KYOTO THE ULTIMATE SOUND SOUVENIR CD

This CD offers you a musical stroll through the imperial capital, with a variety of music types: variations of a famous melody for initiation to the koto, the “Japanese harp”; a piece written for a silent film; ha-utas, or brief songs; a percussion ensemble to accompany the float procession during the Gion festival, etc. 

While some pieces belong to the traditional Japanese music repertoire, the more recent pieces contain Western sounds.

  Seven musicians representative of Japan’s musical tradition have been brought together for the occasion, allowing you to discover traditional instruments such as the koto, the samisen, the kokyû, shakuhachi, shinobue and nôkan flutes, different drums, bells and gongs.

1. Sakura : Thème sur un solo de koto et six variations 6’11

2. Gosho no Oniwa : Les jardins du palais impérial 2’47

3. Gion Kouta : Chanson de Gion 5’27

4. Saga no Aki : L’automne à Saga 8’28

5. Kyo- no Shiki : Les quatre saisons de Kyoto 5’52

6. Gosho-guruma : Le char impérial 4’47

7. Gion-bayashi : Ensemble à percussion de Gion 5’15

8. Kyo- no Daibuttsan : Le grand Bouddha de Kyoto 3’32

9. Haru no Umi : Mer de printemps 7’17