a r t i s t : Toshio Hosokawa
t i t l e : Deep Silence
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Wergo
g e n r e : Classical
r l s. d a t e : May/2007
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 84,7 MB
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"Music", says Toshio Hosokawa, "is the place where notes and
silence meet." This identifies his aesthetic concept as a
genuinely Japanese one. It is found both in Japanese landscape
painting and in the music, such as the courtly gagaku, in
which audible sound always stands in relation to nonsound,
i.e. to silence. In their rhythmic proportions Hosokawa's
compositions are oriented around the breathing methods of Zen
meditation, with their very slow breathing in and very slow
breathing out: "Each breath contains life and death, death and
life."
Mayumi Miyata (sho - the instrument of the universe or of
tradition) and Stefan Hussong (accordion - the human or
contemporary instrument) are among the most important
interpreters of Hosokawa's music, which here is framed by four
traditional gagaku pieces.
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01-Banshikicho no choshi (fuer Akkordeon und Sho) [08:48]
02-Cloudscapes - Moon night (fuer Sho und Akkordeon) [12:23]
03-Oshikicho no choshi (fuer Sho solo) [12:39]
04-Sen 5 (fuer Akkordeon) [12:55]
05-Hyojo no choshi (fuer Akkordeon solo) [11:20]
06-Wie ein Atem im Lichte (fuer Sho solo) [08:10]
07-Ichikotsucho no chosi (fuer Akkordeon und Sho) [10:19]
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