Takashi Yoshimatsu - absolut geniale class. componist

English suite for virtual orchestra (Album released 28 Feb 2025 - Spotify etc)

Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis was a landmark work and, over more than 10 years, drew me into the glorious world of the early 20th centry British music - late Victorian-Edwardian-early Elizabethan. A time of great change for the Empire but when British orchestral composition enjoyed a real renaissance. A giant of that time was RVW and this piece owes a lot to a close analysis of the Fantasia and Dives and Lazarus.

English Suite No 4 - Levatio

English Suite No 5 - Claudere

English Suite No 1 - Introitus

English Suite No 2 - Caligo

English Suite No 3 - Lascivio

One movement from a performance with UM's University Symphony Orchestra. Oriol Sans conducted

Yoshimatsu: Cyber-Bird Concerto Op.59 II. Bird In Grief (Andante)

"I discover the cosmos through music while the cosmos reveals music to me.​​ Sound and Space form a coherent whole. Their mystical strength and energy together form the indissoluble unity of the universe.​​

The album “Space in Between” is based on my concept, in which I have collected several compositions written by various modern composers. Most of these compositions are in a mantric and minimalistic style. It is all connected with an ambient and three­dimensional “spacey” character.​​I also built a few of these arrangements with beautiful neo­classic sounding melodies on two instruments ­­ a Rhodes and a piano (Manuel de Falla: “Asturiana”, Joaquin Rodrigo: “En Aranjuez con tu amor”). 

Between the pieces, we hear sounds of the planets. Even these sounds alone, create a wonderful and unique musical space.​​I have dedicated one track­ connecting “atmosphere” from the album to each of the composers. The main hero on this album is, in fact, the piano ­­ often prepared and treated with electronic effects. It takes me on a cosmic journey"

Katarzyna Borek
www.katarzynaborek.eu

The audio recordings from the cosmos (except the last piece - Planet X by Katarzyna Borek & Vojto Monteur) that are found between the songs on this album were recorded by the NASA Space Voyager. NASA has made these recordings available to the public.

Full CD album available at: www.katarzynaborek.bandcamp.com

Katarzyna Borek - Piano Folio To A Disappeared Pleiade (Takashi Yoshimatsu)

Takashi Yoshimatsu And Birds Are Still

Takashi Yoshimatsu - White Landscapes Op.47a

At the intersect of classical and digital music, leveraging the traditions of Western music through the lens of new technology, speaking to the human heart. For musings, more music and technology see http://scarlile.org/
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English Suite No 4 - Levatio

Simon Carlile