Chamber music /solo
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Forgetful Angel I op.6 (1978)
harmonica (violin) & piano ..... about 8 min
Japan Arts/on-demand *30CM-556
1.Count Angel
2.re-Count Angel
"Forgetful Angel" is the title of a sketch by Paul Klee. It is a simple and seemingly endless line drawing of an angel which, for some reason, I have always been partial. After becoming a composer, I decided very earlier on to name my first commissioned work and then, series after it.
Lives are counted by a forgetful Angel.
An angel who allows people to live, and then innocently forgets that it has ...
Even so, in some unremembered place between the "Count Angel" and the "reCount Angel",
Life continued to spin with all its power and might, emitting a faint spectrum of light.
But death, death is counted by a God who never forgets.
Forgetful God does not exist.Forgetful Angel II op.8 1979
harmonica & guitar ..... about 12 min
*30CM-556
1.An angel counts fragments of cloud while pretending to see me
2.An angel is gleaming in the rainbow while waiting for me
Chikap op.14 1981
flute orchestra (15 fl) ..... about 11 min
Japan Arts/@ASKS *25CM-178/9
"Chikap" means Birds in Ainu, the aboriginal people of Hokkaido. This work was written for an orchestra of flutes (2 piccolos, 8 flutes, 2 alto-flutes, 2 bass-flutes,& a contrabass-flute) and premired on 15th February 1981,with the Tokyo Flute Ensemble Academy.
Digital Bird Suite op.15 1982
flute & piano(guitar) ..... about 15 min
Ongaku-no-Tomo *25CM-178/9, VICJ-175
1.Bird-phobia (variation)
2.A Bird in the Twilight (lullaby)
3.Twitter Machine (Intermezzo)
4.A Bird in the Noon (waltz)
5.Bird Circuit (closing rondo)
This work is an extracted suite from fictious music for a fictious ballet. the hero of which is mechanical bird named "Digital Bird" ,and it consists of five pieces.
Though I cannot think there exists a plot. I suppose it to be a story like this : a bird who suffers from the bird-phobia leaves his home forest guided by a magic flute or something like that, wonders about various countries, meets strange birds and glow up (or is ruind?) as a bird.
Rainbow colored Prism I op.17 1983
2 pf, 2vc & hrn (2pf,vn,vc & hrn) ..... about 12 min
Japan Arts/on-demand *VICC-601134 pieces in bird shape op.18 1983
clarinet & piano ..... about 12 min
Ongaku-no-Tomo *25CM-178/9, TOCZ-9269
1.Ballade
2.Invention
3.Recitativo
4.Divertiment
A strange title of "in bird shape" is a parody of such a way of saying as " in C-sharp" which shows tonality, as well as being a word game - initial of four movements, Ballade-Invention-Recitativo-Divertiment, goes BIRD.Rainbow colored Prism II op.19 1984
2 pianos ..... about 12 minBirdscape op.20 1984
marimbaRandom Bird Variations op.23 1985
2 pianos ..... about 12 min
Ongaku-no-Tomo *25CM-178/9
Introduction - Theme - variation I : Dual Bird, variation II : Bird Scene I, variation III : Running Bird, variation IV : Choral Bird, variation V : Grotesque Bird Dance, variation VI : Minimal Bird, variation VII : Bird Scene II, variation VIII : I am a Bird.
This piece was written for an evening of "The 20th century for two pianos" at where I tried to have a bird's-eye view of music by Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Messiaen, Ligeti and so on, through their works for two pianos, having form of a variation by various musical ways of writing which were born in the 20th century such as the twelve-note technique, chance operation, tone-cluster, minimal music,neo-romanticism etc etc.Forgetful Angel III op.24 1985
harmonica & accordion ..... about 12 min
*30CM-556
1.Invention
2.Nocturn
3.Rondo
Pleiades Dances IIa op.28a 1987
violin(flute) & piano
Ongaku-no-Tomo *28CM-658
Pleiades Dances IIb op.28b 1989
solo instrument & string quartet
*TOCZ-9209
Pleiades Dances IIIa op.35a 1996
piano & percussion
Piano Quartet "ALRISHA" op.30 1987
flute,violin,cello & piano ..... about 18 min
1.Fishes in West and South
2.Leaned constellation
3.Madness of Diamonds
4.Melting dream
5.Dry dance of Birds
6.Counterpoint of Rainbow
7.Coda of AngelsMelting Dream op.30a 1987
violin(sax / harmonica) ,piano ...about 2 min
TOA Music International co *30CM-556,COCO-80261
Parallel Bird Etude op.39 1990
2 clarinets ..... about 10 min
Japan Arts/@ASKS
1.Collector
2.Base
3.Emitter
Fuzzy Bird Sonata op.44 1991
saxophone & piano ..... about 15 min
Gerard Billoudot Editeur, Paris *APCE-5199, TOCE-9695, EMP-101
1.Run, Bird
2.Sing, Bird
3.Fly, Bird
This work was composed for virtuoso Nobuya Sugawa.The influences of jazz,rock,folk music and bird songs can be heard and the saxophone plays free improvisations, with a lot of contemporary techniques such as flatter, portamento, glissando , multiple notes and the highest register.
Bird Prism op.45 1991
2 flutes & piano ..... about 12 min
Japan Arts/@ASKS *ADA-307
1.Tweet
2.Song
3.Dance
Bird Rhythm op.46 1991
percussion group ..... about 15 min
Japan Arts/@ASKS *TOCZ-9257
3 White Landscapes op.47 1991
flute,bassoon & harp ..... about 10 min
Japan Arts/@ASKS *ADA-197, SRCR-2480
1.Yuki-Ura ...Divination by Snow
2.Sizu-Yuki ...Stillness in Snow
3.Yuki-Gie ...Disappearance by Snow
Rainbow colored Mobile op.53 1992
mandolin orch (mandolins,mandolas,mandolon-cellos,mandolones, guitars & doublebasses)..... about 9 min
Ongaku-no-Tomo *NCS-1016A
Dream colored Mobile op.58 1993
saxophone(or oboe,cello etc),harp,string-quartet ..... about 8 min
EMI/EMI music *TOCZ-9209, 30CM-556, SRCR-2480
Mimic Bird Comic op.63 1995
horn & percussions ..... about 10 min
Japan Arts/@ASKS *TOCZ-9257
1.Romance
2.Mimic
3.Rondo
Atom Hearts Club Quartet op.70 1997
string quartet ..... about 10 min
Japan Arts/@ASKS *TOCE-9650, TOCE-55095
Atom Hearts Club Duo op.70a 1999
guitar duo
Edition Gendai Guitar *COCQ-83079
Atom Hearts Club Trio op.70c 2000
piano trio (or 2vc & pf)
Japan Arts/@ASKS
1.Allegro molto. progressive-rock-style Allegro in irregular time.
2.Andante. a mysterious Andante in ballad style.
3.Scherzo. a paramour's Scherzo.
4.Finale. rounds the suite off in slapstick boogie-woogie.
#"Atom Hearts Club Quartet" was composed in 1997 under commision from the Morgaua Quartet for a work in the progressive-rock style of the 1970s. It was rearranged for Guitar duo, Piano trio and String ensemble etc.
When a Bird Dreams of Moonbeams... op.77 1999
clarinet,cello & harp ..... about 12 min
1.A bird dreams
2.Midnight
3.MoonbeamsAtom Hearts Club Suite II op.79 1999
12 cellos / string ensemble ..... about 12 min
Japan Arts/on-demand *CHAN-10070
1.Pizzicato Steps
2.Aggressive Rock
3.Brothers Blues
4.Rag Super Light
5.Mr.G Returns
6.Atomic BoogieMetal Snail Suite op.80 1999
euphonium & piano (with percussion, optional)..... about 15 min
Japan Arts@ASKS
1.Allegro Spiral
2.Barcarolle
3.Snail Blues
4.Eclogue Monologue
5.Dark Bass
6.Random Snail
7.Final boogie
3 exotic songs op.89a 2002
soprano saxophone & guitar ..... about 8 min
Japan Arts/on-demand *OCD-0083
1.Distant Song
2.Ancient Song
3.Dance Song
Partita a la Cheshire Cat op.94 2005
piano & percussions (marimba,vibraphone,glocken,triangle,tomtoms etc) ..... about 20 min
1.Prologue
2.Cat steps
3.Run, Cat, run
4.Dance of the dream cat
5.The ideology of whiskers
6.Waltz for a cat's tail
7.Cat scrumble
8.March of the boss cat
9.Epilogue
Piano WorksTo the companion star of Sirius op.1 1974
piano ..... about 8 minRegulus Circuit op.7 1979
piano ..... about 6 min
Ongaku-no-Tomo *OCD-0031
Pleiades Dances I op.27 1986
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCO-80115, 32CM-318
1. Floral Dance, 2. Invention for about 2 voices, 3. Apple seed dance, 4. Interlude to water, 5. Leaflet Dance, 6. Invention for about 3 voices, 7. Platan dance.
Pleiades Dances II op.28 1987
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCO-80115, OCD-0031
1. Negative Prelude, 2.Conventional Invention, 3. Alignment Romance, 4. Interlude with birds,5. Fragmentary Dance, 6. Dry Little Fuga, 7. Positive Rondo.
Pleiades Dances III op.35 1988
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCO-80115
1. Nonchalantry Prelude, 2. Dance toward Left, 3. Globular Romance, 4. Interlude with a Hymn,5. Romance from the past, 6. Slightly Bright Waltz.
Pleiades Dances IV op.50 1992
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCO-80115
1. Memory of Prelude, 2. Canticle of quiet rain, 3.Dance toward West, 4. Memory of Interlude,5. Distant dark pastorale, 6. Dance toward East, 7. Season of Alleluia.
Pleiades Dances V op.51 1992
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCO-80115
1. Image of Prelude, 2. Pavane in the dark morning, 3. Dance in afternoon, 4. Inclined Elegy, 5. Arabesque in Twilight, 6. Noel in Midnight, 7. Scene of Rondo.
Piano Folio 1997
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCQ-83546
Pleiades Dances VI op.71 1998
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCQ-83546
1. Prelude to the little spring, 2. Waltz on late spring, 3. Pastoral on summer, 4. Romance to listless summer, 5. Barcalore on autumn, 6. Pastoral on winter, 7. Rondo - spring comes again.
Pleiades Dances VII op.76 1999
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCQ-83546
1. Interrupted faint prelude, 2. Static dream pavane, 3. Recounting Waltz, 4. Liquid Invention, 5.Distant Dream Romance, 6. Soft Time dance, 7. Tender Wind Rondo.
Pleiades Dances VIII op.78a 2000
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCQ-83546
1. Prelude on the Moon, 2. Allegro on Fire, 3. Andantes on Water, 4. Scherzo on Wood, 5. Adagio on Metal, 6. Allegro on the Ground, 7. Postlude on the Sun.
Pleiades Dances IX op.85 2001
Ongaku-no-Tomo *COCQ-83546
1. Supple Prelude, 2. Little Crystal Romance, 3. Waltz in Obtuse angle, 4. Lullaby in the Celestial night, 5. Romance on a Parabola,6. Arabesque in dream, 7. Landscape of Finale.#Pleiades Dances, written on the subject of the seven stars of Pleiades, the seven colors of rainbow, the seven tones of various modes, the seven rhythms from triple time to nonuple time and so forth, are the results of my attempt to create " a new form of preludes for the modern piano".
Simultaneously, they are the etudes in which the J.S.Bach's inventions are projected on the present age through a polarized prizm, the transcriptions of imaginary dance music played in fantastical four-dimensional space spreading ancient times to future and the tiniest dance suites composed only of dots and lines.
Seven pieces makes up one suite of music, and each suite takes some 10 minutes to play. These pieces can be played selectively or in free combinations. It may also be enjoyable to play alomg with the rhythm by a small percussion instrument like the triangle or the tambourine.
Tapiola Visions op. 92 2004
piano (for left hand) .... about 15 min
Ongaku-no-Tomo
1.Vignette in Twilight
2.Gigue of Forest
3.Pavane for Water
4.Commas of Birds
5.Toccata in the Wind
Guitar WorksLitmus Distance op.10 1980
guitar (with small bells) ..... about 12 min
Edition Gendai Guitar *BVCC-673
1.Bedouin in Acid
2.Bedouin in Alkali
Tender Toys 1983
guitar-solo/duo (harm & gt)
Edition Gendai Guitar *COCO-80633, GGBD-2002
Romance for Tree, Antique Tree Song, Angel in Twilight ...
Afternoon at the Penguin Park, March to the distorted flags, Velvet Waltz...etc.
11 pieces for guitar solo, and 7 pieces for two guitars or duo for flute (harmonica) and guitar.
Wind color Vector op.48 1991
guitar ..... about 10 min
Edition Gendai Guitar *BVCC-673, CHAN-9743
1.Leeward
2.Calm
3.Windward
Guitar Sonata "Sky color Tensor" op.52 1992
guitar ..... about 22 min
Edition Gendai Guitar *BVCC-673
1.Noon
2.Twilight
3.Night
4.Midnight
5.DawnWater color Scalar op.57 1993
guitar ..... about 12 min
Edition Gendai Guitar *BVCC-673, COCO-80633
1.Prelude
2.Intermezzo-A
3.Dance
4.Intermezzo-B
5.Rondo
#"Wind color Vector", "Water color Scalor", "Sky color Tensor" were composed for Kazuhito Yamashita as Trilogy for guitar. These 3 works combine with to make up the overall character of Wind, Sky, Water, in the context of the 5 elements of the universe in Japan, Ground-Water-Fire-Wind-Sky.
2 little pieces 1994
guitar ..... about 5 min
Edition Gendai Guitar *BVCC-673, CHAN-9743
1.Canticle
2.NoelAround The Round Ground op.66 1997
guitar ..... about 8 min
Edition Gendai Guitar *COCO-80633
1.Ostinato
2.Canticle4 Little Dream Songs 1997
guitar (harm & pf)
Edition Gendai Guitar *COCO-80633,30CM-556
1.Spring ... dream song on May
2.Summer ... distorted waltz on August
3.Autumn ... dream song on November
4.Winter ...Lullaby
Vocal /Stage Works
Plant Prism op.16 1983
mixed chorus & pianoA Day of Mr.TRAUMA op.22 1985
voice, small ensembleMonologue of Mr.RANDOM op.32 1987
voice, pfThe Life of Mr.FRACTAL op.34 1988
voices, ensembleMelancholy of Mr. Composer op.37 1989
voice, fl, perc, pf (synth)Neo-opera "CELESTA" op.56 1993
musical-operaFrom The 100 haunted Stories op.61 1994
voice, Japanese-Inst EnsembleHorror Stories of Mr.Splatter op.62 1995
voices, va, perc, pf (synth)Apocalypse of Mr.Namuh op.64 1995
voice, fl, sax,perc, pf (synth)KENJI...homage to MIYAZAWA Kenji op.65 1996
voice, sax,perc, pf (synth)WA-Sei-Zoh-Shi...The Book of Japanese Voices op.68 1997
singers,biwa,piano,perc
Other WorksMarmalade Circuit 1984
Tape music ..... about 17 min
NHK electronic music studioRun, Language Run ! op.29 1987
Poet,orch,electric-sound ..... about 35 min
NHK electronic music studio
