TAKEMITSU TORU works of - ECLIPSE Japan avant Experimental KOSUGI FLUXUS NM RARE
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TAKEMITSU TORU: “Works of Toru Takemitsu”
Label: VICTOR Records Japan
Label Number: VX-23
- BLOODY RARE Original 1st Japanese pressing – gatefold jacket!
- One of the rarest TAKEMITSU related items and one of his only Electronic/ Musique Concrete releases!!!
- FIRST Japanese Press Issue complete with liner notes by Akiyama Kuniharu!!!!
- TOP CONDITION FOR ARCHIVAL COLLECTOR
GRADING:
LP Record: Near Mint ~ MINT, perfect all the way
Gatefold Jacket: Excellent ~ Near Mint
Some words on this issue: TAKEMITSU TORU: “Works of Takemitsu Toru – 4” (Victor Records – VX-23) Original 1966 Japan pressing all complete with obi and insert. The centerpiece of this eargasmatic slide is definitely the sidelong composition for biwa and shakuhachi called “eclipse”. Eclipse was the first composition in which Takemitsu used traditional Japanese instruments. Takemitsu reconciled here with his hitherto neglected Japanese heritage. Eclipse is an exceedingly slow, sparse piece employing a pentatonic scale and generous silences. The performance of Kinshi Tsuruta on biwa is nothing short of mesmerizing, with literally striking – the biwa’s massive wooden plectrum is traditionally employed to give a hearty whack to the body of the instrument, whether plucking a string or not. Scraping the plectrum along the strings is another eerie effect that seeps to the surface of this recording, and you could almost claim upon hearing it that Hendrix learned the technique here – it is that strikingly rock’n’roll. So you can get it that for me the biwa is the crystal meth of the lute world – once you’ve seen it played, everything looks different. You need more and on this recording while the two soloists, digging deep into the vocabulary of their traditions, detonate improvised fireworks and surround them with silence, you are left alone, baffled and stupefied. It’s a tremendous example of fruitful collaboration between composer and performing musicians, and to regard it simply as Takemitsu’s composition risks oversimplifying matters.
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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.
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