Toru Takemitsu / Yoshinao Nakata
November Steps / Song of Prise to Beauty
King Records (Japan) 1980
GT-9330 (LP) w/obi.
sleeve : EX-(one slightly dirts.)
media : EX-/EX-(some light noises.)
This album was released in 1980 as the ninth in King Records' "1300 Masterpieces of Contemporary Japanese Music" series. It includes "November Steps" by Toru Takemitsu and "Song of Prise to Beauty" by Yoshinao Nakata. Side A, "November Steps" is performed by the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue, and was recorded in 1977 at Iruma Civic Hall. As in the 1967 premiere, biwa player Nishiki Tsuruta and shakuhachi player Katsuya Yokoyama participate in the performance. "Song of Prise to Beauty" is a piano duo performance by Hiroshi Kubo and Tomoyasu Ando, recorded at Iino Hall in 1974.
A: November Steps
B: Song of Prise to Beauty