Toru Takemitsu: Ame no ki sobyo II (Rain Tree Sketch II), "In memoriam Olivier Messiaen"
Ame no ki sobyo II (Rain Tree Sketch II), "In memoriam Olivier Messiaen"
Toru Takemitsu: Les yeux clos
Les yeux clos
Paul Crossley: A Vision of Takemitsu
A Vision of Takemitsu
March 2010
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“Music such as this requires a preternatural sensitivity of touch and an acute awareness of dynamic nuance, while the sustaining pedal is almost as important as the keyboard. In all these qualities Crossley seems ideal… Admirers of Takemitsu's music need look no further.”
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