“The Gardens -Chamber music for Clematis no Oka”

A chamber music collection with sounds of tring quartet, woodwind quintet, soprano, mandolin, cantele and piano. All pieces were created for “Clematis no Oka”, a pleasant cultural facility in Mishima, Japan. (2013)

　The Gardens
1 I. Tsuchikau
2 II. Hiraku
3 III. Kaoru
4 IV. Kareru

5 Fanfare for TREEHOUSE

　BUFFET et GIONO
6 I. Adagio molto
7 II. Le jardin chez M. Elzéard Bouffier
8 III. Nel battere
9 IV. La vallée de la nuit
10 V. Moderato assai

All composed and arranged by Umitaro ABE

Musicians:
– piano, violin, accordion:Umitaro Abe [1,2,4,7,9]
– soprano: Aki Matsui [3]
– mandolin: Kozue Katsuragi（Karluv207）[3]
– kantele: Natsuko Yokoyama（Karluv207）[3]
– flute: Maho Kajikawa (Ensemble mixt) [5]
– oboe: Keisuke Honda (Ensemble mixt) [5]
– clarinet: Masahiro Onoue (Ensemble mixt) [5]
– horn: Ikue Saga (Ensemble mixt) [5]
– bassoon: Sayaka Nakata (Ensemble mixt) [5]
– violin: Kumiko Kasugai[6,8,10]
– violin: Rie Kodera [6,8,10]
– viola: Motoki Maruyama [6,8,10]
– cello: Kazune Koshikawa [6,8,10]

Produced by: DRAFT Co., Ltd.
Art Direction: Ryosuke Uehara, Yoshie Watanabe（KIGI）
Design: Kazuya Iwanaga (DRAFT)