MUSIC OF JAPAN - THE LEGACY OF MYOONTEN

Performing traditional Japanese music on traditional instruments, Yamato Ensemble honours the legacy of Myoonten, the Japanese goddess of music, art, of everything that flows, and “of wonderful sounds”. Yamato Ensemble have been playing together for decades; on this special recording, they perform on koto, shakuhachi, jushichigen, shakuroku, and the now-rarely heard kokyu.
Hida ni yoseru mittsu no Ballade (Nagasawa Katsutoshi) †2008
In three movements.
1. Bokka - 6:39
2. Tachitsubura - 4:25
3. Sugidama - 4:48

4. Hototogisu no kyoku - ‘Song of the Cuckoo’ (Tateyama Noboru) - 13:53 †1926 PD
5. Kokuu (traditional honkyoku) - 11:15 PD
6. Chikubushima (Kikuoka Kengyo) - 14:46 †1847 PD
7. Izumi (Miyagi Michio) - 8:45 †1956
8. Hokkai Minyo Cho (Miyagi Michio) - 8:23 †1956

Total playing time: 73:13 min.