Takemitsu's hallmark became the fleeting image and shimmering hues of music freed of consequential direction, blurring the confines of harmony with ambiguity.
Instruments
The guitar used in this recording is a Hermann Hauser 1939 model, once owned by the great guitarist Andrés Segovia.
Performer Biography
Andrea Dieci, the guitarist on this album, is the only guitarist to have recorded the complete solo guitar works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Toru Takemitsu, and Hans Werner Henze.
Instruments
The Hermann Hauser guitar used in this recording was built for Andrés Segovia during his time in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Performer Biography
Andrea Dieci's recording of Toru Takemitsu's complete solo guitar works was awarded the 'Golden Guitar' in 2005 for the best CD of the year.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Takemitsu's creative personality derived from two distinct musical spheres: the oriental soundscape of his youth and his adult passion for Western music.
Composer Biography
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), a composer of great talent, began to make a name for himself in the 1960s, when he was in his thirties.
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