Gagaku: Court Music of Japan

by Tokyo Gakuso

Gagaku: Court Music of Japan cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: JVC
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 42:35
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Performed by the highly esteemed Tokyo Gakuso ensemble, this recording authentically documents the immense, glacial majesty of Gagaku, the ancient classical music of the Japanese Imperial Court. The album captures the intensely slow, dissonant clusters of the sh艒 and hichiriki, offering a meticulously preserved window into a millennium-old spiritual tradition.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, ritualistic, acoustic, dissonant, traditional, ensemble, ancient

Tracklist

  1. Irite (3:36)
  2. Etenraku (8:08)
  3. Manzairaku (8:52)
  4. Embu (2:42)
  5. Hassen (4:35)
  6. Nasori (2:02)
  7. Goshoraku (6:18)
  8. Karyobin (6:18)

Credits

  • Tokyo Gakuso - primary artist, performer
  • Ohashi Tsutomu - supervised by [supervision]

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