Playing the Piano

by Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Functions as a deeply intimate, self-curated retrospective where the legendary Yellow Magic Orchestra pioneer radically strips down his most iconic electronic and orchestral compositions into delicate solo piano arrangements. The serene, unaccompanied recordings strip away decades of synthesizer production to reveal the core melodic beauty of tracks like 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'. It provides an incredibly vulnerable, meditative look at his compositional genius.

Genres

  • Modern Classical

Tracklist

  1. Amore
  2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
  3. A Flower is not a Flower
  4. The Sheltering Sky
  5. Tamago 2004
  6. The Last Emperor
  7. Tibetan Dance
  8. Thousand Knives
  9. Riot In Lagos
  10. Reversing
  11. Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle
  12. Bolerish