Sakura
Takako's new recording, Sakura, featuring a beautiful and melodic collection of 20th century Japanese art songs, is now available! Click on the links below for short samples.
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
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 sporano – in recital
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1 |
Yoshinao Nakada |
Natsu no omoide |
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2 |
Kosaku Yamada |
Kane ga narimasu |
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3 |
Hideo Kobayashi |
Karamatsu |
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4 |
Masami Yamamoto |
Nemunoki no komoriuta |
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5 |
Kozaburo Hirai |
Ano ko kono ko |
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6 |
Fumihiko Fukui |
Kanpyo |
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7 |
Kosaku Yamada |
Higanbana |
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8 |
G.F. Handel |
Lascia chio pianga (from Rinaldo) |
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9 |
W.A. Mozart |
Das Lied der Trennung (mp3) |
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10 |
Lady John Scott |
Think On Me |
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11 |
Giacomo Puccini |
Donde Lieta usci al tuo grido d’amore (from La Boheme) |
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12 |
Kosaku Yamada |
Akatonbo |
Recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, with Derek Bampton, piano.