Ichiko

by Ichiko Hashimoto

Ichiko cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: JVC
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 47:57
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut solo album from the Japanese pianist explores delicate, impressionistic piano compositions with striking intimacy. 'Ichiko' embraces a minimalist, melancholic aesthetic, intertwining modern classical structures with the subtle emotional resonance of the emerging environmental music movement in Japan. It established her reputation as a formidable composer of contemporary quiet music.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, minimalistic, fusion, improvisational, chamber, melodic, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Echo/⟨虹の子供⟩　(Echo/⟨L'enfant de L'arc-en-ciel⟩) (5:16)
  2. 風の結晶 (Crystal of the Wind) (1:42)
  3. 天使 (Little Angel) (1:21)
  4. 眠りの湖 (Lake Lying In A Sleep) (1:25)
  5. 静寂の午後 (Stillness In The Afternoon) (2:14)
  6. 鳥 (L'Oiseau) (2:03)
  7. Sentiment (5:15)
  8. 鏡の海 (Sea Of Mirror) (3:53)
  9. 沈める星 (Sunken Star) (5:36)
  10. 美しい風景 (Le Beau Paysage) (4:24)
  11. Ballet (2:47)
  12. 風の想い (Wind Of Sentiment) (5:30)
  13. 人魚 (Mermaid) (4:02)
  14. 天国の扉を開くとそこにはオレンジ色の光が溢れていた (Opening The Door Of The Heaven, There Overflowed The Orange Shine) (2:29)

Credits

More from Ichiko Hashimoto: full discography