This torrent contains volumes 1 to 8 of The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube series, a collection of orchestral works by Akira Ifukube (1914-2006), one of the major Japanese composers of the 20th century. Volumes 1 to 5 include liner notes in English and Japanese, volumes 6 to 8 in Japanese only.
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The following biography is from Wikipedia:
Akira Ifukube was born on May 31, 1914 in Kushiro on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, the third son of a Shinto priest. Much of his childhood was spent in areas with a mixed Japanese and Ainu population, and his father, unusually for the time, socialised with Ainu. Ifukube was strongly influenced by the traditional music of both peoples, and studied the violin and the shamisen. His first encounter with classical music occurred when attending secondary school in Hokkaidō's capital, Sapporo. Legend has it that Ifukube decided to become a composer at the age of 14 after hearing a radio performance of Igor Stravinsky's ballet, The Rite of Spring. He also cited the music of Manuel de Falla as a major influence.
Ifukube went on to study forestry at Hokkaido University and composing in his spare time, which prefigured a line of self-taught Japanese composers such as Tōru Takemitsu and Takashi Yoshimatsu. His first piece was the piano solo, Piano Suite (later the title was changed to Japan Suite, arranged for orchestra). This piece was dedicated to the pianist George Copeland who was then living in Spain. Atsushi Miura, musicologist and Ifukube's friend in university, sent a fan letter to Copeland. Copeland replied, "It is wonderful that you listen my disc in spite of you living in Japan, the opposite side of the earth. I imagine you may compose music. Send me some piano pieces." Then Miura, who was not a composer, presented Ifukube and this piece to Copeland. Copeland promised to interpret it, but the correspondence was unfortunately stopped because of the Spanish Civil War. Ifukube's big break came in 1935, when his first orchestral piece, Japanese Rhapsody, won the first prize in an international contest for young composers promoted by Alexander Tcherepnin. The judges of that contest—Albert Roussel, Jacques Ibert, Arthur Honegger, Alexandre Tansman, Tibor Harsányi, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, and Henri Gil-Marchex—were unanimous in their selection of Ifukube as the winner. The next year, Ifukube studied modern Western composition while Tcherepnin was visiting Japan, and in 1938 his Piano Suite obtained an honourable mention at the I.C.S.M. festival in Venice. In the late 1930s his music, especially Japanese Rhapsody, was performed in Europe on a number of occasions.
On completing University, he worked as a forestry officer and lumber processor, and towards the end of the Second World War was appointed by the Japanese Imperial Army to study the elasticity and vibratory strength of wood. He suffered radiation exposure after carrying out x-rays without protection, a consequence of the wartime lead shortage. Thus, he had to abandon forestry work and became a professional composer and teacher. Ifukube spent some time in hospital due to the radiation exposure, and was startled one day to hear one of his own marches being played over the radio when General Douglas MacArthur arrived to formalize the Japanese surrender.
From 1946 to 1953, he taught at the Nihon University College of Art, during which period he composed his first film score for The End of the Silver Mountains, released in 1947. Over the next fifty years, he would compose more than 250 film scores, the high point of which was his 1954 music for Ishirō Honda's Toho movie, Godzilla. Ifukube also created Godzilla's trademark roar – produced by rubbing a resin-covered leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass – and its footsteps, created by striking an amplifier box.
Despite his financial success as a film composer, Ifukube's first love had always been his general classical work as a composer. In 1974, he returned to teaching at the Tokyo College of Music, becoming president of the college the following year, and in 1987 retired to become president of the College's ethnomusicology department. He trained the younger generation composer such as Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yasushi Akutagawa and Kaoru Wada. He also published Orchestration, a 1,000-page book on theory.
He died in Tokyo at the Meguro-ku Hospital of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome on February 8, 2006 at the age of 91.
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artist: Akira Ifukube
title: The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube, vols. 1-8
type: compilation albums
label: King Record Co.
release date: 1995-2005
length: 483:03
genre: orchestral
country: Japan
language: Japanese
format: mp3
bitrate: vbr (212-259kbps avg)
codec: lame 3.98
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 1:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): I. Nocturne
2. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): II. Fête
3. Triptyque Aborigene (1937): I. Payses - Tempo di jimkuu
4. Triptyque Aborigene (1937): II. Timbe - Nom Regional
5. Triptyque Aborigene (1937): III. Pakkai - Chant d'Aino
6. Ballata Sinfonica (1943): Prima ballata - Allegro capriccioso
7. Ballata Sinfonica (1943): Seconda ballata - Andante rapsodico
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 2:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 1st Mov.: Lento molto - Allegro
2. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 2nd Mov.: Adagio
3. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 3rd Mov.: Vivace
4. Japanese Suite (1933/91): I. Bon-odori, Nocturnal dance of the Bon-Festival
5. Japanese Suite (1933/91): II. Tanabata, Fete of Vega
6. Japanese Suite (1933/91): III. Nagashi, Profane minstrel
7. Japanese Suite (1933/91): IV. Nebuta, Festal ballad
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 3:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Prelude
2. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Scene – A great terrace in the Palace of Herod.
3. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The slaves of Salomé, Jews, Nazarenes, etc.
4. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Noise in the banqueting-hall.
5. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Enter Herod, Herodias, and all the Court... / Herod: Where is Salomé? Where is the Princess?
6. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Enter Salomé.
7. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod looks all the while at Salomé.
8. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod, Salomé, Herodias I
9. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod, Salomé, Herodias II
10. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé: I am waiting until my slaves bring perfumes to me and the seven veils, and take from off my feet my sandals. (Slaves bring perfumes and the seven veils, and take off the sandals of Salomé.)
11. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé: I am ready, Tetrach. (Salomé dances the dance of the seven vails.): first dance
12. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): second dance
13. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): third dance
14. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): fourth dance
15. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): fifth dance
16. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): sixth dance
17. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): seventh dance
18. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The Executioner goes down into the cistern.
19. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé leans over the cistern.
20. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): A huge black arm, the arm of the Executioner comes forth from the cistern, bearing on a silver shield the head of Jokanaan.
21. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé seizes it. Herod hides his face his cloak. Herodias smiles and fans herself. The Nazarenes fall on their knees and begin to pray.
22. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod: I will not look at things, I will not suffer things to look at me. Put out the torches! Hide the moon!
23. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The slaves put out the torches. The stars disappear. A great cloud crosses the moon and conceals it completely. The stage becomes quite dark. The Tetrach begins to climb the staircase.
24. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé is moonlit.
25. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod: Kill that woman.
26. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The soldiers rush forward and crush beneath their shields Salomé, daughter of Herodias, Princess of Judaea.
27. Prelude Du Soldat (1944)
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 4:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Godzilla appears
2. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Intermezzo
3. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "Godzilla"
4. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
5. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Night music from "Battle in Outer Space"
6. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Horreur music from "Flankenstein conquers the world"
7. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Godzilla and Rodan from "Ghidrah"
8. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "Battle in Outer Space"
9. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "Destroy All Monsters"
10. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Fighting music from "Battle in Outer Space"
11. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Theme from "Adventure at Kiganjoh"
12. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Ghidrah’s theme from "Ghidrah"
13. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Battle music from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
14. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Sacred fountain from "Godzilla vs The Thing"
15. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Theme from "Varan The Unbelievable"
16. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Mountain scenery from "Ghidrah"
17. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Escape music from "King Kong Escape"
18. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Element X from "King Kong Escape"
19. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Army march from "The War of Gargantuas"
20. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Flying music from "Rodan"
21. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Army march from "The War of Gargantuas"
22. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Opening from "Destroy All Monsters"
23. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Mechanikong’s theme from "King Kong Escape"
24. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Beauty and Animal from "King Kong Escape"
25. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Theme from "Atragon"
26. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Transport music from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
27. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Kong and octopus from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
28. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): March from "Atragon"
29. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Battle music from "The Mysterians"
30. Rondo in Burlesque for Japanese Drum and Orchestra (1972/83)
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 5:
Recorded at Fuchu-no-mori Art Theater Dream Hall, Tokyo on August 18-20, 1997 (tracks 1-3) and at Tokorozawa Muse Ark Hall, Tokorozawa on June 30 & July 1, 1997 (track 4-5).
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Naoto Otomo (tracks 1-3)
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami (tracks 4-5)
Izumi Tateno - piano (tracks 1-3)
Tsugio Tokunaga - violin (tracks 4-5)
1. Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1941): 1st Mov.: Vivace meccanico
2. Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1941): 2nd Mov.: Lento con malinconia
3. Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1941): 3rd Mov.: Allegro barbaro
4. Rapsodia Concertante per Violino ed Orchestra (1948/71): 1st Mov.: Adagio - Allegro
5. Rapsodia Concertante per Violino ed Orchestra (1948/71): 2nd Mov.: Vivace spirituoso
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 6:
Recorded at Katsushika Symphony Hills Mozart Hall, Tokyo on August 25-26, 2003 (tracks 1-4, 6) and at Aprico Large Hall, Tokyo on September 8-9, 2003 (track 5).
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tetsuji Honna
Keiko Nosaka - 20 string koto (track 5)
1. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): I. Prelude - Dance of 8 deers
2. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): II. Dance of the concealment of the female deer
3. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): III. Dance of 2 deers
4. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): IV. Dance of 8 deers
5. Eglogue Symphonique pour Koto à vingt cordes et Orchestre (1982)
6. Oberture Festiva "Sa Bago Filipinas" (1944)
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 7:
Recorded at Katsushika Symphony Hills Mozart Hall, Tokyo on August 25-26, 2003 (tracks 1-7) and at Aprico Large Hall, Tokyo on September 8-9, 2003 (tracks 8-12).
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tetsuji Honna
Chor June, chorusmaster Jun Koda
Mariko Yumita - contralto (tracks 8, 12)
1. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): I. Preludio
2. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): II. Dinosaurs
3. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): III. Lagos
4. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): IV. Emi
5. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): V. Kingghidora
6. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): VI. Marcia
7. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): VII. Godzilla
8. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): I. Prelude - Ascension of Izanami
9. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): II. Departure of Susanoo - Land of Fire
10. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): III. Dance of Ameno Uzume
11. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): IV. Land of Izumo - Destruction of the Dragon
12. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): V. Finale
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 8:
Recorded live at Akira Ifukube's 90th birthday concert at Suntory Hall, Tokyo on May 31, 2004.
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tetsuji Honna
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Chor June, 90th Birthday Festival Chorus, chorusmaster Jun Koda
disc 1:
1. Obertura Festiva "Sa Bago Filipinas" (1944)
2. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): I. Nocturne
3. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): II. Fête
4. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1954/1983)
disc 2:
1. Symphonic Ode "Gotama The Buddha" (1989): I. Siddhartha in Kapilavastu
2. Symphonic Ode "Gotama The Buddha" (1989): II. Meditation at Bodh Gaya
3. Symphonic Ode "Gotama The Buddha" (1989): III. Ode (Acintiya Buddha)
4. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 3rd Mov.: Vivace
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The following biography is from Wikipedia:
Akira Ifukube was born on May 31, 1914 in Kushiro on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, the third son of a Shinto priest. Much of his childhood was spent in areas with a mixed Japanese and Ainu population, and his father, unusually for the time, socialised with Ainu. Ifukube was strongly influenced by the traditional music of both peoples, and studied the violin and the shamisen. His first encounter with classical music occurred when attending secondary school in Hokkaidō's capital, Sapporo. Legend has it that Ifukube decided to become a composer at the age of 14 after hearing a radio performance of Igor Stravinsky's ballet, The Rite of Spring. He also cited the music of Manuel de Falla as a major influence.
Ifukube went on to study forestry at Hokkaido University and composing in his spare time, which prefigured a line of self-taught Japanese composers such as Tōru Takemitsu and Takashi Yoshimatsu. His first piece was the piano solo, Piano Suite (later the title was changed to Japan Suite, arranged for orchestra). This piece was dedicated to the pianist George Copeland who was then living in Spain. Atsushi Miura, musicologist and Ifukube's friend in university, sent a fan letter to Copeland. Copeland replied, "It is wonderful that you listen my disc in spite of you living in Japan, the opposite side of the earth. I imagine you may compose music. Send me some piano pieces." Then Miura, who was not a composer, presented Ifukube and this piece to Copeland. Copeland promised to interpret it, but the correspondence was unfortunately stopped because of the Spanish Civil War. Ifukube's big break came in 1935, when his first orchestral piece, Japanese Rhapsody, won the first prize in an international contest for young composers promoted by Alexander Tcherepnin. The judges of that contest—Albert Roussel, Jacques Ibert, Arthur Honegger, Alexandre Tansman, Tibor Harsányi, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, and Henri Gil-Marchex—were unanimous in their selection of Ifukube as the winner. The next year, Ifukube studied modern Western composition while Tcherepnin was visiting Japan, and in 1938 his Piano Suite obtained an honourable mention at the I.C.S.M. festival in Venice. In the late 1930s his music, especially Japanese Rhapsody, was performed in Europe on a number of occasions.
On completing University, he worked as a forestry officer and lumber processor, and towards the end of the Second World War was appointed by the Japanese Imperial Army to study the elasticity and vibratory strength of wood. He suffered radiation exposure after carrying out x-rays without protection, a consequence of the wartime lead shortage. Thus, he had to abandon forestry work and became a professional composer and teacher. Ifukube spent some time in hospital due to the radiation exposure, and was startled one day to hear one of his own marches being played over the radio when General Douglas MacArthur arrived to formalize the Japanese surrender.
From 1946 to 1953, he taught at the Nihon University College of Art, during which period he composed his first film score for The End of the Silver Mountains, released in 1947. Over the next fifty years, he would compose more than 250 film scores, the high point of which was his 1954 music for Ishirō Honda's Toho movie, Godzilla. Ifukube also created Godzilla's trademark roar – produced by rubbing a resin-covered leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass – and its footsteps, created by striking an amplifier box.
Despite his financial success as a film composer, Ifukube's first love had always been his general classical work as a composer. In 1974, he returned to teaching at the Tokyo College of Music, becoming president of the college the following year, and in 1987 retired to become president of the College's ethnomusicology department. He trained the younger generation composer such as Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yasushi Akutagawa and Kaoru Wada. He also published Orchestration, a 1,000-page book on theory.
He died in Tokyo at the Meguro-ku Hospital of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome on February 8, 2006 at the age of 91.
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artist: Akira Ifukube
title: The Artistry Of Akira Ifukube, vols. 1-8
type: compilation albums
label: King Record Co.
release date: 1995-2005
length: 483:03
genre: orchestral
country: Japan
language: Japanese
format: mp3
bitrate: vbr (212-259kbps avg)
codec: lame 3.98
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 1:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): I. Nocturne
2. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): II. Fête
3. Triptyque Aborigene (1937): I. Payses - Tempo di jimkuu
4. Triptyque Aborigene (1937): II. Timbe - Nom Regional
5. Triptyque Aborigene (1937): III. Pakkai - Chant d'Aino
6. Ballata Sinfonica (1943): Prima ballata - Allegro capriccioso
7. Ballata Sinfonica (1943): Seconda ballata - Andante rapsodico
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 2:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 1st Mov.: Lento molto - Allegro
2. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 2nd Mov.: Adagio
3. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 3rd Mov.: Vivace
4. Japanese Suite (1933/91): I. Bon-odori, Nocturnal dance of the Bon-Festival
5. Japanese Suite (1933/91): II. Tanabata, Fete of Vega
6. Japanese Suite (1933/91): III. Nagashi, Profane minstrel
7. Japanese Suite (1933/91): IV. Nebuta, Festal ballad
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 3:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Prelude
2. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Scene – A great terrace in the Palace of Herod.
3. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The slaves of Salomé, Jews, Nazarenes, etc.
4. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Noise in the banqueting-hall.
5. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Enter Herod, Herodias, and all the Court... / Herod: Where is Salomé? Where is the Princess?
6. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Enter Salomé.
7. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod looks all the while at Salomé.
8. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod, Salomé, Herodias I
9. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod, Salomé, Herodias II
10. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé: I am waiting until my slaves bring perfumes to me and the seven veils, and take from off my feet my sandals. (Slaves bring perfumes and the seven veils, and take off the sandals of Salomé.)
11. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé: I am ready, Tetrach. (Salomé dances the dance of the seven vails.): first dance
12. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): second dance
13. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): third dance
14. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): fourth dance
15. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): fifth dance
16. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): sixth dance
17. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): seventh dance
18. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The Executioner goes down into the cistern.
19. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé leans over the cistern.
20. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): A huge black arm, the arm of the Executioner comes forth from the cistern, bearing on a silver shield the head of Jokanaan.
21. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé seizes it. Herod hides his face his cloak. Herodias smiles and fans herself. The Nazarenes fall on their knees and begin to pray.
22. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod: I will not look at things, I will not suffer things to look at me. Put out the torches! Hide the moon!
23. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The slaves put out the torches. The stars disappear. A great cloud crosses the moon and conceals it completely. The stage becomes quite dark. The Tetrach begins to climb the staircase.
24. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Salomé is moonlit.
25. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): Herod: Kill that woman.
26. Ballet "Salomé" (1948/87): The soldiers rush forward and crush beneath their shields Salomé, daughter of Herodias, Princess of Judaea.
27. Prelude Du Soldat (1944)
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 4:
Recorded at Session Suginami Hall, Tokyo on August 22-24, August 29-31 & September 1, 1995.
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami
1. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Godzilla appears
2. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Intermezzo
3. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "Godzilla"
4. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
5. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Night music from "Battle in Outer Space"
6. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Horreur music from "Flankenstein conquers the world"
7. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Godzilla and Rodan from "Ghidrah"
8. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "Battle in Outer Space"
9. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Theme from "Destroy All Monsters"
10. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1983): Fighting music from "Battle in Outer Space"
11. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Theme from "Adventure at Kiganjoh"
12. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Ghidrah’s theme from "Ghidrah"
13. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Battle music from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
14. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Sacred fountain from "Godzilla vs The Thing"
15. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Theme from "Varan The Unbelievable"
16. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Mountain scenery from "Ghidrah"
17. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Escape music from "King Kong Escape"
18. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Element X from "King Kong Escape"
19. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Army march from "The War of Gargantuas"
20. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Flying music from "Rodan"
21. Symphonic Fantasia No. 2 (1983): Army march from "The War of Gargantuas"
22. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Opening from "Destroy All Monsters"
23. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Mechanikong’s theme from "King Kong Escape"
24. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Beauty and Animal from "King Kong Escape"
25. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Theme from "Atragon"
26. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Transport music from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
27. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Kong and octopus from "King Kong vs Godzilla"
28. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): March from "Atragon"
29. Symphonic Fantasia No. 3 (1983): Battle music from "The Mysterians"
30. Rondo in Burlesque for Japanese Drum and Orchestra (1972/83)
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 5:
Recorded at Fuchu-no-mori Art Theater Dream Hall, Tokyo on August 18-20, 1997 (tracks 1-3) and at Tokorozawa Muse Ark Hall, Tokorozawa on June 30 & July 1, 1997 (track 4-5).
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Naoto Otomo (tracks 1-3)
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami (tracks 4-5)
Izumi Tateno - piano (tracks 1-3)
Tsugio Tokunaga - violin (tracks 4-5)
1. Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1941): 1st Mov.: Vivace meccanico
2. Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1941): 2nd Mov.: Lento con malinconia
3. Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1941): 3rd Mov.: Allegro barbaro
4. Rapsodia Concertante per Violino ed Orchestra (1948/71): 1st Mov.: Adagio - Allegro
5. Rapsodia Concertante per Violino ed Orchestra (1948/71): 2nd Mov.: Vivace spirituoso
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 6:
Recorded at Katsushika Symphony Hills Mozart Hall, Tokyo on August 25-26, 2003 (tracks 1-4, 6) and at Aprico Large Hall, Tokyo on September 8-9, 2003 (track 5).
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tetsuji Honna
Keiko Nosaka - 20 string koto (track 5)
1. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): I. Prelude - Dance of 8 deers
2. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): II. Dance of the concealment of the female deer
3. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): III. Dance of 2 deers
4. Ballet "Drumming of Japan" Jakomoko Janko (1951/84): IV. Dance of 8 deers
5. Eglogue Symphonique pour Koto à vingt cordes et Orchestre (1982)
6. Oberture Festiva "Sa Bago Filipinas" (1944)
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 7:
Recorded at Katsushika Symphony Hills Mozart Hall, Tokyo on August 25-26, 2003 (tracks 1-7) and at Aprico Large Hall, Tokyo on September 8-9, 2003 (tracks 8-12).
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tetsuji Honna
Chor June, chorusmaster Jun Koda
Mariko Yumita - contralto (tracks 8, 12)
1. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): I. Preludio
2. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): II. Dinosaurs
3. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): III. Lagos
4. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): IV. Emi
5. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): V. Kingghidora
6. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): VI. Marcia
7. Symphonic Fantasy "Godzilla vs Kingghidora" (1991): VII. Godzilla
8. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): I. Prelude - Ascension of Izanami
9. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): II. Departure of Susanoo - Land of Fire
10. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): III. Dance of Ameno Uzume
11. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): IV. Land of Izumo - Destruction of the Dragon
12. Symphonic Suite "The Little Prince And The 8-headed Dragon" (1963/2003): V. Finale
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THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, VOL. 8:
Recorded live at Akira Ifukube's 90th birthday concert at Suntory Hall, Tokyo on May 31, 2004.
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tetsuji Honna
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Chor June, 90th Birthday Festival Chorus, chorusmaster Jun Koda
disc 1:
1. Obertura Festiva "Sa Bago Filipinas" (1944)
2. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): I. Nocturne
3. Japanese Rhapsody (1935): II. Fête
4. Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 (1954/1983)
disc 2:
1. Symphonic Ode "Gotama The Buddha" (1989): I. Siddhartha in Kapilavastu
2. Symphonic Ode "Gotama The Buddha" (1989): II. Meditation at Bodh Gaya
3. Symphonic Ode "Gotama The Buddha" (1989): III. Ode (Acintiya Buddha)
4. Sinfonia Tapkaara (1954/79): 3rd Mov.: Vivace