Sibelius (1865-1957) - Symphony No.3, Karelia Suite, Finlandia : Chiaki Murakawa / Yamagata Symphony Orchestra - Japan SACD Hybrid

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Sibelius (1865-1957)

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Sibelius of the soul resounding high! A monumental album by master musician Chiaki Murakawa and the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra. The founder of the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra, Chiaki Murakawa, who will turn 90 this year, has finally released his first CD with the orchestra. This is a monumental live recording of the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra's 300th Subscription Concert, celebrating the orchestra's 50th anniversary, and a performance at Yamagin Kenmin Hall to commemorate Chiaki Murakawa's 90th birthday. The recording features Sibelius, Chiaki Murakawa's most cherished repertoire. Under Murakawa's passionate baton, the magnificent and rich music of Sibelius, which evokes the nature of Yamagata, is performed majestically. The warm and beautiful strings, the colorful and soloistic woodwinds, the powerful and brilliant brass and percussion sections, and the powerful and brilliant brass and percussion sections all contribute to the orchestra's growth into one of Japan's leading regional orchestras. The sound of the Yamakyo, which has grown to become one of Japan's leading regional orchestras, can be enjoyed to the fullest today. Chiaki Murakawa has devoted himself and his heart and soul to the Yamakyo and Sibelius. It is a harmony of the soul filled with determination that will lead us to the next future. ＜Chiaki Murakawa, conductor, graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. She studied composition under Tomojiro Ikeuchi.In 1963, he moved to the U.S. to study conducting at Indiana University Graduate School of Music, where he worked as an assistant in the theory department. He received his Master of Music degree. In 1966, he returned to Japan and made his debut with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in September of the same year. In September of the same year, he made his debut conducting the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, etc. In 1968, he became an instructor of conducting at the Tokyo College of Music, and in 1972, he founded the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra, where he serves as Music Director and Permanent Conductor. In 2004, he received the "2004 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Local Culture". He is currently the founding Honorary Conductor of the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the Japan String Teachers Association. ＜The Yamagata Symphony Orchestra was established in 1972 as the first professional orchestra in Tohoku. The orchestra gives 150 concerts a year, including subscription concerts in Yamagata Terrsa, Sakata, and Tsuruoka, "Cherry Concerts" in Tokyo and Osaka, and school concerts that bring "excitement" to more than 30,000 young people in Yamagata Prefecture every year.In 2007, Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor and Music Advisor since 2004) was appointed as Music Director, and the orchestra has established itself as a representative orchestra not only of the Tohoku region but also of Japanese music culture in both name and reality. In 2006, the orchestra launched "YSO live," Japan's first independent CD label for orchestras, and held the grand project "Journey to Amadeus" (concerts of all Mozart symphonies) for eight and a half years from 2007 to 2015; in 2008, the orchestra appeared in the Academy Award-winning film "Departures"; in 2017, it released "Complete Works of Mozart Symphonies" and received the 55th In June 2020, he will start "Beethoven Symphony Concerts" with permanent conductor Tetsuro Saka. In 2022, the orchestra celebrated its 50th anniversary. Naxos Japan