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Toru Takemitsu
All in Twilight, Toru Takemitsu: Complete Music for Guitar
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. All in Twilight, pieces (4) for guitar: 1.
2. All in Twilight, pieces (4) for guitar: 2.
3. All in Twilight, pieces (4) for guitar: 3.
4. All in Twilight, pieces (4) for guitar: 4.
5. Songs (12) for Guitar: Secret Love (Sammy Fain)
6. Songs (12) for Guitar: Yesterday (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
7. Songs (12) for Guitar: Hey Jude (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
8. Songs (12) for Guitar: Michelle (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
9. Songs (12) for Guitar: Here, There and Everywhere (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
10. Songs (12) for Guitar: Summertime (George Gershwin)
11. Equinox, for guitar
12. Folios, for guitar: No.1
13. Folios, for guitar: No.2
14. Folios, for guitar: No.3
15. In the Woods, pieces (3) for guitar
16. In the Woods, pieces (3) for guitar
17. In the Woods, pieces (3) for guitar
18. Songs (12) for Guitar: A Song of early Spring (Akira Nakada)
19. Songs (12) for Guitar: What a Friend (Charles C. Converse)
20. Songs (12) for Guitar: Amours Perdues (Joseph Kosma)
21. Songs (12) for Guitar: Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
22. Songs (12) for Guitar: The International (Pierre Degeyter)
23. Songs (12) for Guitar: Londonderry Air (Irish Folk song)
24. Work(s): The Last Waltz (Les Reed & Barry Mason)

CD Details

All Artists: Toru Takemitsu
Title: All in Twilight, Toru Takemitsu: Complete Music for Guitar
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bis
Release Date: 10/17/2000
Album Type: Import
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754278229, 7318590010754

CD Reviews

Takemitsu Discovers Reverb

Peter C. Cavano | Cleveland Ohio | 03/13/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I was excited to have a complete solo guitar recording of Takemitsu,s work. The recording quality of this work , however is very painful to listen to.

Drenched in ambient reverb from the church in Sweden and one track from a concert hall in Germany, one has to dig through a virtual wall of sonic sludge to hear Takemitsu,s brilliant arrangements/compositions.

This is a real as shame as the guitarist , Franz Halasz has a masterful command of his instrument and the material at hand. Hopefully someone will record this body of work so we can enjoy listening and not feel like the performance took place at a high school gymnasium.

Peter C. Cavano"

We're sending our love down a well...

William S. Gregory | Austin, TX United States | 05/07/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Unfortunately, I have to agree with the first reviewer. The reverby sound renders this cd almost too painful to listen to. Which is a shame, for I feel that these are some of the greatest pieces written for the guitar. Perhaps Halasz can record a second cd for those of us who prefer an intimate "guitar in your living room" sound, rather than the "guitarist trapped in a well" sound."