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Peace
- Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt)
- Bist du bei mir (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Ave Maria (Charles François Gounod)
- Ombra mai fu (Georg Friedrich Händel)
- Lascia ch’io pianga (Georg Friedrich Händel)
- Ave Maria (Franz Peter Schubert)
- Songs my mother taught me (Antonín Leopold Dvo?ák)
- Ave Maria (Pietro Mascagni)
- Amazing Grace (Traditional)
Takako Yanagida Lordly – soprano
Megumi Okamoto – piano
Recorded at Sunroom Studio, Toronto

Sakura
Sakura features a collection of beautiful and melodic 20th century Japanese art songs.
- Hana / The Flower (Taki)
- Aki no Tsuki / The Autumn Moon (Taki, Arr. Yamada)
- Kojo no Tsuki / The Moon over the Ruined Castle (Taki)
- Soshunfu / Early Spring Song (Nakata)
- Sunayama / Sand Dune (Yamada)
- Kane ga Narimasu / The Ringing Bell (Yamada)
- Machiboke / Kept Waiting in Vain (Yamada)
- Kono Michi / This Old Path (Yamada)
- Aka Tombo / Red Dragonflies (Yamada)
- Hamabe no Uta / Song of the Seashore (Narita)
- Narayama (Hirai)
- Chin Chin Chidori / A Plover (Konoe)
- Yashi no Mi / A Coconut (Onaka)
- Sakura Sakura / Cherry Blossoms (Anonymous)
- 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
- Natsu no omoide (Yoshinao Nakada)
- Kane ga narimasu (Kosaku Yamada)
- Karamatsu (Hideo Kobayashi)
- Nemunoki no komoriuta (Masami Yamamoto)
- Ano ko kono ko (Kozaburo Hirai)
- Kanpyo (Fumihiko Fukui)
- Higanbana (Kosaku Yamada)
- Lascia chio pianga (G.F. Handel)
- Das Lied der Trennung (W.A. Mozart)
- Think On Me (Lady John Scott)
- Donde Lieta usci al tuo grido d’amore (Giacomo Puccini)
- Akatonbo (Kosaku Yamada)
Takako Yanagida Lordly – soprano
Derek Bampton – piano
Recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto.