{"id":4195,"date":"2012-05-25T21:29:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T20:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?page_id=4195"},"modified":"2014-07-07T00:19:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T23:19:22","slug":"spring-sounds-spring-seas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/bio\/discography\/spring-sounds-spring-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Sounds, Spring Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/sitebuilder\/images\/MS1429_KyoShinAn_cover_300dpi-269x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michio Miyagi (arr. James Nyoraku Schlefer)<\/strong><br \/>\nHaru no Umi Redux<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Nyoraku Schlefer\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nShakuhachi Concerto<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daron Aric Hagen<\/strong><br \/>\nKoto Concerto &#8220;Genji&#8221; (David Curtis, conductor)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orchestra of the Swan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kenneth Woods and David Curtis, conductors<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>James Nyoraku Schlefer- shakuhachi<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yumi Kurosawa- koto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recorded May 26-28, 2011, Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon<br \/>\nProduced by Gary Cole<br \/>\nEngineered by Steve Swindon<br \/>\nReleasing Summer 2012<\/p>\n<p>MSR Records<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk\/e\/cm?t=aviewfromthep-21&amp;o=2&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=B0081GLCP2&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=aviewfromthep-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=B0081GLCP2&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical Reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicweb-international.com\/classrev\/2012\/ROTY\/roty2012_AL.htm\">&#8220;Recording of the Year, 2012<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<em>&#8220;An accessible introduction to the timbral and expressive capabilities of the traditional shakuhachi and the 20-string koto, as interpreted by contemporary, but decidedly audience-friendly, American composers also employing normal occidental forces. Recordings as arresting and entertaining as either composer could wish for. Sound quality throughout very good indeed, warm and well balanced. Five stars&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>MusicWeb International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The finale, a rondo, moves the goalposts substantially, juxtaposing varied, rhythmic sections against the delicacy of the preceding two movements. The Swan Orchestra comes into its own here; Schlefer is a fine player throughout, and his own best advocate. This is memorable music in fine performances.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Fanfare Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Orchestra of the Swan, a British chamber orchestra, plays with expressive understatement. The warm recording, at a concert, has all the qualities of a studio production. East-West fusions seem immune to the struggles of the classical music scene. This engaging album shows why.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>American Record Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/bio\/discography\/spring-sounds-spring-seas\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michio Miyagi (arr. James Nyoraku Schlefer) Haru no Umi Redux James Nyoraku Schlefer\u00a0 Shakuhachi Concerto Daron Aric Hagen Koto Concerto &#8220;Genji&#8221; (David Curtis, conductor) Orchestra of the Swan Kenneth Woods and David Curtis, conductors James Nyoraku Schlefer- shakuhachi Yumi Kurosawa- koto Recorded May 26-28, 2011, Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon Produced by Gary Cole Engineered by Steve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4172,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4195"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6147,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4195\/revisions\/6147"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}