• 5th album

    “Cahier de musique”

    • at nakaban’s studio, Hiroshima

    An anthology with sounds written in the note. Imaginary landscapes will come up in your mind.
    (2016)

  • 1 Moments Musicaux – Prélude
  • 2 Moments Musicaux – Choral
  • 3 Miyako Sawafuji
  • 4 Scène I, Kyoto
  • 5 Repérages pour piano
  • 6 Chemin effacé
  • 7 Reflections in a palace lake
  • 8 Rondeau
  • 9 Scène II, Kyoto
  • 10 Autour de l’amandier en fleur
  • 11 Dans l’amandier en fleur
  • 12 Rêverie
  • 13 Scène III, Kyoto
  • 14 Gavotte
  • 15 Edward Heathrow
  • 16 Boîte à biscuits
  • 17 Scène IV, Kyoto
  • 18 Moments Musicaux – Thème
  • 19 Repérages
  • 20 Sequenza
  • All composed*, arranged and produced by Umitaro ABE
    *Except for track[7]
    [JASRAC CODE: 0R0-0906-0]
    REFLECTIONS IN A PALACE LAKE
    Lylics&Composition: Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Gerry McGee, John Durrill
    Translation: Haruo Hayashi
    ©1970 by Tridex Music Co.

    Musicians:
    – piano, reed organ, toy piano, percussions, electric piano, accordion: Umitaro Abe [1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,12,13,15,16,17,18,19,20]
    – vocal: Kaori Takeda [7]
    – conductor: Takuya Nemoto [19]
    – violin: Kumiko Kasugai [2,10,18], Shiori Takeda [2,10,18,19], Erina Sato [2,4,6,7,10,12,18,19], Kazuha Takahashi [2,10, 18], Ayuko Sakamoto [2,8, 10,12,18, 19], Chisato Maehara
    [2,6,7,8,10,12,14,18], Megumi Kasugai [2,6,7,10,18,19], Rie Kodera [6,7,19], Marie Suga [19], Atsuki Yoshida [19], Yurie Kawano [19]
    – viola: Kazuhide Iino [2,10,18,19], Emi Hashimoto [2,6,7,8,10,12,18,19], Yoko Mitani [6,7]
    – cello: Kazune Koshikawa [2,6,7,10,18,19], Masateru Nishikata [2,10,18,19], Haruka Hayashi [6,7,12], Fumie Kato [8,14]
    – contrabass: Yuki Nagata [2,10,18], Naomi Kohata [6,7,19], Akiko Mikami [8,12]
    – flute: Maho Kajikawa [8,19]
    – oboe: Keisuke Honda [8,19], Erina Sakimoto [10,18]
    – clarinet: Mashiro Onoue [6,8,19], Midori Nakashima [10,18]
    – horn: Ikue Saga [19]
    – fagotto : Sayaka Nakata [8,19]
    – bouzouki: Hirofumi Nakamura [11]
    – slap stick, suspended cymbal, triangle, wind chime: Genichiro Furukawa [19]
    – glockenspiel, suspended cymbal: Bun Imai [8]
    – tambourine, castanet, vibraphone: Manami Kakudo [19]

    Art Direction: Keisuke Nagatomo (K2)
    Design: Tomomi Katsube (K2)