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Toru Takemitsu

1930-1996 JP
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. 武満徹

Toru Takemitsu (武満 徹 Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996) [takeꜜmitsɯ toːɽɯ] was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is famed for combining elements of oriental and occident philosophy to create a sound uniquely his own, and for fusing opposites together such as sound with silence and tradition with innovation.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • Electronic
  • Folk
  • World
Popular Tracks   
Piano Pieces for Children: No. 2. Clouds on Takemitsu: Piano Music by Toru Takemitsu & Kotaro Fukuma
3 Film Scores: No. 3. Face of Another: Waltz on Takemitsu: Orchestral Works by Toru Takemitsu
Saegirarenai kyusoku (Uninterrupted Rest): III. A song of love on Takemitsu: Piano Music by Toru Takemitsu & Kotaro Fukuma
Umi e (Toward the Sea): I - The Night on Takemitsu: Toward the Sea / Rain Tree / Rain Spell / Bryce by Toru Takemitsu
The Last Waltz on Takemitsu: Complete Music for Solo Guitar by Andrea Dieci
Umi e (Toward the Sea): III - Cape Cod on Takemitsu: Toward the Sea / Rain Tree / Rain Spell / Bryce by Toru Takemitsu
Gita no tame no juni no uta (12 Songs for Guitar): No. 2. Lennon / McCartney: Yesterday on Takemitsu: Complete Original Solo Guitar Works by Toru Takemitsu & Shin-ichi Fukuda
Romance on Takemitsu: Piano Music by Toru Takemitsu & Kotaro Fukuma
12 Songs for Guitar: No. 6, What a Friend - Arr. for Guitar by T. Takemitsu on Tōru Takemitsu | Songbook by Toru Takemitsu & Giacomo Palazzesi
12 Songs for Guitar: No. 5, Amours Perdues - Arr. for Guitar by T. Takemitsu on Tōru Takemitsu | Songbook by Toru Takemitsu & Giacomo Palazzesi

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Relief StatiqueToru Takemitsu2018Album
LandscapesSchumann Quartett, Joseph Haydn, Toru Takemitsu, Béla Bartók2017Album
RanToru Takemitsu2016Album
La musique de "l`empire de la passion" Tokyo concertsToru Takemitsu2016Album
Debussy & Takemitsu For StringsClaude Debussy / Toru Takemitsu – Scottish Ensemble2016Album
Songs / うたNoël Akchoté, Toru Takemitsu2015Album
Electric Saxophone IIJohn Sampen - Steve Reich, Russell Pinkston, Toru Takemitsu, James Mobberley, Marilyn Shrude, Mark Bunce2015Album
Japanese Guitar ConcertosToru Takemitsu • Toshio Hosokawa • Hikaru Hayashi — Masao Tanibe, Erzgebirgische Philharmonie Aue, Naoshi Takahashi2015Album
Works For Solo GuitarToru Takemitsu · Toshio Hosokawa - Marco Del Greco2014Album
Tre VociTre Voci - Toru Takemitsu / Claude Debussy / Sofia Gubaidulina2014Album
November StepsToru Takemitsu2014Compil.
La Vallée Des ClochesMomo Kodama - Maurice Ravel, Toru Takemitsu, Olivier Messiaen2013Album
Five PiecesToru Takemitsu / Paul Hindemith / Leoš Janáček / Valentin Silvestrov – Duo Gazzana2011Album
Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu2011Compil.
Visions, November StepsToru Takemitsu2010Album
VisionsBenjamin Britten, Paul Patterson, Garrett Byrnes, Isang Yun, Toru Takemitsu / Lavinia Meijer2009Album
Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto • Hayashi: Viola Concerto • Takemitsu: NostalghiaTan Dun, Hikaru Hayashi, Toru Takemitsu, Wu Man, Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Soloists2008Album
Trumpet & OrganOlivier Messiaen, André Jolivet, Toru Takemitsu, Dmitri Shostakovich - Iveta Apkalna, Reinhold Friedrich2008Album
Landscapes - Japanese String QuartetsAkio Yashiro / Akira Nishimura / Toshio Hosokawa / Toru Takemitsu / Akira Miyoshi - Lotus String Quartet2008Album
武満徹の世界Toru Takemitsu2007Compil.
Piano MusicToru Takemitsu, Kotaro Fukuma2007Album
Spirit Garden - Orchestral WorksToru Takemitsu2006Album
武満徹作品集Toru Takemitsu2006Compil.
Aki TAKAHASHI Plays TAKEMITSUAki Takahashi Plays Toru Takemitsu2006Album
La Musique De "L'Empire De La Passion" Tokyo Concerts = 映画「あいの亡霊」の音楽Toru Takemitsu2006Album
A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden • Spirit Garden • DreamtimeToru Takemitsu - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop2006Album
Arc GreenToru Takemitsu, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, Rolf Hind2006Album
skladatelské sdružení KONVERGENCEKonvergence, Ondřej Štochl, Tomáš Pálka, Michaela Plachká, Jan Rybář, Toru Takemitsu, Kaija Saariaho2006Album
Field of Miniatur IIIToru Takemitsu2006Album
武満徹映画音楽 [Film Music By Toru Takemitsu]Toru Takemitsu2006Compil.
Field Of Miniatur IToru Takemitsu2006Album
Field Of Miniatur IIToru Takemitsu2006Album
Garden RainToru Takemitsu2005Compil.
Works For Chamber Music By Toru Takemitsu 1Toru Takemitsu2005Album
Chamber MusicToru Takemitsu - Toronto New Music Ensemble - Robert Aitken2003Album
Complete Takemitsu Edition BOX3Toru Takemitsu2003Compil.
UntitledAlexander Sitkovetsky, New European Strings Chamber Orchestra, Dmitry Sitkovetsky - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy • Andrzej Panufnik • Toru Takemitsu • Johann Sebastian Bach2003Album
UntitledTrio Nobis - Toru Takemitsu / Martin Matalon / Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel / Erik Satie / Arnold Bax2003Album
Complete Takemitsu Edition BOX2Toru Takemitsu2003Compil.
A String Around AutumnPhilip Dukes, Sharon Bezaly, Noriko Ogawa, Tadaaki Otaka, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Toru Takemitsu2002Album
Complete Piano Works (1952-1990)Toru Takemitsu - Roger Woodward2002Album
黒澤明映画音楽完全盤 下巻 = Film Music Of Akira Kurosawa The Complete Edition Volume 3Toru Takemitsu, Исаак Шварц, Shinichiro Ikebe2002Album
In An Autumn GardenToru Takemitsu2002Compil.
どですかでん = Dodes' KadenToru Takemitsu2002Album
Complete Takemitsu EditionToru Takemitsu2002Compil.
Complete Takemitsu Edition BOX1Toru Takemitsu2002Compil.
Tree Line - Rain Coming - Waves - Rain Tree - Garden Rain - Toward The Sea II - Rain Spell - WaterwaysToru Takemitsu, Paul Méfano2001Album
Between Tides And Other Chamber MusicToru Takemitsu, Fujita Piano Trio2001Album
How Slow The WindToru Takemitsu - Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo2001Album
I Hear The Water DreamingToru Takemitsu / Patrick Gallois - Fabrice Pierre - Göran Söllscher - Andrew Davis - BBC Symphony Orchestra2000Album
All In Twilight (Complete Music For Solo Guitar)Franz Halász, Toru Takemitsu2000Album
Complete Works For Solo PianoToru Takemitsu - Paul Crossley2000Album
Rain Spell / Water-Ways / Rain Coming / Tree Line / CasseopeiaToru Takemitsu, Oliver Knussen, Stomu Yamash'ta, Seiji Ozawa2000Compil.
Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu2000Album
Violin SonatasDaishin Kashimoto, Itamar Golan - Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergei Prokofiev, Toru Takemitsu1999Album
Schnittke • Takemitsu • WeillAlfred Schnittke / Toru Takemitsu / Kurt Weill - Daniel Hope, English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton1999Album
Klarinettenkonzert / Première Rapsodie / Fantasma/CantosWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Claude Debussy / Toru Takemitsu - Sabine Meyer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1999Album
20th Century Music For Flute And OrchestraAulis Sallinen / Toru Takemitsu / Krzysztof Penderecki - Petri Alanko, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Okko Kamu1999Album
Music Of TakemitsuToru Takemitsu - Rudolf Werthen / I Fiamminghi1998Album
Quotation Of DreamToru Takemitsu, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen1998Album
Chamber Music By Tōru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu1998Compil.
From Me Flows What You Call Time / Twill By Twilight / RequiemToru Takemitsu - Nexus, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair1998Album
Orchestral Works IV: Coral Island, The Dorian Horizon, Etc.Toru Takemitsu1998Album
My Way Of LifeToru Takemitsu1997Album
Twill By Twilight Piano Concerto No. 2 Noesis Threnody To TokiToru Takemitsu, Teizo Matsumura, Akira Miyoshi, Takashi Yoshimatsu - Minoru Nojima, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka1997Album
Orchestral Works III: Autumn, Etc.Toru Takemitsu1997Album
Guitar Works By Toru Takemitsu (1961 - 1995)Toru Takemitsu1997Album
The Film Music Of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu1997Compil.
Piano Distance - Piano WorksToru Takemitsu, Izumi Tateno1997Album
Seasons -Munari By Munari - TowardToru Takemitsu1997Compil.
A Flock DescendsToru Takemitsu1996Album
Peter Serkin Plays The Music Of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu, Peter Serkin1996Compil.
Piano Works By Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu - Kazuoki Fujii1996Album
Rain Tree: The Complete Solo Piano Music Of Tōru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu, Noriko Ogawa1996Album
Music For The MoviesToru Takemitsu1995Single
Concierto De Aranjuez / To The Edge Of Dream / Guitar ConcertoJulian Bream, Sir Simon Rattle, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Joaquín Rodrigo / Toru Takemitsu / Malcolm Arnold1995Album
Partita · Continuo · VisionsElliott Carter / Luciano Berio / Toru Takemitsu - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim1995Album
The Society For The Preservation Of Film Music Tribute To Toru Takemitsu (Film Music By Toru Takemitsu)Toru Takemitsu1995Compil.
写楽 = SharakuToru Takemitsu1995Album
GémeauxToru Takemitsu1995Album
CantosToru Takemitsu - Richard Stoltzman1994Album
A Song Of Circles & Triangles Choral WorksToru Takemitsu - Shinyukai Choir, Shin Sekiya1994Album
Works for Guitar and FluteToru Takemitsu1994Album
Symphony No. 1 / From Me Flows What You Call TimeSir William Walton / Toru Takemitsu1994Album
Rising Sun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Toru Takemitsu1993Album
A Way A LoneTokyo String Quartet, Toru Takemitsu, Samuel Barber1993Album
Visions, November StepsToru Takemitsu1993Album
To The Edge Of DreamEsa-Pekka Salonen, Olivier Messiaen, Toru Takemitsu, Witold Lutoslawski1993Compil.
To The Edge Of DreamJulian Bream, Sir Simon Rattle, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Joaquín Rodrigo, Toru Takemitsu, Malcolm Arnold1993Album
Iwaki Conducts TakemitsuToru Takemitsu1993Album
Solo Piano WorksToru Takemitsu - Kumi Ogano1992Album
Riverrun - Water-Ways EtcToru Takemitsu, Paul Crossley, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen1991Album
武満徹映画音楽 [Film Music By Toru Takemitsu] 4: 勅使河原　宏監督作品篇Toru Takemitsu1991Album
Viola Concerto «A String Around Autumn» / «November Steps» / Eclipse For Shakuhachi And BiwaToru Takemitsu, Nobuko Imai, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa1991Album
To The Edge Of Dream / Toward The Sea / Vers, L'Arc-En-Ciel, Palma / Folios / Etc.Toru Takemitsu Played By John Williams1991Album
武満徹映画音楽 [Film Music By Toru Takemitsu] 5: 黒沢明・成島東一郎・豊田四郎・成瀬巳喜男・今村昌平　監督作品篇Toru Takemitsu1991Compil.
武満徹映画音楽 [Film Music By Toru Takemitsu] 6 - 市川崑・中村登・恩地日出夫 監督作品篇Toru Takemitsu1991Album
武満徹映画音楽 [Film Music By Toru Takemitsu] 3: 大島 渚・羽仁 進監督作品篇Toru Takemitsu1990Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 1Toru Takemitsu1990Album
Complete Piano WorksToru Takemitsu - Roger Woodward1990Album
Field Of Miniatur ⅣToru Takemitsu1990Album
武満徹映画音楽 [Film Music By Toru Takemitsu] 2 - 篠田正浩監督作品篇Toru Takemitsu1990Album
November Steps. Contemporary Japanese Music-2Toru Takemitsu / Urato Watanabe / Teizo Matsumura1990Album
Works Of Toru Takemitsu I - MarginaliaToru Takemitsu1988Album
Works Of Toru Takemitsu II - Requiem For StringsToru Takemitsu1988Album
Works Of Toru Takemitsu IV - Music Of TreeToru Takemitsu1988Album
Quatrain • Stanza I • Sacrifice • Ring • Valeria • A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal GardenToru Takemitsu - Tashi / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa / Yuji Takahashi / Hiroshi Wakasugi1988Compil.
Concert In BerlinToru Takemitsu / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Ottorino Respighi / Yūzō Toyama, Waseda Symphony Orchestra, Ken Takaseki1986Album
混声合唱のためのうたToru Takemitsu1986Album
Piano PiecesToru Takemitsu - Kazuoki Fujii1986Album
Highlights From The Original Soundtrack Of The Film "Ran"Toru Takemitsu, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Hiroyuki Iwaki1985Album
オリオンとプレアデスToru Takemitsu1984Album
東京裁判・予言Toru Takemitsu1983Album
Works For PianoToru Takemitsu - Kazuoki Fujii1983Album
波の盆Toru Takemitsu1983Album
Webern & TakemitsuTashi & Peter Serkin - Anton Webern & Toru Takemitsu1983Album
Winter; Marginalia; GitimalyaToru Takemitsu, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Michiko Takahashi1982Album
Silk RoadToru Takemitsu1982Album
WaterscapeToru Takemitsu1982Album
12 Songs For Guitar / 3 Temas Populares CubanosOscar Cáceres - Toru Takemitsu / Leo Brouwer1981Album
Talk: Toru Takemitsu and Kuniharu AkiyamaToru Takemitsu, Kuniharu Akiyama1980Album
現代日本の音楽　第２集・ピアノ曲〈Ⅱ〉Joji Yuasa / Yoshio Hachimura / Akio Yashiro / Teizo Matsumura / Michio Mamiya / Toru Takemitsu1980Album
November Steps / Songs Of Praise To BeautyToru Takemitsu / Yoshinao Nakada1980Album
天平の甍Toru Takemitsu, Masaru Sato1980Album
Trois Mouvements Symphonique / Ki No Kyoku / SinfoniaAkira Miyoshi, Toru Takemitsu, Minao Shibata1980Album
Quatrain / A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal GardenToru Takemitsu / Tashi / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 9Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 10Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 1Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 3 = 武満徹自選映画音楽集 (3) 大島渚Toru Takemitsu1980Album
秋庭歌一具 = In An Autumn GardenToru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 8Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 6Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 7Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 4Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 2Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Film Music By Toru Takemitsu 5Toru Takemitsu1980Album
Quatrain II / Water Ways / WavesTashi Plays Toru Takemitsu1979Album
燃える秋/オリジナル・サウンドトラックToru Takemitsu1979Album
弦楽のためのレクイエムToru Takemitsu1979Album
ピアノ・ディスタンスToru Takemitsu1979Album
November Steps / Green For Orchestra (November Steps II) / Asterism For Piano And OrchestraToru Takemitsu – Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa1979Album
La Musique De "L'Empire De La Passion"Toru Takemitsu1978Album
Legacy For The FutureToru Takemitsu1977Album
Grimethorpe SpecialThe Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Elgar Howarth - Toru Takemitsu, Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze1977Album
12 Songs For Guitar/ 12の歌・地球は歌っているKiyoshi Shomura, Toru Takemitsu1977Album
Miniatur V: Art Of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu1975Album
A Prospect Of Contemporary Violin MusicToru Takemitsu / Hikaru Hayashi / John Cage / Yuji Takahashi - Paul Zukofsky1975Album
Miniatur IV: Art Of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu1975Album
Corona / For Away / Piano Distance / Undisturbed RestToru Takemitsu, Roger Woodward1974Album
Miniatur Ⅱ : Art Of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu1973Album
Prison Song / Turris Campanarum Sonantium / SeasonsStomu Yamash'ta - Hans Werner Henze / Peter Maxwell Davies / Toru Takemitsu1972Album
Seasons / TowardToru Takemitsu1972Album
Prelude Pour Orchestre / Concerto For Orchestra / TexturesTeizo Matsumura / Akira Miyoshi / Toru Takemitsu1972Album
Arc For Piano And OrchestraToru Takemitsu1971Album
Space TheatreToru Takemitsu / Yuji Takahashi / Iannis Xenakis1970Album
Searching For Fantasy / In The EndToru Takemitsu1970Single
November Steps / Et Expecto Resurrectionem MortuorumToru Takemitsu / Olivier Messiaen1970Album
Coral Island / Water Music / Vocalism AiToru Takemitsu1969Album
Akrata / Syzygy / The Dorian Horizon / Canciones A GuiomarIannis Xenakis / David Del Tredici / Toru Takemitsu / Luigi Nono - Richard Dufallo Conducting The Festival Chamber Ensemble, Phyllis Bryn-Julson And Susan Belling1969Album
Asterism, Requiem, Green, The Dorian HorizonToru Takemitsu – Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa1969Album
Sonate Pour Deux Flûtes Et Piano / Masque Pour Deux Flutes / Sonate Pour Flûte, Violoncelle Et PianoAkio Yashiro / Toru Takemitsu / Akira Miyoshi1968Album
Turangalîla Symphony / November StepsOlivier Messiaen / Toru Takemitsu - Seiji Ozawa, Toronto Symphony Orchestra1968Album
The Sounds Of Japan. Modern Masterpieces On Traditional InstrumentsToru Takemitsu, Michio Mamiya, Masao Matsumoto1967Compil.
Works Of Toru Takemitsu - 1Toru Takemitsu1966Album
Works Of Toru Takemitsu - 2Toru Takemitsu1966Album
Works Of Toru Takemitsu - 4Toru Takemitsu1966Album
Works Of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu1966Album
Works Of Toru Takemitsu - 3Toru Takemitsu1966Album
Musique Japonaise NouvelleHiroyuki Iwaki, NHK Symphonic Orchestra ,Orchestre Symphonique NHK Akira Miyoshi, Toru Takemitsu, Toshiro Mayuzumi1965Compil.
水の曲Toru Takemitsu1965Single
Trois Mouvements Symphonique / Ki No KyokuAkira Miyoshi / Toru Takemitsu1964Album
Requiem / Suite "Yajin"Toru Takemitsu1961Album
Piano Pieces 1949-1982Toru TakemitsuAlbum
日本の映画音楽1946-1961Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yasushi Akutagawa, Akira Ifukube, Masaru Sato, Toru Takemitsu, Fumio Hayasaka, Chuji Kinoshita, 斎藤一郎Album
Cassiopeia / Sō-Gū IIStomu Yamash'ta / Seiji Ozawa / Toru Takemitsu, Maki IshiiAlbum
Miniatur - ArtToru Takemitsu, Hiroshi WakasugiAlbum
秋庭歌 / 旅 Toru TakemitsuAlbum
Works For Chamber Music By Toru Takemitsu 2Toru TakemitsuAlbum
Miniatur Ⅲ / Art Of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu, Yuji TakahashiAlbum
Withered Leaves - New BirthEmmanuel Séjourné, Paul Polivnick, Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Robert Van Sice, Miguel Bernat - Daniel Almada, Giorgio Battistelli, Camille Kerger, François-Bernard Mâche, Philippe Manoury, Stuart Smith, Toru TakemitsuAlbum
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