Yuji Takahashi: Finger Light

Posted By : dangdang | Date : 14 Mar 2010 04:45:35 | Comments : 9 |

From liner notes:
Mimi no Ho - The 17 pipes of shô (Japanese mouth organ) are not ordered in pitch. The performer senses the positions of his index finger while playing. It is possible to build movement patterns based upon the proprioception and the kinesthetic feeling. Viola has no frets. It is possible to slide not only a single pitch but also the whole melody line on the fingerboard. This piece is composed with the above observations of the playing methods.

01 Sugagaki Kuzushi 9:41 Kazuko Takada, hosozao (shamisen) & vo; Yumiko Tanaka, hutozao (bass shamisen)
02 Mimi No Ho 10:30 Ko Ishikawa, sho; Kishiko Suzumi, va; Vladimir Tonkha, poetry
03 Kagehime No Michyuki 13:01 Kazuko Takada & Ayumi Shimonoto, shamisen/vo
04 Yubi-tomyo 20:26 Yuji Takahashi, pf

Quite a few scores including the two works on this recording can be found on Yuji's official website (www.suigyu.com/yuji/).

Link 1
Link 2
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Posted By: basa005 Date: 14 Mar 2010 07:40:18

wow: ascolterò con molto interesse.
grazie mille!

Posted By: povipovillas Date: 14 Mar 2010 08:20:12

Many thanks for this Tzadik release.

Posted By: dangdang Date: 14 Mar 2010 08:40:43

Each song has some confusing terms and I guess these will mean like follows (sorry I am not so familiar with literature)...
01:
Sugagaki - Shamisen played by prostitutes awaiting their customers on streets
Kuzushi - Break (In this case, Broken Shamisen?)
02:
Sails (Ho) of Ears(Mimi)
03:
Michiyuki - A unit of a scene in Kabuki/Joruri (Japanese dramas in Edo Era).
Kage - Shadow. Since 'hime' means a noble girl, the entire title would be 'one-act play on the anonymous girl'.
04:
Yubi (Finger) Tomyo (Light). An explanation has been given on the liner notes.

Posted By: wimmershof Date: 14 Mar 2010 08:58:11

this is unknown for me but great, many thanks

Posted By: ooliver Date: 14 Mar 2010 10:23:01

Thanks dangdang: I've heard of him the Bach's Goldberg Variations on piano & synthesizer. Aki Takahashi has some parental link with him?

Posted By: dangdang Date: 14 Mar 2010 17:36:49

@ooliver
Yuji (1938) is Aki (1944)'s older brother.
I believe both are mainly releasing quite a lot of 18-19th century programmes as well as contemporary works these year.

Posted By: CioCio Date: 16 Mar 2010 01:19:46

There's also a disc of Yuji playing Cage's Sonatas & Interludes, a CD reissue of a 1966 LP release, out on Fylkingen Records.

Thanks for this; not familiar with Yuji's own music.

Posted By: thc9 Date: 16 Mar 2010 06:50:00

Thank you!

Posted By: vladikos Date: 28 Mar 2010 10:09:26

Great post Thank you so much Dangdang. A little suggestion (when you explaining titles):
Kuzushi also means out of balance or make somebody or something out of balance... So, maybe title is Unbalanced Shamisen? (Sound more zen to me, but, just guessing...)

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