Akira Ifukube: Gilyak Songs Format:FLAC 192 Khz / 24 Bit currents and winds

currents and winds

wrote these magical pieces based on traditional songs from native tribes of northern Japan

the songs on this album connect inner and outer journeying through music and poetry

Hardanger fiddle

The piano songs are complemented with an epic piece for classical guitar solo by Ifukube

Akira Ifukube: Gilyak Songs Format:FLAC 192 Khz / 24 Bit currents and windsChiyomi Yamada soprano Reiko Yamada piano About the album Piano songs by the Japanese composer Akira Ifukube (19142006), interpreted by Chiyomi Yamada, voice, and Reiko Yamada, piano. Ifukube, who also composed the theme song of Godzilla, wrote these magical pieces based on traditional songs from native tribes of northern Japan. The sound and style of this music are somewhere between western contemporary and eastern traditional music, creating a