Sumire Yoshihara “Music for Percussion”

Sumire Yoshihara

Music for Percussion

Concert Hall (France) 197x

SMS 2854 (LP) one side coated sleeve.

sleeve : VG+(SPSE: 7cm crack on top, collapse on one corner, wear on corner, slightly color-faded.)

media : EX/EX(some slightly noises.)

This album, by Japanese percussionist Sumire Yoshihara, garnered notable recognition overseas as well, as she performed at the Meta Musik Festival held in Berlin, Germany in 1976, under the supervision of Walter Bachauer, who also left three masterpieces under the name Clara Mondshine on the Innovative Communication label. At the festival, she premiered percussion compositions by Keiichiro Ittayanagi, including "Arrangements." This album, released on Japan's Camerata label, represents some of her earliest works prior to a series of albums. Some tracks feature piano and clarinet. It is likely from the early 1970s. While she performs modern classical pieces by composers like Jean Balissat, Armand Russell, Soichi Onaga, and Sidney Hodkinson, the standout track B3 is her rendition of a score by the enigmatic composer Nashiko Hajo.

A1: Jean Balissat “Concertino pour Percussion”