Yuji Takahashi

Plays Xenakis & Messiaen

(Denon/Columbia Music Entertainment, COCQ-84172) (Japan) (CD)

1. Evyali [1973] (10:01)
2. Herma [1962] (7:28)

Quatre Études de Rythme [1950]

3. Île de Feu I (1:58)
4. Mode de Valeurs et d'Intensités (4:37)
5. Neumes Rhythmiques (6:15)
6. Île de Feu II (4:41)

Compositions by Iannis Xenakis (1, 2) and Olivier Messiaen (3-6)

Yuji Takahashi: piano

Recorded by Masato Hayashi at Arakawa Kumin Kaikan, Tokyo, May 21 and 22, 1976
Produced by Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Yuji Takahashi

Released in June 2006
Originally released in 1976 as an LP on Nippon Columbia

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