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In Memoriam: Takemitsu - Guitar Works
Search: Twilight
from: Denon Records
Release Date September 16, 1997
The first thing you should know about this CD is that Fukuda was friends with Takemitsu and got a lot of advice about performance. A skilled performer getting advice from the composer often turns out better than the performer trying to perform his/her own work. These are performances as informed by Takemitsu's intentions as humanly possible. The pop song arrangements are a bit syrupy for my taste but there's still the great arrangement of "Summertime" even in that set. Fukuda's performance of All in Twilight is the best I've heard so far. I haven't heard other performances of Folios or Equinox but the performances seem equally good and I've heard enough Takemitsu performances to trust that these are probably the best performances ... Read More:
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