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White Landscapes CD by Kaeko Mukoyama
Kaeko Mukoyama is a talented cellist. This is her first CD that fully consists of original compositions by modern Japanese composers (usually she plays classical Western music).
I love the way she plays. She is a real cello virtuoso. The music is deep and rich. Some tracks are so emotional that makes me cry.
There are two tracks that I would like to comment on in details. Track 4 - Requiem for Cellos. It is composed by Shigeaki Saegusa. This is a beautiful dramatic theme for a cello and orchestra. I know it requires special technique and skills, it is not an easy composition to play. Maybe that's why Requiem for Cellos is included in the examination programme of music schools in Japan.
Another remarkable track is No. 8 - Song for Poseidon. This theme is composed by Taro Iwashiro for a Japanese TV programme "Planet of Ocean". The music is powerful and remarkable, it will remain in your mind for a long time. Probably, it's because of cello, Koike Strings Orchestra and... soprano of Nobuko Takahashi! Yes, this theme features great voice of Nobuko Takahashi. Excellent!
I would like to warn you that tracks No. 12, 13 and 14 on the CD are horribly bad... I don't know why they were included together with other beautiful tracks. I just couldn't listen to them... I am sorry.

豊かな現代日本の音楽
現代の日本の作曲家の手による小品をちりばめた涼しげな一枚。チェロのための小品集であるが、メロディアスで叙情的な作品ばかり。現代音楽の地平はこんなところまでやって来ていたのだ！　……表題にもなっている「白い風景」と「夢色モビール」が吉松隆氏の作品。品位の高い新しい叙情の中に前世紀の「現代音楽」の潮流を克服してきた傷跡も覗いている。三枝成彰氏の作品はオペラの一場面のようであるし、ネオ山田耕筰作品のような小六礼次郎氏の作品群。とんでもなく盛り上がる大島ミチル氏の作品、さらにはモダン・ジャズ風のかろやかな上野耕路氏の「トランスサタニアン」が素晴らしい。こうした作品を軽やかにチェロで弾いてしまう向山佳絵子さんのセンスと持ち味も大きなアドバンテージ。前世紀で活躍した稀代のチェリストたちのような過剰な色気や厳しさには欠けるものの、重厚かつ精密で透明感がある。