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Discs Reminiscent of 2002

Officium
Jan Garbarek (sax), The Hilliard Ensemble, ECM, 1994
Ancient choral music, but including a quite novel idea. A Norwegian jazz player, Jan Garbarek's saxophone solo is overlaid ad lib on the chorales.
Piano Music by Federico Mompou
Stephen Hough (pf), Hyperion, 1996
"Canción y Danzas", preludes and other pieces are arranged by turns to give us fresh impressions. Mompou's sophisticated music is well colored with Hough's transparent tones.
Alberto Ginastera: The Complete Piano Works
Michiko Tsuda (pf), Cypres, 2000
Consistent performance by a Japanese woman pianist, Michiko Tsuda. This disc is highly recommendable for the first listening of Ginastera's piano music.
György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano: Etudes, Musica Ricercata
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf), Sony, 1995, 1996
One of the greatest series of etudes in the latter half of 20C. Aimard easily realizes the difficult pieces with his marvelous skill.
Guitar Works by Toru Takemitsu
Daiske Suzuki (gt), Fontec, 1996
The tones of the guitar match Takemitsu's music naturally. "In the Woods" reminds us of transient memories, 12 Songs are full of attachment and curiosity.
Terence Judd
Terence Judd (pf), Chandos, 1978
Judd is undoubtedly a highly gifted pianist, who died abruptly in his early twenties in 1979. His extraordinary talent explodes in Ginastera's and Barber's sonatas and "Islamey".
The Essential Richter: The Mystic
Sviatoslav Richter (pf), Philips, 1963, 1988, 1991
Including various fascinating pieces, such as Beethoven's piano sonata no.32, Franck's prelude, choral & fugue, Scriabin's "Vers la flamme". His marvelous intensity with cool-headed control is fully demonstrated.
Jazz på Svenska / Jazz på Ryska
Jan Johansson (pf), Geor Riedel (bs) et al., Heptagon, 1972
Jan Johansson, a Swedish jazz pianist, died in his thirties in 1968. This disc consists of his two original recordings, where Swedish and Russian folk songs are arranged simply with deriving the essences.

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