[ Chandos New Direction / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 10 July 2005
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Takashi Yoshimatsu was born in Tokyo in 1953, at a time when Japanese composers had embraced the trend towards avant-garde techniques. While absorbing these, Yoshimatsu opposed the general fashion, returning to popular rhythms and romantic melody and coming to be regarded as the standard-bearer of Neo-Romanticism in Japan.
He studied under Teizo Matsumura, a pupil of Ifukube, for some time, but acquired much of his craft by himself. He is a great admirer of Sibelius and his works include five symphonies, and concertos of piano, for saxophone, and for bassoon.
Piano Concerto 'Memo Flora', Op. 67
1 I Flower: Andante tranquillo - Allegro 14:25
2 II Petals: Andante 10:41
3 III Bloom: Allegro 6:57
And Birds Are Still . . ., Op. 72
While an Angel Falls into a Doze . . ., Op 73
Dream Colored Mobile II, Op. 58a
White Landscapes, Op. 47a