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Tetsu Saitoh

The String Quartet of Tokio & Orchestra

(Tao, TAO-002) (Japan) (CD)

  1. String Quartet 1 (6:57)
  2. String Quartet 2 (7:15)
  3. String Quartet 3 (5:06)
  4. String Quartet 4 (6:05)
  5. String Quartet 5 (3:30)
  6. String Quartet 6 (5:58)
  7. Line for Orch. (5:09)
  8. 3+(3+1)+(3+2)+(3+3) (5:53)
  9. Sociology (6:00)
  10. String Sextet 1 (3:33)
  11. King Lear Part 1 (5:01)

The String Quartet of Tokio
Tetsu Saitoh: bass
Hideaki Kuribayashi: 17-string koto
Michihiro Satoh: tsugaru-shamisen
Koichi Hiroki: guitar

Guests (7-11)
Koh Ishikawa: sho
Kenichiro Muraoka: sho
Yumiko Mizoiri: hichiriki, oboe, and English horn
Junko Ueda: biwa and voice
Kazuko Habu: percussions
Wil Offermans: flute
Keizo Mizoiri: bass

All compositions by Tetsu Saitoh

Recorded by Masaaki Shimada at ST Spot, Yokohama, October 6 (1-6) and at Mita Hall, Yokohama, December 9 (7-11), 1990
Produced by Tetsu Saitoh
Album art by Hyokichi Ohnari
Album design by Aumi Itoh
Includes liner notes by Tetsu Saitoh (in Japanese and English) and Yoshiyuki Kitazato (in Japanese)

Released in 1992