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Akira Tamba

Interférence: Akira Tamba's Works for Japanese Instruments

(ALM Records, ALCD-3076) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Interférence I (pour Shamisen, Koto, et Shakuhachi) [1980] (17:48)
  2. Interférence III (pour 2 Kotos et Shakuhachi) [1987] (18:09)
  3. Interférence II (pour Soprano, Shamisen, 2 Kotos, et Shakuhachi) [1981] (21:34)
  4. Interférence IV: Fujimi (pour Koto et Shakuhachi) [1990] (16:41)

All compositions by Akira Tamba

Kazue Sawai: koto (1)
Tadao Sawai: shamisen (1)
Katsuya Yokoyama: shakuhachi (1)
Sumiko Goto: koto (2, 4), shamisen (3)
Mitoko Takahata: koto (2, 3)
Kozan Kitahara: shakuahchi (2-4)
Ikuko Takada: koto (3)
Michiko Hirayama: soprano (3)

Recorded at Studio 104, Radio France, May 1980 (1), at NHK Studio, June 1988 (2), at Salle Gaveau, Paris, April 1981 (3), and at Studio 106, Radio France, December 1990 (4)
Mastered by Yukio Kojima
Produced by Atsuki Sumi
Cover photo by Isabelle de Rouville
Design by Katsuhiko Hirasawa
Includes liner notes in Japanese and English by Akira Tamba and Atsuki Sumi

Released in October 2005