Sugata - Symphonic Overture | Naxos - Japanese Classics 8570319

Sugata - Symphonic Overture

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Label: Naxos - Japanese Classics

Cat No: 8570319

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th January 2008

Contents

Artists

Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Kazuhiko Komatsu

Works

Sugata, Isotaro

Peaceful Dance of Two Dragons, op.8
Sketches of the Desert, op.10
» IV Dancing Girl in the Orient
Symphonic Overture, op.6
The Rhythm of Life, op.25

Artists

Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Kazuhiko Komatsu

About

Isotaro Sugata’s compositions may be viewed as a synthesis of several different kinds of Western music, as well as incorporating elements of traditional Japanese imperial music.
 
Inspired by Hindemith, the polyphonic Symphonic Overture is virtually a single-movement symphony. Calling for an orchestra with triple winds and Japanese traditional percussion, Peaceful Dance of Two Dragons is a free and powerful paraphrase of Nasori, a Gagaku dance.
 
Dancing Girl in the Orient, taken from “Sketches of the Desert” is written in the manner of Rimsky-Korsakov and Ketelbey. The ballet music The Rhythm of Life is an idiosyncratic piece in a primitivistic style, where fragments from Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps are combined with Japanese melodies.
 
World Première Recordings of:
- Symphonic Overture
- Ballet Music “The Rhythm of Life” Op.25

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