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Recordings featuring traditional Japanese instruments.

Album CoverMedia TitleMedia TypeArtistMedia LabelCatalog NumberDateSynopsis
Breeze in the Country (Shakuhachi & Ukelele) Breeze in the Country (Shakuhachi & Ukelele) DIGITAL Rodriguez, Rodrigo Tunog Kawayan 102022 2022 This musical piece composed for shakuhachi and ukulele expresses the delicate breeze in the countryside of the Balearic island of Majorca.
Painters Winter Painters Winter LP Parker, William AUM Fidelity AUM116-1 2022 Creative improvised music.
Space Between Space Between DIGITAL Rodriguez, Rodrigo

2022 From the artist: "Silence and sound acquire the same importance. Romantic and traditional, the composer has created a new work in a unique style by combining experimental orchestral music with contemporary elements and the ancient flute of Japan. It lasts approximately 4 minutes, where the orchestra develops an atmosphere of strings in almost half of the piece. Later, the shakuhachi flute appears with its mysterious and unknown sound. Shakuhachi playing style that produces a characteristic staccato sound."
The Shakuhachi (Folk Song for Japanese Flute) The Shakuhachi (Folk Song for Japanese Flute) DIGITAL Rodriguez, Rodrigo

2022 This is a digital single featuring the shakuhachi min'yo piece Nambu Ushio Uta 南部牛追唄
Zen (Shakuhachi, Koto, Guqin, Yanqin, Gayageum) Zen (Shakuhachi, Koto, Guqin, Yanqin, Gayageum) CD Rodriguez, Rodrigo Tunog Kawayan 989898 2022 Abum description by RNE: This new album by Shakuhachi composer and musician Rodrigo Rodriguez introduces us to a wide variety of instruments from different East Asian cultures. Musical works present in the Honkyoku repertoire, the music on the Zen album (Shakuhachi, Koto, Guqin, Yanqin, Gayageum) is both contemporary and ancient, familiar and foreign, traditional and innovative. On this album Rodrigo performs works from the Honkyoku repertoire known as Akita Sugagaki, Honshirabe. Among the pieces for shakuhachi we find unpublished work composed by Kohachiro Miyata in 1960 Hi Ga Shizumu (The Sun Sets) a beatiful nostalgic shakuahchi solo from 20th century. This latest work by Rodrigo Rodriguez reaffirms his position as one of the most talented shakuhachi flute artists in the West. (RNE)
Zen Garden Zen Garden DIGITAL Rodriguez, Rodrigo

2022 Inspired by calm and meditative Japanese gardens, Rodrigo Rodriguez's new album, Zen Garden, brings together well-known pieces of classical honkyoku repertoire such as San An (Safe Delivery), Sokkan (Breath Sight), Shingestu (Heart Moon), together with original compositions that Rodrigo arranged for Koto and Shakuhachi.

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