The JAPAN project - Barrie Webb, trombone

ID: MSVCD92017 (EAN: 5019148632122)  | 1 CD | DDD
Released in: 2002

LABEL:

METIER

Collection:

Instrumental

Composers:

FUJII, Takashi | GOTO, Kunihiko | HIRANO, Tatsuya | KOUCHI, Masato | MAEDA, Katsuji | NAKAMURA, Hiroshi

Interprets:

WEBB, Barrie (trombone)

Other info:

Perhaps the ultimate in Metier's search for unusual repertoire, this CD of solo trombone music from contemporary Japanese composers is truly the ideal purchase for the record collector who "has it all" and indeed for anyone wanting to explore modern music from the East.

tracks:
Tatsuya Hirano:
Alone
Hiroshi Nakamura:
Angelus Novus
Kunihiko Goto:
Inquisition/cloister - Nowaki no Mon
Masato Kouchi:
Sociological Japan
Katsuji Maeda:
Intermezzo
Katsumi Yokoyama:
Traces II
Takashi Fujii:
Dancing Bones

“The trombonist Barrie Webb, who instigated this collaboration with seven Japanese composers, deserves congratulation. One might think the trombone to be an unpromising solo instrument but, as Luciano Berio and Vinko Globokar have famously shown, it is capable of a huge range of tone colours and articulations, encouraging vastly different approaches. Each piece here - whether it's Takashi Fujii's jazzy Dancing Bones; Sociological Japan, Masato Kouchi's ironic take on his country's national anthem; Katsuji Maeda's prayer-like Intermezzo; Hiroshi Nakamura's Klee-inspired Angelus Novus; Tatsuya Hirano's meditative Alone; Kunihiko Goto's Inquisition/cloister; or Katsumi Yokoyama's Traces II, inspired by, of all things, a tome on cognitive psychology - is uniquely satisfying in its own way.”
The Sunday Times