Improvised Music from Japan / Discography
Mieko Shiomi
The World of Sounds and Words
(Fontec, FOCD2568) (Japan) (CD)
- If We Were a Pentagonal Memory Device [1979] (14:00)
Collegium Vocale Köln
Michaela Krämer: soprano
Gaby Ortmann-Rodens: mezzo soprano
Wolfgang Fromme: tenor, conductor
Helmut Clemens: tenor
Hans-Alderich Billig: bass baritone
Recorded at SWF-Studio 5 (Hans-Rosbaud-Studio), Baden-Baden, Germany, February 17, 1981
A Trick of Time Part II (Dedicated to Aki Takahashi) [1988/96] (17:59)
- 1st Movement (4:46)
- 2nd Movement (5:07)
- 3rd Movement (8:04)
Aki Takahashi: 1st piano
Ichiro Nodaira: 2nd piano
Kenji Murata: baritone
Masaharu Kanda: cello
Recorded live at Tsuda Hall, Tokyo, at The 12th Tokyo Summer Festival '96, July 14, 1996
- Billiards on the Piano [1991] (12:53)
Mieko Shiomi: piano
Shohei Kiyota: billiards player
Ko Furukawa: billiards player
Mamoru Fujieda: computer system
Recorded live at Xebec Hall, Kobe, June 19, 1992
- An Incidental Story on the Night of a Lunar Eclipse #1 [1999] (23:26)
Satoko Inoue: piano
Andrew Melvin: narration
Keiichi Hashizume: clarinet
Recorded live at Vario Hall, Tokyo, February 29, 2000
Cover design by Jiro Kuno
Includes a 28-page booklet with track notes by Mieko Shiomi in Japanese and English (English translation by Motohiko Saito), a photo of Mieko Shiomi (by Reiko Kokatsu), and her biography in Japanese and English
Released March 2010