Shin-ichi Fukuda, the performer on this recording, is a close friend of composer Toru Takemitsu and one of Japan's most eminent recitalists.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians described Toru Takemitsu's mature musical language as having 'modal melodies emerging from a chromatic background, the suspension of regular metre, and an acute sensitivity to register and timbre'.
Composer Biography
Toru Takemitsu, considered the greatest Japanese composer of the twentieth century, was influenced early in his career by the music of Debussy and Messiaen.
Composition History
In the Woods, composed in hospital in November 1995, was Toru Takemitsu's last composition before his death in February 1996.
Compositional Technique
Toru Takemitsu was acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most formidable masters of writing for the guitar, bringing a unique sensibility and imaginative flair to the instrument.
Compositional Technique
Leo Brouwer's Hika, a dirge or elegy in memory of Toru Takemitsu, features an unusual scordatura where the middle four strings are tuned to a G minor chord.
Composer Biography
Leo Brouwer, a Cuban composer and guitarist, was a close friend of Toru Takemitsu and dedicated two homage works to him on this album.
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