Symphonie / Deux Tableaux Pour Orchestre '65 (LP)
Two orchestral works from the mid-1960's blending Western avant-garde with Japanese tradition, released on Philips' "Modern Music Series" in 1971.
Asterism / Requiem / Green / The Dorian Horizon (LP)
1970 album on RCA which is the best introduction to the Japanese composer's beautiful orchestral music of the 1960's, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Essential.
Quatrain / A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden (LP)
Classic 1980 DGG release with two of the Japanese composer's most acclaimed and accessible compositions from the 1970's.
November Steps / Et exspecto resurrectionem (LP)
Appropriate pairing of two orchestral avant-garde masterpieces composed in the 1960's on Philip's 1970 LP in the "Collection Trésors Classiques".
Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)
Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehis…
Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)
Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehis…
Piano Space (3LP box)
Great 3LP box set with one of the most complete panoramas of experimental piano music of the 20th century, beautifully performed by Aki Takahashi and released on CP² Recordings in 1976. Compositions by Toru Takemitsu, Joji Yuasa, Keijiro Satoh, Yori-…
Piano Space 1 (LP)
1978 LP on Angel with a selection of experimental piano compositions from the box set with the same title, focusing on pieces by Japaniese composers from the 1970's, perfromed by Aki Takahashi.
Piano Horizon (LP)
Beautiful 1981 album on ALM of 1970's experimental keyboard music by two Japanese composers performed by Akemi Satomi, including the stunning Erixatione for multi-tracked electric pianos. With insert.
Michio Kai Plays The Avant-Garde Flute Pieces (LP)
Beautiful 1979 album on ALM of 1970's experimental solo flute music (except for a piano/flute duo) by Japanese composers played by Michio Kai.
Japanese Composers (LP)
"Not for sale" LP released in 1981 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, the first volume of their Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, here for piano, cello and piano, flute, and p…
Japanese Composers Vol.13 (LP)
13th volume of the Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, released in 1987 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, with pieces for two pianos, violin, cello and piano, solo cello, and s…
Horizontes / Preludio A Colon / Concertino Pour Piano En 1/3 De Ton (LP)
1963 LP on Philips' "Modern Music Series" presenting three micro-tonal pieces for solo piano, small ensemble and orchestra by the Mexican composer, spanning from 1922 to 1958.
Translucent II / Phases / Soft Song / Toccare / Serène (LP)
1981 LP on Composers' Voice presenting five pieces for orchestra and tape or solo instrument and tape composed by the Dutch composer between 1974 and 1980.
Symphony No. 1 / Septet (LP)
1978 LP on Composers' Voice with two pivotal compositions by the Dutch composer from respectively 1978 and 1957.
Hoketus Balans (2LP)
1986 double album on Composers' Voice that is a sort of manifesto of the Dutch brand of radical minimalism by its most representative composers, with pieces spanning from 1977 to 1984.
Opus 65 (LP)
A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1965.
Opus 66 (LP)
A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1966. With insert.
Greening / Doria / Epitaffio (LP)
1979 album on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series presenting three seminal and beautiful orchestral works (one with tape) by the Norwegian composer spanning from 1963 to 1975.
Iniciativas / Ejercicio Para Cuarteto / Modulos III / Tombeau Pour Orchestre (LP)
Four post-serialist and aleatoric pieces composed by the Spanish composer in the 1960's, relased on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" avant-garde and electronic music series in 1969. With insert.