Shakuhachi - Clive Bell
Clive Bell
ARC Music Int. - EUCD 1135
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| Track | Title | Kanji | Length | Artist | |
| 1 | Yamagoe (aka Reiho) | 鈴法 | 07'43 |
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| Spiritual Law | |||||
| 2 | Komoro Bushi | 小諸節 | 04'32 |
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| Song of Komoro - "Again this morning, as I set out from Komoro, I can see the smoke from the Asama volcano". | |||||
| 3 | Kumoi Jishi | 雲井獅子 | 08'38 |
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| The Cloud and the Lion - The Lion is a symbol of power and success so Kumoi Jishi also means brilliant success. It is associated with the Shishimai Dance, and played on festive occasions. | |||||
| 4 | Sansa Shigure | さんさ時雨 | 03'36 |
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| Autumn showers in Sansa. | |||||
| 5 | Kariboshi Kiri-uta | 刈干切唄 | 03'29 |
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| The harvesting, drying and cutting song - A farmer's working song from Kyushu. | |||||
| 6 | Hon Shirabe | 本調 | 04'41 |
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| Authentic Tune - A Shirabe is a kind of prelude, used to test a new flute or to introduce a performance. | |||||
| 7 | Monkeys and Smoke | 05'16 |
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| Monkeys and smoke are alike, they both climb upwards. This piece is an improvisation. | |||||
| 8 | San'ya Sugagaki | 三谷菅垣 | 09'36 |
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| The meaning of this song, as the composer are anonymous. | |||||
| 9 | Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) | 鹿の遠音 | 09'33 |
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| The Call of the Deer - The mating call of deer herds in the mountains. Often played as a duet; this is Kohachiro Miyata's solo version of the piece. | |||||