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This is a handsome-looking compact disc release, with strikingly muted graphics in cool purple tones, featuring Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshina. Here the pretty graphics go a little too far: the buyer finds no listing of compositions on the outside of the package and has no way of knowing what is played aside from a bare mention of the names of the 11 composers featured. That's where the All Classical Guide comes in. The works were all written in the twentieth century. They are: Michio Miyagi's Haru no umi (Ocean in Spring, a calming, melodic piece); Kaija Saariaho's Nocturne for violin solo (a somewhat avant-garde coloristic piece); Toru Takemitsu's Stanza II for harp and tape (also pretty far out and very Japanese-sounding); Yuji Takahashi's Insomnia for violin, voices, and kugo (strange, but oddly soothing); a movement from Satie's Le fils des étoiles as arranged by Takahashi (austere); Jean Françaix's Five Little Duets (100 percent charming); the Étude for violin from Richard Strauss's Daphne (also charming); Six Melodies by John Cage (simple and pleasant); Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel (even simpler and not startling); Nino Rota's love theme from The Godfather (you know this one); and the final movement from Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style (gently Classical except for one deliberately horrendous dissonance). So there you have the emotional progression of this carefully planned album. Much of it could cure insomnia; three or four pieces could cause it. The mood is nocturnal throughout. The recording was made in 1996 in Kioi Hall, Tokyo, with Wilhelm Hellweg as producer and engineer. It completely succeeds in what was intended; the microphones are close enough to Kremer that bowing sounds are very evident, but apparently only when the producer wants them to be.
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Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michio Miyagi, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kaija Saariaho, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Voice, Kugo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yuji Takahashi, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toru Takemitsu, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Cinque piccoli duetti - performed on Harp and Violin (Jean Françaix)
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Francaix, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Francaix, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Francaix, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Francaix, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Francaix, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Richard Strauss, Composer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Six Melodies - performed on Violin and Harp (John Cage)
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Cage, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Cage, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Cage, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Cage, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Cage, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Cage, Composer - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Il Padrino (for Harp) (Nino Rota)
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nino Rota, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Suite im alten Stil - performed on Violin and Harp (Alfred Schnittke)
Naoko Yoshino, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Schnittke, Composer - Wilhelm Hellweg, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Meijer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Takashi Sakurai, Producer - Matthijs Ruijter, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
Album review
This is a handsome-looking compact disc release, with strikingly muted graphics in cool purple tones, featuring Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshina. Here the pretty graphics go a little too far: the buyer finds no listing of compositions on the outside of the package and has no way of knowing what is played aside from a bare mention of the names of the 11 composers featured. That's where the All Classical Guide comes in. The works were all written in the twentieth century. They are: Michio Miyagi's Haru no umi (Ocean in Spring, a calming, melodic piece); Kaija Saariaho's Nocturne for violin solo (a somewhat avant-garde coloristic piece); Toru Takemitsu's Stanza II for harp and tape (also pretty far out and very Japanese-sounding); Yuji Takahashi's Insomnia for violin, voices, and kugo (strange, but oddly soothing); a movement from Satie's Le fils des étoiles as arranged by Takahashi (austere); Jean Françaix's Five Little Duets (100 percent charming); the Étude for violin from Richard Strauss's Daphne (also charming); Six Melodies by John Cage (simple and pleasant); Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel (even simpler and not startling); Nino Rota's love theme from The Godfather (you know this one); and the final movement from Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style (gently Classical except for one deliberately horrendous dissonance). So there you have the emotional progression of this carefully planned album. Much of it could cure insomnia; three or four pieces could cause it. The mood is nocturnal throughout. The recording was made in 1996 in Kioi Hall, Tokyo, with Wilhelm Hellweg as producer and engineer. It completely succeeds in what was intended; the microphones are close enough to Kremer that bowing sounds are very evident, but apparently only when the producer wants them to be.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:47
- Main artists: Gidon Kremer Naoko Yoshino
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 1997 Universal International Music B.V. ℗ 1997 Universal International Music B.V.
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