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YU KUWABARA: Sounded Voice, Voiced Sound (2 CDs)

Catalogue No.: 
0022202KAI
EAN Code: 
9120010284021
Artist(s): 
Marco Fusi, Hidejiro Honjoh, Shungo Mise, Awai-Za
Composer(s): 
Yu Kuwabara
Recording Date: 
3-4 May & 16-17 June 2023
Recording Venue: 
Ghent/Belgium & Tokyo/Japan
Release: 
June 2024

In the heart of 21st-century Japan, Yu Kuwabara emerges as a composer of remarkable versatility and resilience. Inspired by Japanese mythology, Buddhist chants, and Edo songs, Kuwabara explores the energy of the Japanese language through her compositions. Her works, such as Bai and Dharani and Toward the Brink of Water Or the Verge of Dusk, blend Western classical influences with traditional Japanese elements. Kuwabara’s research in traditional arts fuels her innovative approach, capturing the fluidity of “awai” – the in-between state of being.

CD 1
Yu Kuwabara
1.
Bai and Dharani (2020–2021) for solo violin
12:56
2.
Mizu no Koe (Water Voice) (2014–2015/2019) for solo violin
09:27
3.
Falling Dusk (2014) for solo shamisen
13:20
4.
Toward the Brink of Water Or the Verge of Dusk (2020) for solo viola d’amore
11:57
CD 2
1.
Three Voices (2016) for string trio
09:56
2.
Lotus Pedestal (2011/2018) for shamisen, violin, and cello
08:52
3.
Shadowless (2017) for solo violin and eight musicians
12:58
4.
figure and ground, image and margin, obverse and reverse (2018) for solo shamisen and seven musicians
13:26
Total Time: 
1:33:15