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| | Dinner Classics: The Japanese Album | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sony | | Release Date : | | 1990-05-17 | | Store Price : | | $7.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Sakura, Sakura
2. Chin-Chin-Chidori
3. Yamanakabushi
4. Tôryanse (Children's Song)
5. Chidori No Kyoku
6. Defune
7. Oharabushi
8. Shimabara No Komoriuta
9. Imayo
10. Imayo
11. Chugoko-Chiho-No-Komoriuta
12. Jôgashima-no ame
13. Haru No Umi
14. Sakura, Sakura
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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Submitted on: 2009-01-14 |
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Great CD, perfect soundtrack for a lot of activities around the house.
Goes well with Sake and kimonos. |
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Dinner Classics The Japanese Album
Submitted on: 2008-12-24 |
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| This album is calming and relaxing, it also helps create good background music. Is was deliverd in excellent condition and most expetiently. Thank you Dave J. |
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 Very interesting and tranquil interpretations
Submitted on: 2008-10-28 |
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The Japanese Album has 6 selections that are also on Rampal and Laskine's Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp. However there are different, more complex treatments given here. This does not make the works superior to Rampal and Laskine's earlier recording, just subtle and enjoyable differences in interpretation. Rampal and Laskine's recording of 20 years ago is so extremely excellent and sublime that it is yardstick by which I judged this current CD of traditional Japanese music.
You will find 8 selections of traditional Japanese music where the flute of Jean-Pierre Rampal takes the lead. There are three of these works that Rampal and Lily Laskine recorded on their excellent CD Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp. There are 5 selections however that are played by Rampal that were new to me.
Yo-Yo Ma's wonderful cello is heard on three selections, all three of which are also on Rampal and Laskine's earlier CD which will give you the opportunity to compare the differences when the work is translated by cello as compared to flute.
Issac Stern's violin is heard on two selections. The works range from the contemplative and melacholy to Spring-like and joyful.
The selections flow into each other smoothly and effortlessly. In the end, I would say that the Rampal and Laskine recording of 20 years ago is the most meditative, tragic, penetrating, and overpowering of the two CDs. The Japanese Album is more diverse and complex instrumentally, but the Rampal and Laskine recording is more subtle and emotionally overpowering.
In the end, I had to give this CD 5 stars. It is excellent. Well done. |
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very enjoyable
Submitted on: 2008-01-10 |
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| This cd is very enjoyable, and relaxing, and pleasant on the ears.It would be a good introductory to Japanese music for the first timer to this music. |
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Good Traditional Japanese music
Submitted on: 2007-07-14 |
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| This is one of my favorite Japanese albums. If you're into traditional Japanese music this is a CD that you should have. I lost the one that I originally had and I finally bought another one. I couldn't beat the price and I think that this album is great.This is a must have CD if you're into this kind of music or just enjoy a broad spectrum of music. |
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