa ALM Records, Inc. ALCD-9005 1995 Modern compositions for solo shakuhachi.
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.
Gakuon Jyu Gakuon Jyu CD Fukuda Teruhisa Kojima Recordings, Inc. ALCD-9014 1999 Honkyoku, solo shakuhachi and a piece for shakuhachi and shamisen.
Mysterious Sounds of the Japanese Bamboo Flute, The Mysterious Sounds of the Japanese Bamboo Flute, The CD Fukuda Teruhisa Legacy CD 381 1993 See the album "Shakuhachi Banquet" for a remastered and in-print version of this out of print recording. NB: There is a different CD, from the same label and with the same catalog number (Legacy - CD 381) and even the same cover, except with the name "Teruhisa Fukuda" blacked out, which nonetheless has entirely different music on it.
Shakuhachi Banquet Shakuhachi Banquet CD Fukuda Teruhisa North Pacific Music NPM LD 001 1991 Honkyoku and modern compositions for shakuhachi.
Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 LP Funakawa Toshio Nihon Gramophone SMI-1011
A selection of compositions by Funakawa Toshio, featuring a wide variety of guest performers.
Kangen Hissho Kangen Hissho CD Furuya Teruo Bamboo BCD-013 1996 Shakuhachi and koto. Modern pieces.
Shakuhachi Suiso Shakuhachi Suiso CD Furuya Teruo Nippon Columbia BCD-003
Shakuhachi Honkyoku and modern pieces from the 1920's to the 1970's.

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