Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kazue Sawai

The Sawai Kazue: Jushichigen

(Hogaku Journal, HJCD-0006) (Japan) (CD)

    Hana ni Naru (for 17-String Koto Solo) [1988]
    Composed by Tadao Sawai
  1. Frist Movement (4:41)
  2. Second Movement (3:54)

    Nabari (for 17-String Koto Solo) [1992]
    Composed by Takashi Yoshimatsu
  3. First Movement (5:11)
  4. Second Movement (5:51)
  5. Third Movement (3:24)

  6. Unebiyama (for 5-String Zither and Incantation) [1992] (8:55)
    Composed by Yuji Takahashi

    Meguri Meguru [1991]
    Composed by Tadao Sawai
  7. First Movement (7:57)
  8. Second Movement (5:02)

    Kannagi [1992]
    Composed by Akira Nishimura
  9. First Movement (3:46)
  10. Second Movement (10:49)

  11. Jushichigen, Rokudan (14:06)
    Japanese traditional

Kazue Sawai: 17-string koto (1-5, 7-11), 5-string zither (6)
Hikaru Sawai: 17-string koto (7, 8)
Tetsu Saitoh: contrabass (9, 10)

Recorded by Yukihiko Mitsuka at Sawai Koto Institute Head Office Studio, April 28, 2011 (3-5), April 29, 2011 (9, 10), May 11, 2011 (7, 8, 11), and May 12, 2011 (1, 2)
Mastered by Yukihiko Mitsuka
Illustration by Michiyo Shirahama
Design by Takakazu Koga
Produced by Takafumi Tanaka
Includes a 20-page Japanese-language booklet with liner notes by Takafumi Tanaka and Yukihiko Mitsuka; track notes by Kazue Sawai; biographies of Kazue Sawai, Hikaru Sawai, and Tetsu Saitoh; and photos

Released in July 2011