Poetic melodies in Japan. — Tokyo : Toshiba Records, p1990.

Album description

1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.
Toshiba Records: TOCZ-9152.
Original works and folk songs arranged for double bass and piano.
Arranged by Yoshio Hiratsuka and Tatsumi Kumazawa.
Gary Karr, double bass ; Harmon Lewis, piano, organ ; Yoshio Hiratsuka, koto.
Recorded at the IMA Hall, Japan, December 19-20, 1989.
Program notes in Japanese (16 pages), inserted.
Contents: Prologue : Garden of Suikinkutso I (2:02) -- Yoimachigusa = An evening primrose / Tadasuke Ono (2:42) -- Chugoku-chiho no komoriuta = Lullaby of Chugoku region / trad. (3:18) -- Furusato = My dear home village / Teiichi Okano (2:14) -- Hama-chidori = Plover / Ryutaro Hirota (2:48) -- Jogashima no ame = Raining Joga-shima Island / Tadasi Yanada (3:59) -- Kono michi = The path / Kosaku Yamada (2:42) -- Machiboke = Waiting in vain / Kosaku Yamada (5:33) -- Kojo no tsuki = Moon over the ruined castle / Rentaro Taki (4:20) -- Hakone hachiri = Long and stern mountain / Rentaro Taki (3:53) -- Sakura sakura = Cherry blossoms / trad. (5:31) -- Epilogue : Garden of Suikinkutso II (2:15).

I. Garden of Suikinkutso; arranged
II. Ono, Tadasuke. Yoimachigusa; arranged
III. Chūgoku-chihō no komoriuta; arranged
IV. Okano, Teiichi, 1878-1941. Furusato; arranged
V. Hirota, Ryutaro. Hama-chidori; arranged
VI. Yanada, Tadasi. Jōgashima no ame; arranged
VII. Yamada, Kōsaku, 1886-1965. Kono michi; arranged
VIII. Yamada, Kōsaku, 1886-1965. Machibōke; arranged
IX. Taki, Rentarō, 1879-1903. Kōjō no tsuki; arranged
X. Taki, Rentarō, 1879-1903. Hakone hachiri; arranged
XI. Sakura sakura; arranged