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Speaking of delights that seem to come unexpectedly, Kaori Muraji is a young, virtuoso-grade classical guitarist who has recorded prolifically for JVC Victor in her native Japan. Transformations is apparently Muraji's first release targeted to the West. Yet from all appearances, this is a major entry in the crossover sweepstakes and a welcome one, and the ramifications of what it represents may be with us for a long time. The title is Transformations, but the album is not a Gunther Schuller-ish exercise in "third-streaming," rather most of these works represent a transformation to the idiom of classical acoustic guitar of something from another medium. Guitarist Dominic Miller assists Muraji in numbers that call for two guitarists; otherwise this Super Audio CD is all Muraji, is played well, is very musical, and is presented in terrific, lifelike sound.
The central thrust behind the program is inspired by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu and his approach to transcription, which he applied toward the Beatles, pop standards, and folk songs and the like, going well beyond the standard set by many Asian classical composers in primarily transcribing Chinese and Japanese traditional melodies.
His happy, sensitive transcriptions of Beatles standards constitute a strong part of what might be seen as potential mass appeal in this package, but Takemitsu alters the melodies somewhat, so humming along will not be an easy option. However, the transcriptions are to make one open up their ears and listen, much as in the effect of the quiet and subterraneous turbulence in Takemitsu's original work All in Twilight. The Greek dances utilized in Mikis Theodorakis' Epitaphios have a strong Renaissance basse dance feel, and Peter Maxwell Davies' Farewell to Stromness is tied to a melodious Scottish folk element, rather unlike his tougher, longer form pieces. As the London Symphony Orchestra's excellent EMI release Fortress has already shown, the music of Gordon Sumner (aka Sting from the Police) adapts exceptionally well to a classical setting, and Transformations concludes with two very nice transcriptions of his pieces. Transformations, for once, is a crossover disc that, rather than calling attention to how easily pop music can be reinvented as "classical," demonstrates how popular music in itself is largely a "transformation" of classical music.
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John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Toru Takemitsu, Arranger, Work Arranger - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Toru Takemitsu, Arranger, Work Arranger - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Toru Takemitsu, Arranger, Work Arranger - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Toru Takemitsu, Arranger, Work Arranger - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
ギターノタメノ ジュウニノウタ (Töru Takemitsu)
DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Epitaphs (Mikis Theodorakis)
Mikis Theodorakis, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Mikis Theodorakis, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Mikis Theodorakis, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Mikis Theodorakis, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Francisco Tarrega, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
All in twilight - Four pieces for guitar (Töru Takemitsu)
Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Harold Arlen, Composer - Toru Takemitsu, Arranger, Work Arranger - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Traditional, Composer - Toru Takemitsu, Arranger, Work Arranger - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Les Reed, ComposerLyricist - Barry Mason, ComposerLyricist - Toru Takemitsu, Arranger, Work Arranger - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Sting, ComposerLyricist - DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Sumner, ComposerLyricist - Kaori Muraji, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Speaking of delights that seem to come unexpectedly, Kaori Muraji is a young, virtuoso-grade classical guitarist who has recorded prolifically for JVC Victor in her native Japan. Transformations is apparently Muraji's first release targeted to the West. Yet from all appearances, this is a major entry in the crossover sweepstakes and a welcome one, and the ramifications of what it represents may be with us for a long time. The title is Transformations, but the album is not a Gunther Schuller-ish exercise in "third-streaming," rather most of these works represent a transformation to the idiom of classical acoustic guitar of something from another medium. Guitarist Dominic Miller assists Muraji in numbers that call for two guitarists; otherwise this Super Audio CD is all Muraji, is played well, is very musical, and is presented in terrific, lifelike sound.
The central thrust behind the program is inspired by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu and his approach to transcription, which he applied toward the Beatles, pop standards, and folk songs and the like, going well beyond the standard set by many Asian classical composers in primarily transcribing Chinese and Japanese traditional melodies.
His happy, sensitive transcriptions of Beatles standards constitute a strong part of what might be seen as potential mass appeal in this package, but Takemitsu alters the melodies somewhat, so humming along will not be an easy option. However, the transcriptions are to make one open up their ears and listen, much as in the effect of the quiet and subterraneous turbulence in Takemitsu's original work All in Twilight. The Greek dances utilized in Mikis Theodorakis' Epitaphios have a strong Renaissance basse dance feel, and Peter Maxwell Davies' Farewell to Stromness is tied to a melodious Scottish folk element, rather unlike his tougher, longer form pieces. As the London Symphony Orchestra's excellent EMI release Fortress has already shown, the music of Gordon Sumner (aka Sting from the Police) adapts exceptionally well to a classical setting, and Transformations concludes with two very nice transcriptions of his pieces. Transformations, for once, is a crossover disc that, rather than calling attention to how easily pop music can be reinvented as "classical," demonstrates how popular music in itself is largely a "transformation" of classical music.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:42
- Main artists: Kaori Muraji
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc ℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc
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