BBC Radio-3 Saturday Classics, Noriko Ogawa – Echoes of the East Episode 1 of 2
In the first of two programmes, pianist Noriko Ogawa explores a wealth of
musical connections to Japan, including music by Debussy, Bach and
Takemitsu.
＊Ede Poldini 2 Etudes Op.27 for piano – no.2; Etude japonaise
Performer: Noriko Ogawa
BIS CD1045BIS
＊Gustav Holst Japanese suite Op.33
Conductor: Andrew Davis Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
CHANDOS CHSA5086
＊Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony no. 36 in C major K.425 (Linz)
Conductor: Otmar Suitner Performer: Nhk Symphony Orchestra
DENON C377051
＊Jean Lenoir Parlez-moi d’amour
Performer: Lucienne Boyer
NAXOS 8120558
＊Toru Takemitsu Requiem for strings [1957]
Conductor: Hiroshi Wakasugi Performer: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
DENON CO79441
＊Rentaro Taki 2 Pieces for piano
Performer: Noriko Ogawa
BIS CD854
＊Claude Debussy La Mer – 3 symphonic sketches for orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4390082
＊Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata no. 118 BWV.118 (O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens
Licht)
Performer: Masaaki Suzuki Performer: Japan Bach Collegium
BIS BISSACD1841
＊Takashi Yoshimatsu The Age of birds for orchestra – Sun
Conductor: Sachio Fujioka Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
CHANDOS CHAN10202
＊Philip Glass Quartet no. 3 (Mishima) for strings [after music for the
film] – 5th movement; Blood oath; 6th movement; Mishima/Closing
Performer: Smith Quartet
SIGNUM SIGCD117
＊Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly – opera in 3 acts [Paris, 1906] – Act 2;
Humming chorus
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Performer: La Scala Chorus Performer: La
Scala Orchestra
EMI 5562982