Yoshimatsu : Guitar Works "Tender Toys"

Yoshimatsu : Guitar Works "Tender Toys"
Studio album by Shin-Ichi Fukuda
Released 1998
Recorded 1997
Genre Classical
Length 55:59
Label Denon Records
Producer Hiroyuki Okano

Yoshimatsu : Guitar Works “Tender Toys”[1] is a studio album performed by classical guitarist Shin-Ichi Fukuda, released in 1998 by Denon Records. Recorded between the 23–24 April and the 20–21 May 1997 at Salamanca Hall, Gifu, the album was produced by Hiroyuki Okano. The album consists of a number of compositions by the Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu for classical guitar.

The track is named after the composer's Tender Toys and includes performances of nearly all the pieces from the collected works. The CD also has performances of a number of Yoshimatsu's guitar compositions, including; Around the Round Ground, Water Color Scalar and 4 Little Dream Songs.

Performers

All tracks are performed by Shin-ichi Fukuda on classical guitar, although tracks 8,10, 21 and 23 are performed as duets, featuring Kazufumi Matsunaga on guitar. Tracks 3, 9, 13, 14, 20 and 25 are also played as duets and feature harmonicist Yasuo Watani. Yoshimatsu also played the bells on track 7.[2]

Track listing[3]

No.TitlePerformersLength
1."Street Dancer"  Shin-ichi Fukuda1:35
2."Antique Tree Song"  Shin-ichi Fukuda2:51
3."Velvet Waltz"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Yasuo Watani2:16
4."Summer : Crooked Waltz in August"  Shin-ichi Fukuda1:45
5."Romance for Tree"  Shin-ichi Fukuda1:25
6."Ostinato"  Shin-ichi Fukuda2:41
7."Canticle"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Takashi Yoshimatsu4:51
8."Afternoon at Penguin Park"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Kazufumi Matsunaga2:00
9."Aubade"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Yasuo Watani1:30
10."Arioso in Blue"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Kazufumi Matsunaga1:02
11."Angels in Twilight"  Shin-ichi Fukuda1:11
12."Nocturn"  Shin-ichi Fukuda3:46
13."Autumn : Dream Song in November"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Yasuo Watani2:31
14."Rimse"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Yasuo Watani3:56
15."I-Prelude"  Shin-ichi Fukuda2:48
16."II-Intermezzo A"  Shin-ichi Fukuda2:06
17."III-Dance"  Shin-ichi Fukuda3:09
18."IV-Intermezzo B"  Shin-ichi Fukuda1:23
19."V-Rondo"  Shin-ichi Fukuda2:59
20."Portrait of Miss. L"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Yasuo Watani1:18
21."Winter : Lullaby...I hope the world is here tomorrow too..."  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Kazufumi Matsunaga1:15
22."Vignette"  Shin-ichi Fukuda2:09
23."Music box of Mr. Arnold"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Kazufumi Matsunaga1:35
24."Portrait of Mr. G"  Shin-ichi Fukuda2:01
25."Spring : Dream Song in May"  Shin-ichi Fukuda, Yasuo Watani1:56

References

  1. ↑ Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953), Yoshimatsu : Guitar Works "Tender Toys" Album booklet (1997)
  2. ↑ Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953), Yoshimatsu : Guitar Works "Tender Toys" Album booklet (1997)
  3. ↑ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1119675
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