Hosokawa

Landscapes. [CD]

Contents: Landscape V -- Ceremonial Dance -- Sakura für Otto Tomek -- Cloud and Light. Featuring Mayumi Miyata, sho. Alexander Liebreich conducts the Münchener Kammerorchester.

Hakola & Hosokawa : Guitar Concertos / Timo Korhonen, Guitar. [CD]

World premiere recordings of concertos by Kimmo Hakola and Toshio Hosokawa. With the Oulu Symphony Orchestra.

Sounds & Clouds / Jeremias Schwarzer, Recorder. [CD]

Music by Hosokawa and Vivaldi. With the Holland Baroque Society. Hybrid SACD.

Voyages / Pascal Gallois, Bassoon. [CD]

Gallois performs music by Berio, Hosokawa and Schoeller. With the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Mikrocosmos Choir.

Anfangs / Tuomo Tirronen, Guitar. [CD]

Tirronen performs 20th and 21st century works for solo guitar by Harri Suilamo, Antti Haapalainen, Toru Takemitsu, Leo Brouwer, Maurice Ohana, Toshio Hosokawa and Thomas Wilson.

Ins Offene? Neue Musik und Natur / edited by Jörn Peter Hiekel.

11 articles discuss the use and reflection of nature in contemporary music. Special attention is given to the works of Toshio Hosokawa and Olga Neuwirth. With a foreword. Music examples. Illustrations.

Koto- Uta; Voyage I; Saxophone Concerto; Ferne - Landschraft II. [CD]

Featuring: Kyoko Kawamura; Asako Urushihara; Johannes Ernst; Musikfabrik; Peter Rundel; Berlin Radio Orchestra; Ken Takaseki.

Re-Turning II : For Harp.

This piece is a version for harp solo of the composer's Re-turning for harp and orchestra. This solo version was commissioned by Ayako Shinozaki and premiered in Tokyo, October 2001. With performance notes in English. Duration ca. 15 minutes.

Neben Dem Fluss : For Harp.

Commissioned by Ayako Shinozaki, who premiered the piece in Tokyo, June 1982. The music was inspired by Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. With performance notes in English, German and Japanese. Printed from manuscript. Duration ca. 13 minutes.

Sen VI : For Percussion (1993).

Flute Music / Kolbeinn Bjarnason, Flute. [CD]

Contents: Vertical Song I -- Sen I -- Lied -- Fragmente II -- Voyage V -- Kuroda-bushi. With the Caput Ensemble.

Orchestral Works, Vol. 1. [CD]

Contents: Moment of Blossoming -- Lotus Under the Moonlight -- Chant. With Stefan Dohr, horn; Momo Kodama, piano; and Anssi Karttunen, cello. Jun Maerkl conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Orchestral Works, Vol. 2. [CD]

Contents: Woven Dreams -- Blossoming II -- Circulating Ocean. With the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Orchestre National de Lyon.

Sen IV : For Organ.

In one movement. Commissioned by the Metz Festival 1990. Dedicated to Zsigmond Szathmary. Premiered in November, 1990. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 12 minutes. Custom print edition.

Lied III : For Violoncello and Piano.

In one movement. With brief performance notes. Commissioned by Paloma O'Shea for the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia. This is a version for cello of a piece originally composed for flute. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 8 minutes. Printed from manuscript.

Für Walter - Arc-Song II : For Soprano Saxophone and Piano With Percussion (Ad Lib.).

In one movement. Dedicated to Walter Fink on his 80th birthday. Premiered by Trio Accanto in August, 2010. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 9 minutes. Printed from manuscript.

Cloudscapes - Moon Night : For Shô and Accordion (1998).

In one movement. Commissioned by Das Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst Baden-Württenberg. Dedicated to Mayumi Miyata and Stefan Hussong. Premiered in Kanagawa, May 1998. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 11 minutes. Printed from manuscript.

Utsurohi : For Sho and Harp.

In one movement. With performance notes in Japanese, English, and German. Commissioned by Eight-O Enterprise. Premiered by Mayumi Miyata and Masumi Nagasawa in Tokyo, April, 1986. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 15 minutes. Printed from manuscript.

Edi : For Clarinet.

In one movement. Dedicated to Eduard Brunner. A challenging piece for unaccompanied B flat clarinet. Printed from manuscript.

Fragmente I : For Shakuhachi, Koto and Sangen (1988).

In one movement. A challenging work for three Japanese instruments. Printed from manuscript.

Ans Meer : Konzert Für Klavier und Orchester.

A work in one movement for piano and large orchestra. Dedicated to Bernhard Wambach. Premiered with the Duisburger Symphoniker in Duisburg, May 1999. Duration ca. 17 minutes. Printed from manuscript.

Herbst Wanderer : For Saxophone, Piano, Percussion and String Orchestra.

In one movement. Commissioned by the Konzerthaus Berlin. Dedicated to Trio Accanto. Premiered in Berlin, January 20006. Printed from manuscript.

Mi-Ko : For 3 Accordions.

In one movement. Commissioned by and dedicated to Mie Miki. Premiered in Tokyo, March 2013 by Mie Miki, Tomomi Ota, and Heidi Luosujärvi. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 10 minutes. Printed from manuscript.

Kuroda-Bushi - From Japanese Folk Songs : Arrangement For Alto Flute.

In one movement. Dedicated to Robert Aitken on his 65th birthday. This piece is based on a folk song which is sung at festive occasions. Of advanced difficulty. Printed from manuscript.