¡NHK Kokyo Gakudan Sekai Isshu Enso Ryokou 1960
¡NHK Symphony Orchestra
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[Machine Translation] In 1960, the NHK Symphony Orchestra made its first postwar round-the-world tour. This was a major national project to showcase Japan's cultural revival to the rest of the world 15 years after the end of the war and before the country entered a period of rapid economic growth. From August 29 to November 4 of the same year, the legendary success of the tour, which began in India and ended in the U.S., was confirmed in sound 55 years later. The cast was superb, with Hiroyuki Iwaki and Yuzo Toyama conducting, Takahiro Sonoda, Toyoaki Matsuura, Hiroko Nakamura on piano, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi on cello. All are young: Hiroyuki Iwaki (28), Yuzo Toyama (29), Takahiro Sonoda (32), and Toyoaki Matsuura (31); Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi is 18 years old, and Hiroko Nakamura is 16. The energy and tension of these musicians as they put their Japanese prestige on the line was palpable. For this tour, they commissioned new works from young Japanese composers of the time, and the inclusion of these works is also valuable. One such piece is Yuzo Toyama's popular "Rhapsody," which has become the talk of the town whenever it is played as an encore in various European cities. This time, the recordings from Warsaw, Rome, and London will allow you to share the excitement with the audiences of those cities. The 16,000-word commentary by Kotaro Yamazaki, a performance historian, is interesting to read and conveys a sense of realism. This box is sure to become a treasure for permanent preservation. Includes Japanese obi and commentary.
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