KYŌKO KOIZUMI
1. 燃える秋
1. Moeru Aki (Glowing Autumn)
From: Moeru Aki: Original Soundtrack. Soundtrack Listeners Communications, SLCS-5070, 1996, CD.
Hikaru Hayashi: conductoer; Tokyo Concerts: symphony orchestra.
Written for a film, Moeru Aki (1979), directed by Masaki Kibayashi, this is one of Takemitsu’s compositions for films characterized by “popular” music orientation with its classical tonality.
2. “翼”
2. “Tsubasa” (Wings)
From: Live performance of the song by five musicians in the lunch-time concert at Nakano Geinō Shō-gekijō (Nakano Entertainment Little Theater) in Nakano, Tokyo, in September 2012.
Mio Shindō: vocals, piano, arrangement; Hideo Kachi: flute; Yoshihiro Tanabe: guitar; Takumi Watabe: contrabass; Muneo Takeshita: drums.
This performance of “Tsubasa” composed by Tōru Takemitsu shows just one of diverse ways the song has been performed.
3. 波の盆
3. Nami-no Bon (Bon Festival on the Waves)
From: Soundtrack album for Nami-no Bon, a TV drama, and Arashi-ga Oka, a film, Wave/Music Today, number and date unknown, CD.
Hiroyuki Iwaki: conductor; Tokyo Concerts: symphony orchestra.
This theme music composed by Tōru Takemitsu for a TV drama of 1983 attracted his fans, although Takemitsu himself seems to have had reservations.
4. Trailer for 他人の顔
4. Trailer for Tanin-no Kao (Face of Another)
From: Tanin-no Kao, a film directed by Hiroshi Teshigawara, released by Tōhō in 1966.
Tōru Takemitsu wrote music for this film based on a novel, Tanin-no Kao (1964), by Kōbō Abe, who also wrote the film script.