Toru Takemitsu - Seiji Ozawa

 

Asterism

Toru Takemitsu / Japan's Foremost Composer

Seiji Ozawa

Toronto Symphony

Produced by Peter Dellheim

Recording Engineer: Bernard Keville

Cover: Jasper Johns Green Target (1955 - Encaustic on newspaper over canvas, 60" x 60" - Collection, The Museum Of Modern Art, New York - Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Zeisler Fund)

Liner Notes: Dick Loek

RCA Red Seal LSC-3099

1969

From the back cover: Yuji Takahashi is a composer as well as a pianist. Born in Tokyo in 1938, he studied at the Toho School Of Music and in 1961 made his debut, unexpectedly, as a last-minute substitute for an indisposed soloist at the Nippon Broadcasting Company's Modern Music Festival. His performance created a sensation, and overnight he emerged as one of Japan's leading exponents of contemporary piano music. Between 1963 and 1966 Takahashi was in Berlin, where he became Yannis Xenakis' only pupil; he then came to New York on a grant from the J. D. Rockefeller III Fund to compose music using electronic computers. In addition to the Toronto Symphony, he has been soloist with such orchestras as the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic and London Symphony, and he as given solo recitals in New York, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Athens and Paris.

Asterism for piano and orchestra - Yuji Takahashi, Pianist

Requiem for string orchestra

Green for orchestra (November Steps II)

The Dorian Horizon for 17 strings