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Scriabin Prometheus, Poem of Fire
7-Piano Transcription 49-Track Overdub
Chitose Okashiro, piano
Transcribed by Chitose Okashiro
192kHz/24bit Recording
What Chitose Okashiro has done here - is miracle! This "Prometheus" lifts you out of your seat and propels you into the cosmos of Scriabin's great vision. And this doesn't just occur in "Prometheus" but in hte accompanying short works as well.
(David N. Lewis from liner note)
Chateau C20003
C230003
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Chitose Okashiro, piano
1 Prometheus; Poem of Fire, Op.60
Piano Transcription for 7 pianos
49-track overdub recording
transcribed by Chitose Okashiro
Two Poems, Op.63
2 No.1 Masque
3 No.2 Etrangeté
Two Poems, Op.69
4 Allegretto
5 Allegretto
6 Poem-Nocturne, Op.61
Recording Dates: Jan. 22, 2017, October 27 & 28, 2019
Recording Site: Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
192kHz/24bit 49-track Overdubbing Recording
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Carl Talbot
Mastering Engineer: Andreas K. Meyer
Chateau C20002
Ryuichi Sakamoto 4
Violin & Piano Works
Chitose Okashiro, piano
Fuminori Shinozaki, violin
Always at the service of the music, but never at the expense of her own personality and gusto, Chitose Okashiro continues to amaze and delight my ear with every project she undertakes. This fourth disc of Ryuichi Sakamoto is certainly no exception. Okashiro’s treatment of Ryuichi Sakamoto as a classical music composer of the first rank is easily earned by the sheer quality of the music that he has created, and the penetrating depth with which she has analyzed some of this music in the notes provided here exemplifies both her dedication to, and comprehension of, his music.
(David N. Lewis from liner note)
1 Tong Poo - transcribed from piano, four-hands to violin & piano by Chitose Okashiro
2 1919 - transcribed from orchestral score to violin & piano by Chitose Okashiro
3 Rain from “The Last Emperor” - transcribed from piano trio to violin & piano by Chitose Okashiro
4 TANGO - transcribed from piano trio to violin & piano by Chitose Okashiro
5 Century of Reform - violin & piano original by Ryuichi Sakamoto
6 The Sheltering Sky, theme - arranged by Chitose Okashiro
7 High Heels: Tacones Lejanos - original piano solo by Ryuichi Sakamoto
8 The Last Emperor - transcribed from piano trio to piano solo by Chitose Okashiro
9 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - original piano solo by Ryuichi Sakamoto
10 Energy Flow - original piano solo by Ryuichi Sakamoto
11 Suites for Piano - original piano solo by Ryuichi Sakamoto
12 Oppenheimer’s Aria from "LIFE a ryuichi sakamoto opera 1999" - violin & piano original by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Chateau C20001
Ryuichi Sakamoto Piano Works 3
Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto
In Appreciation and Admiration
Chitose Okashiro, piano
"My music appears before me
wearing a different costume in a different look,
and it is a very refreshing experience to me."
(Ryuichi Sakamoto, from liner note)
"It certainly could be said that the recording of Sakamoto's works, performed by the composer himself, exists as 'the original' firmly established with the power of a single absolutely correct authority. Okashiro's performance of Sakamoto's works will challenge this and force the reconsideration of the supremacy of the original."
(Jun'ichi Komuna, from liner note)
1 Dear Liz [3:28]
2 The Torso of the Blue Cat [2:47]
3 Homage to Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Greatest Artist [14:38]
Theme and Variation on Motifs from "Bridge"
for Harp, Celesta, Prepared Piano, Marimba and Microtones
4 Bridge - Music for Yohji Yamamoto Collection 1995 [27:50]
(Yohji Yamamoto Fall 1995 Ready-to-wear Collection in Paris Fashion Week)
5 Lonliness from "The Sheltering Sky" [1:26]
6 The Day the Gorilla Gives Me a Banana [1:09]
7 Dream from "Lack of Love" [1:18]
8 Yamazaki 2002 [1:07]
9 Career Girl [0:51]
TOTAL TIME [54:33]
Catalogue Number: Chateau C20001
Live Recording at Nagano Prefectural Cultural Hall, Hokuto Hall(1,2, 4-9)
Studio Recording with MIDI Keyboard (3)
Special Thanks to Ryuichi Sakamoto
Mixing and Mastering Engineer: Carl Talbot
Supporting Engineers: John D. S. Adams, Paul Zinman
Recording Engineer: Hiromitsu Miyao
Producer: Chitose Okashiro
English Editors: JD Hixson, David N. Lewis
Thank You: David Paul, Chieko Shirasawa
Recording Date: June 15, 2004 (1, 2, 4-9) July, 2017 (3)