Sakura

Sakura features a collection of beautiful and melodic 20th century Japanese art songs.

1. Hana / The Flower (Taki)
2. Aki no Tsuki / The Autumn Moon (Taki, Arr. Yamada)
3. Kojo no Tsuki / The Moon over the Ruined Castle (Taki)
4. Soshunfu / Early Spring Song (Nakata)
5. Sunayama / Sand Dune (Yamada)
6. Kane ga Narimasu / The Ringing Bell (Yamada)
7. Machiboke / Kept Waiting in Vain (Yamada)
8. Kono Michi / This Old Path (Yamada)
9. Aka Tombo / Red Dragonflies (Yamada)
10. Hamabe no Uta / Song of the Seashore (Narita)
11. Narayama (Hirai)
12. Chin Chin Chidori / A Plover (Konoe)
13. Yashi no Mi / A Coconut (Onaka)
14. Sakura Sakura / Cherry Blossoms (Anonymous)
15. Kujukushima Mittsu no Uta (Yanagida, Arr. Zeng)

Takako Yanagida Lordly – soprano
Megumi Okamoto – piano
Chiharu Zeng – piano on Kujukushima Mittsu no Uta

Recorded at Cherry Beech Sound, Toronto

Kujukushima mittsu no uta

Commisioned by the city of Sasebo, Takako's first major composition, a setting of Seiji Takizawa's poem Kujukushima mittsu no uta, premiered there in March 2005. The piano arrangement is by Chiharu Zeng, who accompanies Takako on this recording. Hear a short sample. (mp3)

Recorded at Reaction Studio, Toronto.

Takako Yanigada Lordly soprano – in Recital

1. Natsu no omoide (Yoshinao Nakada)
2. Kane ga narimasu (Kosaku Yamada)
3. Karamatsu (Hideo Kobayashi)
4. Nemunoki no komoriuta (Masami Yamamoto)
5. Ano ko kono ko (Kozaburo Hirai)
6. Kanpyo (Fumihiko Fukui)
7. Higanbana (Kosaku Yamada)
8. Lascia chio pianga (G.F. Handel)
9. Das Lied der Trennung (W.A. Mozart)
10. Think On Me (Lady John Scott)
11. Donde Lieta usci al tuo grido d’amore (Giacomo Puccini)
12. Akatonbo (Kosaku Yamada)

Takako Yanagida Lordly – soprano
Derek Bampton – piano

Recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto.