Nightingale (Yoshikazu Mera album)
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| Released | 1998 |
| Genre | Japanese classical |
Nightingale is a 1998 recital album of Japanese classical songs by countertenor Yoshikazu Mera.[1][2][3]
Track listing
- 1-6 Song of Aiyan, song cycle for voice & piano by Kosaku Yamada
- 7-12 Six Songs for Children, for voice & piano by Ikuma Dan
- 13-15 Japanese Flute, song cycle for voice, flute & piano by Shiro Fukai
- 17-20 Four Songs of Dusk, song cycle for voice & piano by Hikaru Hayashi
- 21 Cherry Blossoms Lane Sadao Bekku
References
- ^ Billboard - 12 Sep 1998 - Page 60 Japanese countertenor Yoshikazu Mera is a sensation at home. ... And Mera's otherworldly voice has proved exportable, too: "Nightingale" and a subsequent pair of releases — "Mother's Songs" and a ...
- ^ The New Yorker 1998 -- Volume 74, Issues 26-33 - Page 20 "Land of the Rising Star — About eight years ago, Yoshikazu Mera abandoned early promise as a tenor to reposition his ... Less anticipated, and even more captivating, is nightingale (CD-889), a recital of art songs by Japanese composers of ..."
- ^ Classic CD. 2000 - Issues 120-129 - Page 171 "The rise and rise of Yoshikazu Mera has been one of the less predictable spin-offs of Bach Collegium ... their toes into "Nightingale" or "Romance" (two past Mera CDs) since Bachians will probably already have Suzuki's St John ..."