Yoko Nishi

Patterns of Plants: Works of Mamoru Fujieda

(ALM Records, ALCD-52) (Japan) (CD)

Patterns of Plants: The 11th Collection--Suite for Koto and Sho [1989-99] (14:09)

1. (4:19)
2. (2:53)
3. (4:12)
4. (2:43)

Patterns of Plants: The 6th Collection--Suite for 17-string Koto [1996] (15:16)

5. (7:55)
6. (3:55)
7. (1:51)
8. (1:33)

Patterns of Plants: The 8th Collection--Suite for Koto "Tunes of Five" [1997] (12:19)

9. (3:00)
10. (2:33)
11. (2:38)
12. (4:07)

Patterns of Plants: The 9th Collection--Suite for 17-string Koto and Sho "Tunes of Seven" [1997] (19:52)

13. (4:13)
14. (5:06)
15. (7:32)
16. (2:59)

Patterns of Plants: The 4th Collection--Suite for Se and Koto {1996] (7:54)

17. (2:46)
18. (1:12)
19. (2:05)
20. (1:50)

All music composed by Mamoru Fujieda

Yoko Nishi: koto (1-4, 9-12), 17-string koto (5-8, 13-16), se (17-20)
Ko Ishikawa: sho (1-4, 13-16)
Miki Maruta: koto (17-20)

Recorded by Yukio Kojima at Makioka Arts Hall, May 18-20, 1999
Directed by Mamoru Fujieda and Yukio Kojima
Design by Yasuaki Ihara
Includes liner notes by Kiyoko Motegi and Yoko Nishi in Japanese, and by Mamoru Fujieda in Japanese and English (translation by Toshie Kakinuma)

Released in 1999

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