TORU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)

1. Requiem (1951) [9'21]
for strings
2. November Steps (1961) [19'50]
for biwa, shakuhachi and orchestra
3. Far Calls. Coming, far! (19811) [14'46]
for violin and orchestra
Visions (1989)
for orchestra
4. I. Mystère [5'40]
5. II. Les yeux clos [6'40]

Kinshi Tsuruta, biwa
Katsuya Yokoyama, shakuhachi
Yuzuko Horigome, violin
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Hiroshi Wakasugi

Recording: 29-31 July 1991 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
Artistic Director: Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
Recording Engineer: Hiroshi Gotoh (1, 3, 4), Norio Okada (2)
Technology: Keizo Inokuchi
Recorded under the supervision of the composer
Co‑production with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
© 1992 DENON RECORDS/Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
CO-79441