Description:

[The Lee Musici Ensemble's fluid and brilliant ensembles have recorded well-known Japanese melodies such as "Haru Utsuri," "The Moon Over the Deserted Castle," and "Akatonbo" (Red Dragonfly). The arrangements of three songs each from spring, summer, fall, and winter, each with its own unique flavor, are performed by the masterful Holliger on seven of the twelve songs, who provides wonderful solos. This is a definitive recording of Japanese melodies. Rubidium clock cutting. [Performed by Heinz Holliger (oboe [2, 3, 7, 8], oboe d'amore [4], chor anglais [11], oboe & oboe d'amore [12]), I Musici Ensemble, recorded: July 1985, Switzerland

Tracklisting:

1 EARLY SPRING SONG / I MUSICI
2 THE RAIN ON JOGASHIMA / HEINZ HOLLIGER
3 SPRING SEA / HEINZ HOLLIGER
4 SOLITUDE IN THE NIGHT / HEINZ HOLLIGER
5 THE ROAD / I MUSICI
6 SONG OF THE SEA SHORE / I MUSICI
7 THE MOON ON THE RUINED CASTLE / HEINZ HOLLIGER
8 A COCONUT FROM SOUTHERN ISLAND / HEINZ HOLLIGER
9 RED DRAGONFLY / I MUSICI
10 SONG OF PACK-HORSE MAN IN KOMORO OF NAGANO / I MUSICI
11 I AM REBUKED / HEINZ HOLLIGER
12 SNOWY TOWN / HEINZ HOLLIGER