Satsuma-Biwa (ARN64577)

A solo CD by Junko Ueda - satsuma biwa & voice
Produced by Laurent Aubert, Ethnomad and Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie, Geneva
Edition number ARN64577
Text in English & French
Recording at Studio E, Amsterdam
Editing & mastering: Wil Offermans
Text: Issay Kohata (for Voyage); Junko Ueda
Total time 63'46"
Released in 2002
*Choc 2002 Award by the leading French music magazine Le Monde de la Musique
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Includes:
  1. Dan-no-Ura, composed by Kinshi Tsuruta (satsuma-biwa Tsuruta-ryû style) with text by Genzô Murakami, duration 19'37"
  2. Yoshitsune, composed by Kinshi Tsuruta (satsuma-biwa Tsuruta-ryû style) with text by Yôko Mizuki, duration 28'49"
  3. Voyage - for three biwas, composed by Tôru Takemitsu 1973, duration 15'20"

Sound Samples:

extract 1 of Dan-no-Ura
extract 2 of Dan-no-Ura
extract of Yoshitsune
extract of Voyage


The CD is available at your record shop as well as directly at Studio E Online Shop.